Princess of power

>> Lori the Hi-Fi Princess turns up the voltage

By RUPERT BOTTENBERG

 While she won't be joined by her VJ partner Honeygun, there's no doubt that NYC-based DJ Lori the Hi-Fi Princess will be giving this weekend's Love on the Beat party the royal treatment. The Mirror eluded her palace guards long enough to get the skinny.

 Mirror: What kind of tunes do you spin, in clubkid terms?

 Princess Lori: Psychedelic techno, a fusion of hard techno beats with trippy sounds. Sometimes it can get tracky, more like techno, but then I like to drop in stuff that's more song-structured, like trance. I think the two sounds were ment to be played together--they fit perfectly.

 M: Now, what kind of tunes do you spin, in terms my mom would understand?

 PL: Does your mom know anything about the '60s? That might help her to understand the psychedelic part, and as for the techno--just think "hard."

 M: Your first gig was in '94 in Victoria, B.C., where you're from. At that point, you were spinning house. In '98 you split for the U.K., after which you went to Luxembourg. Was that where the shift to techno was cemented?

 PL: I'd started to buy techno when I was still living in Canada. When I moved to Luxembourg, I met Simmer, who runs the label I'm on. He got me into playing more aggressively. I spent time in Germany, Holland and Belgium, and saw a lot of great DJs. It took my love for techno to a whole new level. Techno is a lot more aggressive and I have found lately that it fits my personality a lot better.

 M: Whaddaya call those folks, anyway? Luxembourgeoisie?

 PL: Yup!

 M: Tell me a bit about Induced Dipole, your joint CD with Calvin Tang.

 PL: I've put out a lot of tapes, but CD quality is so much nicer to listen to. My disc is called Voltage and Calvin's is Charge. If you don't know what it means, look it up and you will see how the names all fit together. :

 

With U.S. Marshall, Darjis and more at Love On the Beat 3, at 2275 St-Joseph E. on Saturday, Feb. 10, 9pm, $40, Info: (450) 625-7000