DJ SHARE on sharing music, energy and emotions

From Miss Universe Netherlands to the DJ booths of Reactor Venao, SXM Festival and Hï Ibiza, SHARE has been pushing the envelope on the world’s most exciting stages. Now as international DJ and producer, she invokes emotions with her uplifting sets and tracks released on renowned labels including Crosstown Rebels and Abracadabra. In this article, SHARE shines some light on the emotion and feeling behind her sets, collaborations, and her own music.

SHARE’s Musical Universe

Her journey behind the decks quickly led her into the studio. SHARE’s debut release Avatar landed on BLOND:ISH’s celebrated label Abracadabra, pressed on the world’s first biodegradable record. A symbolic step for a track inspired by mother nature and her mission to create awareness for the environment. 

That mission runs deep: she’s an ambassador for BLOND:ISH’s charity Bye Bye Plastic, which campaigns to eliminate single-use plastics from the music industry. Other releases soon followed, including Oh Please on Damian Lazarus’ iconic Crosstown Rebels, and the hypnotic Moon, a much deeper cut where she layered in her own voice, reflecting on the pursuit of ultimate heights — reaching for the moon itself. “Much more is on the way,” she assures with a smile, “so make sure to follow along.”

Feeling First

Ask SHARE what happens when she plays, and her answer is immediate: “I really need to feel it to play well.” She closes her eyes sometimes while playing, but always reminds herself to keep them open in order to connect with the audience. She can’t stop dancing, her body moving in sync with the crowd. DJing, for her, is both physical and spiritual.

“I love to dance and I have to move the energy. I jump, I move, I live in that moment within the music,” she says. “Mentally, I don’t really have many thoughts going on. It’s just me, the people, the energy. It’s almost like cooking. Like okay, now we put some salt, now some pepper, just feeling where the set needs to go. It’s just creating the recipe of the night.”

It’s this ability to mix instinct with intention that makes SHARE stand out. She doesn’t just blend beats; she curates emotions.

Dancing as Medicine

For SHARE, dancing isn’t just about fun,  it’s a kind of therapy. “It’s scientifically proven that dancing helps you process information,” she says. “Information in your body, information in your life. That’s why it makes people happy. You’re moving, you’re processing what you’ve been going through during the week; work, stress, whatever. Dancing moves your energy. That’s why dancing is life.”

Conversations Without Words

Collaboration in DJing is notoriously tricky. But when it works, SHARE says, it’s magic. “I play a lot with Deer Jade, and it’s really nice because we fill each other up and purposefully add to the vibe we are creating together. It’s like we’re talking to each other without words while we’re playing. She feels me, I feel her. We’re just talking through music.”

Other times, collaborations fall flat. DJs who cut the vibe to chase their own style, live musicians who overpower the decks with walls of guitar. “It only works if you listen to each other,” she says. “Otherwise, it’s not a dialogue, it’s just two artists doing their own thing, overpowering each other.”

She remembers a night in Cape Town when she played with a violinist she had never met before. “She was playing with her heart. At the right moments I turned down the music to give her space, and it was incredible. She also knew when to pull back and let the track breathe. That’s when it works, when both artists understand it’s about the journey, not just grabbing your own moment.”

The Beauty of Mistakes

Technology is reshaping the music world, with AI voices already replacing singers in pop productions, and hologram concerts like ABBA’s in London blurring the line between live and virtual. SHARE is fascinated, but cautious.

“Honestly, I love how people’s mistakes make things feel more real and human,” she says. “For me, the best sets are when I make mistakes. Everyone wants to be so perfect, but I think it will come back to people longing for the imperfectness.”

She doesn’t dismiss technology’s role, “maybe one day we’ll have DJ holograms I guess, haha. But will it feel the same? We’re in charge of that choice,” she says firmly.

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