DJ Heather

Heather Robinson (born April 17th, 1969) better known by her stage name DJ Heather, is an American DJ, singer, and songwriter. Originally from Brooklyn, NY, she moved to the Chicago area when she was seven years old. She is a resident DJ at Smartbar in Chicago, Illinois.
==Biography==
DJ Heather started DJing in 1991 at the Artful Dodger in Wicker Park, Chicago. She incorporates a wide variety of genres into her DJ sets including hip-hop, house, jazz, soul, R&B, disco classics, and rare groove. 
She became a resident at the house music club Red Dog and was an employee at many record stores and distributors, including Record Exchange (1989-90), Wax Trax! Records (1990-92), Southern Record Distro (1993-94), and Gramaphone Records (1994-98) in the Lakeview neighborhood. 
In 1997, DJ Heather co-founded the all-female DJ group Superjane with DJ Colette, DJ Dayhota. DJ Lady D would later join. In that same year, Robinson became the first African-American woman to become a resident of Smartbar. Her residency at the nightclub on Chicago’s Northside is now in its fourth incarnation. 
Thus far, she has contributed two DJ mixes to the BBC Essential Mix (2002 and 2003). In 2002, she was the first African American woman to DJ in South Africa (Johannesburg and Cape Town). That same year, she was the first African American woman named a resident of Fabric Nightclub (London) as well as becoming the first winner of "Breakthrough DJ” at the inaugural DanceStar USA Awards (Miami).
In 2003, Robinson was the first African American woman to mix DJ Mag’s DJ International All Stars mix CD and in 2004 became the first African American woman to DJ mix a compilation album for the Fabric Mix Series with Fabric 21 - DJ Heather.
In 2005, DJ Heather her label and production umbrella with Blackcherry Recordings. In 2006, DJ Heather and DJ Colette released their House Of OM double disc and toured with her to support the commercially released DJ mixed compilation. DJ Heather followed up this release with 2007’s OM Summer Sessions 2 with Onionz. She then joined fellow OM Records label artists - Colette, Fred Everything, and Andy Caldwell - on the House of OM tour throughout North America that same year. 
DJ Heather was featured on the Boiler Room broadcast mix series twice with 2015’s Boiler Room Chicago DJ Set and 2017’s Ray-Ban x Boiler Room Weekender. Over the years, DJ Heather has played at Ministry Of Sound (London), Pacha (Ibiza), The End (London), Amnesia (Ibiza) Cielo (NY) Turnmills (London), and Sub Club (Glasgow). In addition to using her own name — as Heather, and DJ Heather — she has made recordings under her many aliases, like Dulce Caramel, Dulce Caramelo, Mrs. Robinson, The Control Group, and Children Of Divorce.
==Discography==
===DJ Mixes===
* Ascension (Unknown) (as DJ Heather)
* Molasses (Unknown) (as DJ Heather)
* Pepto (Unknown) (as DJ Heather)
* Love Muscle (Unknown) (as DJ Heather)
* Tangerine (2000) (as DJ Heather)
* Respect Is Burning / Sorted (2000) (as DJ Heather, with Bob Sinclar and J Dub)
* Sonar Presents DJ Heather: Dancefloor Principles (2003) (as DJ Heather)
* DJ International Allstars (2003) (as DJ Heather)
* Fabric 21 (2005) (as DJ Heather)
* Fabric 21 (Radio Mix) (2005) (as DJ Heather)
* House Of OM (2006) (as DJ Heather, with DJ Colette)
* OM Summer Sessions 2 (2007) (as DJ Heather, with Onionz)
* Boiler Room Chicago DJ Set (2015) (as DJ Heather)
* Ray-Ban x Boiler Room Weekender (2017) (as DJ Heather)
===Singles===
* "Tripping Among The Stars (Volume 1)" (1997) (as Derrick Carter's Sound Patrol Orchestra, with Derrick Carter)
* "Bitchin'" (1999) (as DJ Heather, with Johnny Fiasco)
* "Somethin' Else” (2000) (as DJ Heather, with 2nd Shift)
* "An Evening In The Listening Room" (2001) (as DJ Heather, with 2nd Shift)
* "Soundz" (2002) (as DJ Heather, with Johnny Fiasco)
* "Numbers" (2002) (as Dulce Caramel, with Harrison Crump)
* "Are You Ready For The Future" (2003) (as DJ Heather, with 2nd Shift)
* "Make Me Believe In You" (2003) (as DJ Heather, with Behind The Groove Featuring Jackie Green)
* "That Thang" (2004) (as DJ Heather, with Fred Everything)
* "We Used To Party" (2003) (as DJ Heather, with Swirl People)
* "Everything's Electric" (2004) (as DJ Heather, with Brett Johnson)
* "Picture Of You Pt. 1" (2005) (as DJ Heather, with East Coast Boogiemen)
* "Picture Of You Pt. 2" (2005) (as DJ Heather, with East Coast Boogiemen)
* "Move It" (2005) (as Dulce Caramelo, with Johnny Fiasco)
* "That Thang (Unreleased Extended Remix)" (2005) (as DJ Heather, with Fred Everything)
* "Affection" (2005) (as DJ Heather, with Formidable Force)
* "Mouth (No Assembly Firm's .dotbleep Mix)" (2006) (as Heather, with No Assembly Firm)
* "Picture Of You (The Lost Negatives EP)" (2006) (as DJ Heather, with East Coast Boogiemen)
* "When I Think Of You" (2006) (as DJ Heather, with Swirl People)
* "Soundz Remixes" (2015) (as DJ Heather, with Johnny Fiasco)
* "Driving" (2016) (as Heather, with Dirty Sole)
* "Stay With Me" (2020) (as DJ Heather, with Change Request)
===Extended Plays===
* Bump This Groove EP (2006) (as DJ Heather, with Slater Hogan & John Larner)
===Long Plays===
* An Evening In The Listening Room LP (2001) (as Heather, with 2nd Shift)
===Compilation Albums===
* House Of Om (2006) (as DJ Heather)
==Awards==
* Dance Star Award - Breakthrough DJ (2002)
Category:1969 births
Category:American DJs
Category:Singers
Category:People from Brooklyn