Heather Heart


Heather Lotruglio, better known as Heather Heart, is an American New York based techno DJ.
In 1991, her zine Under One Sky laid the foundation for a network of techno music fans across the US. 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 USA.

Life and musical career

Heather Heart was born in Brooklyn and grew up in the New York City area and started clubbing in 1982. At the beginning of the underground dance music explosion influenced by the UK's "summer of love."
In 1990 Heart, along with Frankie Bones and his brother, fellow DJ Adam X, co-founded the first all-techno record store, . Shortly afterwards, Heart began an underground techno music zine Under One Sky, founded in 1991, which created a forum wherein the US 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 US and helped create a flourishing music scene. In 1992 Heart began Djing, first under the name "Heather Heather," later changing it to Heather Heart. She became famous especially for djing the Storm Raves founded by fellow DJ Frankie Bones. The three have been called "The forefathers 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 US rave scene. In 2015, she was listed in Mixmag's "20 Women who shaped the History of Dance Music."

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