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Deorro
Deorro at "Five Hours" photo shoot
Deorro at "Five Hours" photo shoot
Background information
Birth nameErick Orrosquieta
Also known asTON!C (former name)
Born (1991-08-30) August 30, 1991 (age 33)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres
Occupations
  • Producer
  • musician
  • DJ
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • turntables
  • Ableton Live
Years active2011–present
Labels
Websitedeorro.com

Erick Orrosquieta (born August 30, 1991), commonly known by his stage name Deorro, is a Mexican American DJ signed to Ultra Records. He formerly used the name TON!C.

Music career

Early beginnings

Deorro began his DJ career by playing at local gigs when he was 14. He was born in Los Angeles to Mexican parents. By the time Deorro turned 17, he was already producing his own tracks.[1] In 2012, he was asked by DJ Chuckie to remix his track "Make Some Noise". Deorro's remix landed in the top 50 on Beatport. He has since remixed tracks from multiple international famed DJs such as Steve Aoki, Laidback Luke, and Gareth Emery, among others.

2013–present: Breakthrough

In 2013, he released the track "Yee" on Hardwell's label, Revealed Recordings, which in Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, and Switzerland. On 18 March 2014 he released the single "Freak" with Steve Aoki and Diplo. On 24 March 2014 he released the single "Flashlight" with R3hab. He released the single "Five Hours" in April 2014.[2] The track charted in Austria, Belgium, France, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. On 17 May 2014, Deorro announced on his Twitter page he was going to take a break from DJing in order to have a bigger focus in making music and expanding his record label, PandaFunk.[3] In August 2014 he released the single "Rambo" with J-Trick. On 18 October 2014, Deorro received the award for highest new entry on the 'DJmag top 100 DJs 2014' contest, he hit spot 19. He also played a half hour set at the 'DJmag top 100 DJs' event, which took place during ADE in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. In December 2014 he released the single "Perdoname". In March 2015 he released a third version of "Five Hours" with Chris Brown titled "Five More Hours", the song has charted in Ireland, Netherlands and Sweden.

Singles

As lead artist

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
AUT
[4]
BEL
[5]
DEN
[6]
FRA
[7]
GER
[8]
NLD
[9]
NOR
[10]
POL
[11]
SWE
[12]
SWI
[13]
"Yee" 2013 33 58 74 62 37 67 Non-album singles
"Freak"
(with Steve Aoki and Diplo featuring Steve Bays)
2014 118
"Flashlight"
(with R3hab)
104
"Five Hours" 37 7 8 68 17 17 45 60
"Rambo"
(with J-Trick)
199
"Perdóname"
(featuring DyCy and Adrian Delgado)
1
"Five More Hours"
(with Chris Brown)
2015 15 13 10 31 23 34 10 7 22
"—" denotes a single that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ^ Paramount Artists: Deorro paramountartists.com
  2. ^ iTunes - Music - Five Hours - Single by Deorro
  3. ^ "Deorro Says He Will Quit DJing". Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Deorro". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  5. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Deorro". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  6. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Deorro". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  7. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Deorro". French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  8. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Deorro". German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  9. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Deorro". Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  10. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Deorro". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  11. ^ Peak positions for singles on the Polish Airplay Chart:
  12. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discography Deorro". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  13. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Deorro". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  14. ^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Deorro – Five Hours". Music Canada.
  15. ^ "Canadian digital download certifications – Deorro – Five Hours/five More Hours (Ft. Chris Brown)". Music Canada.

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