Callisto

Short description

Spacey house, cosmic chords and technoid soundscapes.

Started

1995.

Typical genres

Deep house, tech house.

Aliases (other projects)

  • Andrastea [No information and not set].
  • Boston Boyz [No information and not set].
  • Callisto [No information and not set].
  • Dana Kelley [No information and not set].
  • DKMA [No information and not set].
  • Dr. Pompeii [No information and not set].
  • Krimp [No information and not set].

In groups (group collaborations)

  • Deep Theory [No information and not set].
  • Sun Kings [No information and not set].
  • Takers And Leavers [No information and not set].

About

Callisto, an alias of the great Dana Kelley from Boston, Massachusetts, USA, who made some stunning deep house and tech house during his lifetime. His records, now etched in the timeless echelons of classic house music, bear testament to Dana Kelley’s unwavering dedication, as both a musician and fashion designer. A master of spacey house, cosmic chords and technoid soundscapes. After his death on the 28th January 2013, his work is consistently republished and reissued year-after-year. He has released on genre-defining labels like Strictly Rhythm and Guidance Recordings. In the early 1990s, he became a local hero in the Boston house scene, and an internationally recognised pioneer of underground electronic music worldwide.

Dana got his 1st huge break on the all time holy of holies, Strictly Rhythm. For a window between 1995 and 1996, he was the golden child of the label’s second wind, putting out 5 EPs in rapid-fire succession, to massive success.

It felt like everything was falling into place for Dana, but things took a different turn following a dispute with Strictly Rhythm’s label head Gladys Pizarro, over his 1st releases on Guidance Recordings, material that Strictly Rhythm had originally expressed little interest in. Incidentally, his divorce from Strictly Rhythm resulted in his most fertile period yet, seeing Dana matured into the genius of a deep house producer.

Dana knew how to make instrumental house tracks live and breathe. He understood that to overcome the banality and imitation, so commonplace in so much electronic music, you had to fight the very devices that allow you to create it. It is only worthwhile if you combat the mechanical reproduction of repetitive music, for repetition’s sake.

Dana made universal music.

Standout mix and tracklist

Mix

Open in a new tab Callisto – ResistanceValentinant.

Tracklist

Coming soon.

Releases and 1st-hand preferred seller links

Singles and EPs

Singles and EPsNeed Ur Love

Year1997, 2013

Record labelGuidance Recordings, Apollonia

CountryUnited States, France

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. Need Ur Love (Stalagmite Mix) (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  2. Need Ur Love (Stalactite Mix) (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  3. The Cimmerian (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  4. The Groove (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).

Singles and EPsThe Paradigm EP

Year1997

Record labelGuidance Recordings

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house, Drum n bass

Record list

  1. Junkle II (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set]).
  2. Jungle I (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set]).
  3. Ambent II (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set]).
  4. Ambent I (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set]).

Singles and EPsNether-World EP

Year1998

Record labelGuidance Recordings

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep House, techno

Record list

  1. Breezin’ (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  2. Fanta C (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  3. Bounce (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  4. Meta (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).

Singles and EPsBruised Knuckles E.P.

Year2000

Record labelGuidance Recordings

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. A1. Resistance (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  2. A2. Elektribes (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  3. B1. Bongette (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  4. B2. Never Again (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).

Singles and EPsCallisto’s Trance

Year2000

Record labelGuidance Recordings

CountryUnited States

GenresHouse

Record list

  1. A1. Str8 Up (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  2. A2. Can’t Wait (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  3. B1. Evergreen (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  4. B2. The Power (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).

Singles and EPsMonk Roe E.P.

Year2001

Record labelGuidance Recordings

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house, tech house

Record list

  1. A1. Eycesykles (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  2. A2. Bellisimo (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  3. B1. Allison’s Lair (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set]).
  4. B2. Basic Lytes (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).

Compilations

CompilationGuidance Is Internal (Part 1)

Year2019

Record labelAbove Board Projects

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresHouse, deep house, techno, future jazz, garage house

Record list

  1. Breezin’ (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  2. Can’t Wait (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  3. Bellisimo (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  4. The Power (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  5. Never Again (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  6. Elektribes (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  7. Jungle I (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).
  8. Need Ur Love (Stalagmite Mix) (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-part-12 [No information and not set]).

CompilationGuidance Is Internal (Part 2)

Year2019

Record labelAbove Board Projects

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresHouse, deep house

Record list

  1. The Groove (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  2. Ambent I (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  3. Fanta C (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  4. Resistance (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  5. Str8 Up (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  6. Alison’s Lair (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  7. Eycesykles (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).
  8. Evergreen (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-22 [No information and not set]).

CompilationGuidance Is Internal (Part 3)

Year2019

Record labelAbove Board Projects

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresHouse, deep house, IDM, garage house

Record list

  1. The Cimmerian (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  2. Basic Lytes (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  3. Junkle II (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  4. Bongette (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  5. Bounce (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  6. Ambent II (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  7. Meta(1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).
  8. Need Ur Love (Stalagtite Mix) (1 https://aboveboardprojects.bandcamp.com/album/guidance-is-internal-32 [No information and not set]).

Miscellaneous

MixUnreleased Works

Year2013

Record labelBig Mama Records

CountryUkraine

GenresTech house, techno

Record list

  1. Callisto – Sinusoid 3 (1 https://www.junodownload.com/products/callisto-krimp-unreleased-works/2128901-02/2 [No information and not set]).
  2. Krimp – Mangler (1 https://www.junodownload.com/products/callisto-krimp-unreleased-works/2128901-02/2 [No information and not set]).

What is Callisto doing in 2023 and beyond?

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