Today we’d like to introduce you to Lauren Cappuccio.
Hi Lauren, thanks for joining us today. We’d love for you to start by introducing yourself.
I’ve been obsessed with music for as long as I can remember. As a kid, I would dance around my parents’ living room, memorizing lyrics to The Beatles, The Doors, Led Zeppelin, and Red Hot Chili Peppers. Music was ALWAYS on. I danced until I was about 15, played percussion in school band, and eventually taught myself drums. As a teenager, I was constantly discovering new music, especially emo and punk rock. My iTunes library was probably the most organized thing I owned. I needed to know exactly where every track was and be able to find it instantly. I was always begging to go to concerts, but growing up in northern Massachusetts, that wasn’t something I got to do very often.
Around 15 or 16, I discovered electronic music, and everything changed. Deadmau5, The Glitch Mob, Avicii, Caspa, Rusko, Swedish House Mafia, Skrillex — all the OGs who completely rewired my brain and introduced me to a whole new world of sound. I eventually moved to Florida for college, where I started clubbing at 18, which was pretty out of the norm for a girl from northern Massachusetts.
After college, I really immersed myself in the festival community, initially through bass music. Then, I started dating someone who was into tech house, and that became a huge turning point in how my taste evolved. In 2017, I discovered Dirtybird and fell in love with the weird, bass-heavy, repetitive grooves of tech house and how effortlessly they made me want to move. I loved getting lost in all the different sounds and patterns of the genre.
The following year, I moved to Colorado and started going to every show I possibly could. I began promoting for Global Dance to save money on tickets, and my taste continued to evolve through artists like Hot Since 82, Maya Jane Coles, Nicole Moudaber, Justin Martin, Will Clarke, Adam Beyer, and so many others. Eventually, multiple people started telling me I should try DJing, so I bought a new laptop, picked up a beginner Pioneer DDJ-200 controller, and started teaching myself.
DJing came surprisingly naturally to me. I loved learning the technology, organizing my music, and figuring out how to blend tracks together. Looking back, all those years of obsessively organizing my iTunes library had actually prepared me for something.
But I never really saw myself as a performing artist (despite dreaming of being on stage my entire life). Around this time, I was dealing with my own health complications, which led me down a completely different path. I became a certified health coach because I wanted to help DJs and touring artists navigate their health and wellness on the road. I was fascinated by the connection between performance, health, and the human body, and I genuinely thought that was going to be my career.
It wasn’t until I was living in Florida and practicing health coaching that I started DJing outside my bedroom. Part of my motivation was to get inside the mind of a DJ and better understand the lifestyle so I could help my clients. I started reaching out to friends who had better equipment, asking if they could help me practice. They were all blown away by my skills, and before I knew it, I was getting booked at different venues.
One of my DJ friends, Doorman, said something to me that has stuck with me ever since: **“Lauren, you’re not the manager for DJs. You are the DJ.”**
That completely shifted something in me. It gave me permission to take this seriously and stop treating music like something I did on the side. Basically, I realized I was hiding, cutting myself short, and afraid to be seen. It also motivated me to move back to Denver to immerse myself in the scene and get more experience.
I had a very specific vision for how I was going to make it happen. I told myself I would get a job with a music education company so I could earn a living while gaining access to its educational platform and continuing to develop my skills. Somehow, I manifested that exact opportunity, and it gave me the financial stability to pursue music more seriously.
When I got back to Denver, I hit the ground running. I joined an all-women DJ collective, which I’m incredibly grateful for because it gave me more opportunities to play, build confidence, and get comfortable on professional equipment. From there, I kept showing up, building relationships, reaching out to promoters, and going after the opportunities I wanted.
Since then, I’ve had the opportunity to open for some legendary names in house and techno, including Kevin Saunderson, Christian Smith, Joel Corry, Will Clarke, Charles D, David Hohme, Davi, Shay De Castro, Weska, and more. Opening for Will Clarke was an especially huge full-circle moment, considering how much his music had influenced my taste years earlier.
When I look back, it’s wild to see how everything has connected. The kid dancing around the living room, the teenager obsessively collecting music, the festival-goer, the health coach, and the self-taught DJ all played a part in getting me here.
I’m still growing, still refining my sound, and still figuring out how far I can take this. But for the first time, I’m fully committed to pursuing the thing that has been a constant in my life since day one.
This is only the beginning.
Alright, so let’s dig a little deeper into the story – has it been an easy path overall and if not, what were the challenges you’ve had to overcome?
It definitely hasn’t been a smooth road. I’ve struggled with chronic health issues since my late teens, which progressively worsened over the years. Things took a pretty serious turn when I was 27, catapulting me into a massive spiritual and emotional awakening. It completely changed how I viewed my life, my health, and my purpose, and ultimately motivated me to become a certified health coach.
Since then, I’ve worked with countless practitioners trying to get to the bottom of my mystery symptoms, and I’m still not where I want to be health-wise. I’ve also struggled with depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember, probably since I was around 12. Now that I’m in my 30s, I’ve started to understand how much of my experience may be connected to being highly neurodivergent and deeply empathetic. While navigating that sensitivity has been challenging, I’ve also come to recognize how much it contributes to the way I experience music, read a room, and connect with people through DJing.
Learning to manage hormonal fluctuations, chronic pain, inflammation, and mood swings while pursuing a career in music and nightlife has been incredibly difficult. The industry can be demanding on anyone’s body, let alone someone who is as sensitive as I am. Balancing my health with the lifestyle required to pursue this dream has been one of my biggest ongoing challenges.
But honestly, one of the biggest hurdles has been my mindset. Developing the discipline and mental resilience required for music production has been a two-year journey in itself, and it’s something I still have to actively work on. DJing came so naturally to me that I think I underestimated how humbling production would be. I’ve cried countless times sitting in front of Ableton, frustrated while trying to learn something that just wouldn’t click. It’s forced me to confront perfectionism, self-doubt, and the uncomfortable feeling of being a beginner at something I desperately want to be good at.
But I keep coming back to it. I believe God wouldn’t have put this dream in my heart if I weren’t capable of pursuing it. I’m learning that passion doesn’t mean something will come easily, and that sometimes the things we’re most called to do require the most patience, faith, and perseverance.
I’m still navigating my health, still learning how to work with my brain and body rather than against them, and still growing as an artist. I don’t have everything figured out, but I’m learning to trust the process, even when it’s uncomfortable. If anything, these challenges have made me more determined to build a career in music that feels authentic to who I am, rather than sacrificing myself to fit into an industry that wasn’t necessarily designed for someone like me.
Another huge struggle is finances – money in this industry is inconsistent, and you really don’t make much until you’re touring more often. Everything is expensive, the tech, the DJ gear, traveling, marketing, business expenses. It’s HARD. I ended up going back to a FT job to offload the financial stress.
Thanks for sharing that. So, maybe next you can tell us a bit more about your work?
I’m a DJ and producer performing as LORACLE, specializing in house and techno with a deep love for hypnotic grooves, driving rhythms, and bass-heavy, atmospheric sounds. My approach to DJing is rooted in years of obsessively exploring music, refining my taste, and developing an intuitive understanding of how sound moves people. I love taking people on a journey through music, building tension, finding those unexpected transitions, and creating moments where you completely lose yourself on the dance floor.
What sets me apart – unlike most DJs these days, I want to play the tracks that no one is listening to, I want to introduce the crowd to sounds they’ve never heard. If its mainstream I stay away, and I’ve always been this way. I don’t care what other people are playing, I care about showing up authentically on the decks. Technical skill is important but track selection will ALWAYS win.
My long-term vision for LORACLE extends beyond DJing into creating my own music and building a distinct sonic identity that blends dark, hypnotic electronic sounds with themes of consciousness, transformation, and the unknown. I want to bring music into the world that inspires people and keeps their imagination alive. I am obsessed with fantasy and science fiction, and I want to do the same world building in my sets but with sound instead of words.
What I’m most proud of is that I’ve continued pursuing this dream despite the challenges I’ve faced with my health, mindset, and the realities of building a career in a competitive industry. I didn’t come from a musical family or have a roadmap to follow. I built this through genuine passion, curiosity, persistence, and a willingness to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Ultimately, I want people to leave my sets feeling like they experienced something, not just attended a show. I want to create music and experiences that pull people out of their everyday reality, and help them fantasize again.
Are there any apps, books, podcasts, blogs or other resources you think our readers should check out?
Right now – my number one resource is God and prayer.
I don’t consider myself a religious person, but developing a deeper relationship with God has really helped heal my mind, have more faith in my path, and submit to divine timing.
It helps stay grateful every day, have more compassion for others, be a kinder human being, and take stress off.
Also reading Fantasy and SciFi keeps my imagination and inspiration alive to create.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://loraclemusic.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/loraclemusic/?hl=en
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19ucjSOh2fo
- Soundcloud: https://on.soundcloud.com/t9l6zwVK7CgdY7VX9j
