Background
Heather Heart grew up in the New York area and started clubbing in 1982.
Heather Heart grew up in the New York area and started clubbing in 1982.
In 1991, her zine Under One Sky laid the foundation for a network of techno music fans across the United States. In 1992, she began DJing, especially in the legendary Storm raves, alongside the brothers Frankie Bones and Adam X. In 1995 she co-founded Groove records, the first techno record store in the United States of America. Life and Musical At the beginning of the underground dance music explosion influenced by the United Kingdom"s "summer of love."
Shortly afterwards, Heart began an underground techno music zine Under One Sky (Archived Postdoctoral fellows from 1992 available here ), founded in 1991, which created a forum wherein the United States and global dance music undergrounds could share ideas and, increasingly cultural and spiritual messages. This work drew together fans, DJs, and producers within and across the United States and helped create a flourishing music scene. In 1992 Heart began Djing, first under the name "Heather Heather," later changing it to Heather Heart.
The three have been called "The forefathers (and foremother) of New York techno." In 1995 they moved the store to Manhattan, and renamed it Sonic Groove.
This became the center of the underground techno scene and a fixture in dance music, where Heart was a crucial, friendly and knowledgeable presence. About that time X and Heart began to throw their own parties under the name Mental.
These venues and parties were the backbone of the New York underground music scene, as well as becoming "the model for every city with an underground dance scene." In 1999, Heart was featured in the movie "Better Living Through Circuitry" about the United States rave scene. In 2015, she was listed in Mixmag"s "20 Women who shaped the History of Dance Music.".