About Me
My sound can be many things: uplifting, groovy, and mysterious with touches of acid, tribal, or soulful energy. I play a lot of minimal and deep house, but I don’t like staying in one lane. I’ll mix in left-field house, breaks, hard groove, or experimental bass when the moment calls for it. For me, it’s about finding music people haven’t heard before, watching their faces light up, and seeing their bodies take over. No set is ever the same. The environment, the time, and the crowd will always guide the journey.
Growing up, my favorite thing to do was share new music with my friends. I kept thinking, there has to be a way to present this in a creative way. In 2020, I got my first decks. Shortly after, I moved to Spain and started discovering music like never before. Traveling across Europe and experiencing the underground scenes, especially in Valencia, shaped the way I play now.
For years, I stayed a bedroom DJ, afraid to show my face. Even with the constant support of friends, I didn’t feel like I’d “earned” the title. That changed in the summer of 2024, when a friend invited me to play at his rooftop event series. I said I wasn’t ready. He told me, “It’s now or never.” That was my cue.
From there, I played every open decks and opportunity I could find to get myself playing in front of people, falling in love with the craft even more. One day I got sent a post from The Basement Soundsystem, Valencia's most known house collective and record label, looking for new talent. I almost didn’t send them anything as Valencia has so many DJs, I figured they’d never notice me. But I thought, fuck it, and sent a mix. Only a couple hours later, I got a reply saying they loved it. I was melting. The next day, I was playing at their HiFi lounge.
That night with The Basement opened so many doors. Soon after, I joined M Lab, a DJ collective in Valencia, where we organized events all over the city. We collaborated with The Basement and Jameson Whiskey to create HiFi Connect, a Thursday night residency at HiFi Valencia, the city’s most respected high-fidelity listening lounge. We also put on a sold-out DJ Battle with Redline and hosted rooftop sessions at SkyBar.
In 2025, I played on RadioActiva TX, Mexico’s #1 alternative radio station, invited by the Senty Radio collective. It was my first time being on radio, and that mix was pure joy to record.
Moving back to the US in spring 2025 meant putting a pause on my projects in Spain, but it also gave me a new mission: to bring the sound I’ve been building overseas back home. I want to create the same kind of spaces I fell in love with abroad, where people connect through music, discover something new, and leave feeling more alive than when they came in.
— Catalina Bustos (Cataclisma)
