Noted DJ and music producer Erick Morillo, who helped popularize house music, was found dead in Miami Beach, authorities said Monday. He was 49.
For nearly 30 years, Morillo was a popular figure in the world of house music, the post-disco sound born in Chicago in the 1980s and taken for a global ride the next decade by British rave DJs including Paul Oakenfold and Pete Tong.
Born in Colombia and once based in New York City, Morillo was second-wave house producer who sometimes eschewed its diva-vocal sound in favor of more aggressive percussion and world influences, including dub, reggaeton and Latin flavors.which featured the patois vocals of Trinidadian-born American artist Mad Stuntman. It reached chart positions in the United States and Europe.
In the 1990s and 2010s, Morillo was a one-man economic machine in the industry, spawning record labels such as Subliminal and Subusa, promoting and managing artists, producing, remixing and appearing at superclubs as a top-of-the-marquee DJ.venue in New York at a time when large nightclubs were becoming the biggest stages for dance music performers.
In the mid-2000s, Morillo released three tracks that featured rapper Sean"Diddy" Combs, an occasional presence in the Miami club scene at the time.
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