Between The Beats: The Black Madonna | Resident Advisor

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Four years ago, Marea Stamper was ready to give up. Since her early 20s she'd been determined to make it as a DJ and a producer, and after years of doggedly pursuing this goal-teaching herself to play, taking every gig she could get, moving to Chicago from her hometown in Kentucky-she was certain she had failed.
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Things have changed immeasurably since then. Not long after that hopeless moment, Stamper got a job as the talent buyer at smartbar, Chicago's best underground club. One thing led to another, and before she knew it she was traveling every weekend, playing gigs at many of the best clubs and festivals in the world. This was thanks to her personal resolve and her style as a DJ-party-rocking but smart, often blowing through disco, techno, EBM and '80s pop in a single set. But there was something deeper at play as well, which eventually made her a kind of house music icon. By rising through the ranks as an undiluted version of herself-an outspoken, queer-identifying liberal and feminist with a habit of sweatily rocking out in the booth-she gives the world of dance music a much-needed jolt, and her fans love her for it. As we followed her on a string of gigs across Europe, we found her in the midst of a whirlwind, reeling from her chaotic new life but confidently charging through it, and still pinching herself that it was really happening.
Director - Patrick Nation
Producer - Debbie Butts
Director of Photography - Sim Higginson
Dubbing Mixer / sound designer - Guy Clarke
Colourist - Adam Clarke
Production Manager - Lisa Telfer Brunton
Executive Producer - Ryan Keeling
Music in order of appearance /
Hippie Priest - Mnoma [Argot] 2016
Hippie Priest - Einn [Argot] 2016
The Black Madonna - Exodus [Stripped & Chewed] 2014
Hippie Priest - Cat's Sand Tomb [Argot] 2016
Merle - You Make Me Laugh [Stripped & Chewed] 2015
Garrett David & Adam Rowe - Space Jam [Stripped & Chewed] 2016
The Black Madonna - We Don't Need No Music (Thank You, Rahaan) [Stripped & Chewed] 2014
Hippie Priest - He's Drifting [Argot] 2016
The Black Madonna - A Jealous Heart Never Rests [Argot] 2013
Savile - The Only Rule Is Work [Stripped & Chewed] 2016
The Black Madonna - We Can Never Be Apart [Argot] 2013