{{Short description|American musician}} {{about|the house-music producer-DJ|the American football player|Quentin Harris (American football)}} '''Quentin Harris''' (born 8 September 1970 in Detroit, Michigan) is a New York City-based house music producer, remixer and DJ.<ref name="connectedtalent">{{cite web |url=http://www.connectedtalent.com/dj.php?thecode=1178812083 |title=Quentin Harris |publisher=Connected Talent |access-date=2013-12-05 |archive-date=2012-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627201603/http://connectedtalent.com/dj.php?thecode=1178812083 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He is active in the gay, underground, and pop-dance music scenes.<ref>IMO Records. [https://archive.today/20120802011921/http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/quentin-harris-biography/ "Quentin Harris Biography"], ''IMO Records'' Retrieved on 29 March 2011.</ref><ref name="djhistory">[http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/quentin-harris Interview: Quentin Harris] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303234008/http://www.djhistory.com/interviews/quentin-harris |date=2016-03-03 }}, Djhistory.com, interviewed by Bill Brewster and Mark Treadwell in London, February 20, 2010</ref> He is best known for his 2005 club hit ''Let’s Be Young''.<ref name="connectedtalent" />
==Early career==
Quentin Harris' early influences included DJ Ken Collier, Timmy Regisford, David Morales, Frankie Knuckles, Junior Vasquez, and Danny Tenaglia.<ref name="djhistory" /> Harris began studio work as an intern for Michael J. Powell at his Detroit recording studio, where he eventually began playing on sessions for artists such as Aretha Franklin, Biochemists,<ref name="djhistory" /> and Anita Baker.<ref name="connectedtalent" /> He was invited to do production for the Master Minds in New York, and became their touring DJ in 1997–1998.<ref name="djhistory" /> Harris moved to New York to produce pop, R&B and hip hop.<ref name="djhistory" />
==House career== Harris considers his big break to be the remix he did of Donnie's ''Cloud 9''. "That was the record that started the whirlwind", said Harris. "There was such demand for it. Everybody was clamoring for it, everyone wanted it, and no one could get it. It was crazy."<ref name="soulforlove">[http://www.soulforlove.com/en/31/quentin-harris/ Biography: Quentin Harris] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331162818/http://www.soulforlove.com/en/31/quentin-harris/ |date=March 31, 2012 }}, Soul For Love</ref> In 2005, his original track, ''Let’s Be Young'' gave him widespread recognition across Europe.<ref name="soulforlove" /> His singles include "Traveling" (2004), "Let's Be Young" (2005), "Can't Stop" (2008, featuring Jason Walker) and "My Joy" (2008).
In addition to solo productions, Harris has worked with well-known artists such as Monique Bingham, Robert Owens and Joi Cardwell, and Mariah Carey.<ref name="connectedtalent" /> His many remixes include ''Don't Forget about Us'' by Mariah Carey (2005), "My Love" by Justin Timberlake (2006), and "I Refuse" by Aaron-Carl Ragland (2009). He also produced a remix for "Guilty", a leaked song from 2004, by Britney Spears' album In The Zone. At the time, the remix from the song leaked, along with the Junior Vasquez edit, which is a bit longer. In 2009, Harris remixed Japanese-American pop singer Utada's single Come Back to Me.
Harris also ran a house music party called Kiss My Black Ass (KMBA) in New York City, with occasional events in other cities such as San Francisco and Toronto.<ref name="djhistory" />
Quentin Harris' debut artist album, ''No Politics'', released in 2006 included collaborations with François Kevorkian, Danny Krivit, David Morales, Danny Tenaglia and Frankie Knuckles.<ref name="connectedtalent" /> In 2010, he released his second album, ''Sacrifice''.<ref>[http://www.residentadvisor.net/news.aspx?id=12091 Quentin Harris makes the ultimate Sacrifice], Music News, Resident Advisor, April 28, 2010.</ref>
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==External links== * {{Official website|https://web.archive.org/web/20100220021831/http://www.quentinharris.com|Quentin Harris}} – official site * {{Discogs artist}}
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