Hannah Wants
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hannah Alicia Smith |
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19 June 1986 Birmingham, England |
| Genres | Electronic, House, Bass, Techno |
| Occupation(s) | DJ, producer |
| Years active | 2002-present |
| Labels | Virgin, Mixmag, Fabric, CR2, Food Music, Dirtybird, Stealth |
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| Website | hannahwants |
Hannah Wants (born Hannah Alicia Smith in 1986) is a British house DJ and music producer from Birmingham, England, and a former professional women's football player.
Hannah Alicia Smith was born in Birmingham, England. Her grandfather was a DJ at parties in the 1940s and 1950s. In 2002, when she was 16, she attended her first rave and immediately wanted to become a DJ. She was also inspired by DJ EZ's mixing. She started practicing alone in her room playing speed garage, bassline house and old school UKG. By 18, she was playing local bars and spent two seasons in Ibiza to pursue a DJ career.
She earned a degree in sports studies at Wolverhampton University.
Prior to her musical career Wants played football for England's youth teams and professionally for the Premier League club Aston Villa L.F.C. She was also on England's national women's team for over a decade. She scored a hat trick in her debut for Villa Ladies enabling the team to come back from being down 0-2 at Liverpool to win the game 3-2. She scored a team-leading eight goals in the 2003-2004 season when Aston Villa L.F.C. won the Northern Division title. As a striker for Aston Villa she played from U10 through to the senior team level until retiring at the age of 23 to pursue a career as a DJ.
Wants began DJing in 2002 starting out playing speed garage before moving toward bass-influenced house blending new and old music. After three years of performing in small pubs she landed her first paid gig. Her breakthrough came in 2010 in Ibiza while on vacation from university, she was asked to fill in for a DJ to headline at the Es Paradis club. This was to be her first superclub gig after a series of competition wins at Es Viva workers' bar in Ibiza. This performance helped her land her first UK residency at the Rainbow Warehouse in Birmingham which led to regular bookings around England.
In 2010, Wants started creating bi-monthly mixtapes which she distributes on Soundcloud. Her early music was co-produced with Chris Lorenzo of Cause & Affect. Their single "Rhymes", inspired by the 2006 Busta Rhymes song "Touch It", reached #13 on the UK Singles Chart in February 2015.
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