US house icon DJ Spen first laid his hand on the decks at the age of thirteen while growing up in his native city of Baltimore – he hasn’t looked back since. He is still spinning eclectic and soulful jams in clubs across the globe, further establishing his status as an eminent figure in house music, both past and present.
He began his career in the mid-’80s as a hip-hop radio DJ making beats under the moniker Numarx. The years that followed saw DJ Spen move away from hip-hop and towards the classic Chicago house sound that would define his productions for years to come, after joining forces with famed production collective The Basement Boys of which he departed back in 2014.
Alongside his own productions, DJ Spen has built a reputation as a talented and prolific remix artist, putting his own unique stamp on pop anthems from Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Everything but the Girl, Toni Braxton and more.
House heavyweight DJ Spen is an established veteran of the genre, having spent decades carving out a well-deserved place in dance music history through his classic releases on Basement Boys Records, Code Red, Defected and his own label Quantize Recordings.
As skilled a producer as they come, DJ Spen knows exactly how to twist a soulful melody around an infectious groove.
As skilled a producer as they come, DJ Spen knows exactly how to twist a soulful melody around an infectious groove, setting live strings and horns against an ecstatic vocal performance that undoubtedly lives up to the original, providing a fresh perspective on this much-loved disco standard.
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