Summer Sessions » Tony Humphries

Tony Humphries has entertained dance music fans across the globe with his "Hump-in-the-Homefries" brand of up-tempo soul music. This Brooklyn, New York native landed his first "professional" DJ gig at Manhattan's posh Club El Morocco in 1975. From there Tony's trek to Boystown a.k.a. Club Tribeca NY, NY would prove successful, where he was then recognized as a talented DJ.

In July 1981, producer Shep Pettibone asked Tony for a mastermix show tape to fill in for a no show on his KISS-FM NY radio show. A vacancy left by Pettibone at the station opened the door for his own permanent mix show. Simultaneously, having been schooled under the "I'll-leave-you-in-the-booth-and-see-what-happens" antics of resident DJ Larry Patterson of NJ's Club Zanzibar fame, resulted in Tony gaining "THE" residency in 1982.

Developing his creative experiences behind the recording studio's control board only enhanced his style and magic. Artists like Mtume (Tony's first gold record "Juicy Fruit"), Chaka Khan, Karen White, Regina Belle, Donna Summer, Jungle Brothers, Queen Latifah, and The Cover Girls were all governed by the "Humphries handicraft".

By the mid to late 80's, Tony became the sole helmsman, weaving the tunes three nights a week, thus making dance music superstars out of local talent embedded in the heartland of Newark and her surrounding areas. Summoned across the Atlantic to England in 1987, the "Jersey Sound" was coined by the British press. In addition to traveling, remix projects mounting, pumping out a weekly radio mix show, and holding down the fort at the club, Tony was in his prime making the world of dance music exciting, hip, and refreshing.

By November 1990,Tony was in demand worldwide and relocated to London, England. In January of 1993, Tony took up the offer to be the resident jock at the Ministry of Sound club. That year was rounded off with a residency at "Echoes" in Rimini, Italy. This Italian residency continued for four years, and Tony simultaneously relocated back in NJ to launch his Yellorange Production Co. It can be said that Tony Humphries has left an inerasable impression on the global dance music industry. To date he has gigged at over 300 venues worldwide, and done over 200 studio remixes, the latest being Janet Jackson's hit "Together Again". Throughout tremendous recognition, numerous awards and accolades from his peers, he has remained humble.

In 2006, with the introduction of a new label, Tony Records, the legendary producer and DJ continues to challenge himself by taking different directions in the music he helped to spawn.

http://www.tonyrecords.net