DRI Debuts At CMJ / Three Hot Nights!!

Smoke Rings Deluxe Edition, Featuring Smoke Rings LP + Bonus Remix EP (Part 1). Deluxe Version Will Be Released This October 14th On Range Life Records.

Click Here To View “Two Are One” Video (Directed By Neil Krug)

Click Here for Bonus 4 Track Remix EP

Click Here To View Dri’s Daytrotter Session!

The Anniversary B-Sides & Rarities Out June 24th On Vagrant Records http://www.vagrant.com/release/details/195

Click Here To View Dri’s Performance At SXSW/Fader Fort 2008 & Video Chat

Click Here To View Dri’s Recent Video From The Fader Party 54

XLR8R TV Debuts Dri’s Video For “You Know I Tried”

Alternative Press Magazine : “Her irony-free delivery and the legimately funky backdrops allow her to pull off her newfound urban attitude better than any white indie-scene lifer should...this stylistic nomad will likely yield the crown by her next release.”

Her debut record, "Smoke Rings", is just that - a collection of kisses (and kiss-offs) blown to past and present loves; a swirl of stoned immediacy, of feelings and melodies coming to life in loose perfection.

With a background in everything from opera to emo, from vibes to horns, Dri's record could have gone anywhere. That she found joy in crafted beats and soulful samples is due largely to the talents of a few local Lawrence, Kansas producers who plied her with tracks that she could turn in to treasures. Those producers are rare soul/funk deejay Josh Powers ("Don't Wait", "What's Real"), protools-stylist SayMyName ("Two Are One", "Indria", "Inspiration", "Hot As Hades"), hip hop producer and emcee Nezbeat ("You Know I Tried", "Free Tonight") and electronic composer 1,000,000 Light Years ("Meet Me Out").

For a female musician in the mix since she was 18, Dri has seen and done it all and these songs work through what mattered ("Don't Wait"), what matters ("Two Are One"), what a girl wants ("Indria", "Hot As Hades"), what a girl needs ("Inspiration"). What makes her happy is connecting with the music and as a distillation of her talents and influences, "Smoke Rings" is all Adrianne.As a sense of her seductiveness, however, "Smoke Rings" is pure Dri.

"Smoke Rings" was recorded in Lawrence, Kansas by Jim Vollentine and mixed in Austin, Texas by Jim Vollentine. Mastered by Howie Weinberg.

Featured In November 2008 Interview And Spin Magazine

DRI
10/23 – 8PM - The Delancey (Sesac Music Night)
10/24 – 8PM - The Studio at Webster Hall
10/25 – 8PM - Red Bull Space (40 Thompson st)