Kiernan Laveaux ranks within a particular cadre of American DJs—those for whom genre and style aren't guidelines, but constructs to be rearranged at will. Born and raised in the Midwest, she carries with her a knowledge and reverence for her forebearers, the originators from Chicago and Detroit, and learned from them, as she describes, the art of "long form, extended set, long blend Midwest DJing."