In this episode of Behind The Decks we checked in with Drum & Bass DJ and producer, DJ Flame Jade.
Flame got into D&B when she was going to squat parties underage because she was too young to go to club nights and raves.
From there, she began to listen to artists in the scene like Optical, Brocky, Mampi Swift, DJ Hype, Hive, Cause for Concern and Dillinger.
In Flame’s music journey, we chart this journey through D&B, DJing, producing and getting her career to where it is now.
For industry issues, we also discuss dark elements of the industry which persists to this day.
This includes female DJs and producers like Flame being asked for sexual favours in return for collaborations from male DJs which continues to this day, even post-#MeToo.
We also talk about the challenges she’s had from her female peers, for example some female DJs have deliberately broken her headphones before she’s due to start her set.
We finish by discussing the general flakiness of the industry which is a story across the board and the broken promises and let downs which permeate it and why.
For Flame’s mental health journey, she experienced a lot of childhood trauma which has shaped her mental health from childhood, through to adolescence and adulthood.
Her mum was domestically abused multiple times by Flame’s dad and other male partners after she separated from him. Flame and her sister witnessed this abuse, which was extremely violent.
Flame’s mum became addicted to alcohol as a coping mechanism to deal with the abuse, which was projected onto Flame, and she ran away from home at just 10 years old and many times afterwards to escape that home environment.
Her father died when she was 13 years old, and her mum died when she was 20 years old, and we explore the grief she felt from both their deaths and how she navigated life beyond that point.
Flame is diagnosed with multiple diagnoses, including ADHD, CPTSD and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, which is another name for borderline personality disorder.
We finish by her journey to becoming a qualified Reiki yoga practitioner, and her use of something she calls ‘sound healing’, which combines music and yoga together.
As always, #itsokaytovent
You can find out more about Flame or book her for your event here.
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