TEMPLE PRESENTS: DJ HEATHER
FRI 10 • 10 • 08 • 10PM
$20.00
MAIN FLOOR
DJ HEATHER
ROUZBEH
DESTINY LOUNGE
DJ MAL
(Compression)
CATACOMBS
TONE
(Temple)

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. THE ONSET NOUVEAU JOCK BARRAGE BORN AND BRED IN THE UNDERGROUND GATHERINGS WHICH FLOURISH THERE. 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.

PRIMARILY KNOWN IN THE CHICAGO DANCE COMMUNITY AS A “HIP HOP” DJ SHE BEGAN A SHIFT IN THE MATERIAL SHE PLAYED. “IT WAS NEVER A INTENTIONAL CHOICE TO SPIN HOUSE MUSIC INSTEAD OF HIP HOP. THE DEMAND SIMPLY SEEMED TO INTENSIFY AFTER EACH GIG. LET ME KNOW THAT PEOPLE WERE LIKING MY METHODOLOGY FOR HOUSE AS WELL.” OVER TIME SHE MOVED ON TO SPECIALIZE IN HOUSE AND MAINTAINS A SOULFUL HEAD-BOBBING APPROACH. HEATHER’S TRACK SELECTION SENDS A NOD OF RESPECT TO THE FORBEARERS OF CHICAGO’S SIGNATURE SOUND. “MANY THINGS INFLUENCE ME, MORE THAN ONE SOUND” SHE FUSES DISCO, CLASSIC HOUSE AND TECHNO. SHE DROPS TRACKS BY PRODUCERS WHO UNDERSTAND THE FORWARD CURVE OF THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE. COMMANDING THE CROWD’S ATTENTION AND KEEPING THEIR FEET MOVING. SOON HER PRESENCE WITHIN THE WINDY CITY SCENE BEGAN TO SOLIDIFY AND HER REPUTATION NATIONALLY BEGAN TO GROW. “GETTING A CHANCE TO PLAY OUTSIDE CHICAGO DEFINITELY HAS BEEN A COMBINATION OF LUCK AND TIMING. FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES AND FOLLOW DJS HAVE LOOKED OUT BY SUGGESTING ME FOR GIGS. PROMOTERS, THANKFULLY, TRUSTED THEIR OPINIONS.” THAT KIND OF LUCK WOULD PLAY A BIG PART IN HER FIRST GIG IN EUROPE. BY CHANCE A TAPE WAS PASSED ON TO A PROMOTER AND LEAD TO A TRIP TO PARIS. “I’VE ALWAYS FELT THE CHICAGO SOUND ISN’T MUCH ABOUT WHAT RECORDS YOU PLAY AS IT IS ABOUT HOW YOU PLAY THEM. USING TECHNIQUES SUCH AS TWEAKING THE EQ, LAYERING RECORDS, SOUND EFFECTS, ETC. TO BRING A UNIQUENESS OR SIGNATURE SOUND TO THE MIX.” IN A MATTER OF A TIME SHE PROGRESSED FROM LOCAL DJ TO A REGULAR ON THE INTERNATIONAL DJ CIRCUIT. “I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT BY DOING A LOT OF TOURING PURELY BASED ON THE STRENGTH OF MY DJAYING.” SINCE THEN SHE HAS BECOME A REGULAR ON THE INTERNATIONAL CIRCUIT.