Terry Mullan + Paul Johnson | 6/2 | Chicago, IL

[Brendon Kuleck]

Dust Traxx and Groovesocial Present:
BOOM BOOM ROOM - Monday, June 2nd 2008

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] – (San Diego/Chicago) | Catalyst Recordings

[Only registered and activated users can see links. ] – (Chicago) | Peacefrog Records

Green Dolphin Street
2220 N. Ashland Ave
Chicago, IL 60614
(773) 395-0066
10 pm – 4 am
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$10
21+

With residents:

DJ Diz
Michael Serafini
Just Joey
Uncle Milty


With special guests, The Dust Traxx crew:

Angel Alanis
Lady Foursquare
Chuck Bleu
Nate Manic
Jere McAllister
Sean Sanders

Before discovering the world of House music, Terry Mullan was just a typical Hip-Hop kid in the 80s. It wasn’t until middle school when his ears stumbled upon the blossoming Chicago House radio mecca of 102.7 WBMX that he began to take notice of the new sonic revolution that was enveloping his city. This planted the seed, but it was the genre’s diversion into the Acid sound when Mullan began to see the tree taking hold. But even after diving headfirst into House and Acid House production he wasn’t ready to abandon what the Kool DJ Herc, Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flashes of the world had taught him about what it means to be a DJ in this day and age, and he took the hip-hop aesthetic that he knew and loved and applied it to this new genre. Before long he was cutting and scratching his way through the squelchy Roland-303 four-on-the-floor madness like none before. With the addition of the Detroit Techno sound, this was it; three different languages: disco, house, and techno all brought together with a turntablist mindset. They could all translate the same message together or apart from one another. In this sense, Terry is like a musical translator. With his fluent style, these languages reflect his DJing as well as the tracks he's now composing, which is his way of furthering the evolution of dance music.

Chicago produced a plethora of talented house producers in the '90s -- Cajmere, Roy Davis Jr., Glenn Underground, Boo Williams, and many more -- but few ever had a track become as popular as Paul Johnson's "Get Get Down." The song garnered endless play around the world -- from Chicago and Detroit to Ibiza and back -- and became a crossover success, remaining a favorite for years in even the most commercial clubs. But "Get Get Down" was no fluke. Johnson had released numerous house anthems prior to his breakthrough success and continued releasing quality music after.

Like all of the other Chicago house artists who rose to prominence in the '90s, Johnson grew up with the city's burgeoning '80s dance scene and legendary pioneers like Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, and Farley Jackmaster Funk In 1985, Johnson began DJing and started producing his own tracks five years later. During the '90s, he produced tracks for Chicago's most recognized house labels: Dancemania, Relief, Cajual, Nite Life, Undaground Therapy, Defected, DJax Up Beats, Peacefrog, Moody, Dust Traxx, and more. It was "Get Get Down" that became his crowning achievement, however. Released on Moody and Defected, as well as several other labels subsequently, the track became a global anthem.

In addition to his solo productions, Johnson started the Dust Traxx label and continued DJing as well as devoting a lot of time to remixing. Moreover, Johnson collaborated with Robert Armani as Traxxmen and with Gant Garrard as Brother 2 Brother. He also released a few full-length albums, such as “Groove I Have”, and mix albums, such as the third volume in Distance's In Motion series.