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SANDRA COLLINS : THIS SATURDAY @ SPUNDAE HOUSTON (2401 San Jacinto)
Sandra Collins was born in Las Vegas in the Seventies into a famous show business family. Her godfather was (and still is) comedian Milton Berle. But despite Uncle Milty's attempts to get her into acting (which led her to a bit part in "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure"), Sandra retreated from the bright lights of show-biz into the solace and belonging of the Phoenix club scene, where she began Djing hard industrial techno in 1989.
From there, Sandra Collins' name has become synonymous with every major American dance music scene and movement, beginning with her early days playing Frankie Bones' seminal STORM raves in Brooklyn. Her residencies in Los Angeles are themselves a history of that city's progressive dance music scene: She was resident DJ at L.A.'s Sketchpad from 1992-95, and shared a residency at L.A.'s Metropolis with Doc Martin and Taylor from 1995-98.
Her popularity and reputation for bringing out the deeply emotional side of progressive house and trance earned her a spot on the Electric Highway tour with Crystal Method and Fluke. It also landed her, oddly enough, in a Coca-Cola commercial.
In 1997, Sandra released her debut mix CD, Lost In Time, on L.A. trance label Fragrant, which earned her both a nomination for "Best Electronic Artists" in the San Francisco BAMMIE awards, and being named "Best Trance DJ" in the 1998 Global DJ Awards.
The next year, she made her production debut with the 12" "Ode to Our"/"Red," which earned press accolades as it sold-out its first pressing in a single day.
She followed that up with her now-classic "Flutterby" for Scotland's Hook label, a single so genre-defining it has shown up on such seminal progressive house and trance compilations as Nick Warren's Global Underground and John Digweed's Bedrock.
Her success led to her moving to New York in 1998, and soon she was spinning regularly at trance mega-club Twilo alongside Sasha and Digweed, Paul van Dyk and Carl Cox. She continued to play raves and clubs across the country, earning a residency at Crobar Chicago.
Her ability to be both a crowd-pleaser and connect emotionally with her audience won her the daunting opening night slot at Woodstock '99. Spinning after Moby, she admirably held her own with a six hour set in front of the 80,000 mostly-neophyte dance music fans, and by the end of her set had by all published accounts won them over.
By the end of '99, she had been named "Best Female Artist" by URB Magazine's reader's poll, sharing the title with Lauryn Hill.
Now with residencies at Chicago's Crobar and Las Vegas' Utopia, Sandra is one of the progressive dance music's most in-demand DJs, travelling to raves and clubs across the country and around the world, from Little Rock to Lima, Peru.
Sandra has become an ambassador for American trance, which, combined with her photogenic tomboy looks and lack of pretention, has landed her on the covers and pages of every major U.S. dance music magazine, as well as in magazines like Spin and Gear.
Now with Tranceport 3, Sandra marks the first time an American (and woman) has been behind the decks for the genre-defining trance series. Following up the global trance introduction of Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport 1, and the deep, end-of-the-night vibe of Dave Ralph's Tranceport 2, Sandra's installment turns up the emotions and lets the melodies and beats pulse with a vibrance that's somehow both introspective and anthemic.
Tranceport 3 is, like her life, a journey to places both brightly familiar and darkly exciting, mapped out by progressive underground anthems and new tracks of her own that point to the future of trance, in America and the world. The journey, as always, is as much ours as it is hers.
sean, you are spinning before sandra right?
and what is Spundae?
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| Originally posted by zenbudda and what is Spundae? |
actually no i'm just joking. i like asking questions when i don't know what i'm talking about.
lol are you post farming or something? you could have backed up "are you serious" with an answer.
so i ask again, what is spundae?
oh, well i thought you were joking so i didnt wanna seem like an idiot that fell for obvious sarcasm by posting an answer to your question (which, again, i thought was a joke). 
but anyway, SPUNDAE is a big event organization that brings the best talent to America.. they are set up in cities like San Francisco, LA, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, and have just expanded into Houston as of last year with Mr. Sean Carnahan leading the squad.
Tiesto, Oakenfold, Digweed, Way Out West, James Zabiela, G&D, Ferry Corsten, and Armin are just a few of the names that have come through Houston for Spundae events.
so when you see the name SPUNDAE attached to a party... it pretty much means a damn good show with the biggest talent. its like the American version of Godskitchen, which i think has actually bought out Spundae and taken over... im not too clear about that, sean can clear that up.
www.spundae.com
-mike
no problems chief.
so when i see something like Sandra Collins @ Spundae it doesn't mean that's the club she's playing at. From my understanding she's playing at Rich's.
so is spundae an actual company, meaning do people get paid? or is it just a bunch of dudes/chicks that get together on their own time and pull this stuff together? if so, that's awesome!
also, i can't seem to find tickets anywhere online (even groovetickets). is it ok to just buy them at the door?
the spundae houston team mainly consists of a group of fun lovin people/friends that just get together and help promote all the events and make each and every one as dope as can be. technically i think its an organization since its nation wide with numerous locations, but here in houston we help out with spundae just to show our support for the scene and our love for good music.
and regarding tickets for Sandra, payin at the door will be fine, so no worries bout that.
cool. thanks for the info! i'm doing what i can (as far as promotion) for my homies as well. :-) i'm not very good at it though lol.
hasn't she been here before??
So is Rich's the new location for all Spundae events?
Wow...I have to go to Rich's twice this weekend...
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| Originally posted by Emerald the spundae houston team mainly consists of a group of fun lovin people/friends that just get together and help promote all the events and make each and every one as dope as can be. technically i think its an organization since its nation wide with numerous locations, but here in houston we help out with spundae just to show our support for the scene and our love for good music. and regarding tickets for Sandra, payin at the door will be fine, so no worries bout that. |
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| Originally posted by Screen yeh... last year |
who all is going? count me in, should be fun!
lets hope she's not all drugged up comin in at like 2am. 
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| Originally posted by Screen anyway. I wonder if Sandra will be coked up |
i thought coke increased your awareness (ie. mental and physical acuity).
i'll be there.
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| Originally posted by Screen I hope some of you ta's can make it out. We have not had a fine headline Dj Since ...... Dj Rap (any one remember the pink thong)!! |
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| Originally posted by Screen Juan & I had the best seats in the House. The couch right behind the dj booth with Dj rap on the decks. That there sure beats the dance floor mates |
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| Originally posted by Screen I hope some of you ta's can make it out. |
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| Originally posted by zenbudda i thought coke increased your awareness (ie. mental and physical acuity). i'll be there. |
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| Originally posted by gbm Ummm...that would be pills... |
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| Originally posted by Numb3rJuan Bah, fuckin Mike got a kiss from her though. *rawr jealousy* |
let me just say that a couple of weeks ago i saw her in Panama. She was SO drugged that she could�t even find the first 3 records and had to ask for someone to help! aslo she arrived 2 hrs late to the club (and her Hotel was less than 5 minutes away from the club).
Hope you guys have a good time and a good show!
i don't think it was coke then. probably copious amounts of THC or possibly even X.
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