Ace Beaty started in the mid 1980's as a radio DJ at FM Brussel
(the most advanced alternative station in Belgium at the time).
She also held residency at the now legendary post-punk bar DNA, in Brussels previous to get into clubs, special event and block parties, she produced sound-scapes for art happenings, short films or fashion catwalks.
Back in Antwerpen without having seen much daylight during her Madrid 'Spanish inquisition' where she played at La Luna, Speka, Planta Baja and La Kashba, the Antwerp fashion model & later talented photographer Michel Dewindt asked her if she would play in his new club: Cafe d'Anvers, but Ace declined the offer in favor of a residency exclusively at La Luna, as she was allowed to play a wider range of music.
So if unlike Sir Salvador Augé i Jimenez you feel more inclined to witness her motivation in action, promote her skills and put her talents to good use instead of abusing her trust and good will or treat her as a money cow please
get in touch with Her.
By the end of the decade, Alice left Brussels for Antwerp and later to Madrid, on an Acid House, New Beat and Electro Jazz-Funk trip, promoting the most eclectic or innovative sounds for the time.
In the mid-90's a residency at De Kaaiman club in Antwerp was specially enjoyed, B
The experience was exalted by the finest range sound-system to be found but it was setting forth an even broader spectrum of musical diversity that was most noticed. Free of any kind of conditioning, Ace found delight at giving all kinds of folks more than a chance to reach a peak.
Ace Beaty preferably use only vinyls, but combine with digital audio formats since March 2015.
She could also be' spicing-up' a session with her faitfull Roland SH-I0I or even join-in a dancing audience for unanticipated performance.
With French DJ and producer Fabrice Lagrange (Auditiv Experience) she became an active member of the now defunct Antwerp based Chill-core music record label 'Resonance', which was detected in the early 90's by Mixmaster Morris, Sean Booth, Rob Brown, Bryan Gee, Jumping Jack Frost, Grant Wilson-Claridge and some guys at Fat Cat Records in London, UK, where She often used to shop for innovative music.
Early in the new millennium she penned the underground electroclash song "Fashion Model's Music Sucks" with visual artist Aline Bouvy as lead, this later turned into an electro garage rock crossover when Neck Doppler (aka Murray Johnston) and The Render General of Glasgow Scottish band The Retrosexuals made a cover of the song.
DJ Ace Beaty appeared in quiet contrasting place over time, such as DNA, Café Central, Le Mirano Continental (Brussels), MuKHA, La Luna, Café Moderne, De Zazou, De Kaaiman (Antwerp), La Kasba, El Kitsch, Speka, Attica, Planta Baja (Madrid), La Fabrique, Underworld, Club IOI (Paris), Bollox (Manchester), ManiFest (København), Blue Note (London), Mix BCN, Club 13 (Barcelona),... and numerous celebrations, fashion and visual art events, private venues and block parties.
In 2014 She relocated all her synthesizers, DJ gears and more than 3000 vinyl records from London and Antwerpen to Barcelona in hope to find creative partners and have her various talents put to good use,
sadly it didn't really went that way although she remain open and enthusiastic, in fact
due to the high priced square meter space in the city she couldn't ever manage to live a long time nearby her instruments, so in the summer of 2017 she was proposed to get her music belonging hosted at an home space rented by pseudo architect Salvador Augé i Jiménez, so she could more easy find a place to reside while having a rehearsing space within the same barrio, however that men proved a trickster and confiscated her keys double on her last return from the Benelux a few days after texting her cissexist & misogynist messages, taking so hostage of her whole music belongings while banning her access to it (although he first presented as friend, never wanted rental money though she was open to offer some, stating instead that such things shouldn't be talked about between 'friends' and that she could drop-in whenever she wanted, hence the double keyset…).
Ace tweeted about what happened here.
Ace finally got back her belongings but not before falling for the pathetic jealous manchild chantage loot of 650€.
This won't be forgotten.
Ace tweeted about what happened here.
Ace finally got back her belongings but not before falling for the pathetic jealous manchild chantage loot of 650€.
This won't be forgotten.
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When playing for a DJ set, She may start with a Balearic caresses or Latin hard bop contemplation
From Old Moscow to Nu Disco
Ace won't get with your -program-
As a 'musical host' Ace Beaty goes into depth and heights of euphony;
inviting all shades in the prism…
To lead you later into sparkling nu-disco incarnation of the high-tech soul, electro-funk movement.
Pre-formated 'music' aimed at dumbindown an audience,
shouldn't never get a play, and beat-matching…
is of lesser importance than reaching your own specific troposphere.
In spontaneity space is give for 'the other'.
- DJ Ace Beaty