The Riveter
Chicago, IL

Biography
2006 was an extraordinary year for The Lady Foursquare. Within minutes of hearing her first two tracks, Felix da Housecat was convinced that The Riveter had the right sound for his Rude Photo imprint, “I want both tracks!” With previous the releases on Rude Photo including the worldwide smash, “Jack U vs. House U” featuring P. Diddy, this was an astonishing development in the career of a brand new producer and one of America’s best kept secrets behind the decks. Within 4 months this Louisville Slugger had packed a handful of things left her hometown for the Windy City.

Since that time, The Lady Foursquare has continued to push herself in the studio having been selected to appear as a remixer (for Punisher’s “K.O.” ) representing the Uppercut label along with techno luminaries from Minus, Metroplex, and Planet E on the coveted Beatport DEMF sampler for 2007. She continues a heavy schedule of production with her rework of the upcoming Funk Monkey’s release for Mike Gillenwater’s Bias Recordings taking it’s place next to contributions from Sebastien Leger and Granite and Phunk. But she was known first as a DJ, honing her inimitable aggressive technical flare, incredible energy and turntablist trickery by tagging with good friends Mark and Craig of the VHS or BETA DJs at her first residency. She quickly found praise from a wide range of artists as an opener, including Matthew Dear (Ghostly International/Minus/Perlon), Paul Johnson (Dust Traxx Chicago), Nigel Richards (611 Records) and Derek Plaslaiko (Spectral Sound).

In 2006 Backbreaker Recordings launched her material in the Body Language project and became only one of just a handful of female dance label owners globally. Her tracks as The Riveter have received support from Donald Glaude, Bear Who?, Frankie Vega and of course Felix da Housecat. The first release was charted, as you can see from just a few examples below, all over the world in a matter of a month after it’s debut.

In 2007 she was signed to RaceCarProductions and is slotted for a solo release featuring remixes from top international techno producers.

In 2007 she was added to the GrooveBookings roster which includes Angel Alanis, Bear Who?, Harrison Crump, Frankie Vega and the new minimal chart toppers from the Siteholder label. In addition to touring, she already has 5 releases slated this year alone and will be appearing in a professional capacity as a panelist discussing advances in digital dance sales, digital distribution and startup labels as the representative from GrooveSource.com with along with the Dust Traxx, Inc., Sole Unlimited Distribution, Perfecto Records, AOL Music and other industry heads on several panels at the 2007 Winter Music Conference.

2008 is already shaping up to be a good year for The Riveter. She has worked with DJ Pierre on a handful of remixes and is a scheduled performer and panelist at the 2008 Winter Music Conference. The Lady Foursquare/The Riveter is not stopping anytime soon, in fact, she is moving forward at the speed of light.

Links
The Lady Foursquare on Myspace [www.myspace.com/theladyfoursquare]