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 - Lançado por Drumcode em 30/09/2022
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Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK)
House - Lançado por Defected - Ministry Of Sound em 19/08/2016
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Freak Like Me (feat. Katy B & MNEK) (Radio Edit)
Dance - Lançado por Defected - Ministry Of Sound em 16/07/2021
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Deeon Doez Deeon!
Electronic - Lançado por Numbers em 23/03/2015
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Move Your Booty (Make Your Booty Move)
House - Lançado por Ghetto Rhythm Composers em 30/12/2022
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From the Low End
House - Lançado por Ghetto Rhythm Composers em 04/08/2020
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Freak Like Me
House - Lançado por Defected Records em 19/08/2016
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Hands On The Box
Dance - Lançado por Nervous Records em 21/04/2023
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Freak Like Me (Radio Edit)
House - Lançado por Defected Records em 16/07/2021
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Work This Mf!
House - Lançado por Ghetto Rhythm Composers em 13/11/2020
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Debo G Chronicles, Vol. 2
House - Lançado por Booty Call Records em 01/01/2013
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Lost Tracks
House - Lançado por Ghetto Rhythm Composers em 25/04/2024
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Booty Shaker EP
Electronic - Lançado por Four Thirty Two em 25/06/2021
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Southside Shakedown
Dj Deeon/DJ Deeon / DJ RBR, DJ Deeon, DJ RBR
House - Lançado por GRC Recordings em 22/04/2023
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We Have Bass
Techno - Lançado por Drumcode em 03/05/2023
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Bak the Fucc Up
Techno - Lançado por Kaos em 21/09/2021
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Jerkin' Houz (Original Mix)
House - Lançado por Unknown to the Unknown em 19/10/2018
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Do It
House - Lançado por Ghetto Rhythm Composers em 26/08/2021
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DA DISCO TEKK EP (Original Mix)
Dj Deeon/Traxman, DJ Deeon, Traxman
House - Lançado por Factory Music Chicago em 05/08/2020
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