Biography
DJ Heather was named one of Chicago’s Top Forty-Five Artists alongside Kanye West, Billy Corgan and Green Velvet!

In the past few years the Chicago house community has produced a number of innovative and distinct djs trained in the art of transforming tranquil dance floors into spaces of sheer bedlam and bliss. Their committed vision of undiluted musical appreciation, interactive communication, improvisation and basic integrity has brought greater attention to all the city’s great djs including the genre busting DJ Heather. Widely regarded as one of the premier selectors in the nation, this Chicagoan demonstrates her skills and sharp deck acumen for the massives throughout the Windy City and the world at large with verve and undeniable talent.

2005 marked DJ Heather’s installment to the much heralded Fabric CD series, for the club of the same name. “With [Fabric] 21 I had a concept in mind; most of the material had to have been played at the club to give it an honest feel.” Judging by critics and house enthusiasts she has done just that. “At the end of the day to make a room full of people happy is difficult to do. You become part mind reader , guru, sensei, educator, entertainer and babysitter all at once. All the experiences I have had, made who I am today. As a person and dj. I love what I do.”

In 2006, DJ Heather toured extensively with Colette in support of their House of OM double disc release.  Following worldwide accolades, in 2007 Om Records announced Summer Sessions 2 mixed by Om family members DJ Heather and Onionz. The release followed the success of the first volume of the series mixed by Groove Junkies, Chuck Love and DJ Fluid.  In 2008 she joined fellow OM label artists - Colette, Fred Everything and Andy Caldwell - on the House of OM tour.

With over 15 years of experience behind her Dj Heather has grown to become one of the Windy City’s main Dj exports. She is an artist who defies conformity, defines quality and continues to nurture her solid skills for soul music of the technological generation.



Review

House of Om

Colette and DJ Heather are two of the most celebrated artists on the Om Records roster, working around the globe on recording projects and in concerts with such artists as Depeche Mode, Derrick Carter and Greenskeepers. This entry in the label's House of Om series finds the pair splitting up mixing duties on a twodisc set. DJ Heather's disc is equally enjoyable, but in a different way: her sound is more repetitive and hypnotic, but somehow never boring. Heather is a master of texture, and of the unanticipated changeup (note, for example, the sudden breakdown smack in the middle of Kinky Movement's "Getting There (Inland Knights Remix)"). The hint of mambo on Trademarq's jazzy "Orange Julius" is a nice touch, as are the excellent horns on "Step Your Game Up" by No Assembly Firm. On "Uptown", unfortunately, Tracey Cooper demonstrates the nearimpossibility of rapping effectively over a house beat, but overall this disc is, like its companion, a nearly perfect example of topnotch, forwardthinking dance music. Highly recommended.  - Rick Anderson, All Music Guide

Discography
Selected Releases

MIXED CDS
Summer Sessions 2 (Disc1) - OM Records - 2007
House of OM - OM Records - 2006
Fabric 21 - Fabric Recordings - 2005
Dancefloor Principles - Nordic Trax - 2003
Tangerine - Afterhours - 2000

UPCOMING
The Control Group – Do You Know Where I am From?
Children of Divorce - You and the EQ

Mixes
LIve from Stompy SF (2009)

Press Kit

BLACKCHERRY RECORDINGS TOUR

Artist LOGO Blackcherry Color

Artist LOGO Ilovedjheather

BC007 Artwork

APT LOGO


DJ Heather Press:

Heather BIO & Discography

Heather Photo 1

Heather Photo 2

Links
ILOVEDJHEATHER.COM

myspace.com/DJHEATHER

Blackcherry Recordings On Myspace