The Perfect Cyn

Raised in the Chicagoland area of Indiana, Cynthia experienced the disco/house transition of the early 80s and the house/rave transition in the early 90s. She waited to purchase gear and teach herself to dj until she moved to Portland in 2000. She attributes the encouragement to move from spectator to participant solely to Portland’s positive attitude toward women in music of all forms. The years in between bear witness to a love story between a girl and music of all kinds: from the Beatles to AC/DC, Kraftwerk, Bikini Kill, and Underworld, with a memory attached to every song in between. A driving force in the PDX techno and minimal scene that emerged in the early and mid 00s, Cyn helped found Sexy Robot Music, a local collective who held numerous events at the city’s most cutting edge venues. Later as a founder of the Alga-Rhythms collective, she continued performing regularly throughout the city, including a residency at the long-time PDX electronic haunt Sauce Box, spinning an eclectic blend of house and electronica. Alga-Rhythms collective was also responsible for bringing a host of top-notch talent to PDX. Today armed with proper instruments, a technical background, and a lifetime of care and attention to music, she finally gives back to this thing that brought her to every positive person and place in her experience: music.