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DJ Méa is an American DJ, vocalist and producer who sings live over her own sets, the former lead voice of industrial-dance legends Lords of Acid, and a Coachella alum.

DJ Méa (Mea Fisher) came up through Chicago’s ’90s house scene and does something few DJs can: she sings live over her own sets. She has released mix CDs worldwide, sung on house records for Miguel Migs, Ron Carroll and Grammy-nominated Richard Vission, played Coachella with her live band, and worked with Grammy winner Danny Lohner and Chris Vrenna of Nine Inch Nails, and Neil McLellan (The Prodigy). From 2011 to 2017 she fronted industrial-dance icons Lords of Acid, recording the album Deep Chills. Today she’s back behind the decks and on the mic.

Mea Fisher was a DJ before she was ever a Chicago club kid. It started in Kansas City: after a breakup, her ex, who owed rent, told her to just sell the turntables. She learned to play them instead. By the ’90s she was spinning vinyl house in Chicago and had become a fixture of the city’s nightlife, dancing and choreographing at clubs like Crobar, Shelter and Karma and playing The Metro. Her signature took shape early: live vocals layered over her own mixes, turning the DJ booth into a stage.

Her mix CD Shaken, Not Stirred (After Hours, 2000) went out worldwide, followed by mix CDs on Moonshine, and she toured as the only woman on the Funky Tekno Tribe Tour. In the studio she sang for house heavyweights Miguel Migs, Ron Carroll and Grammy-nominated Richard Vission, and her music has landed in film and in the video game Girl Fight.

In 2011 Praga Khan brought her into Lords of Acid as lead singer. Over six years she recorded the album Deep Chills, toured with the band, and became its longest-serving vocalist after co-founder Jade 4 U. In 2012 she played Coachella with her live band. Along the way she has collaborated with Grammy winner Danny Lohner and Chris Vrenna of Nine Inch Nails, Josh Ashley (Nynex), Neil McLellan, Matt Robertson, Sebastian Komor and En Esch.

Today she’s back to what has always worked: sets that move from house to acid to industrial edge, sung live, with the presence of someone who has fronted a band on festival stages.

Some DJs play records. DJ Méa performs them.

Mea Fisher was a DJ before she was a club kid. It started in Kansas City, after a breakup: her ex owed rent and told her to just sell the turntables. Instead, she taught herself to play them. By the ’90s she was spinning vinyl house in Chicago and had gone deep into the city’s legendary club circuit, dancing and choreographing at Crobar, Shelter and Karma and playing The Metro. Watching crowds from the stage taught her how a dance floor breathes, and she brought that instinct back to the decks. She also brought her voice. Singing live over her own sets became her trademark, and it set her apart in a scene full of people who only pressed play.

Her first single, “Better Day,” produced with Spero Pagos, found its way onto the soundtrack of the film Intervention. She became an in-demand vocalist for house producers, cutting records with Miguel Migs for Dialogue in 1999 and Ron Carroll for Soundmen On Wax in 2000. Her mix CD Shaken, Not Stirred was released worldwide on After Hours in 2000, with more mix CDs to follow on Moonshine, and DMA Magazine put her on its cover in 2001. In 2002 she guested on Grammy-nominated producer Richard Vission’s Damn That DJ Made My Day for Tommy Boy. She toured nationally, including a run as the only female DJ on the Funky Tekno Tribe Tour, and took her sets overseas, including a Moscow show that ended with a million butterflies released at midnight.

A move to Los Angeles pulled her sound in a darker direction. She went west to make music with Nynex, producer Josh Ashley, Hans Zimmer’s right-hand man. Together they made an album, and in 2009 released a string of singles including “Red Light Go” and “Simplest of Things,” and her edge caught the attention of Praga Khan, founder of the Belgian-American industrial-dance group Lords of Acid. In 2011 he invited her to front the band. Méa stayed for six years, singing lead on the 2012 album Deep Chills, touring North America on the Sonic Angel tour, and closing out her run on the 2017 Sextreme Fest tour. She remains the band’s longest-serving vocalist after co-founder Jade 4 U. In 2012 she also played Coachella with her live band, and she went on to front her own band, Me And My Nightmare.

Méa is a producer and songwriter as much as a performer, and her collaborators read like a who’s who of electronic and industrial music: Grammy winner Danny Lohner and Chris Vrenna (Nine Inch Nails), Neil McLellan (The Prodigy), Matt Robertson (Björk’s orchestral director), Sebastian Komor and En Esch. Her song “The Slip” appears in the Lionsgate film Freelancers, and she produced music for the Xbox and PlayStation fighting game Girl Fight with developer Kung Fu Factory.

Today Méa is focused on the thing that has always worked: DJ Méa. Her sets pull from house, acid and industrial, and they’re sung live, with the confidence of an artist who has commanded festival stages and still loves a sweaty club at 2 a.m.