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Tyree Cooper, also known simply as Tyree, is an American house music producer from Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for the hip house track "Turn Up the Bass", which peaked at No. 12 on the UK Singles Chart in 1989.

Biography

Tyree Cooper originally left high school in 1983 with a basketball scholarship, but decided to enter into producing house music, having also DJ'd. His first release was "I Fear the Night" in 1986 on the DJ International Records record label. In 1987, Tyree released what would become a classic of the acid house scene in "Acid Over".

In 1988, Tyree with rapper Kool Rock Steady released the hip house hit "Turn Up The Bass".

Discography

Albums

• Tyree's Got a Brand New House (DJ International Records, 1988)
• Nation of Hip House (CBS, 1989)
• The Time Iz Now! (DJ International, 1991)

Singles/EPs

• "I Fear the Night" (Underground, 1986)
• "The Whop" with Fast Eddie (Underground, 1987)
• "Acid Over" (Underground, 1987)
• "Turn Up the Bass" featuring Kool Rock Steady (DJ International Records, 1988)
• "Hardcore Hip House" (DJ International, 1989)
• "Let the Music Take Control" (Indisc, 1989)
• "Move Your Body" featuring J.M.D. (DJ International, 1989)
• "Lonely (No More)" (DJ International, 1990)
• "Rock the Discotech" (DJ International, 1991)
• "Da Butt" (Underground, 1995)
• Smoke 2 Dis E.P. (Dance Mania, 1995)
• "Future Recooped" (Dance Mania, 1997)
• "Say Your Prayer" with Sebastian Krieg (Brickhouse Records, 2001)
• "Green Peppermint Sticks" with Dreye (Sandy Records, 2002)
• Vibration E.P. with Stashrider (Frisbee Tracks, 2004)
• "Wonderland" with Denis Naidanow (Sure Player, 2008)
• "Happy People" with Movi-Starr (Groove Baby Records, 2008)
• "Lost" 2008 with Marc Romboy (Ovum Recordings, 2008)
• "I.C.U." (as ZlemTree) (Supa Dupa Records, 2008)

See also

• Hip House
• List of artists who reached number one on the US Dance chart

References

1. "Tyree - Biography & History". AllMusic.
2. Rees Urban (16 September 2008). "Tyree Cooper: The 5 Magazine Interview - 5 Magazine". 5mag.net.
3. Marko Kutlesa (22 September 2017). "Tyree Cooper interview: Video Crash". Skiddle.com.
4. "Tyree Cooper & Kool Rock Steady - Turn Up The Bass". Indamixworldwide.live. 26 November 2015.

External links

• Tyree discography at Discogs
• Archived Tyree Cooper website

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