CARISTA

Since winning a DJ competition, CARISTA has not stopped. The Utrecht native is now a firm part of the European underground. She has platformed plenty of talent on her own United Identities label, plays Dekmantel's festivals regularly, hosts on NTS and has emerged as a fine producer in her own right. She has a knack for digging far and wide and playing anything from soul to house, garage to electric sounds. Her sets move from sensuous deep house through jazzy inflections, body-popping bass rhythms and jacked-up percussive cuts, and often feature United Identities artists like Conrad Soundsystem and Sansouni next to classics from Louie Vega and Kerri Chandler. She recorded the 400th Dekmantel podcast.