Who is the man hiding behind the now world famous UNDERDOG EDITS?
So far with more than ten 12” releases under his belt, Leonard Part Sixx is redefining the art of Disco.
Born and raised in Chicago, Part Sixx has been a record collector since 12 years old, quoting: “I've always been fascinated with the power of music and its effect on the human spirit”.
Part Sixx started Djing at age 15 and recalls he was fascinated by edits and mixes done by legendary Djs like Walter Gibbons, Tom Moulton, Jonathan Fearing, Francois K, Shep Pettibone, and others.
Leonard agrees that he was amazed by the way each of them managed to give character, depth and tonal beauty to long forgotten sounds.
Growing up influenced by Larry Levan, Ron Hardy, Tee Scott, Michael McNeal, Frankie Knuckles & Leroy Burgess gave Part Sixx the understanding he needed to start doing his own re-edits.
Leonard summarizes his philosophy this way:
“A re-edit, when done correctly, can be a powerful way of reconnecting the listener to what they loved about the song, in the first place. My goal was to piece together the cosmic energies of these classic and rare rhythm and grooves and make them my own personal statements to the dancer and the dancefloor.”
But Part Sixx's talents do not stop at re-editing or running one of the best Disco labels around the world. Leonard his also an established recording and mixing engineer.
His sense for music and his engineering skills finally came together in 2005 when Leonard became Terry Hunter’s personnal engineer.
Since then, Part Sixx has been working for Kenny Dope, Ron Trent, Ron Carroll, and various artists & labels worldwide.
So you’ve been warned.
Though Part Sixx is an Underdog, he is rising very fast from the shadows of Disco and entering the hall of fame next to Danny Krivit, Dimitri From Paris and many others….
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