“Ms Carrie Stacks is an extension of myself, whoever that self is,” says the London nightlife icon, DJ and musician. “I don’t do tattoos, but it’s like a tattoo almost, a reminder to keep going. To carry on stacking. I think when you struggle with identity and gender issues, you don’t have much self-belief. I’ve always had this thing where I don’t care about spending money, but as I’m growing, I’m trying to force myself to.
You likely already know Carrie from her involvement in the infamous queer club night PDA, which she founded alongside Mischa Mafia and Akinola Davies, or the wild DJ sets that she describes as “dramatic, destructive, messy as hell and very fun”. Although an interest in fashion lead to a detour via Central Saint Martins, it was always about music for Carrie.
With a pastor father, Carrie grew up playing piano in church, though she wasn’t really supposed to be listening to music outside of gospel. Naturally, she developed something of complex. “Deep down, I knew I wanted to do it, I just never thought I’d be able to make music outside of a church setting, because for me, that’s what it was all wrapped up in.” Post fashion degree, she fell in with the PDA lot, began DJing and slowly started to make music on the sly.
As for the current state of PDA, Carrie’s got plans to grab the baton and take it forward in a new direction with her AQEM project. “I’m starting the Association of Queer Ethnic Minorities with a few friends,” she explains. “We’re trying to bring everyone together by putting physical and non-physical roofs over the whole thing.
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