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The Lady (DJ) Foursquare

1 The Lady (DJ) Foursquare

It can be said that the measure of an artist is their ability to instantaneously identify and differentiate themselves in one note, one brushstroke or even a single pirouette. They are, in a word... inimitable.

That's a tall order and a short list. But the Lady Foursquare is on a lot of industry heads' short lists these days and one thing is for certain: she's in no danger of being counterfeited.

It has been an interesting ride since the serendipitous private DEMF 2001 after-party, where she shared the decks and support of Paul Johnson at a stage in her career where most people are still just rocking their bedroom. She took that early encouragement from Mr. Johnson to the airwaves with a nationally re-broadcast radio show.

"The Body Electric" was a proving ground where she would push boundaries and nurse the burgeoning aggressive technical flare, almost pentecostal energy and turntablist trickery that later earned appearances preceding grammy nominated artist Felix da House Cat,DJ Scribble, Q-Burns Abstract message, Baby Anne, Reid Speed and Honey Dijon.

But don't think for a second that this "Louisville Slugger" is hitting like a girl. She has rocked tag sessions with Trevor Lamont and Kit Chaps of VHS or Beta(Astralwerks). The Dusttraxx event series, "Sweat", came to her renowned southern sweatbox, the Hushabye House in Louisville with Harrison Crumpin 2003. Foursquare is also busy supporting UFO Jeans. This summer the Lady dropped as many jaws as she did beats at Caveman Experience II, holding court with Terry Mullan, Diego Ro-k, and Dieselboy, where she left with national buzz and a breakthough mainstage performance.

While only 150 original copies of her now classic 2002 turntablist house CD, "Let Me Show You Love"(recorded live on "The Body Electric") were pressed, it remains heavily bootlegged, with 1000's circulating. Copies even turned up in one New Jersey retail store. Foursquare follows this release with 2 mixed CD's "What Happened?," a tour de force live set, that showcases the turntablism which has become her calling card (2004) and "Cabin Fever",a rare hour of straight technical mixing, highlighting her ear for musicality and programming (2003).

She will spend the spring of 2005 supporting new tracks and cementing her reputation as one of the most exciting new faces in house music, returning to Chi-town and a much anticipated performance with Mark ALmaria.

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