Heavygrinder Biography

A native of Seattle, HeavyGrinder currently resides in Los Angeles where she is a full time celebrity DJ. At age thirteen, she began to actively pursue her love of music and being on center stage by taking up vocal training and modeling. After years of traveling, she made her way to LA in 1998. It was in the City of Angels that she realized her new love, cozying up to the sounds of underground dance music, captivated by the power of the DJ and the reaction of the crowd.

A dream was born. HeavyGrinder is capturing the attention of audiences worldwide. Spain ( Ibiza ), Japan, China, Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, Indonesia and Mexico have been key international stops for this talent so far. In the Los Angeles club scene alone, she has played at most notable venues including Key Club, Highlands, Century Club, Avalon, Sunset Room and White Lotus. When she's not playing in her hometown, HG is regularly headlining events across the United States at some of the biggest clubs and has performed in cities from Anchorage to Washington D.C., and Atlanta back to Honolulu as well as dozens of cities in between.

HeavyGrinder is continually hard at work on her own music production and has released a track featuring the veteran vocal talents of SuSu Bobien on the well-respected house label, Soundmen on Wax; as well as a track 'You think You do' that was pressed on vinyl by Star Fruits Records.

Most notably, Japan has an album to call their own with the release of her compilation CD "Living a Dream". Also of stalwart acumen, her Worldwide-released mix CD entitled "Eternity" is available on Amazon and through Best Buy. Simultaneously, HeavyGrinder's first single from her album Eternity, "Mind Eraser," was a Top 40 iTunes hit for 5 weeks. Her release "Break the Wall" was featured in KFC-Japan's TV and in-store advertising. Meanwhile, her releases, "Bass is my BF" & "Superstar," were charted on beatport.com's top 100 in electro house. With many more collabrations and productions on the horizon, she is positioned to rock the electro world like no other female artist.

She has played alongside the likes of Darude, Tommie Sunshine and Uberzone among others as well as playing alongside Dirty South on the renowned Groove Cruise between Miami and the Bahamas.

Whether it's a DJ performance, a mix CD release or her efforts in music production, HG continues to demonstrate why she has an ever-growing fan base around the world–including 1 million friends on MySpace and over 16,000 fans on Facebook–and why she will continue to be a name to follow for many years to come.