Honey Dijon releases new track “Finding My Way” ft. Ben Westbeech
Honey Dijon releases a brand-new track featuring multi-faceted musician and vocalist Ben Westbeech.
“Finding My Way” is included as an exclusive new cut as part of the 19-track DJ-Kicks mix available now both digitally as well as physically on CD and on special gatefold vinyl LP.
Honey Dijon‘s curation and mix of the latest edition of the DJ-Kicks series, features tracks by Blackjoy, Art of Tones, Shaboom, Kiko Navarro represents her very first commercially available mix.
Fashion icon, catwalker, curator, historian, commentator, activist, Grammy winner and – damn right – DJ, there ain’t much these days that Ms. Honey Dijon doesn’t do with aplomb.
Most of her achievements thus far came via her passion for clubbing and the art of DJing, from those early Chicago parties to her role as a de facto ambassador for world dancefloors.
Honey‘s early years in her native Chicago were spent hanging out with buddies Derrick Carter and Mark Farina; desperate to start DJing, she was so broke she had to go to friends’ houses to record mixes. Moves to DC and New York took her nearer to her goal. Getting breaks via early supporters Tedd Patterson and Danny Tenaglia, taking any gig she could get, ‘I DJed weddings, I DJed opening restaurants, I DJed fashion events, I DJed anything, just learning how to be a DJ.’
When it comes to records, labels, releases, Honey Dijon is a house music nerd, having been schooled by some of the Windy City’s masters and is as adept at bringing the past into the future as anyone else in the business.
The DJ-Kicks compilation is a testament to someone whose knowledge of the underground labels of yore is encyclopedic and Ms. Dijon has dredged the recesses of her clubbing memories.
‘I’m a huge fan of research. So putting this compilation together was basically going into my dancefloor experience and finding gems I wanted to present to people that they may not have been familiar with or that they didn’t even know existed.’ says Honey.
The compilation is a pan-global, multi-era waltz through house music’s storied past.
‘The dancefloor to me is a sacred space,’ she explains. ‘I feel like I’m a facilitator of spirit through sound. Dancefloors are healing spaces, they’re sexual spaces, they’re joyful spaces, they’re liberating spaces. They’re places for people to discover who they are, they’re places to leave behind your worries, they’re places to celebrate with your friends, to dance, to get laid, to have fun. The dancefloor is a reflection of life and I take it very seriously.’
Honey Dijon follows in a long line of expert selectors who have contributed mixes, with previous releases coming from artists such as DJ Koze, Four Tet, Maya Jane Coles, Kerri Chandler, Peggy Gou, Theo Parrish, Kode9, James Holden, Nina Kraviz, HAAi, Disclosure, Jayda G and most recently DJ BORING earlier this year.
Listen to the track below.
