Chris Gray

Short description

Deep house for life and soul.

Started

1995.

Typical genres

Deep house, soulful house.

Aliases (other projects)

  • Chris Gray [No information and not set].
  • Da Jakka [No information and not set].
  • Damaged Sole [No information and not set].
  • Hiemmel [No information and not set].
  • Moonchildren [No information and not set].
  • Moonjaaz [No information and not set].

In groups (group collaborations)

  • Dark City Ensemble [No information and not set].

About

Music that heals the soul and fills the heart. That is how Chris Gray Deep has described the agenda for his legendary Deep4Life label. This label, and Chris’s productions, have shaped and continue to shape, the landscape of deep house. The man is from Chicago and is responsible for countless deep house classics.

Chris Gray is a Chicago-based artist and writer who was born and raised in the Mississippi Delta, United States. He relocated to Chicago after earning his bachelors of arts (BA) degree in broadcast news from Mississippi State University in 1992. A few short years later he launched his successful record label Deep4Life, that concentrates on deep, tranquil, melodic house music, techno and downbeat styles. Chris also wrote an autobiographical book entitled Mechanics Of Me. Chris’s house music journey began Spring of 1986, when a poorly-recorded mixtape from WKKC 89.3 FM (Kennedy-King College’s WKKC 89.3 FM is a university radio station located on the south side of Chicago) fell into his possession…

A close cousin provided him with what was a new style of music at that time, and it would change his life forever. Although, the seeds of house music were planted in Chicago's culture rich pockets, during the late 1970s and early 1980s, its presence had yet to be felt in the fertile farmlands of the Mississippi Delta.

But down deep in Greenwood, Mississippi that spring, a new disciple of underground ambience was baptised. It is a fact that Chris experienced a bad reaction to house music, while listening to it for the 1st time.

But just as time is needed to acquire a proper palette for drinking fine wine and eating exotic cuisine, Chris eventually developed a taste for the essence of life that many crave. He began devouring the new house immortality with uncontrollable addiction.

Over the years he collected a wide variety of house mixtapes from all over the globe. This hobby would ultimately inspire him to develop The Deephouse Projekt in 1990. This project is Chris’s ongoing search to explore and understand the roots of house music, and its perpetual migrations. Phone and the internet research produced many credible sources, who taught him about house music’s controversial history. Sources include those pioneers who were present at the original Warehouse club, Bismark and other legendary Chicago nightspots, that served as shelters for the house music community.

So motivated and eager, he embarked upon his own pilgrimage, by blindly relocating to Chicago. The year was 1992 and he felt it was time to chase yet another dream after he finished university.

There is no tangible evidence per se that it was Chris’s destiny to make a mark in Chicago, but he quickly settled in and continued his work anyway. And to note, he had never visited the city before relocating. Chris quickly learned that politics and greed were present in many facets of Chicago life, and unfortunately the house scene was not exempt.

But he refused to get involved with negative social aspect, and allowed an ancient spirit to be resurrected though his music instead. It is this very spirit that helps him and other devoted followers, to continue to explore this unique musical form.

Standout mix and tracklist

Mix

⬤Open in a new tab Pomp Sassafras (Deep Housemix) • Chris Gray Deep.

Tracklist

Coming soon.

Releases and 1st-hand preferred seller links

Albums

Album Deeper Level Of Understanding

Year1997

Record labelMusic Is…

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresDeep House

Record list

  1. Nite Aire (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Mind Flux (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Mello Minds (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Yen Yang (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. Gamma (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. Blue Waters (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  7. Deeper Level Of Understanding (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  8. Waves Eternal (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Album Fish & Luvconfushun

Year1998

Record labelFragmented Records

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresHouse, deep house, IDM

Record list

  1. Fish & Luvconfushun (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Galexihan (1994 Reprise) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Who 2 Luv (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Lost Dimension (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. Yoruba (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. Sayanora (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  7. Sun Needs Planet (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  8. Sullen U (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Album Emotional Distortion

Year1999, 1999

Record labelDeep4Life, Track Mode

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. N2 Nite (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Emotional Distortion (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Drownin’ In You (Bonus Track) (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Wish U Were Here (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. Ocean Floor (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. Protekt U Frum The Werld (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])
  7. When U Hold Me (Bonus Track) (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])
  8. As The Sun Sets (1 https://archive.org/details/chris-gray-emotional-distortion • 2 [No information and not set])

Album Tried To Be Good

Year2001

Record labelDeep4Life

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. A1. Suffrage (Painful Interlude) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. A2. Take My Hand (Dark Edit) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. A3. Tried To Be Good To You (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. B1. Deep Soldiers (Ambient Uprising) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. B2. For Being You (Version) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. B3. Kliqs (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  7. B4. Ran Away (Alternate Outtake) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Album Vivid| Sensuality

Year2009

Record labelDeep4Life

CountryUnited States

GenresLeftfield, deep house, tech house, minimal

Record list

  1. Ran Away (Mambo Me Mix) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. This Thing In Your Eyes (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Nite Navigation (Stalker Instrumental) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Chamomille (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. Vivid| Sensuality (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. Femme Slippers (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  7. Standby Juror, Panel 35 (Sequestered Mix) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  8. Everyone’s Off Their Meds (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  9. A Bodyhug To Heal The World (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  10. Smoldering Eyes (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  11. Do What You Say (You Gonna Do) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  12. Feeling The Sensuality Of Summer When The Cicadas Sing (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  13. Salvadoran Psalm (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  14. Walk In The Nite Rain For Your Love (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  15. Not The One To Chase Skerrts (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  16. Come With Me To The Other Side (Vocal) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  17. Looking Into The Eyes Of Ouro Preto (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  18. Nite Navigation (Nite Beatnik Mix) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  19. Don’t Deny Desire (Sometimes) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  20. A Bodyslam To Repeal The Thug (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  21. Summer Nite, Chilled Melons & Your Sweetness (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  22. Chamomille (Clean Guitar Extension) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Album I’m Through Waiting

Year2013

Record labelDeep4Life

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. A1. Fukkadesuko Na (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. A2. I’m Through Waiting (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. A3. It’s Just The Little Things (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. A4. Slow (Take My Hand) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. A5. We’ve Got To Go On (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. A6. This Is For Everyone (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  7. B1. One Day Under The Sun (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  8. B2. You Eat Your Lover’s Lies (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  9. B3. The Answer (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  10. B4. Gray Gay (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  11. B5. Your Paycheck Can’t Buy Me (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  12. B6. Elevated (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Album When Hoes Get Religion

Year2014

Record labelDeep4Life

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house, techno, trip hop, tech house, synth-pop, ska, roots reggae, ambient, new age

Record list

  1. A1. Own Lay Yew (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. A2. Gonna Get Cha (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. A3. Wood B Kewl 2 Find A Bed Uv Sunflowas (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. A4. Hiemmel's Revenge (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. A5. When Hoes Get Religion (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. A6. Food Porn (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  7. B1. We R N Heaven (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  8. B2. Come Closa (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  9. B3. Rain Is Your Salvation (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  10. B4. Sex Ain't Luv (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])
  11. B5. Tear U A Nu Whole (1 https://chrisgraydeep.bandcamp.com/album/when-hoes-get-religion • 2 [No information and not set])

Album Cosmic Simmering

Year2022

Record labelSaft

CountrySpain

GenresDeep house, house, downtempo

Record list

  1. Forage The Courage (What Could Be) (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  2. Woks & Their Toasted Sesame (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  3. 3s Then A Flour (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  4. Bring It To A Simmer (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  5. Freshened With Seductive Acidity (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 [No information and not set])
  6. It’s A Bad Day When The Store Locks Away Detergent (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  7. Fennel & Dill Pollen (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  8. The Rest, In Peas (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  9. Flan De Qoi Choi (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  10. Tikka Luvr (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  11. The Puttanesca Caper (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  12. Every Child’s Pots & Pans (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)
  13. This Game Hen’s Game’s On (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/cosmic-simmering-saft24 • 2 https://www.phonicarecords.com/product/chris-gray-cosmic-simmering-lp-saft/184543)

Singles and EPs

Singles and EPs The Moonchildren EP

Year1995

Record labelSubwoofer

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresHouse, deep house

Record list

  1. Chambers Of The House (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Trance (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Free Spirit (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Whatever It Is (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  5. Motherland (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Very Moody EP

Year1996

Record labelSubwoofer

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. A1. Very Moody (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. A2. Fantasy (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. B1. When Petals Fall (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. B2. Twist Of Lime (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Party Flava E.P.

Year1996

Record labelDC 10 Records & Soundworks

CountryUnited States

GenresHouse, deep house, garage house

Record list

  1. Party Flava (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. I’ll Never Do It Again (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Wabbles (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Can’t Go Back To You (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Intelligent Emotions EP

Year1997

Record labelFragmented Records

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. Blueprints For Your Mind (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Jazmah (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Rain’s Love (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Diffused Emotion (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Probe Of The Outermental EP

Year1998

Record labelFragmented Records

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresDeep techno, techno

Record list

  1. Probe Of The Outermental (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. All The Love (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. So Far Away (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. What We Feel (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Tranquil Solutions EP

Year1998

Record labelMusic Is…

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. A1. In The Dark (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. A2. 3 – Squared (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. B1. Tranquil Solutions (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. B2. LW3 (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Chris Gray/Jaime Read – LP Sampler 1

Year1998

Record labelFragmented Records

CountryUnited Kingdom

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. Chris Gray – For Jazzmyn (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Jaime Read – What If (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Trippy Fingers EP

Year1999

Record labelTrack Mode

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. In Trippy Flight (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Universal Spirit (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. High Above (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Sweetness You Bring

Year2000, 2016

Record labelDeep4Life, Saft

CountryUnited States, Spain

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. Sweetness You Bring (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/sweetness-you-bring-saft13 • 2 https://boomkat.com/products/sweetness-you-bring)
  2. Ran Away (Classic Mix) (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/sweetness-you-bring-saft13 • 2 https://boomkat.com/products/sweetness-you-bring)
  3. Brink Of Insanity (1 https://islandissues.bandcamp.com/album/sweetness-you-bring-saft13 • 2 https://boomkat.com/products/sweetness-you-bring)

Singles and EPs Mental Patient

Year2002

Record labelDeep4Life

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. Ah Feu Ben Din La (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Wish I Could Say Hello (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Harsh Reality In The Halfway House (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Eyefolds And Straight Jackets (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Chris Gray And Malcolm Moore – Mysteries Of The Ampalaya

Year2010

Record labelAltered Moods Recordings

CountryUnited States

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. Chris Gray – If They Could Tax Flamboyance… (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. Chris Gray – Mysteries Of The Ampalaya (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. Malcolm Moore – N. O. M. A. D. Mood (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. Malcolm Moore – Free…2 Be (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs FMlk3 EP

Year2011

Record labelFreebeat

CountrySpain

GenresHouse

Record list

  1. A. FMlk3 Dark (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. B1. FMlk3 Cloudgate (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. B2. FMlk3 Tranquil (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Chris Gray/Moonchildren – Go Away

Year2012

Record labelDownbeat

CountrySpain

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. A. Go Away (You’ve Got To) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. B1. It Was The Fried Chicken That Saved Our Sanity (Because The Ghetto Is Sad) (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. B2. Sun Of God (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs From Fear To Fantasia

Year2015, 2016

Record labelPulp, Pulp

CountrySpain

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. FF-Fear (1 https://www.deejay.de/Chris_Gray_From_Fear_To_Fantasia_PULP06_Vinyl__216232 • 2 [No information and not set])
  2. FF-Fear (DaRand Land’s Temptation Dub) (1 https://www.deejay.de/Chris_Gray_From_Fear_To_Fantasia_PULP06_Vinyl__216232 • 2 [No information and not set])
  3. FF-Freedom (1 [No information and not set] • 2 [No information and not set])
  4. FF-Fantasia (1 https://www.deejay.de/Chris_Gray_From_Fear_To_Fantasia_PULP06_Vinyl__216232 • 2 [No information and not set])

Singles and EPs Brink Of Insanity

Year2018

Record labelSaft

CountrySpain

GenresDeep house

Record list

  1. Brink Of Insanity (Moonchildren’s jujuRYE Remix) (1 https://hardwax.com/24365/chris-gray/brink-of-insanity/ • 2 https://www.decks.de/track/chris_gray-brink_of_insanity/ce1-je)
  2. Brink Of Insanity (Original Mix) (1 https://hardwax.com/24365/chris-gray/brink-of-insanity/ • 2 https://www.decks.de/track/chris_gray-brink_of_insanity/ce1-je)
  3. Brink Of Insanity (Tuff City Kids Remix) (1 https://hardwax.com/24365/chris-gray/brink-of-insanity/ • 2 https://www.decks.de/track/chris_gray-brink_of_insanity/ce1-je)
  4. Brink Of Insanity (Sexy Solar Radiation) (1 https://hardwax.com/24365/chris-gray/brink-of-insanity/ • 2 https://www.decks.de/track/chris_gray-brink_of_insanity/ce1-je)

What is Chris Gray doing in 2023 and beyond?

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