Background
He was born in Washington, District of Columbia. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois listening to jazz musicians like Miles Davis, Nina Simone, and George Gershwin.
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Theo Parrish
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He graduated from the Chicago Academy of the Arts and went to study at the Kansas City Art Institute. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in 1994 and moved to Michigan to focus on musical projects.
Career
While at KCAI, he concentrated on sound sculptures, creating sonic pieces by combining live instruments, human voices, and looped recordings. He has recorded music under his own name as well as with Rick Wilhite, Marcellus Malik Pittman and Kenneth Dixon Junior as 3 Chairs. He also puts out releases on his record label.
Another aspect of Theo Parrish"s productions are his re-edits, often of old disco, funk or soul records.
He is almost as renowned for his expansive and genre-hopping live DJ sets as his productions, and played a monthly residency at the former London nightclub Plastic People.
