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Shaun J. Wright

43 listings in 16 named rooms, over the last three years · 2 ahead · Chicago · 612 following on RA

Born and raised in west suburban Chicagoland, Shaun J. Wright spent most of their teen years immersed in the sounds of house music. In the late 80’s and early 90’s, house music was a powerful force, permeating the mainstream airwaves of Chicago’s most prominent radio stations. With Wright being raised in the epicenter of house culture during this era, their love for dance music began to expand throughout their high school years as they partook in the underground dance scene now globally known as Juke.

While in undergrad at Morehouse College in Atlanta, they developed their skills as a dancer in the vogue ballroom scene and professional dance companies. After acquiring an MA Fashion Curation from the London College of Fashion, Wright enjoyed an active career in fashion in New York City. That is where they met Andrew Butler, founder of Hercules and Love Affair, in 2008, and began a whirlwind collaboration with the ensemble as a vocalist. They spent nearly three years touring with the outfit, performing in major venues & festivals throughout North & South America and Europe. They’re also featured prominently on the ensemble’s lauded sophomore album, “Blue Songs’.

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Returning to Chicago in 2012 to forge their solo career, Wright began to collaborate with respected DJ and producer Alinka. Promptly after beginning their party Twirl in the spring of 2013, Wright & Alinka released their first EP, Twirl Vol. 1, on the celebrated Classic Music Company led by luminaries Luke Solomon and Derrick Carter. They continued to expand upon the brand in late 2014 with their Twirl Records debut release “Journey Into The Deep” EP which included remixes from Kim Ann Foxman and Stereogamous. The label’s output has received much critical acclaim and has been supported by DJ Mag, XLR8R, Mixmag, BBC Radio 1’s Heidi and Annie Mac, and a plethora of notable DJ’s.

Wright continues to collaborate with other sought after producers including Chrissy, Kiki, System Of Survival, Stereogamous Bell Boys, Bobmo, and Nicholas, and has been released on Freerange, BPitch Control, Honey Soundsystem & Cocktail D’Amore, Discovery, Marble, and 4Lux, respectively. Wright steadily exhilarates dance floors internationally as a DJ weaving live vocals throughout their sets in locations as far and varied as: Sydney, Berlin (Panorama Bar), London, Auckland, Stockholm, Barcelona, NYC, Los Angeles and his hometown of Chicago (Smart Bar).

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Records out on Defected Records, Classic, BPitch, Freerange Records, Nervous Records, Batty Bass Records, 4lux, Bargrooves, Cocktail D'Amore and Discovery Recordings. — their own list on Resident Advisor

The nights

45 listings across 43 nights — two dates carry more than one listing, and all of them are here.

2026

2025 — 11 listings
2024 — 13 nights
2023 — 4 listings

Their rooms

One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.

Aug 2023Jan 2027

Once each: Dead Letter No. 9, Green Room NYC, public records, Qncc, Rumi, H0L0, Gabriela, Elsewhere and 99 Scott Ave. Six of the 45 listings never named a room, and are not counted as one.

Who they play with

Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.

  • Mike Servitoacross seven rooms · Oct 2023 – Nov 2026 · together again Sun 1 Nov10 nights
  • Kim Ann FoxmanBASEMENT ×1, Signal ×1 · Jun 2026 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov2 nights
  • LYDOBASEMENT ×2 · Nov 2025 – Nov 2026 · together again Sat 14 Nov2 nights
  • cottonBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Feb 2026 – Jul 20262 nights
  • deep creepBASEMENT ×2 · Jul 2024 – Apr 20262 nights
  • Physical TherapyBASEMENT ×1, public records ×1 · Nov 2025 – Jan 20262 nights
  • Ron Like HellBASEMENT ×1, Signal ×1 · Jun 2024 – Jan 20262 nights
  • Kilopatrah JonesBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Feb 2024 – Jun 20252 nights
6 more, 2 nights each
  • DAIYAHBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Feb 2024 – Dec 20242 nights
  • DevoyeBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Feb 2024 – Dec 20242 nights
  • Miss ParkerBASEMENT ×1, Nowadays ×1 · Jun 2024 – Nov 20242 nights
  • Kim AnhH0L0 ×1, Paragon ×1 · Apr 2024 – Aug 20242 nights
  • Eli Escobar99 Scott Ave ×1, Rumi ×1 · Aug 2023 – Jun 20242 nights
  • The Carry Nationan unnamed room ×1, Knockdown Center ×1 · Oct 2023 – Jan 20242 nights

On record

61 more, back to 2011

Every one of these resolves on Discogs; the ones that do not are not printed. What Discogs files them under is not printed either — its label column carries mix series as if they were imprints.

The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. The records are Discogs'. Nothing on this page was written for it.