GIRL WUNDER'S ELECTRONIC PRESS KIT
Genres
Classic House - Deep House - Minimal - Deep Tech - Tech House - Techno - UKBass - Breaks - World
Residencies
-Juneshine monthly series (New York City)
Nov 2023 - Jan 2024
-Moonrise in-house DJ (New York City)
Feb 2023 - April 2023
-Jupiter Disco Early Sessions (New York City) Nov 2021 - Dec 2022
About
Hailing from Queens New York, GIRL WUNDER (Jessica Wu) brings a fresh style to the electronic music scene. She nods to both the old and new school crowd, and enjoys bringing sounds across multiple genres to give something to everyone on the dancefloor. Her ability to generate special and memorable performances is what makes her a coveted new artist in the music industry.
Girl Wunder began as a radio DJ on 93.5 KNCE True Taos Radio and then later on RadioFreeBrooklyn and HalfMoonBK with own weekly show late night show called "Virtual Voyager" and "Glitch Mode." She has had guest mixes for notable groups: Foundation.FM (London), TribeSound (S.Africa), Tantra Thursdays (Santa Fe), UKO Radio (Albuquerque), Sub.Sequence KUNM, Denver House Music's Mix Wednesdays, and Synaesthesia Collective (San Francisco). Since DJing outside of radio, Girl Wunder has had the honor of playing in 9 different states throughout the US. Girl Wunder enjoys traveling to perform and seeks to collaborate alongside various collectives, with the goal of building a network of artists to create magical experiences for people to gather through music and art. However, as of 2024, she has been taking on only select gigs to focus on producing her first EP.
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Originally brought up in classical music at the age of 4 on piano, and then flute at age 11, Girl Wunder has always been an avid musician. She had reached notable achievements at a young age, placing in both the competitive New York State All-County and All-State Orchestras. She has had the privilege of performing at renowned Carnegie Hall 4 years in a row by the age of 17 on flute.
Meanwhile, Girl Wunder's introduction into electronic music began with her sister who was a promoter for many legendary clubs such as Webster Hall, Pascha NYC, Tunnel and Club Exit, and a prominent influencer amongst the asian bboy/bgirl raver crews. Girl Wunder's early collection of digital music began as her sister would bring home tracks and exclusive recordings from the DJs at those parties. Her discovery of Miss Kittin, Green Velvet, Acid Girl, Prodigy, Fatboy Slim and other influential artists of the time opened her mind to a new world of possibility with music as house music and the genre of techno was making a head in NYC. Today, as a DJ with an ear for complex melodies through her classical training, a love for acoustic instrumentation, and an early exposure to 90s rave culture, Girl Wunder attempts to combine elements of all her experiences within the selections in her mixes.
Girl Wunder is a major advocate of consent and safety in nightlife. She is trained to administer Narcan and often volunteers as a harm reduction supporter with SafeRaveNYC. In the default world, Girl Wunder works for a non-profit offering therapeutic support groups for survivors of Gender Based Violence. She is also on the road to completing a Masters in Mental Health Counseling at NYU with the intention to specialize one day as a Psychedelic Integration Therapist for survivors of Sexual Assault. She also hopes to create music for their healing process.
National Venues played
Oddwood Bar @ Area15 (Las Vegas, NV)
3 Dollar Bill (Brooklyn, NYC)
Brooklyn Monarch (Brooklyn, NYC)
Gaia Nomaya (Brooklyn, NYC)
House of YES (Brooklyn, NYC)
Jupiter Disco (Brooklyn, NYC)
Knockdown Center (Brooklyn, NYC)
TBA (Brooklyn, NYC)
Beacon (Denver, CO)
Fort Greene Bar (Denver, CO)
Larimer Lounge (Denver, CO)
LVL/Temple (Denver, CO)
Reelworks (Denver, CO)
1134 Broadway (Denver, CO)
The Black Box (Denver, CO)
Meow Wolf: House of Eternal Return (Santa Fe, NM)
Effex Club (Albuquerque, NM)
Taos Mesa Brewery Mothership (Taos, NM)
AsientoSF (San Francisco, CA)
Public Works (San Francisco, CA)
BarSmithPHX (Phoenix, AZ)
Kingdom (Austin, TX)
Festivals Played
StillDream Fesetival 2023 (NorCal)
Queens Night Market 2023 (NYC)
Bryant Park AAPI Festival 2023 (NYC)
Burning Man 2022 (Black Rock City, NV)
Mesa Por Vida 2022 (NM)
Sol Sundays Get Free Festival 2022 (NM)
iHeartRadio Daytime Festival Indoor 2021 (Las Vegas, NV)
Chromatic Conceptum 2021 (NM)
Past Clients
Galaxy Digital Holdings LTD
Casa Dragones Tequila
Women's Foundation California / Pins for Progress
Keep Contemporary Gallery of Santa Fe
Kostume Kult NYC
House of Good Deeds NYC
Museum of Chinese in America NYC
Meatless in Manhattan
VBVA Comedy Festival NYC
Supported sets
Castor & Pollux
Cici
Colette
Eli Escobar
Freqish
Hotel Garuda
Mija
Seek-One
DJ Tennis
Tommy Trash
Peanut Butter Wolf
News/Awards/Accolades
-Cover feature: Asia International World Journal Magazine (May 2023)
--"as a Chinese woman, Girl Wunder hopes to breakthrough the
restrictions and prejudices of this industry and create her own 'legend'"
-Winner of Pirate Studios DJ Contest to Open for the
Rules Don't Apply Records Takeover during SxSw in Austin TX 2023
-Winner of The DJ Mixtape Competition (London), July 2021
--"an eclectic club ready set with rolling baselines, syncopated beats and a sprinkling of 90’s RnB vocals thrown on top. The mix has a great flow and moves around the sub genres of modern day house and techno brilliantly."
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