Kon

Kon witnessed hip-hop's development in New York City, during family trips, as well as in his hometown of Boston. He started collecting records as a youngster and began DJ'ing in the mid-'80s. In 1996, he met up with fellow DJ Amir Abdullah; as Kon & Amir, the duo released several mixes of obscure soul, funk, jazz, and disco, including the self-released On Track series -- based on rare sample sources -- and the BBE-released Off Track series. He co-produced hip-hop tracks for J-Treds, Ripshop, and hometown legend Edo G. In 2012, after piles of re-edits and remixes, including Cerrone "hooked" that he started releasing house tracks inspired by disco and post-disco as Kon. That May, he issued the All About Youx EP on Soul Clap. The BBE album On My Way followed three months later with guest vocals from Amy Douglas, Georg Levin, and Ben Westbeech. In 2016 he released a compilation of disco & house "Kon & The Gang" on BBE and continued to release more reworks/remixes for Mark Ronson and more. 2019 Kon did some remixes for Defected/Glitterbox as well as the release of his full length project on Defected records "The Vision", a collaboration with Ben Westbeech. The first single "Heaven" went on to be a modern day classic. Kon has a new project in store for 2022 "Saturday Love" a collaboration with Fiorious and the first single "2 B Free" debuts on A-Trak's Fools Gold imprint.