Moni Pineda is a Colombian, New York-based multimedia artist whose work spans through music, theater, photography, writing & video production. Her music career began as a DJ on college radio while earning an International Relations degree from American University in Washington, DC. Since then, she has shared billing with artists such as Paul McCartney, Maceo Parker, Amy Winehouse, Mos Def and DJ’d in England, France, Japan, Colombia, Canada and the Philippines. She has released two CDs, one for The Fader’s Suite 903 series and another entitled “Friends We Love” for the Japanese label Toy’s Factory.
Moni’s profound love of music led her to work in theater as a music director, scoring numerous plays with her original music and remixing for Blue Man Group. As an on-stage DJ, she earned an Helen Hayes Theater Award nomination for the production, Flow. As a video and stills photographer, she has worked for clients like Sony Music, Verve Records and Giant Step with photos published in numerous magazines including Rolling Stone, Spin, The Fader and Time Out NY. In 1999, she began her work as an Associate Producer for documentaries broadcast on Discovery’s Travel Channel and Court TV.
Moni has been named one of "New York City's 15 Hottest DJ's" and been featured on the cover of the Village Voice, in Trace, Suede, NY Post & Time Out NY. In 2007, she was selected as the resident DJ for Gilles Peterson’s label Brownswood Recordings monthly club night in NY. In her spare time she works with youth, writes and photographs for the Love Blog and DJs around the world. Currently, she co-produces and directs the video series, Friends We Love, with her partner Mike Vargas.
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spots I’ve rocked...
New York. NY
205 Club
APT
BLVD
Boom Boom Room
Broadway B’East
Brooklyn Museum
Bronx Museum
Cafe Noir
Canal Room
Central Park
Cielo
Cooper-Hewitt Museum
Delancey
Harlem Stage
Heyden Planetarium
Highline Ballroom
Hiro Ballroom
Hudson Hotel
Label Lounge
Knitting Factory
Midway
Nublu
Pacha
Roseland Ballroom
Sapphire
SOB’s
Stereo
subMercer
Tillman’s
Renaissance Hotel
Suba
Sutra
London. UK
East Village
Nottinghill Arts Club
Tokyo. Japan
AIR
Loop
Nuts
Nagoya. Japan
Le Jazz Modal
Miami. FL
The Delano Hotel
The Florida Room
The Marlin Hotel
Love & Hate
Cafeteria
Jazid
Jakarta, Indonesia
Java SoulNation Festival
Bali, Indonesia
SOS, Anantara Resort
Oceans 27
Toronto. Canada
Supermarket
The Pilot
Boracay. Philippines
Cocomangas
Cartagena. Colombia
Joy’s Lava
Paris. France
Le Living Room
Vail. CO
Samana Lounge
Denver. CO
The Denver Art Museum
Gypsy Cafe
Los Angeles, CA
UCLA Live
San Francisco. CA
The People, Oasis
PST, Levende
Best Kept Secret
Orlando. FL
Phat&Jazzy, The Social
Washington. DC
The Studio Theater
corporate clients
Adidas
Daily Candy
Dwell Magazine
Giant Step
HIAS
Impact Productions
Issey Miyake
MAD Museum
Morgan Stanley
MTV
People En Español
Puma
Sephora
Slideluck Potshow
Tanda
TeCasan
The Standard Hotel
Triple Five Soul
TV Azteca
TV Guide
artists I’ve rocked with...
Alice Russell
Alice Smith
Amy Winehouse
Anthony David
Ben Westbeech
Benji B
Brooklyn Funk Essentials
Carol C
Center
Christian Prommer
Cliffy
Elan Mehler
Emily King
Erik Rico
Daz-I-Kue
Disco Biscuits
Doug E. Fresh
Dhundee
DMC
Fertile Ground
Floetry
Garth Trinidad
Geology
Gilles Peterson
Goapale
Grey Boy All-Stars
Ian Friday
IG Culture
Imani Uzuri
InJoy
J Boogie
Janelle Monae
Jose James
K T Tunstall
Katy Perry
Karl Injex
Kendra Ross
Kenny “Dope” Gonzalez
Kool DJ Marv
Ledisi
Lee Scratch Perry
Leroy Burgess
“Little” Louie Vega
LTJ Bukem
Maceo Parker
Maceo (De La Soul)
Massive Attack Matthias Heilbronn
Maurice Fulton
Miller Cruz
Mochizuki
Mos Def
Muro
Nation Beat
N’Dea Davenport
Nostalgia 77
OP!
Osunlade
Paul McCartney
Rainer Truby
Reborn
Ross Allen
Russ Jones
Sake One
SA-RA
Scribe
Selly
Sid L Vaga
Simbad
Small Change
Somi
Spinna
Stanton Moore Trio
Talib Kweli
Taylor McFerrin
The Citizen’s Band
The Wailers
Thristian aka the bPm
Tiombe Lockhart
TKWonder
Tom Thump
Tortured Soul
True
Turntables on the Hudson
Ubiquita
Vieux Farka Toure
Waajeed
Zaki Ibrahim
