DJ Heather

Raised in the nurturing care of legendary Chicago jocks Derrick Carter and Mark Farina, DJ Heather knows how to push a crowd onto the floor with pure instinct and an unstopping kick-drum beat. And while there are those who will bemoan the passing of Chicago's house music heyday, Heather isn't bothering to check the fads and fashion. Instead, she does what all good dance music DJs do. She collects the best cuts for making people move and ties them together with seemingly effortless blends, EQ cuts, and beat-matched maneuvers. That is Heather's dancefloor principle, simple enough.

Cuts by fellow Windy City believers like Mazi, Jason Hodges, and Home and Garden are the pillars of this mix, which also gives airtime to DC producers East Coast Boogiemen and Frenchmen I:Shead, as well as Canadians Lawnchair Generals, who put some extra thump into The Jets' classic "Baby, I Can Rock It to You." In this day when everyone who wants to be and therefore is a DJ, Heather reminds listeners that there's a certain X factor that only comes from years behind the decks and decades hanging at the club. Newbies need not apply for her position. ~ Joshua Glazer, All Music Guide