DJ Deeon
A legend of the Chicago house scene, DJ Deeon (aka Deeon Boyd) first plied his trade playing small house parties and selling mixtapes in local parking lots in the early '90s on Chicago's South Side, where he had grown up. Boyd started to produce his own tracks after getting hold of a Roland 606 and 303, taking the sound that had defined Chicago house and adding erotically charged lyrics to his tracks, creating what would be known as "ghetto house."
His first release, the Funk City EP, appeared in 1994 on the inspirational Chicago house label Dance Mania -- home to the likes of Paul Johnson, Lil' Louis, Robert Armani, and Marshall Jefferson -- and would be followed by a slew of releases for the label over the next few years. Tracks such as "House-O-Matic," "2 B Free," and "Freak Like Me" epitomized Deeon's sound and he became a sought-after name not just in Chicago but across the pond in Europe. Producing well over 30 singles for Dance Mania over a five-year period until 1999, when the label closed down, Deeon continued with his ghetto sound, producing releases for Databass, Juke Trax, and Pro-Jex throughout the 2000s.
With a renewed interest in the ghetto house scene in the early 2010s -- and in particular the availability of the original Dance Mania releases -- Glasgow-based label Numbers released the Deeon Doez Deeon! EP in 2015, featuring four of his most celebrated tracks. A crowdfunded campaign to bring Deeon to the U.K. succeeded in early 2016, with Deeon playing sets at XoYo in London and a set at the final Bloc weekender. That year, a joint remix of Freak Like Me with Lee Walker released on Defected saw Deeon claiming his first ever U.K. singles chart placement, with the track bringing his trademark ghetto sound to a whole new audience. DJ Deeon died on July 18, 2023.
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WANNA GO BANG
Hi-Lo, Oliver Heldens, DJ Deeon
Techno - Released by Drumcode on 30 Sep 2022
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Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK)
House - Released by Defected - Ministry Of Sound on 19 Aug 2016
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Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK) (Radio Edit)
Dance - Released by Defected - Ministry Of Sound on 16 Jul 2021
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Deeon Doez Deeon!
Electronic - Released by Numbers on 23 Mar 2015
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From the Low End
House - Released by Ghetto Rhythm Composers on 4 Aug 2020
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Freak Like Me
House - Released by Defected Records on 19 Aug 2016
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Hands On The Box
Dance - Released by Nervous Records on 21 Apr 2023
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Freak Like Me (Radio Edit)
House - Released by Defected Records on 16 Jul 2021
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Work This Mf!
House - Released by Ghetto Rhythm Composers on 13 Nov 2020
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Debo G Chronicles, Vol. 2
House - Released by Booty Call Records on 1 Jan 2013
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Lost Tracks
House - Released by Ghetto Rhythm Composers on 25 Apr 2024
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Southside Shakedown
Dj Deeon/DJ Deeon / DJ RBR, DJ Deeon, DJ RBR
House - Released by GRC Recordings on 22 Apr 2023
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Jerkin' Houz (Original Mix)
House - Released by Unknown to the Unknown on 19 Oct 2018
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Do It
House - Released by Ghetto Rhythm Composers on 26 Aug 2021
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Move Your Booty (Make Your Booty Move)
House - Released by Ghetto Rhythm Composers on 30 Dec 2022
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The Digital Pimp Series Vol.4
Electronic - Released by Dance Mania Inc. on 28 Feb 2008
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The Digital Pimp Series Vol.2
Electronic - Released by Dance Mania Inc. on 28 Feb 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo