INERTIA DEWITT IS AN OAKLAND-BASED VOCALIST, LOOP ARTIST, AND SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST WHOSE WORK LIVES AT THE CROSSROADS OF SOUND, SPIRIT, AND SOCIAL CHANGE. WITH SIREN-ESQUE VOCALS, EARTHBOUND BASS-LINES, AND LAYERED LOOPS, SHE CONJURES INDIE POP RITUALS THAT ARE EQUAL PARTS PRAYER, PLAY, AND PROTEST. DRAWING FROM SOUL, FUNK, FOLK, AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS—AND INFLUENCED BY HER FAIRY GODMOTHERS BJÖRK AND BADU—INERTIA CHANNELS ANCESTRAL RHYTHMS AND A GROUNDED MYSTICISM THAT STIRS BOTH BODY AND SPIRIT. EACH PERFORMANCE BECOMES A RITUAL OF REMEMBRANCE, REBELLION, AND RETURN.

OFFSTAGE, INERTIA IS COMMITTED TO HEALING AND EMBODIMENT. A LICENSED SOMATIC PSYCHOTHERAPIST, SHE IS PASSIONATE ABOUT HELPING PEOPLE RECONNECT WITH THEIR BODIES—AND THEREFORE THEIR CREATIVE POWER. AS SHE OFTEN SAYS, “THE REVOLUTION WILL BE EMBODIED.” HER THERAPEUTIC WORK CENTERS AROUND THE BELIEF THAT ACTIVATING CREATIVITY AWAKENS THE SPIRIT AND SUPPORTS THE BODY’S INNATE ABILITY TO HEAL ITSELF.