Theo Parrish was born in Washington D.C. in 1972 and raised in Chicago, IL where his passion for music developed. Miles Davis, Stevie Wonder, Jimi Hendrix, Nina Simone, George Gershwin, Bob Marley, as well as his uncle, jazz musician Dexter Sims, all had strong influences on Theo's early musical life. Chicago's radio influences and House artists such as Ron Hardy, Larry Heard, Lil Louis, Farley Jackmaster Funk, Gene Hunt, Mike Dunn, Frankie Knuckles, Walter Get Down Brown and Andre Hatchett, helped to spawn Mr. Parrish's early career. He began spinning and producing tracks in 1986, at the age of thirteen... After graduating from the Academy for the Arts, he recieved a scholarship to the Kansas City Art Institute where his interest in music was taken to a new level through his study of sculpture. In 1994, he recieved a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from KCAI with a concentration in Sound Sculpture, a form of orchestrationusing live instruments, looped recordings, the human voice, and numerous other sound generating devices. While in Kansas City, Theo continued to impact and be impacted by dance music, helping to bring a dormant underground music scene to life. In 1994, Theo Parrish moved to Michigan where he became heavily involved in Detroit's underground music scene. Producing music and delivering his unique and dynamic sets in venues throughout the Detroit and surrounding areas, as well as abroad he has gained the attention and respect of dj's, producers, listeners and dnancers worldwide. Releases: EP/vinyl/CD: That Day / How I Feel, 12" (Archive) Live In Detroit, CD (Sound Signature) Essential Selections Vol 1, 12" (Sound Signature) Lights Down Low, 12" (Sound Signature) Smile EP, 12" (Music Is) Took Me All The Way Back, 12" (KDJ) Pieces Of A Paradox, 12" (Sound Signature) The Baby Steps EP, 12" (Elevate) Roots Revisited, 12" (Sound Signature) Summertime Is Here, 12" (Sound Signature) First Floor, CD (Peacefrog) When The Morning Comes, 12" (Filth records) Dreamer's Blue / Lost Angel, 12" (Music Is) Suns Of Osiris / Violet Green, 12" (Sound Signature) Musical Metaphors EP, 12" (Sound Signature) Moonlight Music & You, 12" (Sound Signature) First Floor Part 2, 2x12" (Peacefrog) First Floor Part 1, 2x12" (Peacefrog) Overyohead / Dance Of The Drunken Drums, 12" (Sound Signature) Sound Signature Sounds, CD (Nippon Crown) Parallel Dimensions, 2x12" (Sound Signature) Expressive Angels, 12" (Track Mode) First Floor, 2xCD (Nippon Crown) These Days & Times Part 2, CD (Sound Signature) These Days & Times Part 1, CD (Sound Signature) I Can Take It, 12" (Sound Signature) You Forgot / Dirt Rhodes, 12" (Sound Signature) Major Moments Of Instant Insanity, 12" (Sound Signature) Segments From The Fifth Wheel, 12" (Moods & Grooves) Solitary Flight, 12" (Sound Signature) Contemporhythms, CD (Sound Signature) Ugly Edits Vol 2, 12" (Not On Label) Ugly Edits Vol 3, 12" (Not On Label) Ugly Edits Vol 4, 12" (Not On Label) Eclectic Aesthetic Pt.1 (Mix CD 4a) Eclectic Aesthetic Pt.2 (Mix CD 4b) Natural Aspirations (Vinyl Versions Part 1), 12" (Sound Signature) Ugly Edits Vol 5, 12" (Not On Label) Remixes: It Shows (Theo Parrish Dub Mix) on It Shows, 12" (Pandamonium) Get On Up (Theo's Late Dub) on What Do You See?, 12" (Filth records) Maiting Ritual (Theo Parrish's Beat Freak Mix) on Maiting Ritual (The Remixes), 12" (Gotcha!) Saga Of Resistance (Theo Parrish Promo Version 1) on Saga Of Resistance, 12" (Not On Label) Saga Of Resistance (Theo Parrish Promo Version 2) on Saga Of Resistance, 12" (Not On Label) Never Gonna Let U Go (Theo Parrish Re-Edit) on Ugly Edits 1, 12" (Not On Label) Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix) on Ugly Edits 1, 12" (Not On Label) Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix) on Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Remix), 12" (Not On Label) Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Mix) on Slowly Surely, 12" (Not On Label) Lighthouse (Theo Parrish Remix) on The Timpany Waves EP, 12" (Oratai Soundsalon) Slowly Surely (Theo Parrish Mix) on Ears On Da Butt, CD (Nudisco) Back In The Middle (Theo Parrish Remix) on Back In The Middle Remixes, 12" (Dynamite Soul) Mating Ritual (Theo Parrish's Beat Freak Mix) on Mating Ritual Remixes, 12" (Soiree Records International) Appearances: Theo's Missing Dub on Missing You (The Remixes), 2x12" (Track Mode) Dusty Cabinets on Globus Mix Vol. 5, letsallmakemistakes, CD (Tresor) Future Primitive on Abstract Fusion 2, 12" (Music Is) Future Primitive on Abstract Fusion 2, 2x12" (Track Mode) Future Primitive on Abstract Fusion 2, CD (Track Mode) Blue Out on Three Chairs 2, 12" (Sound Signature) Lake Shore Drive on Small Black Church, 12" (KDJ) Heal Yourself And Move on 10.100, 5x12" (Peacefrog) Heal Yourself And Move on 10.100, 2xCD (Peacefrog) Heal Yourself And Move on Peacefrog 10.100, CD (Peacefrog) Sky Walking on 10:100.2, 5x12" (Peacefrog) Sky Walking on 10.100.02, 2xCD (Peacefrog) Rain For Jimmy on Three Chairs, 2x12" (Three Chairs) When The Morning Comes on Three Chairs, 2x12" (Three Chairs) Blue Out on Three Chairs 2, 12" (Three Chairs) Insane Asylum on The 1987 EP, 12" (Sound Signature) Children Of Drum on Trax Sampler 003, CD (Trax Sampler) Children Of Drum on Detroit House Fever, CD (Apricot Records) Root Beer Float on Abstract Fusion 3, 2x12" (Track Mode) Falling Up on Detroit Beatdown Vol.1, 3x12" (Third Ear) Sayala Sayale on Recloose Presents: Jigsaw Music, CD (Eskimo Recordings) Root Beer Float on Abstract Fusion 3, CD (Track Mode) Falling Up on Detroit Beatdown Volume One, 2xCD (Third Ear) Sky Walking on Peacefrog 10.100.02, 5x12" (Peacefrog) Lake Shore Drive on Small Black Church, 12" (KDJ)