Michele Sainte

Sainte is a former Breakbeat hardcore and Techno DJ[10] that is also "widely regarded as one of the States' premiere female drumandbass DJs" according to Dieselboy.[11][12] She is known for mixing the Techstep subgenre of Drum&Bass.[13][14]

She has DJed throughout North America at clubs and raves as a Breakbeat and Techno DJ on a regular basis beginning in 1990, dedicating herself exclusively to the Drum&Bass genre by 1995.[15][16][17][18][19] She has performed alongside 808 State,[20] Joey Beltram,[21] Meat Beat Manifesto,[22] and other artists.

She became a frequent Guest DJ at music venues including City Gardens[23] in Trenton, New Jersey, Guernica[24][25][26] (formerly Save the Robots) in Manhattan, The Shelter (New York City), and The Stone Pony in Asbury Park, New Jersey and she was a Resident DJ at Club Zadar in New Hope, Pennsylvania along with DJ residencies at several venues in Philadelphia including Evolution[27] and Skyline.[28] She is considered one of the first female Techno DJs from North America and has been cited as “the original East Coast female DrumAndBass DJ”,[29]

Sainte became licensed by the FCC in 1986, whilst still a high school student.[30] She has worked at WFMU (named the “best radio station in the nation” by Rolling Stone magazine from 1991 through 1994[31]) and WPRB at Princeton University.[32][33][34] In 1995, she created and DJed on a program with live mixing at WPRB that she called Bassquake. Bassquake aired every Friday for five years. It was the United States's first Drum&Bass \ Jungle program to air on a commercial FM radio station.[35][36][37][38]

According to social media, Sainte is a vegan. She is also straight edge.[39]