SuperDre

SuperDre had the difficult task of priming and streamlining the growing crowd’s attention. While capturing the attention of a young crowd distracted by three full-service bars, cell phones, and a broken glowstick splattering the dancefloor with toxic pus can be daunting, at the very least, Andrea Wallace AKA Dre made a supreme go of it. Elements of dubstep, minimal electro, and tech house were present in SuperDre’s set. The rumble and rattle of her bass and drums worked their way into the crowd’s bodies and feet like a steam locomotive. She worked the battery hard, keeping the engine chugging along and successfully setting up the rest of the night. With a headliner like Bassnectar, the opening slot can be murder, but Dre held her own, and turned some heads in the process. She’s keeping very good company in the run-up to her debut album’s early-December release; this Grand Rapids, Michigan-based producer is likely to be popping up all over the Midwest.

UNMASTERED MIXES:
Ministep: http://www.superdre.com/ministep.mp3
Building Blox: http://www.superdre.com/buildingblox.mp3 - The Untz

LETTER FROM THE EDITOR

Just before deadline, I was sharing this
month’s cover with REVUE staff and some of
the mavens that I like to consult on such
things. The reaction surprised me.
“I think it’s awesome you’re putting an
African-American woman on the cover,” one
of them said. Others nodded in agreement.
Um, really?

Maybe I should be crystal clear that our
decision to put AndREA “SUpERdRE” WAllAcE on
the cover isn’t a diversity thing — it’s an
excellence thing. While I know almost zero
about electronic music, we’ve heard from
people who know what’s-what on the dJ scene
that dre is the real deal. Über talented.
passionate. committed to her craft. (And
yeah, the picture of her by TIM MOTlEy rocks!)
Our 2010 mission at REVUE is to expose
the superexcellent events and people on West
Michigan’s entertainment scene. Too often
in the past, we’ve been guilty of setting
the editorial bar at “participation” when
it came to choosing what and whom we covered on these pages.

With the growing number of choices competing for your ever-shrinking entertainment dollar, it’s important for us
to raise the bar and celebrate entertainment
SuperDre fits the excellence bill, ac-
cording to our sources. Word is that she’s
also Supernice. When she’s not spinning
tunes, she does volunteer work with nonprof-
it groups (e.g., Alternatives In MOTIOn) and
the Grand Rapids Public Schools. be sure
to catch Associate Editor lIndSAy pATTOn-
cARSOn’S “Q&A” with dre on page 14 as well as
REVUE’s feature on the surging electronic
music scene in GR.

On another note, we’ve been saying for a
year “print media is not dead!” We got fur-
ther affirmation of that fact recently when
a friend of ours posted a Twitpic of her dog
being paper-trained on a copy of REVUE’s
February edition. Try doing that with
GRnow, RApId GROWTh or other Web-only pub-lications. Seriously, we’re happy that the
magazines are being put to good use long af-
ter the events we feature are over and done.
Thanks for reading REVUE. be good.

Brian Edwards

Editor & publisher

- Revue Magazine

“A phenomenal DJ and producer…and an even more phenomenal person.”
— Thomas Raukamp, Editor, BEAT Magazine - BEAT Magazine

Best way to get the party bumpin':

DJ SuperDre, a club disc jockey whose wizardry is unparalleled. She spins an irresistible mix of techno and house that drives the crowd wild. - Grand Rapids Magazine

A bright spot on the electronic music horizon - SuperDre. Born in Michigan, classically trained in music, musically trained in bass, this techno diva is set to take the world by storm. Want to hear more? Visit http://www.myspace.com/djsuperdre and prepare yourself for a ride. - Juxtapoz

2009 Club DJ of the Year - DJ SuperDre - Grand Rapids Press