Blindness doesn’t stop Trance By Touch creator DJ Hey from delivering her sounds to the world. We spoke to her about the rewards of her craft.
Talk to Heather Nyblade, professionally known as DJ Hey, and you’ll quickly be pulled into her love of trance and all things electronic music. Blind since birth, this creative powerhouse residing in California has had many inspirations, but none greater than Ferry Corsten. Listening to Ferry’s radio show — and then meeting him in 2013 — thrust her into the world of DJing, and she’s stayed the course.
In her early days, DJ Hey didn’t lean into being blind and simply put…