Still tingling from her fabulous sets at Brighton Pride, Queenie catches up with the marvellous Jumeauā¦
Hello ā how are you?Ā Iām great, still riding the high from a fantastic Pride weekend with some really fun sets and already thinking about how to make it even bigger and better next year.
What does your name mean?!Ā Itās French for twin and pronounced joo-moe. Iām a non-identical twin, and not French, but I love French house and electro, so I always try to incorporate or reference it in my sets.
Where can we hear you playing?Ā At Gal Pals (galpals.club) alternating between Brighton and London almost every month, and on mixcloud (mixcloud.com/jumeaudj) for live sets and teaser mixes.
What are you playing these days?Ā I oscillate between summery sets with a lot of Brockhampton, Chloe x Halle and Doja Cat, and heavier electronic sets with some TEPR and Brenmar thrown in the mix.
Any other projects going on?Ā I recently started a radio show with my girlfriend called 1-800GALPALS on Platform B (platformb.org), we chat about queer pop culture and play our favourite songs by women and non-binary musicians on the 3rd Friday of every month. I also run pop-up video game events (healthbarbrighton.com), we curate our nights around different themes and create spaces for people who donāt traditionally consider themselves as āgamersā.
Fave song ever?Ā Way too hard to choose! Fave at the moment is Americans by Janelle Monae. My mornings for the last month have begun by listening to Dirty Computer in its entirety – by the time I get to Americans, Iām feeling euphoric and ready to take on the day.
Best ever gig and dream gig?Ā Iāve been supporting Mykki Blanco on his UK shows recently and every gig has been AMAZING. Itās really great warming up the crowd for such a high energy show. I love to play anywhere the audience has no requests and are just happy to come along for the ride.
Tune you wish youād never played!Ā Mind is blanking here, probably because Iāve erased the memory out of sheer embarrassment and tried to move on with my life after probably clearing the dancefloor(!).
Guilty pleasure? Ā I donāt believe in them! If I love a song, Iāll love it (and play it) loud.Ā
Describe yourself in three words!Ā I asked the internet because I got way too introspective with this, they came up with: Nerdy, extroverted, cutie; Queer, here, needabeer; The biggest babe; Squirrel, Ipswich, kettle; You contain multitudes. Ā Ā
Jumeauās current top fiveĀ
♦ Disclosure feat Fatoumata Diawara Ultimatum Universal-Island
♦ Boston Bun feat DVNO Spread Love (Paddington) Atlantic UK
♦ First ChoiceĀ The Player (Mousse T & Boris Dlugosch) Defected
♦ Janet JacksonĀ Alright (Kaytranada Remix) Daytripper
♦ SadeĀ Nothing Can Come Between Us (original) RCA
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