MY PLAYLIST – MIGGS

For this edition, we sit down with one of the North West’s hottest upcoming DJ talents, Miggs! Miggs traverses genres, creating an unmatched energy wherever she plays. From UK bass, dubstep and hardcore, to Balearic, progressive house and new wave disco, Miggs delivers a masterclass every time she’s behind the decks. 

With her effortless blends and unique tune selection, Miggs made debuts at Leeds Festival, Gottwood and Baltic Weekender, before putting Liverpool firmly on the map with her Boiler Room set. Co-founder of label The Girls Crib, which creates safe spaces and platforms artists from minority communities, Miggs formed her newest label 9LiVES, an exploration of art and music through exhibitions and raves centered around important topics. Her most recent project, Hedonism: Save Our Scene, raised over £450 for Music Venue Trust.

 1. Patrick Pins – Le Voei Le Soleil 

This euphoric anthem screams end of the night tune to me. I actually closed my Boiler Room set with it and I remember the relief setting over my body as it played, thinking ‘wow, I actually did this?’ Like all my hard work throughout my career had gotten me to this point. I felt so proud and happy and this song complemented this feeling perfectly. In all honesty I meant to play a different remix of it, the No Results Found edit, but I selected the wrong one. It didn’t matter because the original is such a beast, but the NRF edit still has my heart – you can find it on YouTube.

 2. DJ Streaks – Burn The Guez!

When I was at university, I struggled a lot with my mental health. I suffered bad insomnia and I’d find myself awake all through the night while having short naps in the day. This meant I became really restless in the night with nothing to do and nobody to speak to. In the summer months, when it became a bit lighter earlier, about 4/5am I would take my skateboard down to the docks, put this song on and skate for hours. I just connected with this song on an emotional level and it uplifted me somehow. In those early hours of the morning it felt like time stood still – it was an escape. Big up to DJ Streaks too, such a sound guy and an absolute musical genius.

 3. Daft Punk – Veridis Quo

I remember hearing this song for the first time smoking with my flatmate in his room in my first year of uni. We were probably nursing a hangover and were lazing about chatting, but when this song came on, we were silent. I listened to the way it evolved and it took me on a journey; it’s so simple yet so complex. At the time I prided myself on my music taste, but this felt like a pivotal turning point in the way I listened to music. I don’t think I can even explain the way it made me feel or what it did to my brain. But it changed me forever.

 4. The Mamas & The Papas – Dedicated To The One I Love

One summer’s morning, I was up early watching the birds in my garden during the era of lockdown. The sun was shining onto the dewy grass, it was really beautiful and peaceful.This song came on as a recommended song at the end of the playlist I listened to and instantly I was hooked. I must have listened to it 100 times that morning alone, and even after that I couldn’t stop listening. I’ve never been so addicted to a song before. I was singing it around the house one morning and my Mum recognised it and stopped me. She said that it was the song my late Grandma used to sing to me when I was a baby, and I knew then that that’s why I felt such a strong connection to it.

 5. I Monster – Daydream In Blue

I think this song is just an absolute masterpiece. When I was 19, after lockdown rules had just been lifted, me and my best friend Eve had just got back from a house party and we were sitting in our living room chatting nonsense and listening to music. When all of a sudden, this song came on, and it felt like we were transported to another realm. We both looked at each other after it had finished playing, knowing that we had both just had the exact same experience while listening to it. From then on, we played this song 24/7. As soon as we pressed play we had goosebumps. I distinctly remember jumping up and down on my friend’s bed with her as this played, laughing hysterically on a hot summer’s day. We were both on furlough, university was closed, life was completely different, and this song seemed to summarise that feeling perfectly. To this day, we both say we would pay millions of pounds to hear that song again for the first time.

 6. Stevie Wonder – Superstition

I have a really distinct memory of this song, and I think it was the time I first became conscious. I was really young, maybe about two or three years old, and mum and dad were really worried about me because I used to shake my head a lot, like aggressively, whenever music was played. My parents used to take me to the doctors as they thought it could be a sign of something serious, but I think I was just really into the tunes they were playing. But this specific time, I remember running around my living room at that age, really shaking my head, and it was to this song. It’s the earliest memory I have. I remember at that moment thinking about the different sounds, Stevie’s voice and how good it all sounded together. Stevie Wonder has always been a big part of my family’s music, but ‘Superstition’ will always stand out to me the most for this reason. 

 7. Modjo – Music Takes You Back 

This song is special to me because of how it makes me feel. It helps me express the way I feel about music in general and the emotional connection I have with certain songs. The long build up, Daft Punk-esque synths and the sampling of Boney M’s ‘Have You Ever Seen The Rain’, help to make this track one of my favourites. But I think even just the powerful lyrics – ‘Music Takes You Back Where You Belong’ – drive home the message of how integral music is to our lives. It has really helped me in some of my darkest times. 

 8. Tame Impala – Eventually

This song, and Tame Impala in general, has got me through a lot of break ups. It’s so passionate and intense, yet cuts to these lighter, more delicate and psychedelic parts that really help to express how it can feel to juggle lots of different emotions. The main thing I love about it is that it’s telling you that it’s painful, but it’ll get better, it always does, time always heals. That’s why I think it’s always been my breakup song; you can have a good cry to it, and then try to move on with your day.

 9. The Prodigy – Voodoo People

This is just my ultimate hype song. I’ll listen to it before a set, before a night shift on the bar, before I go to a rave, or even to the gym. I think The Prodigy are up there as one of my favourite artists of all time. They were my first look into hardcore breakbeat and hardcore jungle, genres that I feel now as a DJ really resonate with my sound.

 10. Wings – Band On The Run

This song has been a favourite of mine through all different parts of my life, and I think it will be for the foreseeable. It’s multiple songs in one, taking you on a journey through genres and moods. Me and my friend always say you can tell a lot about a person based on what their favourite part of ‘Band On The Run’ is, and I still think this is true. But I secretly love every part equally and in their own right. I’m a big Beatles fan, and I think you can really hear their sound through Wings thanks to Paul McCartney, and I think I’m actually a bigger Wings fan. This song is good for so many scenarios – end of the night, early morning, long road trips, in the shower (but you have to scream it at the top of your lungs) and so much more.

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Written by Kate Hazeldine