Now Ms. Stamper is working on her long-awaited debut album, which, she explained, will try to navigate the push-and-pull between clubbing’s opposite impulses. “Most of the album I’m working on is, in some way or another, trying to operate in that set of ideas,” Ms. Stamper said. “It pulled me and all of us outside of the sense of rules you feel burdened with in Chicago,” Ms. Stamper said. Ms. Stamper became a resident D.J., then took over as booker in 2012, which allowed her to put her networking instincts to good use. “I’m personally invested in seeing a shift in power, even if that sometimes means shifting away from me,” Ms. Stamper said.

Source: New York Times November 30, 2017 20:51 UTC