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Barry Harris biographyBased in Toronto (Canada), the DJ, producer, songwriter and artist Barry Harris started DJing in 1983 on his college radio with the intention that it would lead him to remixing. Actually it didn't and he got frustrated, so frustrated about it that by 1988 he said "screw it then... I'll make my own record". This is how he created the project Kon Kan (a twist on the phrase "Can Con" (Canadian Content) which is the rule that forces Canadian radio station to play 30% Canadian music). That first record was I Beg Your Pardon. By 1989 it went top 15 on Billboard in America and top 5 around the world. He teamed up with the vocalist Kevin Wynne who contributed to the project's album, then left in 1989. He was co-producer of many Eurodance projects such as Outta Control (with Rachid Wehbi and Kimberley Wetmore) or E-Magine (still with Kimberley Wetmore) and artists like Engelbert Humperdink. He also remixed Ondina's singles. Between 1993 and 1995 Barry Harris also released singles under the name Top Kat (with Terry Kelly). Their single Feel Cool charted well on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play chart. Then he created the project Killer Bunnies with Rachid Wehbi and the vocalist Simone Denny. In 1998 he moved to Los Angeles. Under the name of Thunderpuss, he produced or remixed tracks with Chris Cox (chairman of the independant label Interhit Records) for Whitney Houston, Amber, Britney Spears, Abigail, Billie Myers, The Tamperer, Duke, Madonna, Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder and many more. Thunderpuss also released their own chart hits : a cover version of I Just Want To Be Your Everything featuring Thea Austin (released fall of 1997), Godzilla (released in May 19th, 1998) and Heroes (June 4th, 1998). The name of the project has its own history : "Chris's wife came up with Erotic Thunderpuss. I thought it was too pornographic, so Chris suggested Thunderpuss. At the time I said well how about Thunderpuss 2000, it sounds a little fun and cartoonish and besides... remixers only get about 3 years to be popular (if they should be so lucky to become popular in the first place!). So we agreed on Thunderpuss 2000. Well much to our surprise we were still hot by the end of 2000. I really didn't want to have an old name... like who would care about Thunderpuss '98... so we just started to drop the 2000 by fall of that year" Barry explains. In only five years , Thunderpuss remixes scored 31 #1's on Billboard's Hot Dance Music Club Play Chart and several more on the Maxi-Singles Sales Chart With the underground solo-singles Wailin, Filter Queen and Why'd Ya Let Her Barry Harris proves to be a multi-talented dance music producer, remixer, and artist. Why'd Ya Let Her is the follow-up to last years Billboard Top 40 Dance Chart hit Funk Like Dat, which set dance floors on fire in the Spring of 1997. 2000 : Barry Harris released a solo single entitled Dive In The Pool, featuring he vocals of Pepper Mashay (who had also done vocals for the project Acapulco Heat). 2003 : Thunderpuss split in September 2003 to pursue solo projects. "Thunderpuss had just run its course," he said. "I wanted to do other things. I felt it was time for another chapter.". Barry Harris was chosen to be Junior Vasquez’s first guest DJ at Sound Factory's spanking-new Raw party in December. He does a weekly mix show on XM Satellite Radio every Saturday at midnight. Barry remixed the theme song for the hit show Queer Eye For The Straight Guy entitled All Things. 2005 : Barry Harris remixed To Sir With Love by Chaka Khan in March. Barry Harris says David Bowie is his biggest idol of all times. Barry has always been a music fanatic all his life in one way or another. Outside of remixing and DJing, he plays guitar, bass and piano Not to be confused with the jazz artist of the same name.
Remixes and productions as Thunderpuss Aaliyah - Got To Give It Up The biography was last updated Sun, June 14th 2009 Did you like this article ? Tell your friends
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