Artist Name
Deee-Lite
web link web link web link
heart icon off (0 users)
artist logo

Artist Image
artist thumb

Functions

transparent
Data Complete
percent bar 70%

Members
members icon 3 Mixed

Origin
flag New York, USA

Genre
genre icon Funk

Style
style icon Rock/Pop

Mood
mood icon Carefree

Born

born icon 1986

Active
calendar icon 1986 to Present...

Cutout
transparent

heart icon Most Loved Tracks
5 users heart off Deee-Lite - Groove Is in the Heart
4 users heart off Deee-Lite - Power of Love
4 users heart off Deee-Lite - Good Beat
4 users heart off Deee-Lite - Deee-Lite Theme
4 users heart off Deee-Lite - Deee-Lite Theme


youtube icon Music Video Links
youtube thumb
Groove Is in the Heart
youtube thumb
Good Beat
youtube thumb
Power of Love



Artist Biography
Available in: gb icon
Deee-Lite was a dance music group formed in 1986 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn and playing in NYC fusing house music, hip-hop, funk and techno- before there was a word for techno. Lady Miss Kier named their production company “Sampladelic” and described their music as holographic techno-soul. They were dedicated to outrageous live shows handing out daisies, projecting Captain Whizzo’s psychedelic lightshow, employing voguers and other free-styling club dancers as opposed to rigid formation choreography, and injecting a healthy dose of humor and thought provoking socially conscious lyrics. Their most successful hit was Groove Is in the Heart from their 1990 debut, World Clique. With a psychedelic video that was a success worldwide, the song also featured appearances by Q-Tip (from A Tribe Called Quest) and Bootsy Collins. Kier and Dmitry were committed to live performances and toured worldwide with several P-funk luminaries such as Bootsy Collins, Bernie Worrell, Fred Wessely, Gary “Mudbone” Cooper, Mike “kid funkadelic” Hampton and others. Tei appeared in only a handful of live shows.

The original members of Deee-lite were:
* Supa DJ Dmitry (Dmitri Brill, born 4 June 1964, originally from Kiev, Ukraine)
* Lady Miss Kier (Kierin Magenta Kirby, born 15 August 1963, Youngstown, Ohio)
* Towa Tei (Dong-hwa Chung, born 7 September 1964, originally from Tokyo, Japan)

Brill and Kirby had an ongoing romantic relationship, which ended prior to the release of their third album, Dewdrops in the Garden. Also prior to that release, Tei went in a different musical direction embracing bossa nova as opposed to break beats (appearing only on the remix for “Call Me”) while a new member was brought in, DJ On-E. Deee-Lite disbanded in 1994, just before the release of Dewdrops in the Garden.
wiki icon

Wide Thumb
transparent

Clearart
transparent

Fanart

transparent icon

Banner
artist banner


User Comments

transparent iconNo comments yet..


Status
unlocked icon Unlocked
Last Edit by laurent94jbl1
25th Sep 2021

Socials
social icon transparent icon

Streaming
website icon unlocked iconwebsite icon unlocked icon

External Links
fanart.tv icon musicbrainz icon last.fm icon website icon unlocked iconwebsite icon unlocked iconamazon icon