ANGEL JOHNSON

Angel began her DJ career back in 1991. One of the original female DJs in the UK who helped break the stereotype of what was once considered a uniquely male vocation, Angel has earned her place in the UK house scene's hall of fame.

After many years as the proverbial club-diva, Angel got a job as a barmaid at Nottingham's legendary Venus. A year later she decided that she fancied a shot on the other side of the decks. Angel borrowed some turntables, bought a load of vinyl and spent the next three months beat matching until she'd taught herself to mix. She delivered her first mix-tape to renowned club promoter James Bailie. On the strength of that mix he booked her to play at Venus on New Years Eve 1991 alongside a prestigious lineup and the rest, so they say, is history!

Throughout the 90's Angel's feel-good sound of uplifting vocals, loaded bass lines and heavenly melodies placed her in strong demand headlining all the major house haunts across the land. A regular at the UK's finest like Hacienda Manchester, Shindig Newcastle, Progress Derby, Miss Moneypenny's Birmingham, Gallery London, Lakota Bristol… As well as her four year residency at top midlands's night Swoon. She's played on line-ups with the likes of Frankie Knuckles, Tony Humphries, Todd Terry, David Morales... and the who's who of house music royalty, Angel has earned a reputation for being a DJ that delivers.

Production wise Angel's first outings were around 1993 under the guise of Masters Of The Monotonal Groove, a collaboration with Dean Marriott aka D Ramirez, on Liverpool's 3 Beat records. After which she went solo as Angelheart and in 1996 and had a massive club hit with "Come Back To Me" featuring Rochelle Harris on London's Hi Life label. She also produced many tracks under the name DJ Angel including a collaboration "Love Thing" with the late great diva Kim English. Nowadays she produces house music under Angel Johnson with releases on labels like Nervous, LTBH, IIT, Lapsus... among others, as well as many releases on her own imprint Ocata Records.

A career in music which has spanned over thirty years, Angel is still going strong!