Olivia Mendez

Olivia Mendez began her career out of a deep passion for digging. Raised in a family of music aficionados and record collectors, Olivia naturally began building her own collection – grouping and exploring all the branches of electronic music as well as jazz, afrobeat, contemporary and experimental sounds. She spent 5 years in London, from 2006 to 2012, and discovered in parallel the club world and the various IDM, drum'n bass and techno events happening in different parts of East London. This experience ignited a strong passion in her for electronic music and made her realize that she needed to be part of that world.

From 2011, Olivia began working as a music journalist and in 2013 created an online magazine dealing specifically with electronic music: Stellar Fugitives. As an event organizer in Lyon, she was the first to offer longer sets ( 4hrs+) for her parties, and she worked to invite artists who had never played in the city before such as Johannes Volk, Ryan James Ford, Benedikt Frey, Oliver Deutschmann, Idealist, Nthng, Deepchord, Marko Fuerstenberg.

Her DJ career grew out of her playing at a free party that had brought together a couple of thousand visitors in the chapel of an abandoned school. Her playing caught the attention of numerous organizers and artists and her DJ career began. In 2015, she moved to Berlin and her priorities began to evolve. Her own work as an artist has gradually grown and she has turned her focus to this aspect of her life. In 2016, she became a resident at the event series 'Particules' in Lyon, who organize parties in both clubs as big event locations. This year Olivia obtained a diploma in sound engineering and has begun to work on a series of future releases. From club gigs to big festivals this 29-year-old girl keeps on evolving surprising and wowing her public. We are thrilled to announce her as the newest member of our roster at Unbroken Booking.