DJ International

Label · Chicago · 1985

DJ International

Chicago house label from 1985. Early records from Chicago’s first wave.

1985Started
ChicagoBased
Rocky Jones and Benji EspinozaFounder

DJ International was founded in 1985 in Chicago. Wikipedia lists Rocky Jones and Benji Espinoza as founders.

It released early house records by Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy, Farley Jackmaster Funk and Marshall Jefferson.

It also released acid house, including Adonis’s The Poke in 1987.

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