Jack Dial

What U Need

Warm Winter Rains

Behind Your Curtain

Nope

Basic Bitch (just my friend’s bag of records and a mixer)

Untitled

Scratch & Skip

Rough Midwest techno. Flash mixing from Detroit artists and beyond. Recorded in early 1996. All vinyl.

Perry ‘Paris’ Ellis •1996• Teknosity - Side A - (Vinyl Mix)

Perry ‘Paris’ Ellis •1996• Teknosity - Side B - (Vinyl Mix)

I once made some records. 
I deejayed often.
Stateside and abroad. 
Partied & flushed it.
Creeping these parts, again.


Perry “Paris” Ellis first made his mark as a DJ in the fabled 90s Midwest rave scene, where the proximity of Chicago and Detroit had a massive influence on both his tastes and his mixing style. His style fuses disco, jack tracks, and slick techno with long blends and mixer tricks, and his crates are a trainspotter’s dream, carefully curated by decades of digging.

Born in California and influenced heavily by hip hop, industrial, and legends like The KLF, Yello, and M|A|R|R|S, he eventually landed in Cincinnati, Ohio. A quick drive to Detroit and hours spent in the beloved dance room of Record Time sealed his fate, along with warehouse parties where he could see the best of Detroit every weekend. “The experience opened my eyes to techno in its native habitat and truly changed my life FOREVER. I cannot put into words what I experienced in those dark warehouses.”
After a few years laying low, he’s back in his home city of San Francisco and throwing himself back into the mix. When he hits the decks, he gets the floor moving by connecting the dots between the sounds of Chicago & Detroit and sharing authentic underground sounds with proper midwest flair. 

 💬 WORDS ☝️ 👉 Noncompliant👇

https://m.soundcloud.com/noncompliant1


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The few trax featured here, were created in the 90s. I used an MPC, a couple of rack mount synths, a couple of free standing synthesizers, a 12 channel console and recorded to DAT. No software, other than the floppy discs that I slid into the MPC.

⚓️S.F. Bred 
⚓️Oakland proud
 💋Trained in the Midwest

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Perry Paris Ellis

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