Aldyth Beltane’s passion for music started a few years ago when she could be found creating themed club nights to reflect her music tastes. She can now be found spinning her unique music tastes at The Depot the last Wednesday of every month.

Beltane goes by the name DJ Glamtasm and focuses her sets on an energetic, passion, driving sound that was first inspired by 60’s garage as well as 70’s glam and “Ziggy-era David Bowie.”

“I started organizing themed club nights a few years ago because I found very few places in the city that played music I enjoyed hearing and dancing too,” Beltane said. She had a hard time finding reliable DJs at the time, so decided to learn herself and share her favorites with her audience.

Her recent show on Sept. 24 at The Depot, “traced the evolution of glam from Britain to LA where it became known as ‘glitter rock,’ then through Detroit and New York where it eventually morphed into punk and then back to Britain,” Beltane recalled.

She has three other shows planned for the semester at SFSU. The October spin will be a Halloween set of “Two Hours of Songs about Your Undead Girlfriend, Boyfriend, Whatever.” November will be Merseybeat, Freakbeat, Northern Soul, Psychedelia and The Paisley Underground. December will be "Girls in The Garage."

“DJ Glamtasm is a great asset to The Depot,” said Alison Victor, Depot manager. “She has a lot to offer and provides a great example of female DJs to the students on campus.”

When Beltane is not spinning glam tunes from the “glitter rock” genre, she is running her own business. She began All Creatures Healing Network to “help connect people and their pets with holistic veterinary and animal care service providers,” she said.

Although this is her main gig, she loves being able to DJ as well, “purely for the love of music,” Beltane said. “I love exposing my audience to these astounding tunes and hopefully they will dig them as much as I do, or at least enjoy being exposed to some new sounds, or revisiting some old faves.”

She enjoys playing on campus as another venue for her music and getting students to become accustomed and possibly become a fan of her unique sound. “It’s purely for the love of music, not income,” Beltane said.

“She puts a lot of thought into the songs she plays, paying attention to the lyrics, the guitar riffs, the subject matter and of course, the year the song came out; nothing past 1979,” said Victor.

A friend of hers, Jonny Magus, has been a fan of hers since she began. “I have absolutely no doubt that she will spin and turn many a head as would befit the glamorous life of the glittery diva,” he said.

Since she began she has met a few other DJs that play the same kind of material she does. “We have put together events and worked on them together in the city and that’s always a thrill,” she said. “We learn from each other and trade songs and techniques.”