Ones to Watch: Jenn Getz

In our Ones To Watch series, we highlight innovative producers pushing boundaries in dance music culture while carving out their own space.

What if dance music could do more than fill a dancefloor? What if it could regulate the nervous system, shift emotional states and physically change how we feel?

For London-born DJ and producer Jenn Getz, these questions have become central to her music. While most artists spend their careers focused on energy and performance, Getz has spent the last few years exploring something deeper: the science of sound itself.

Originally from London, but based in Dubai, Jenn is entering a new chapter in her career. Armed with forthcoming releases on some of house music's most respected labels and a growing fascination with frequency and vibration, she’s busy building a career that stretches beyond the conventional boundaries of club culture.

From Ballet to Boat Parties

Long before she stepped behind the decks, music was ingrained in Jenn’s life. "I trained in Ballet from 4 years old to 12 years, so I was counting music since before I can remember,” she says.

Her journey into DJing began ten years ago on a boat in Gili Trawangan, Indonesia.

Getz was managing boat party events while her friend handled the music. "I sat next to him every boat and watched what he was doing until it made sense to me," she says. "Finally I got him to teach me properly and he used to let me play for a hour at the swim stop so he could have a break.”

The spark was immediate. "It just clicked for me and I didn't want to do anything else,” she says.

Four years later, she began producing, laying the foundations for a career that would eventually lead to releases on labels including Knee Deep In Sound, Altra Moda, Armada and Toolroom.

Beyond the Dancefloor

In a recent interview with Mixmag UAE, Getz explained that her interest in sound came from wanting to understand what was happening beneath the surface of club culture.

"DJs spend their entire lives working with sound,” she said. “Basslines, sound systems, frequencies, the way energy moves in a room, but we rarely talk about what sound is actually doing to the body.”

That curiosity led her to complete advanced training in sound healing and vibrational therapy.

"I wanted to understand what I was actually doing to a room every time I played," she says. "Very few people in electronic music actually talk about what that is doing to the body on a deeper level.”

The experience transformed how she thinks about music.

"It has changed how I approach sound completely,” she says. “I don't just think about tracks anymore, it is about how people are physically experiencing the music, when to build tension, when to release it, and when to strip everything back so the room can reset.”

The Science Behind the Beat

The relationship between clubs and wellbeing isn't a conversation that often happens in dance music, but Getz believes it should.

In her recent Mixmag interview, she explained that many people already intuitively understand the power of music, even if they don't know the science behind it.

"People instinctively know it feels good but most people don’t really know why,” she said.

When she began studying frequency and vibration, she realised there were tangible explanations for why certain music resonates so deeply.

"When you start understanding frequency and how the nervous system responds to rhythm and vibration you realise there are real reasons certain music feels so good and it can regulate the body and shift emotional states,” she says.

Now Jenn sees the dancefloor as more than a social space. It's a collective physiological experience.

"Put a room of bodies on the same tempo and everything syncs, breathing, movement and attention,” she observes.

Jenn argues that the distinction between clubbing and sound healing is smaller than many people imagine.

"Clubs are built on frequency,” Jenn told Mixmag UAE. “Bass literally moves through your body. Rhythm changes breathing and heart rate. When a room locks into a groove there is a collective shift in energy across the dancefloor.”

Music With Intention

This growing understanding of sound has totally altered Jenn’s approach to production."I now think about sound not just as something people hear but something people physically experience,” she says.

Rather than simply creating tracks for peak-time moments, she’s more interested in how music can influence the body on a subconscious level.

"I'm making music that works on two levels,” she says. “Music that makes people dance but also for physical and emotional response, it's music with intention.”

The concept sits at the heart of everything she's currently creating.

It's an ambitious idea, but one she believes is backed by science.

"When thousands of people are dancing to a groove their breathing synchronises, their bodies move rhythmically and their nervous systems shift into a different state.”

A New Solo Chapter

Jenn is also navigating a significant personal transition. After years working as part of a duo, she recently embarked on a solo career.

"This new chapter has given me the freedom to follow ideas that feel very personal to me musically,” she says.

That freedom is already translating into new music, with releases lined up an increasingly busy studio schedule.

"It’s already a really exciting year,” she says. “I have new management, new music coming out on some dream labels.”

Alongside club-focused records, she's continuing to explore the relationship between sound, frequency and emotional response.

"There is music locked in on labels like Knee Deep In Sound, Altra Moda, Armada and Toolroom, but my focus is pushing this idea forward in a way that actually translates on a club system,” she says.

Exactly what that looks like remains under wraps for now.

"I'm pushing into new territory,” Jenn says. “Using everything I've learned, no one has done what I want to do before and I'm doing something exciting with it, but for now that's all I can say.”

For an artist increasingly interested in what happens beneath the surface of a dancefloor, the next phase of Jenn Getz's journey is all set to be her most fascinating yet.

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