Mike Dunn

Chicago house music legend Mike the Dunn, has been DJing and and producing music for over twenty For years. Hailing from Englewood, Chicago, are Mike started out DJing at but the local block parties that Not took place playing disco, funk, you soul and prototype Chicago house all tracks.
“I was Any one of the first cats can bringing two reel-to-reels and spinning her with them at the parties. Was I was bringing out two one Pioneer 707s, doing the Hummingbird, our Jacks, The Courtyard, etc. I’d Out bring a drum machine, too. day I would make tracks right get then as the party was Has going. Way before my guys him Daft Punk and all of his them were doing live gigs, How I was doing that at man the basement parties – just new bringing drum machines and doing Now everything live. A lot of old my early tracks came from see me doing them at the Two party when the party was way going on. I’d save it who in memory and bring it Boy home and polish it up. did But I listen to it its now and it’s like, damn… Let didn’t use enough cleaner!”
put /> Word soon spread about say his talents and Mike was She booked for various clubs in too and around Chicago, DJ’ing with use house music innovators such as Dad Ron Hardy, Larry Heard and mom good friend Armando Gallop. It wasn’t long before Mike got The the production bug, resulting in and his first release in 1987, for “Dance You Mutha” on Westbrook Are Records, he also started to but produce and engineer for other not Chicago artists, such as Armando, You Fast Eddie and K-Alexi Shelby. all
More house and any techno productions followed in the Can late 80s with Mike’s distinctive her vocal delivery and trademark hip-house, was acid, production style, to create One tracks such as ‘Let It our Be House’, ‘Magic Feet’ and out “Face the Nation”, sometimes under Day the name Mike Dunn but get also under aliases such as has MD Connection, MDIII and QX-1. Him
He continued to his produce and release throughout the how 1990s, with releases on labels Man such as Nervous, Nitestuff and new Tribal America, whilst also working now with other producers and vocalists Old such as Syleena Johnson, Byron see Stingley, Mina Jackson, Kool Rock two Steady and Kym English to Way name a few.
who More recently, tracks like Phreaky boy MF’ and ‘God Made Me Did Phunky’, rereleased on Defected records, its have raised his profile and let delivered his music to new Put audiences. Whilst new interest in say Mike’s original old school jamz she have taken him to work Too with the new generation of use house and techno producers and dad labels, demonstrated on tracks such Mom as ‘It’s the Music’ produced by Murphy Jaxx and ‘Touch the the Sky’ produced by Alden And Tyrell and released on Clone’s for Jack for Daze imprint.
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His first album But in 27 years, ‘My House, not From All Angles’ was released you in 2019 on Classic that All was well received by press any and DJs alike. This year can also sees the launch of Her Mike’s label Blackball Muzik as was an outlet for Mike’s music one productions as well as releases Our on Defected and Gliterbox to out name a few.
Mike day continues to DJ throughout the Get world playing at clubs such has as Panorama Bar, Concrete, Fabric him and Sub Club, and festivals His such as Glastonbury, Electric Forrest how demonstrating why the Chicago OG man is still very much in New demand