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POZE MAGAZINE
REVIEW: BEN E ZANDER
PHOTOGRAGHY BY NAT
GOLDIE (@ARTBYGOLDIE)
Azzecca
PHOTOGRAGHY BY NAT GOLDIE
I take a lot of pride in my ability (@ARTBYGOLDIE)
to guide crowds to those
different places. Music can “It’s funny because the name I wanted to curate
definitely heal and soothe, our actually comes from a type of inclusive dance music
bodies react physically to hops my husband and I used to environments more than
music, it’s a really strong force brew our own beer at home anything. It wasn’t until I
and as DJs and music during Covid. The hop is started throwing parties
producers we have an Azacca, and I just thought it and DJing as an opener for
opportunity to really impact sounded cool, so I changed the my parties that I realized I
the way people feel which is spelling to create a new word actually had a knack for it
amazing.” and ran with it. It wasn’t until and a unique perspective
I love stories, and details of later that I realized ‘Azzecca’ is to share with people
origin stories fascinate! I’m also a conjugation of the Italian through my own
inclined to exploring how word which means “doesn’t selections.”
artists find their identities, miss”—it was meant to be!”
choose their monikers, and Secondly, I inquired whether
enter the performing space, she aspired to ascend the
professionally. “Azzecca” is of stage as a performer. “To be
Italian heritage, and I asked if honest, my entry into music
the word azzecare, an Italian wasn’t out of a desire to be on
word meaning “to hit a target,” stage at all.
had any influence. Poze-Magazine.com
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