She launched and refined Intersessions, a workshop series that works to counter gender disparity in electronic music. DJing and the club community quickly took over her life.
“I had to start my life over,” she says.Įventually, she made her way to Toronto and since she already knew how to DJ she started booking gigs to make enough money to support herself. In 2015, her widely-documented deportation from the States left her in Vancouver and back at square one. Over time, she built a name for herself as a cheeky rapper and started songwriting for other artists. Her notoriety on the party scene soon turned into her getting invited to studios and being featured on a Major Lazer track called Wind Up. Nonstop says the collaborative process between her and the anonymous figure dj genderfluid was very hands-on and they always had to be in the same room as they built the tracks together.īefore lead single Straight To Hell was released in 2020, Nonstop hadn’t released original music in seven years. She started making music when she was 16, growing up in California. The DIY productions came together in a little over a month, with some of the songs written and produced pre-pandemic. Her vocal energy is as nonstop as the north of 150 BPM DJ sets she’s known for, with abrasive lyrics daring you to keep up. As frenzied as a typical Chippy set, the songs move from techno to acid house to drum and bass. The album is the perfect transport, taking you through every moment in a night out: from getting ready at a friend’s house, anticipating the debauchery of the evening to the pinnacle peak on the dance floor to the early morning come-down.