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<blockquote><font face="Helvetica"><b>Smoggy
Days</b></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica">Headroom
presents</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica">a New Monthly
Club</font></blockquote>
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<blockquote>Saturday September 28, 2002</blockquote>
<blockquote>Headroom and Faith present</blockquote>
<blockquote><b>THEO PARRISH</b> Sound Signature. Detroit</blockquote>
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<blockquote>along with Smoggy days resident Djs</blockquote>
<blockquote><b>LILLYANNE</b> and<b> PAUL T</b></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica"><br></font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica"><b>Located</b> @ 1032 S. Grand
Ave</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica" color="#FF0000">(entrance in back
of the Grand Ave. Night Club)</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica">@Olympic</font> Blvd. in Downtown
LA</blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica">21 & Over</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica">10PM - 6AM</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica">$20</font></blockquote>
<blockquote><font face="Helvetica">Sounds by
SoundFactorySystems.com</font></blockquote>
<blockquote>http://www.headroomlosangeles.com</blockquote>
<blockquote>we just added lots of Theo's Cd's you can listen
to!!</blockquote>
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<blockquote>Artist Profile:</blockquote>
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"Love of the music should be the driving force of any
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performer or dj. Everything else stems from that core, that
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With that love, sampling can become a method of tasteful
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collage, as opposed to a creative crutch, plagiarism. Using this
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understanding openly & respectfully, can turn djing into
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participation. It can turn a few hours of selection into
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history, Necessary listening through movement." This
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philosophy gives shape and direction to the distinctive sounds
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are created by Theo Parrish.</div>
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Theo Parrish was born in Washington D.C. in 1972 and raised in</div>
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Chicago, IL where his passion for music developed. Miles Davis,</div>
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Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, George Gershwin, Bob</div>
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Marley, as well as his uncle, jazz musician Dexter Sims, all had</div>
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strong influences on Theo's early musical life. Chicago's radio
influences and dance artists such as Ron</div>
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Hardy, Larry Heard, Lil Louis, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Gene Hunt, Mike
Dunn, Frankie Knuckles, Walter</div>
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Get Down Brown and Andre Hatchett, helped to spawn Mr. Parrish's early
career. He began spinning</div>
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and producing tracks in 1986, at the age of thirteen...</div>
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After graduating from the Academy for the Arts, he received a
scholarship to the Kansas City Art</div>
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Institute where his interest in music was taken to a new level through
his study of sculpture. In 1994,</div>
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he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from KCAI with a
concentration in Sound Sculpture, a form</div>
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of orchestration using live instruments, looped recordings, the human
voice, and numerous other</div>
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sound generation devices. While in Kansas City, Theo continued to
impact and be impacted by dance</div>
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music, helping to bring a dormant underground music scene to
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In 1994, Theo Parrish moved to Michigan where he became heavily in
Detroit's underground music</div>
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scene. Since his arrival, he has helped spawn a resurgence of dance
classic selections among local Dj</div>
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talents. An original resident of "Better Days', Theo's sound has
been called everything from spiritual to</div>
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infectious. Unfortunately, the commercialization of 'Better Days'
authored it's disappearance. Following</div>
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several dates with independent promoters, he gave an exceptional
evening of soulful selections at the</div>
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infamous Detroit Electronic Music Festival. Later, Theo started his
own night, "Sessions" at The Rhythm</div>
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Cafe. Finding the night to offer more stress than musical bliss, Theo
has returned to the comforts of</div>
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the studio. You can find his sounds being charted by dj's in Germany,
London. Japan. Italy, France,</div>
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Australia, Canada, Africa and numerous cities throughout North
America. Producing music and</div>
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delivering his unique and dynamic sets in venues throughout the
Detroit and surrounding areas, as</div>
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well as abroad he has gained the attention and respect of dj's,
producers, listeners and dancers</div>
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worldwide.</div>
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