Sainte is a former
breakbeat hardcore and
techno DJ that is also "widely regarded as one of the States' premiere female drumandbass DJs" according to
Dieselboy. She is a self-taught DJ known for
mixing the
techstep subgenre of
drum and bass. She has DJed throughout North America at clubs and raves as a
breakbeat and techno DJ on a regular basis beginning in 1990, dedicating herself exclusively to the
Drum&Bass genre by 1995 and performing alongside artists such as
808 State,
Joey Beltram,
Meat Beat Manifesto. She became a frequent guest DJ at music venues including
City Gardens in
Trenton, New Jersey, Guernica (formerly
Save the Robots) in Manhattan,
The Shelter (New York City), and
The Stone Pony in
Asbury Park, New Jersey. Also, she was asked to be a resident DJ at Club Zadar in
New Hope, Pennsylvania, in January 1990, introducing techno to the
new wave venue. In addition, she became a resident DJ at several venues in Philadelphia including Evolution and Skyline. She is considered one of the first female techno DJs from North America and has been cited as "the original East Coast female drum and bass DJ". Sainte has acknowledged the support of DJ
Lenny Dee.
Dieselboy has also been known to support her. She also convinced
Rhys Fulber, after he met her in the “early nineties” when she worked as a
Techno DJ, to eventually produce Techno and use his German name as opposed to an alias. == 1986-1999: Radio ==