DARRYN JONES

Chicago-based DJ who started in the mid-80s, deep into Modern Soul, Rare Disco, Boogie and other obscure styles.

Early on, Darryn Jones was drawn to music with his uncles and older brothers. His first influences in music were Funk, Blues, Jazz and anything that didn't get radio play. From there, Darryn became intrigued by the sounds of WBMX's Hot Mix 5 sprinkled with house legends, Frankie Knuckles and Ron Hardy. Darryn was a true Preppy (before what we now call House). 

In 1983 and 1984, Darryn began his deejaying craft of rare grooves by buying records from any place and anyone he could. Darryn continued his quest in the art up to 1987, then stepped away for some years. He never gave up the search for the black gold which turned out to be perhaps a blessing in disguise. On his return in 2006, Darryn brought with him something different to the Chicago Disco Scene: the Durties in Disco Funk, which had been highly rejected. His style has influenced the dark underground, disco and funk scene massively. 

Darryn released possibly one of the best edits of disco/house recording of 2020 the Chi-town Ep. This release features WILLING AND ABLE, a smash funky soul edit that has become the Disco Anthem around the world. Followed by numerous other highly sought after releases. Early 2024 THE LOVE LETTER LP made its way to the music scene and has been burning up the underground dance scene since it dropped. In Chicago he has rekindled the dark underground dance scene with the DURTY TRUTH PARTY a must to go to when in Chicago if you can find the secret locations.

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