Though he may give off the straight-shooting air of a Midwestern jock, Lee Curtiss has the ear, plain and simple. Curtiss produces primal, exquisitely deep dance tracks that pulse with life, sex, and humor, incorporating countless genres but beholden to none. Lee Curtiss is an eccentric, an original, a ten-year veteran of the electronic-music scene—and his love of his craft shines through in his tracks’ every bump and shudder.

Curtiss grew up in Western Michigan and eventually moved to Detroit, living the guitars-to-turntables / concerts-to-underground-parties arc shared by so many other children of the electronic-music revolution. The similarities end there, though—Lee displayed an immediate knack and passion for dance music that translated his love of Prince, Quincy Jones, and good old underground disco into a production and DJ style noted for its sensuality and effortless style. Now returning to Detroit after an extended stay in Berlin (where he swapped ideas and lived with his old friends and partners in crime Seth Troxler and Ryan Crosson), Curtiss continues to produce vital releases and remixes on labels including Spectral Sound, Dumb-Unit, Wolf+Lamb, Esperanza, and Mothership, and play DJ gigs and live sets the world over.