Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2011

At long last making his Tokyo debut after a March gig was canceled by the quake is revered Chicago house DJ Chez Damier. Surprising, considering the undying support in Japan for Chicago’s spacier take on house. Opening Detroit’s Music Institute in 1987, Damier was there for techno’s early days, and then went on to power the Chicago house music scene through his association with DJ Ron Trent in the storied Balance label. The producer behind key after-hours soundtracks like “Morning Factory,” Damier dropped off the horizon for a decade before reappearing in 2009 as part of a wave of new interest in classic house music.

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