The Fagget Fairys: a Lesbian Love Story

Feed the Horse is the name of the debut album from the Fagget Fairys. So, right off the bat, this article is a little bit offensive. The word “fagget” – although miss-spelled – is obviously a derogatory term used against the LGBT community. “Feed the Horse” is slang for… well let’s just say it has a slightly dirty sexual connotation. Why then, you might wonder, are we writing about the Fagget Fairys at all? Well, with their album dropping recently in the US, we decided to look into what they’re all about and found that – in addition to interesting, exciting, and unique electro/techno club music – the lesbian duo also has a pretty sweet little girl-meets-girl tale.

Fagget Fairys is the story of 19-year-old Ena – model, club kid, and all-around bad-ass – who, after a brief meeting at a Copenhagen nightclub, fell hard for the DJ, Carla Cammilla Hjort (aka DJ Sensimilla) – ten years her senior. Ena fell so hard in fact that in an attempt to impress Carla she dove from the DJ booth right onto a beer bottle, leading to 15 stitches and a busted knee.

Despite the stage dive, however, other factors stood in the way of their love. At the time, Carla Cammilla was already in a relationship. Additionally, Ena’s Muslim upbringing remained a limiting factor in her life. But neither their love, nor their music, could be denied – two years after the fateful evening at the nightclub they are engaged to be married and have released their debut full-length album, Feed The Horse.

The album was recorded and produced in New York City with Grammy award-winning Rasmus Bille Bahncke (aka Popdaddy) as lead producer. Bahncke discovered Fagget Fairys at a gig at The Knitting Factory in New York City was impressed by their hardcore bouncy sets and energetic performance.

Carla Camilla developed her distinct musical taste and style through years as a professional DJ in the club-scape of Berlin, Paris, and Copenhagen. Ena adds an inspired and unique flowing Balkan-style vocal. The talents of the two women, combined with Bahncke’s knowledge and experience in how to produce a hit song, is what makes this album the ever elusive club/pop crossover album. Feed the Horse is described as a true-school club album with the texture and delicateness of its genre’s contemporaries that also manages to be a solid pop album full of catchy riffs, organic instruments, and varied melodic structure.

Outside of being one half of the Fagget Fairys, both women have very interesting and diverse backgrounds. In addition to working as a professional DJ in Copenhagen, Carla Cammilla has an art-music-fashion collective, ArtRebels, and started an annual three-day music festival called Trailer Park Festival. Ena arrived in a Danish refugee camp as a one-year-old after her parents were forced to flee a crumbling Yugoslavia in the midst of civil war but, despite her young age, has already managed to live her life as a successful runway model, handball player, and musician who, nevertheless, remains the black sheep of her family.

Now, together as Fagget Fairys and partners in life, the two have impressed crowds from New York City to Berlin, from Copenhagen to Paris, and everywhere in between with Carla’s superb mixing and Ena’s powerful vocal performances.

For more about the Fagget Fairy’s visit http://www.myspace.com/faggetfairys.