House Shoes (producer)

Michael Buchanan, better known as House Shoes, is an American hip hop producer and DJ who lives and works in Los Angeles, California. As Detroit's Hip-Hop Ambassador to the World, Buchanan has been an integral part of the long burgeoning Motown resurgence.

His production is on I Miss the Hip Hop Shop by Proof and Witness My Growth by Elzhi. His debut album, the House Shoes Collection contained contributions from Phat Kat, Guilty Simpson and King Gordy.[1] He has also worked as a manager for hip-hop record store Fat Beats.[2]

Career

Buchanan, a resident DJ at the hip-hop staple St. Andrews Hall from 1994–2004 has had personal influence over many emcees, producers, and then-future DJs.

As a DJ, Buchanan has toured extensively throughout the U.S. and Europe with artists Guilty Simpson, Illa J, Exile, Aloe Blacc, Percee P, Phat Kat, Slum Village and Elzhi, to name a few, as well as on his own. But he has garnered the respect of acts far outside the scope of Detroit hip-hop. Most recently, Buchanan performed as tour DJ on Mayer Hawthorne & The County's Spring 2010 16-city headlining tour.

His House Shoes Recordings has pressed the Jay Dee Unreleased EP (1996), Phat Kat's Dedication to the Suckers 12" (1999), I Got Next (2CD – 2004), and HouseShoes Loungin' Volume One-Live at The Buddha (2004). The King James Version Vol. 1 (2008), his tribute to the late James "Jay Dee" aka "J Dilla" Yancey has sold well independently and received rave reviews. Two self-produced 10" limited vinyl issues have also been released this year on Do-Over Records and All-City Records, respectively. Buchanan has moved over 25,000 units of these titles.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ Seattle rockists to local indie; DJ House Shoes gets to work (Metro Times Detroit)
  2. ↑ http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129879673

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