How Travel, Culture, and New Sounds Shape My Music | DJ available for international bookings

My love for traveling started at a very young age, and somehow music has always been the thread connecting all of it. Even before I fully understood what music would become in my life, it was already there, quietly tying together places, people, memories, and emotions like an invisible string running through every trip.

One of my earliest travel memories connected to music goes back to when I was 15, when I went on a family road trip in the UK. That summer, I had worked at a summer camp and saved up enough money to buy myself a guitar during the trip. I still remember walking into that guitar store and spending at least three hours there, trying different instruments and exploring sounds with older men who knew much more than I did, but seemed genuinely delighted that this teenage girl was so serious and curious about guitars. Looking back, that moment says a lot about the way I’ve always traveled. It was never just about seeing a place. It was about entering it through sound, through conversation, through curiosity, and through the feeling of being completely alive inside discovery.

Falling in Love With the Dancefloor

When I was 18 and finally allowed to travel with friends, we planned a graduation trip to London and Amsterdam, and that was the first time I really experienced club culture outside of home. I was fascinated by how different every club felt from the next, not only in the music, but in the people, the energy, the dancing, the atmosphere, and the codes of the room. I loved the variety, the confidence of each place in its own identity, and the different ways people expressed themselves through movement. That was the first time I truly fell in love with the dancefloor, not just as a place to go out, but as a living cultural space with its own language.

At 19, before the Russia-Ukraine war began, I traveled to Kyiv to experience Novi God, and that trip left a big impression on me too. I was deeply inspired by the sounds of the Ukrainian language, the local instruments, and the feeling of being surrounded by a culture that carried music differently than the ones I already knew. Not long after that, I began studying at a contemporary music school, then traveled to Finland for my first international student experience, which opened me up even more.

That same year I visited Berlin for the first time, completely alone, on the first solo trip of my life. I was nervous, of course, but I arrived at a cute hostel, met amazing people from around the world, and almost immediately got thrown into the city’s energy. I had just arrived, still wearing my Adidas track pants from the flight, when a group of people leaving the hostel looked at me and said, “Welcome. What are you doing right now?” I said, “Um... checking in?” They said, “Great, we’re going out and you’re joining us.” I remember telling them I wasn’t dressed for a club, and they just laughed and said, “Yes you are. This is Berlin.”

At the time, I had no idea what they meant. I felt completely underdressed. But I went anyway, and that night opened something in me. Berlin became one of those places I kept returning to again and again, and it was never only about nightlife. It was about freedom, experimentation, identity, sound, and the feeling that music could be both deeply personal and radically communal at the same time. Since then I’ve been back countless times, and Germany more broadly became part of my musical map too, whether through traveling, playing in Munich, or going to concerts in Hamburg.

Covid: Was It a Downfall?

Right after I finished music school and started DJing, I traveled around Europe for over a month. One of the first major moments on that trip was going to Flow Festival in Finland, where I saw someone DJ on vinyl for the first time. That image stayed with me. I was exposed to so many artists during that period, and it inspired me deeply, not only in terms of what music I liked, but in how I imagined performance, selection, storytelling, and presence.

A few months later, Covid began, and just when I was starting out, the club and event scene shut down. Like it was for so many artists, it was a difficult period. At first, it definitely felt like a downfall. Everything had just started opening up for me creatively, and suddenly the whole world of live music was frozen. But at the same time, I don’t think it was only a downfall. It was also a period of curiosity, digging, listening, and building. I kept exploring music, expanding my selection, and developing my taste with even more depth and intention.

And strangely enough, while Covid affected the music world in so many painful ways, it didn’t stop me from traveling. If anything, it made travel more available. The tickets were cheap, and I kept moving. In retrospect, that period became another chapter in the way travel and music kept feeding each other in my life, even under unusual circumstances.

The Comeback

One of the most important chapters in my life came when I moved to Vienna for six months for an exchange program. That period changed me in a deep way. I was surrounded by people from all around the world, constantly meeting new cultures, new rhythms, and new ways of hearing and feeling music.

One of the first things I did there was create a Spotify playlist and ask every new person I met to add five of their favorite tracks from their country. It became one of the most beautiful things I’ve ever done. Through that playlist, I was getting access to sounds, memories, emotions, and cultural references I could never have discovered in the same way on my own. I’m still grateful for that playlist, and it became a tradition I continue every time I travel somewhere new. I create a playlist for the trip and let the people I meet introduce me to the sounds they love. That way, every journey ends up with its own soundtrack.

First Post-Covid Gig

Vienna also became important for another reason: it was one of the first places where I began DJing in venues and throwing parties again as Covid slowly faded. After such a strange and difficult interruption in the world of live music, that return felt emotional and significant. It reminded me that my relationship with travel and music wasn’t separate. They were feeding each other all along.

What’s Happening Now?

Since then, I’ve continued playing and traveling, and for me the two have become inseparable. I’ve traveled through Thailand, Dubai, New York, Cyprus, Italy, Mexico, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Spain, Romania, Hungary, France, and beyond, and each place has left something in me. A rhythm. A mood. A tone. A texture. A way of listening. A way of dancing. A way people gather, celebrate, let go, or express joy. All of these things shape my musical world, and they inevitably shape the sets I play too.

What I love most is that travel keeps me open. It keeps my ears open, my taste open, and my identity open. It reminds me that music is one of the most powerful ways people connect across cultures, and that every place has something to teach you if you arrive with enough curiosity. I love gathering sounds from different corners of the world and bringing them with me into my sets, not as a collection of souvenirs, but as living pieces of experience. When I play, I want people to feel that movement. I want them to feel that the music has traveled, that it carries stories, memory, atmosphere, and emotion from many different worlds.

Today I perform in across Europe and Middle-east, and I’m available for festivals, club nights, private events, brand events, cultural events, and creative collaborations. I’m also very open to international bookings and genuinely happy to travel in order to perform. In many ways, that is one of the things I love most about this life: being able to move through the world guided by music, and then share that journey back with people through sound.

I really do feel like a citizen of the world in that sense. I love being led by music, by rhythm, by curiosity, by the people I meet and the places I discover. And I love the idea that for a few hours on a dancefloor or at an event, I can offer people a glimpse into that journey through the sounds I’ve gathered along the way. I know that when it’s done right, it doesn’t only move the body. It moves something deeper.

Where I Play and What I’m Available For

DJ available for international bookings

I currently perform internationally, especially across Europe and Middle-east, and I’m always open to traveling for the right event.

I’m available for:

• festivals

• club nights

• private events

• brand events

• cultural events

• creative collaborations

• international bookings

  
  

Looking to Book Me?

If you’re looking to book a DJ for a festival, club night, private event, or international collaboration, I’d love to hear from you. I’m always open to new places, new people, and new dancefloors.

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DJ available for international bookings