Shanti Celeste

House painted in color

In Shanti Celeste's DJ booths, house doesn't sound austere: it bounces, sways, and carries that euphoria from Detroit and the UK that turns four to the floor into a matter of pleasure. Chilean by birth, raised between Cajón del Maipo and the raves of the Lake District, she has turned color—in music, clothing, cover art, and even fruit tattoos—into a recognizable signature of the British club scene over the last decade.

From Idle Hands to Peach Discs

After moving to Bristol to study illustration, she became a resident at Super Ultra Mega and ended up behind the counter at Idle Hands with Chris Farrell. From that shop came the BRSTL label and, in 2013, her debut Need Your Lovin' (Baby). With Gramrcy, Daisy Moon, and Golesworthy, she launched Housework, a night designed to attract DJs from outside the city that later traveled to Berlin. In 2015, she was nominated for Best Newcomer DJ at the DJ Awards; the following year she moved to the German capital, and in 2017 she founded Peach Discs with Gramrcy, home to a playful catalog of house, techno, and electro that is also her own label.

NTS, Essential Mix, and the main stage

Since 2014, she has hosted a monthly show on NTS Radio. In December 2018, she recorded an Essential Mix for BBC Radio 1. Tangerine (2019) was her first album; later came Cutie / Shimmer on Hessle Audio (2022) and the Bounce EP with Hodge (2023). As a DJ, she has played at Berghain, Tresor, Corsica Studios, Dekmantel, Glastonbury, DC-10, Freerotation, Love International, and ADE. Together with Moxie, Peach, and Saoirse, she forms the informal quartet SASS, famous for their swing-heavy b2b sessions. She has also remixed Orbital and The Cure.

Romance, the voice, and Club Celeste

Ice Cream Dream Boy (2024) made it onto the track-of-the-year lists for Mixmag and DJ Mag. In May 2025, she released Romance (Peach Discs / Method 808), her second album featuring her own vocals, collaborations with Batu and harpist Miriam Adefris, and a more pop and downtempo turn. Today she lives in Bristol again, runs the Club Celeste parties, illustrates, and continues to spin a luminous house that no longer asks for permission to sing.