Nita Aviance
Nita Aviance | |
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| Birth name | |
| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) |
| Origin | Rochester, New York, United States |
| Genres | House, Dance, Electronic and Soul |
| Occupation(s) | dancer, percussionist, jazz singer, DJ, music producer and actor |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Labels | Batty Bass |
DJ Nita (born 1980) known as Nita Aviance is a dancer, percussionist, jazz singer, DJ, music producer, actor, and a member of The Carry Nation along with fellow DJ/producer Will Automagic. Nita is also half of two other production teams, BOOKWRMZ and Brooklyn Is Burning, as well as a member of the production team Pyramide.
In the late 1990s, Nita left Rochester for New York City where she joined the legendary House of Aviance, "one of the major houses in the city's ballroom and vogue scene." Nita is one of the prominent DJ/producers of New York City's LGBT nightlife and has worked in various cities around the world as a DJ including London, UK where her record label is based.
Nita has logged remixes for various artists including Beyoncé, the Scissor Sisters, Le1f, Will Automagic, and Adam Joseph. According to Mix Magazine, Nita and Will Automagic are regarded as "veterans of the ever ebbing and flowing New York nightlife scene, having begun working together after being introduced to one another by fellow DJ Michael Formika Jones in the early 2000s."