With individuality and experimentation at her core, Ellie Stokes is very much her own DJ. Having immersed herself in Bristol’s music scene since arriving in the late 00s, she could reasonably be considered a product of the city’s unique creative culture & her job as booker for the vital independent venue "The Love Inn" puts her at the heart of it all. Once the female / non- binary Mix Nights DJ course began (helmed by leading lights such as Danielle and Daisy Moon), Stokes found the right nurturing environment to discover her instinct for selecting and spinning, initiating a career which has grown exponentially ever since.
Stokes has played regularly at festivals such as Houghton, Love International and Glastonbury, as well as some of the UK’s most popular clubs including Fabric, Corsica Studios and Fold. Further afield bookings have taken her to Rex Club in Paris, Lux Fragil in Lisbon and Good Room in New York.
As well as her dancefloor presence, where she’s likely to be playing leftfield house, techno and electro tinged with industrial and 90s motifs, Stokes has a regular radio outlet via Bristol’s leading station, Noods. It’s on these shows her tastes truly open up, touching on ambient techno and electronica, all manner of wave-related sonics, EBM and
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With individuality and experimentation at her core, Ellie Stokes is very much her own DJ. Having immersed herself in Bristol’s music scene since arriving in the late 00s, she could reasonably be considered a product of the city’s unique creative culture & her job as booker for the vital independent venue "The Love Inn" puts her at the heart of it all. Once the female / non- binary Mix Nights DJ course began (helmed by leading lights such as Danielle and Daisy Moon), Stokes found the right nurturing environment to discover her instinct for selecting and spinning, initiating a career which has grown exponentially ever since.
Stokes has played regularly at festivals such as Houghton, Love International and Glastonbury, as well as some of the UK’s most popular clubs including Fabric, Corsica Studios and Fold. Further afield bookings have taken her to Rex Club in Paris, Lux Fragil in Lisbon and Good Room in New York.
As well as her dancefloor presence, where she’s likely to be playing leftfield house, techno and electro tinged with industrial and 90s motifs, Stokes has a regular radio outlet via Bristol’s leading station, Noods. It’s on these shows her tastes truly open up, touching on ambient techno and electronica, all manner of wave-related sonics, EBM and much more besides. It’s a non-conformist style that favours individual expression over generic consistency, championing the omnivorous spirit of the times and presenting selections that feel honest, heartfelt and constantly surprising.
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