Lady Flic

Lady
Flic

An enduring fire behind the decks for thirty years — New Zealand, Dublin, London, Bali, New York City. An ever-blooming and evolving journey ~ radio, raves, RBMA, vinyl slinger, sunset maestra, music director, event manager, vinyl specialist, sometime singer/producer, lover of words and elevation via creation.

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Inside Your Vibration

Lady Flic ft. City Hayes — b/w Play Me Anywhere

A limited 12" vinyl release — out now on Love from NYC Music. A heavy, soulful House cut built for sun sets and late-night floors alike. Backed with a 90s Trip Hop inspired slice of Dream Pop. This is a deeply personal record inspired by her time in Bali ~ the B-side was written pre-bike crash and the A-side was written post. If you listen carefully, you might hear the change in frequency.

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Original Music

2017

Appeared on Red Rack'em's Self Portrait LP on ‘Hot Weekend’ as her vocal alter ego, City Hayes.

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2013

Contributed vocals on ‘Geek Emotions’ by Hot Coins from The Damage is Done LP on Sonar Kollektiv.

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2008

An unreleased session with Brad Baloo and Christopher Tubbs. The parts have long vanished to the realms of displaced musical zeroes and ones, somewhere next door to the sock dimension.

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2004

A studio session with Neil Beatnik, gifted to Lady Flic by Carbon Records where she was slinging vinyl, resulted in the deep discoid banger — the second release on Richard Sen’s Mixed Blood vinyl imprint.

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The Story

The Accidental DJ

A tumble from a tree in 90s Wellington resulted in a broken arm and a surprising payout of $8,008, meaning she could move out of home, buy turntables and pursue a wild DJ dream ~ so began her journey outward to the world.

A somewhat more intense tumble from a motorbike in Bali in 2013 also served as a catalyst, this one for a more inward journey of healing, contemplation and ultimate elevation to higher levels ~ awakening a new understanding and attitude to life (and inspiring the name of her 1BTN Radio Show).

In between and beyond has been a journey of an immense love for music, a refusal to be put into a box and a passion for weaving colourful musical tapestries for a multitude of scenes.

"The best DJ in Bali, hands down!" — Maurice Fulton
The Path

Aotearoa to Jackson Heights

1994 — New Zealand

Clubs, raves & radio

A wide-eyed teen, obsessed with raves and the role of selector ~ by way of a minor romance with a DJ ~ learned the ways of the wax and landed a ‘Death til Dawn’ show on Radio Active. From there to ESC and local hotspots, to MuMu Land, the massive annual Devotion parties, supporting Beck at the Wellington Town Hall, as well as multiple international DJs. Lady Flic’s first few years in the game were dynamic and foundational, setting the bar high and foreshadowing the wildly multifarious journey to follow.

Lady Flic on the decks in a Wellington radio studio
2000 — Dublin

Red Bull Music Academy

One morning she woke to her radio alarm as the presenter was saying “and congratulations to DJ Flic, she’s off to the Red Bull Music Academy in July” .. and she fell out of bed. 1 of 60 worldwide selected for RBMA — studios, lectures and late nights with some legendary DJs and producers. A few months in the city followed, then an extended DJ trek around Eastern Europe, spinning in Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Warsaw before heading to London. The return ticket to Wellington was never used.

Lady Flic at the Red Bull Music Academy, Dublin
2001 — London

Slinging vinyl, pirate radio

An 8 year epoch of enormous euphonious expansion; hosting pirate radio and hauling crates around the city, selling wax at Carbon Records, Reckless Records and If Music, releasing a 12 inch Disco record and truly burning all the candles at all the ends. Adventurous and somewhat reckless, the second half of the London experience was one with a Saturnian handbrake applied, and the first descent into uncharted realms. But the music persisted.

Lady Flic outside Reckless Records, London
2008 — Bali

Ku De Ta, then Potato Head

A visit to the Island of the Gods turned into an 11 year excursion to the highest of highs and the deepest of depths. They say the veil is thinner there and she can attest to that, with the simultaneously unforgiving and restoring Bali energy setting the scene for the most magnificent Plutonian transformation yet. Musically - landing a gig at Bali’s original sunset venue, then resident DJ, Music Director and Event Manager at Potato Head Beach Club — booking, hosting and playing alongside some of the world’s biggest and most underground names from 2010 - 2015.

Lady Flic DJing at Potato Head Beach Club, Bali
2015 — Bali

Asia & Seminyak

The story continues with adventure of an Asian orientation, curating music for hotels, extended residencies in the Maldives and Japan, regular gigs in Singapore and Hong Kong. In 2018 Lady Flic expanded her creative scope, helping launch the beachside hotspot SugarSand, driving the creative and musical program, featuring a jazz-and-soul-inspired vibe and hosting acts including Lefto, Benji B, Roy Davis Jr, Alexander Nut, Jordan Rakei and Waajeed.

Lady Flic DJing at SugarSand, Seminyak
2020 — New York City

Home, for now ...

A city she always envisioned living in. Not quite the dream ideal as she arrived just in time for Covid, but the honeymoon period with her husband-to-be made for another extraordinary chapter. Together they rediscovered the joys of vinyl (after the digital hiatus in Bali) ~ and Love from NYC was born. From lockdown Twitch to a legendary underground monthly, to the block parties and listening lounges of NYC — the thread keeps weaving, with more substance than ever… stay tuned.

Lady Flic digging through records in New York
The Duo

Love from NYC

Two DJs, one record collection, and a shared refusal to spin played-out records. Lady Flic and Pérez Massimo dig and select together as Love from NYC. Their vast musical histories combined bring a dynamic and always fresh mix to whatever the scene they are soundtracking. The collection spans Disco, House, Hip Hop, Jazz, Salsa, Brazilian, Afro, Rare Groove, Soul, Balearic and so much more.

Love from NYC Music launched in July 2026 with the 12" vinyl release of ‘Inside Your Vibration’.

Lady Flic and Pérez Massimo, framed
On Air

Elevation Radio Show

Catch Lady Flic on the 1BTN radio waves radiating out of Brighton, UK ~ every 2nd Wednesday of the month ~ 11am EST, 4pm GMT. All the replays are shared on Mixcloud.

It’s music for elevation, not the elevator.

A beautiful monthly opportunity to weave a musical story, with the freedom and open spectrum of the radio format. No genre is off limits but you’ll definitely hear Jazz, Hip-Hop, House, MPB, Disco, Balearic and rare grooves of many textures.

Words

A Lover of Words

Sometimes, what needs to be expressed sounds a little poetic.

Framed print: Let not your soul be sacrificed on the altar of generic approval

WE HAVE ALL BEEN MOTHERS

We have all been mothers

we have all traversed lifetimes

of deep wretchedness

and transcendent joy

and we give birth

to ourselves

every day

We have all been fathers

we have all conquered kingdoms

wielding weapons

of iron and steel

now we battle

our own shadows

every day

We have all been sisters

burned alive for healing

and merely understanding

Nature

now we take

synthetic potions

every day

We have all been brothers

sharing ancient mysteries

in the hallowed halls

of history

now we ask AI

for guidance

every day

But...

we give birth

to ourselves

every day

Every day

is an opportunity

to not be defined

by our history

our karma

our identity

there is a spark

inside our own being

that is asking

to be seen

to be remembered

through the haze

of information

and atrophy

of imagination

there is clarity

in recognition

of the illusion

of separation

You always

only

have

today.

THE BEGINNING.

A SONG IN THE KEY OF YOUR LIFE

Your identity

is merely

an ever changing

aspect of you

What

are

you?

Can you detach from the titles and just be ...you?

What is your highest expression, without a label?

What are you, really?

Are you light

and water

and plasma

and carbon?

What are we?

The stuff

of the Universe

vibrating

at a certain

frequency?

Flowing

colliding

harmonically

inscribing

every musical note

written

with inspired precision

in the key

of your life

questioning every

cell

in

every moment

what truly lights you up?

Your body is

an instrument

for you to harmonise

Tune the

discordant melodies

Breath

Movement

Intention

powerful tools

for the most dissonant of maladies

I AM a woman

that is all

creative

energetic

incarnation

I AM the same

and equal to you

and I AM unique

there will only

ever be

one of me

I embrace my divinity

I embrace my individuality

i embrace my oddity

i embrace my nonconformity

i embrace my singularity

Despite the persistent entreaties of society

how about you

THE GOLDEN FREQUENCY

Can’t you see

You forgot

your own divinity

It’s time to wake up now

Neo

You planted the seed

in your heart

long ago

This is the moment

the unfurling

revealing

the matrix within

and without

The great illusion

of millennia

exposed like The Wiz

for what he truly is

A black magician

who cannot create

only replicate

His goal

ultimate control

over your mind

body and soul

But I’ll tell you this

for free

It’s always been you

who holds the key

the potentiality

the power

and the force

to break the shackles

of disconnection

from Source

It’s time to move on

from heavy melancholy

to collective heart coherence

a universal intelligence

not of mind

but of immense

love

and joy

From perpetual poison

to Nature connection

Reactive explosion

to calm and compassion

Irrational othering

to soul recognition

There is a golden frequency

running through

every being

rock and tree

Separation is a myth

union is the key

The heartbeat

of the Earth

the lifeblood

the true currency

a live pulsing record

through time and space

of every precious moment

future past and present

all existing in the now

Beautiful and silent

Can you hear the signal

can you tune in

move the dial

just a smidgen

from your regularly

scheduled program?

Thank you for reading

this offering

just a little something

for your elevation

and contemplation

See you in the golden frequency

THE BEGINNING.

THE CREATION AND THE FALL

Let not your creativity

become synthetic

formulaic

a masterpiece of nothingness

praised by the masses

Let not your originality

become diluted

indistinguishable

squeezed of all divine essence

for public consumption

Let not your soul

be sacrificed

on the altar

of generic approval

Why do you create?

Do you want to be great

or

known as great?

It’s just ..

a question

Can you bloom

and exalt

in the becoming

without thinking

of the accolade?

Can you tap in

to the quintessential dreamer

within

without needing

a reason?

‘But I’m not creative!’

Wrong.

To create is innate

to the human state

Take the time

tune out the noise

and listen

your answer

already lies within

The death of creation = the death of humanity

Now go, create something

Your life (force) depends on it.

A POEM (of sorts)

Beware the spirit looters

the egregores of moral righteousness

masquerading as the public good

reason

no longer

in season

It’s a jungle out there

they are E V E R Y W H E R E

officially appointed experts

like extras in a

demoralizing comedy sketch

Enter stage left

“look up to me” and

“Be sure to finish your mac n cheese”

Consider the media

juggernaut required

to sell the latest

ethical imperative

to degrade common sense

into rarity

to invert human nature

into algorithm

to peddle poison

as a cure

and love

as a poison

Yet your soul senses

fuckery

How many need

to be exposed

and disgraced

before you cease

to donate

your precious currency

to the poisonous tree

It’s past time

to get real

cut the cords of attachment

to those that merely steal

your life force

and your joy

your presence

and your dream

You know who I mean

did I say beware?

I meant be aware

Never in fear

99.9 percent

is in your mind

I present

to you

the present

moment

Are you in danger? No?

So why live in fear?

Life is beautiful

When you switch off

and tune in

to your own Self

Sit with the mystery

and see what arises

Your own connection

may be full of surprises

Nature is listening

without judgement

eternally changing

as she does

So why do you judge yourself?

Aren’t you a part of Nature ..?

You are a divine part

of the eternal mystery

Maybe erased from

the dictionary

definition

but

one cannot change

WHAT IS

Nature strives

for self preservation

But man can choose

to be his own annihilation

this paradox

has been managed

manipulated

over eons

exploited

by black magicians of old

by tricksters

and social engineers

of now

Are you man enough

to acknowledge your own role

in this current state of affairs?

Can you see past the extreme programming

of guilt, shame, division and fear?

The connection is slowly

reforging

and there is gold

to be found

in every moment

of remembering

every stab of pain

every ache of sadness

every flowering of joy

every flash of recognition

every glimmer of truth.

THE BEGINNING.

A SIMPLE WORD

The existence

your Soul chose

this time around

is surely

a strange

and intriguing one

The more one asks

radically basic questions

without self judgement ..

Who am I?

What is this place?

Why am I here?

Why do these patterns repeat?

To whom do those voices in my head belong?

How am I feeding the matrix?

How am I controlled?

Who do I answer to?

To name but a few ..

the more layers

we peel away

in stillness

and brutal sincerity

are consistently revealing

that we were always free.

I CHOOSE LOVE

I surround myself with beautiful things,

beautiful people

beautiful words

beautiful thoughts

I surrender to uncertainty

tiptoeing the tightrope between black and white

welcoming nuance in all things

understanding that truth, in this fractal universe of images and mirrors

is simultaneously impossible to isolate, and nonetheless always present

and therein lies the freedom, the peace.

Can you welcome the discomfort, the tension of this dichotomy?

Can you hold it in your body?

Can you witness a world collapsing from the inside out and still be a holder of peace?

Can you cultivate the energy to fix all the woes of the world,

without healing the child inside of you that was neglected long ago?

DEEP

HEALING

IS

NEEDED

It will NEVER manifest collectively

without each of us taking

responsibility

for

our

own

selves

It begins by going within

to acknowledge the parts that have been pushed away, suppressed ..

the answers lie

in the dark side

of your own psyche

If you do not possess the fortitude

to become the observer

to delve into your own psychology ..

you may find yourself being tossed around like a rag doll

at the whim of those some call the elites, the billionaire class

I call them

The Losing Controllers.

THE BEGINNING.

MANY ARE REMEMBERING

A human

on the path of remembering

is increasingly difficult

to manipulate

A soul

that does not give

its consent

cannot be enslaved

A collective

that recognises reality

is based on belief

might examine their sources more closely

Will you examine yours?

The decrepit

outdated structures

are crumbling

with the lies

groaning

as their scaffolding

Where will you stand when the dust clears?

What are you building

to replace

the forthcoming decay?

Will you accept every offer that is presented to you

as an inevitability,

a convenience,

for the greater good?

Or do you recognise

the words

the spellcasting

the sorcery?

Internal commentary

or parasitic interloper?

What activates you

negatively?

Look there first

Your wounds

are messengers

lighting the way

The journey is never

an external destination

First it leads within

to the shadows

the depths of your psyche

where the answers already

live, breathe, wait

patiently for your attention

You are infinite

and eternal

and so

am I

Here for a short time

to remember

to become as close

to my original blueprint

as possible

before the layers of falsity

did

accumulate

Many are remembering ...