Sean Deason is an American

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producer from

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. His

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es include Project X, Sounds Intangible Nature, Freq, and X-313. Deason got his start doing

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for Detroit techno artists while studying at the Center for Creative Studies; among those whose sleeves he designed were Juan Atkins, Derrick May,

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, and A Guy Called Gerald. He first produced for

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, owned by

K Hand Kelley Hand (September 15, 1964 – August 3, 2021), known professionally as Kelli Hand and K-HAND, was a musician and DJ from Detroit, Michigan, United States. Hand was widely credited with opening the door for Black women's participation in the ...

, and did work at Richie Hawtin's studio before founding his own label,

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. His first full-length, ''Razorback'', was issued on Studio !K7 in 1996.

Discography

;As Sean Deason *''Pump'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 1994) single *''Within'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 1996) single *''Visionary EP'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 1996) single *''Razorback'' (Studio !K7), 1996) album *''Jupiter Sunrise'' (Studio !K7, 1997) single *''Zig'' (Intuit-Solar, 2000) single *''Allegory and Metaphor''
Intuit-Solar
2000) album *''Love Alarm'' (Matrix Records, 2002) single *''Elements Vol. 1'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 2009) single *''Elements Vol. 2'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 2009) single *''Dot & Etta's Shrimp Hut'' (Matrix Records, 2009) album *''Rebound EP'' (wit
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2012) single *''Detroit City EP'' (Modelhart, 2013) single ;As Freq *''Plastique''
Generator Records
1994) single *''Green EP'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 1994) single *''Red EP'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 1994) single *''Innerspace'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 1994) single *''With A Vengeance'' (Matrix Records Detroit, 1997) single *''Heaven'' (Distance Records, 1997) single

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Deason, Sean American techno musicians Musicians from Detroit Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)