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Theo Parrish

*1972 US, Washington, D.C.
Producer of Dance

Theo Parrish is a musician and selector based in Detroit, Michigan, often described as a 'techno/house' artist. He was born in Washington, DC. He grew up in Chicago, Illinois listening to jazz musicians like Miles Davis, Nina Simone, and George Gershwin. He graduated from the Chicago Academy of the Arts and went to study at the Kansas City Art Institute. While at KCAI, he concentrated on sound sculptures, creating sonic pieces by combining live instruments, human voices, and looped recordings. He received his BFA in 1994 and moved to Michigan to focus on musical projects.

     
Genres
  • Dance
  • Electronic
  • R&B/Soul
Plays With
3 Chairs
T.O.M. Project
The Rotating Assembly
Popular Tracks   
Flowers on Flowers by Andrew Ashong & Theo Parrish
Sweet Sticky on First Floor by Theo Parrish
What You Gonna Ask For - Theo's Mix on What You Gonna Ask For by Theo Parrish
Day Like This Rework on Day Like This Rework by Various Artists
Heal Yourself And Move on First Floor by Theo Parrish
Falling Up - Carl Craig Remix on Detroit Beatdown Remixes 1: 2 by Theo Parrish
Lost Angel on Smile by Theo Parrish
Sky Walking on First Floor by Theo Parrish
This Is For You on Wuddaji by Theo Parrish
Paradise Architects on First Floor by Theo Parrish

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Band Members
Discography


Title Artist Year Type
Gentrified Love Part 4Theo Parrish, Paul Randolph, Kathy Kosins, John Douglas, Amp Fiddler, Ideeyah2018Album
Thanks To PlasticTheo Parrish2018Album
Preacher's CominTheo Parrish2018Single
Gentrified Love Part 3Theo Parrish, Amp Fiddler2017Album
Sketches / Somethin About DetroitTheo Parrish2016Album
Gentrified Love Part 2Theo Parrish, Waajeed, Duminie DePorres2016Album
Gentrified Love Part 1Theo Parrish2016Album
Moods & Grooves Classics v5Mike Grant / Theo Parrish2015Album
71st & Exchange Used To BeTheo Parrish2014Album
FootworkTheo Parrish2014Album
American IntelligenceTheo Parrish2014Album
Conceptual Jazzdance With An Ode To The Crouton AreaTheo Parrish2014Album
Original VersionsTheo Parrish2013Album
Dance Of The MedusaTheo Parrish2013Album
Day Like This / Feel LovedTheo Parrish / Tony Allen2013Album
Theo Parrish's Black Jazz SignatureTheo Parrish2013Compil.
Long Walk In Your SunTheo Parrish2013Album
Sound Signature Sounds Vol. 2Theo Parrish2012Compil.
Black MusicTheo Parrish / Pirahnahead / Craig Huckaby2012Album
Any Other StylesTheo Parrish2012Album
Hand MadeTheo Parrish2012Album
Feel Free To Be Who You Need To BeTheo Parrish2011Album
UgetTheo Parrish2011Compil.
S.T.F.U.Theo Parrish2011Album
Stop BajonTheo Parrish / Isoul8 & Mark De Clive-Lowe2010Album
SketchesTheo Parrish2010Album
Somethin About DetroitTheo Parrish2010Album
Sketches Pt 3Theo Parrish2010Album
Sketches Pt 2Theo Parrish2010Album
TrafficTheo Parrish Ft. IG Culture2010Single
Monster Mashup : Dope Jams Hallowe'en 2010Theo Parrish2010Album
Sketches Pt 1Theo Parrish2010Album
Space Station / Going Through ChangesTheo Parrish2009Album
Suggested Use Pt. 1Theo Parrish2009Album
Suggested Use Pt. 2Theo Parrish2009Album
Goin' Downstairs Part 1 / Goin' Downstairs Part 2Theo Parrish2008Album
Love Triumphant / Space BumpsTheo Parrish2008Album
Chemistry / Untitled OneTheo Parrish2008Album
Et Tu BruteDuminie Deporres / Electrofunk2007Album
Children Of The Drum / I Am These RootsTheo Parrish2007Album
Sound Sculptures Volume 1Theo Parrish2007Album
Capritarious #7Theo Parrish2005Album
Detroit Beatdown Remixes 1:2Theo Parrish2005Single
Contemporhythms (Part 1)Theo Parrish2004Album
Contemporhythms (Part 2)Theo Parrish2004Album
When I Snapped @ Blue BasementTheo Parrish2004Album
Extended BoundariesTheo Parrish2004Album
Live In Japan (Part 2)Theo Parrish2004Album
Yellow Double Lines (Part 2)Theo Parrish2004Album
Yellow Double Lines (Part 1)Theo Parrish2004Album
The Twin Cities EPTheo Parrish2004Album
Natural Aspirations (Vinyl Vers. Pt. 1)Theo Parrish2003Album
Solitary FlightTheo Parrish2002Album
Essential Selections Volume 2Theo Parrish & Marcellus Pittman2002Album
Sun Ra - Saga Of ResistanceTheo Parrish2002Single
Location Of Lost ColorsTheo Parrish2001Album
The 1987 EPLeron Carson / Theo Parrish2001Album
I Can Take ItTheo Parrish2001Album
Eclectic Asthetic (Part II)Theo Parrish2001Album
Eclectic Asthetic (Part 1)Theo Parrish2001Album
Lights Down LowTheo Parrish2001Album
Instant InsanityTheo Parrish2001Single
Segments From The Fifth WheelTheo Parrish2001Album
Dreamer's Blue's / Lost AngelTheo Parrish2001Album
You Forgot / Dirt RhodesTheo Parrish2001Album
Live In Japan 2001Theo Parrish2001Album
These Days & Times (Part 1)Theo Parrish2001Album
These Days & Times (Part 2)Theo Parrish2001Album
Sound Signature SoundsTheo Parrish2000Compil.
That Day / How I FeelTheo Parrish2000Album
Live @ The TempleTheo Parrish2000Album
Parallel DimensionsTheo Parrish2000Album
Expressive AnglesTheo Parrish2000Album
Methods Of MovementTheo Parrish2000Album
Essential Selections Vol. 1Marcellus Pittman / Theo Parrish1999Album
OveryoheadTheo Parrish1999Album
Summertime Is HereTheo Parrish1999Single
Pieces Of A ParadoxTheo Parrish1998Album
First FloorTheo Parrish1998Album
First Floor (Part 2)Theo Parrish1998Album
First Floor (Part 1)Theo Parrish1998Album
Roots RevisitedTheo Parrish1998Album
Musical MetaphorsTheo Parrish1997Album
Three ChairsRick Wilhite, Kenny Dixon Jr. & Theo Parrish Present 3 Chairs1997Album
When The Morning ComesTheo Parrish1997Album
Moonlight Music & YouTheo Parrish1997Album
SmileTheo Parrish1997Album
Took Me All The Way BackTheo Parrish1997Single
Baby StepsTheo Parrish1996Album
ContemporhythmsTheo ParrishAlbum
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