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2006.07.14. Sonic presents Therapy with Quentin Harris, jojoflores and Mat Chrysdale
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$15 before midnight
$20 before 2am
$30 after 2am
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i can honestly say alot of the heads have been waiting for this one and we're confident it will not dissapoint.
Sonic's soundsystem certainly has it's work cut out for it!! you down for some real souful and dirty underground house music bizness??
sonic & gotsoul present...
Quentin Harris (shelter, nyc)
+ jojoflores(gotsoul, therapy, montreal)
w. Mat Chrysdale (mude, therapy)
@ Sonic (270 spadina ave.)
11pm start! licensed event!
$15 b4 12am / $20 b4 2am / $30 after.
reduced/vip: [email protected]
Born and raised in Detroit, Quentin Harris came of age inspired by many of the legends of his hometown. Motown, Prince, P-Funk and of course, early techno instilled in Harris, a love of all forms of music. Today, he is recognized as one of the leaders in the field of deep house. It has been said that his work re-vitalized what had become a saturated and tired genre. Indeed Harris resists the very notion of working within genre parameters. So, where did this young Motor-City to New-York-City transplant get the skills to re-invent ?
Simply put, Harris's musicality runs through his blood with a Mother who is a vocalist and a father who plays the trumpet. His Grandmother introduced him to the piano at age 5. At age 12 he took his first formal piano and trumpet lessons. At age 13, he visited a local recording studio, where he shortly thereafter commenced session work with an uncle. By age 14 he was performing live with his Aunts blues band.
Fast forward to the early 90s and Quentin is, at the age of 20 in the studio working as a sessions musician with Aretha Franklin. Around the same time he entered into the world of hip hop culture and from 1993-1994 contributed regularly as a trumpeter at Maurice Malones seminal open mice sessions at The Hip Hop Shop on 7 Mile. These sessions provided a forum for a new generation of Detroit talent as Harris went head to head with then unknowns Emenim, Slum Village, Royce 59 and Proof.
House music ran in parallel with these Hip Hop leanings as Quentin fed an open-minded vinyl addiction at Record Time store under the auspices of DJ / store manager Mike Huckaby. Ken Colliers legendary sets at Heavens further fuelled a passion for dance while his Hip Hop connections as producer of the New York Hip Hop outfit The Masterminds, brought him back and forth to New York. During these trips he discovered the Sound Factory, Sound Factory Bar, Be Yourself, Body& Soul and original Shelter. House music at this point, according to Harris, was much less niche orientated with tracks crossing over from scene to scene.
Circa 1998 he moved to New York City full time and in 2001 positioned himself in New Yorks largest dance music store, Satellite Records. There he befriended future Unrestricted Access partner, Ben Johnson, who firmly encouraged Harris talent in house music. Harris career in Hip Hop lingered as a touring member of "The Masterminds" until the weekly sessions at, and lifestyle of, Club Shelter became all consuming. A CD of accapellas passed along to Harris for spec remixes provided the final melodic elements needed to fully expand upon developing ideas. Hence his career as a major label remixer commenced with Shakira's "Whenever Wherever".
Since then hes gone on to make a name for himself beside Darryl James, as the go-to remixer for major label R&B hits. His genre shattering remix of Mariah Carey's "Dont Forget About Us" went to number one on the Billboard Dance Charts while Floetry "Superstar" hit number ten. Unlike any of his peers, he has captivated the attention of an increasingly attentive audience with the creation of house classics out of such accapellas as India Arie's "Ready For Love" (also culled from the Motown CD) and Donni's "Cloud 9". He has continued to evolve as a producer and DJ willing to take risks with genre. Mariah Carey's "Dont Forget About Us" remix crystallizes his penchant for cutting edge writing and arrangement, as a seemingly effortless fusion of generic elements is, in fact, borne out of a sophisticated understanding of music composition. His body of work ranges, with near equal appeal, from vocal house (Solu Music's "It Aint Love") to vocals laid over techy tracks (Bryon Stingily's "Hate Wont Change Me" / Jill Scott's "Not Like Crazy") to straight up techy (Quentin Harris "Lets By Young") to afro-house tinged electronic / tribal cuts (Femi Kuti "Traitors Of Africa").
His tracks are A-listed by DJs as diverse musically as Danny Tenaglia, David Morales, Hex Hector, Carl Craig, Frankie Knuckles, Pete Tong, Roger Sanchez, Deep Dish, Derrick Carter, Francois K, Joe Claussell and Danny Krivit.
Each Harris record begins its life however, under the roof of New Yorks Club Shelter. In 2004 he inked a deal with Timmy Regisfords management company and has released a string of club hits on Unrestricted and Restricted Access, the labels Regisford set up with Ben Johnson. His mentor and A&R guide, Timmy Regisford, continues to break Harris tracks one after the other. Forthcoming cuts include a re-working of Jamiroquai's "Talullah", Stevie Wonderss "Make Sure Your Sure" and The Isley Brothers "Harvest For The World" as well as a new original production entitled "Haunted". Harris is also working on a full-length album for vocalist Colton Ford and Jason Walker.
As a DJ, Harris found inspiration equally in the sets he heard from Detroits Ken Collier and those of Timmy Regisford here in New York. He believes in energetic mixing with a focus on programming rather than making a mix sound perfect. His New York residency, 'Fresh Fruit', which was inspired by trips to Stereo in Montreal with DJ Steve Travolta, was fuelled primarily by a desire to offer the gay clubbing community a musical alternative to the banging, circuit sound. He has also sought to close the gap between gay and straight dance circles and indeed his following is unusually diverse. In the coming months he will play the main floor of Pacha / Ibiza, Central Parks Summer Stage event as part of the Shelter DJ lineup and David Morales new venue in Toronto, Canada.
Harris releases his debut album No Politics in the fall of 2006 on Unrestricted Access.
don't sleep on this one!
discography...
1998 The Masterminds - Live From Area 51 - LP (Co-Producer)
1999 The Masterminds - The Underground Railroad - LP (Co-Producer)
2000 The Masterminds ft. Zion 1 - The Bizness NuGroove Alliance (Producer)
2001 Shakira - Whenever Wherever Epic Records (Remixer)
2001 Tyrone Francis & Quentin Harris - Sincere / Too Hott 2002 Spacekat Records (Co-Producer)
2002 India Arie - Ready For Love White Label (Remixer)
2002 India Arie - Strength, Courage & Wisdom White Label (Remixer)
2002 T Da Pimp - Black Trucks / Make Moe Penmp Entertainment (Producer)
2003 Aix Alvarez - Way Of Life - EP Dancetracks (Vocalist)
2003 TV Feet / Brandy - Nothing In It’s Wrong Place / What About Us? White Label (Co-Producer)
2003 Donnie - Cloud 9 Motown (Remixer)
2003 Donnie - Rocketship Motown (Remixer)
2003 Lathum ft India Arie - When Love Came In White Label (Remixer)
2003 Libby - Speak To Me Phuturesole Recordings (Producer)
2003 John Pierce - My Words Phuturesole Recordings (Remixer)
2003 Epod - The Pursuit Coco Machete Records (Producer / Vocalist)
2003 George Levin - In Your Car / DJ Spinna Remix Sonar Recordings (Keyboards)
2003 Shaggy - Roadblock Big Yard / Geffen (Producer)
2003 T Da Pimp - The Best Of T Da Pimp - LP Penmp Entertainmaint (Producer)
2003 T Da Pimp - All These Gyrls & Bitch Niggaz Penmp Entertainment (Producer)
2003 Lefunken - Do Right Spacekat Records (Remixer)
2003 Lefunken - Angel Spacekat Records (Remixer)
2003 TQC - That’s Love Slaag Recordings (Producer)
2004 Jesse Powell - Something In The Past White Label (Remixer)
2004 Jagged Edge - Walked Outta Heaven White Label (Remixer)
2004 Patti Labelle - New Day Def Jam Soul / Universal (Remixer)
2004 Rokia Tiore - M’Bifo White Label (Remixer)
2004 Quentin Harris presents Cordell McClarey - Traveling Spacekat Records (Producer)
2004 Quentin Harris - The Episodes - EP Shelter Records (Producer)
2004 Sting - Send Your Love White Label (Remixer)
2004 Blaze ft. Sybil - When I Fall In Love Jellybean Recordings (Remixer)
2004 Da Mooch ft. Chynna - Love Is Everything Jellybean Recordings (Remixer)
2004 Alicia Keyes - Diary White Label (Remixer)
2004 Usher - How Do I Say White Label (Remixer)
2004 Marlon D ft. Quentin Harris - Nasty Man Next Moov Records (Keyboards)
2004 Jill Scott - Golden White Label (Remixer)
2005 Quentin Harris - The Shelter Anthem Unresricted Access (Producer)
2005 Jill Scott - Whatever White Label (Remixer)
2005 Sting - It’s Probably Me / Shape Of My Heart White Label (Remixer)
2005 Trina - Joy White Label (Remixer)
2005 Cordell McClarey - Got 2 Love Spacekat Records (Producer)
2005 Steal Vybe ft. Rich Medina - Spiritual Life Spacekat Records (Remixer)
2005 Jill Scott - Not Like Crazy White Label (Remixer)
2005 Quentin Harris - Let’s Be Young Unrestricted Access (Producer)
2005 Southport Weekender 3 feat Jazzie B, Dimitri From Paris & Quentin Harris suSU / Concept Music (Mixed CD)
more info...
www.myspace.com/quentinharris
www.jojoflores.com
www.sonicnightclub.com
www.myspace.com/dany_v
www.b9productions.com
~ dany v. |
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