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Who is DJ Quentin Harris?

As one of today’s most respected producers and DJs, Quentin Harris maintains a hectic travel schedule that spans the globe, while still finding time to work with such artists as Mariah Carey, Justin Timberlake and Jennifer Hudson.

Making music is something that Quentin Harris was born to do, and he spreads his joy to people on dance floors all over the world.  “Music was around me everywhere,” Quentin Harris says of his childhood growing up in Detroit, Michigan.

Whether at his parents’ house or his grandmother’s, music was always playing.  “From Ray Charles to classical—everything,” Quentin Harris says. “We heard it all. I think that’s why I have such an eclectic mindset.”

Growing up in Detroit in the 80s, Quentin was heavily influenced by the sounds of techno and pop on the radio at that time. “Radio was very different when I was growing up,” he recalls. “The actual DJ was a DJ and not just a radio personality.”  Hearing the music of such influences as Prince and Michael Jackson as well as the electronic stylings of bands like Kraftwerk helped to shape the ear of the budding producer.  “I guess it made me who I am today musically,” he says.

In 2005, his original track, “Let’s Be Young,” gave him widespread recognition across Europe, and his reinterpretation of the Leela James classic, “My Joy,” is the stuff of legend.

Harris enjoys a huge international following and travels extensively to such destinations as London, Frankfurt and Ibiza, as well as to such exotic locations as Estonia and South Africa.