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 - Erschienen bei Drumcode am 30.09.2022
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Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK)
House - Erschienen bei Defected - Ministry Of Sound am 19.08.2016
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Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK) (Radio Edit)
Dance - Erschienen bei Defected - Ministry Of Sound am 16.07.2021
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Deeon Doez Deeon!
Electronic - Erschienen bei Numbers am 23.03.2015
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From the Low End
House - Erschienen bei Ghetto Rhythm Composers am 04.08.2020
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Freak Like Me
House - Erschienen bei Defected Records am 19.08.2016
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Hands On The Box
Dance - Erschienen bei Nervous Records am 21.04.2023
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Freak Like Me (Radio Edit)
House - Erschienen bei Defected Records am 16.07.2021
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Work This Mf!
House - Erschienen bei Ghetto Rhythm Composers am 13.11.2020
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Debo G Chronicles, Vol. 2
House - Erschienen bei Booty Call Records am 01.01.2013
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Lost Tracks
House - Erschienen bei Ghetto Rhythm Composers am 25.04.2024
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Booty Shaker EP
Electronic - Erschienen bei Four Thirty Two am 25.06.2021
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Southside Shakedown
Dj Deeon/DJ Deeon / DJ RBR, DJ Deeon, DJ RBR
House - Erschienen bei GRC Recordings am 22.04.2023
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Jerkin' Houz (Original Mix)
House - Erschienen bei Unknown to the Unknown am 19.10.2018
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Do It
House - Erschienen bei Ghetto Rhythm Composers am 26.08.2021
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Move Your Booty (Make Your Booty Move)
House - Erschienen bei Ghetto Rhythm Composers am 30.12.2022
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The Digital Pimp Series Vol.4
Electronic - Erschienen bei Dance Mania Inc. am 28.02.2008
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