Playing raves, goth clubs, festivals & beyond, Estella Maise has taken Toronto by storm. Her hard-hitting genre-bending mixes culminate a distinct fresh take on dance music, whilst honouring fundamentals.

Raised in the Greater Toronto Area by oldskool ravers, Estella Maise (also known as Ms. GothicFish) was deep into the alternative dance music scene from the get-go. Her mother influenced her taste in Drum & Bass, Jungle, Electro, and also rock genres such as grunge and metal. In her teens, Estella got more independently involved in the local hardcore punk and underground music scene of Toronto, where she'd discover her love for moshpits and manic crowds. As Estella got older, she became more attracted to 2 polar opposite styles: Goth and Happy Hardcore, this broadened her taste and gave way to Estella's distinctiveness for ambitious mixing and genre-bending crossovers. All this collectively has formed an extremely widespread collection of sound that remains unique, inspiring, and decadently open-minded. Her sound is heavily curated individually for each event she plays, leaving room for surprises & deep cuts.

Estella has made quick waves, with residencies at goth clubs and multiple Toronto rave organizations, such as Supersexe, NB_DnB. Adding to her portfolio, she's played sold-out shows in Montreal and Toronto, notably spinning at NOMAD, the iconic Opera House, Wiggle Room, SeeScape, McCormack Warehouse. Additionally she's played New York multiple times, and recently made her west coast debut in British Columbia at Altitude Music Festival.

On top of all this, runs her own events production companies, Estella Originals and Pure Camp, which specialize in the curation of dance events and markets catered to a diverse audience of alternative local youth.

Behind the name 'Ms.GothicFish':

While attending secondary education at Etobicoke School of the Arts, Lala created a colourful large-scale painting of a trippy, gory, and Tim Burton-esque mixed-breed fish, which she dubbed 'Mr.GothicFish'. She became so infatuated with said painting, and Mr.GothicFish as a character, that she opted to make her artist name 'Ms.GothicFish', marrying the artist to her art.

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