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DJ Hen Boogie born Henry Alexander III is an American DJ and producer whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, hip hop, electronic music, and soul. He is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the Bay Area independent hip hop movement of the early 1990s as the production mind behind the group The Dereliks whose release "A Turn on the Wheel is Worth More than a Record Deal" is a highly sought recording over 10 years after its initial release.

Hiatus and Return to Music

DJ Hen Boogie all but vanished from the musical scene after the Dereliks release. Very limited information exists as to why the musical departure but sources speculate it being primarily to focus on his new family which included a marriage and 3 children.

In 2003 DJ Hen Boogie quietly returned to the musical scene with the release of "Change for the Bus Ride Home" on Sublevel Epidemic Records which contained a collection of unreleased Dereliks songs as well as remastered outtakes from their "lost" demo tapes.

Solo career

In 2005 he re focused on branding his own identity away from the Dereliks with the release of "Nobody Beats the Boog" on FemaleFun Records. This release solidified him as a major break record collector and force in hip hop documenting the countless rare records that many artists have previously sampled.

Since his debut he has released two singles on the Low Self Discipline label featuring Jeni Fujita (of Fugees fame) and with Swedish born Kissey Asplund

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. He also has been credited for remixes with O.U.O. (formerly Zimbabwe Legit) featuring Asheru

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from Unspoken Heard, CL Smooth

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(of Pete Rock and CL Smooth fame), and Sadat X

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(of Brand Nubian

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fame). He also has completed his debut album, A Happy Present from the Planet Earth, released May 2007 by the Eastern Developments subsidiary Easel Records.

2008 saw DJ Hen Boogie with additional production credits with spoken word artist Karen Gibson-Roc, a remix album titled "Time Off" with Chicago's Infinito 2017

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on Nephew of Frank Records, remixes with Vanessa Daou

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, and production on Jeni Fujita's debut release "This Little Light of Mine..." on Low Self Discipline records.

2009 returned to his roots as a DJ/tastemaker/cratedigger with the highly subscribed and downloaded podcast appropriately titled "Nobody Beats the Boog." Named after his 2005 FemaleFun records sample break CD, the podcast featured exclusives from artists from around the world. Notable appearances included interviews with singer's Czelena, Suzy Duffy, and an impromptu interview and appearance by beat maker B.O.O.K.S. One. The podcast also featured accolades from various industry friends and cohorts most notably Zelma Davis from C&C Music Factory fame, Japanese vocalist Monday Michiru

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, Norway Vocalist Kinny, Joy Jones

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, Karen Gibson-Roc and YZ

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. The show ended June 2010.

In 2011 DJ Hen Boogie was hired as a composer for music licensing and supervision company Thwak Music. He has been tasked to compose music for several major brand commercial advertisements and television shows as a result of this partnership.

Albums

Nobody Beats the Boog - 2005 FemaleFun/Domination Records
A Happy Present from the Planet Earth - 2007 Easel Japan

Production Credits

A Turn on the Wheel is Worth More than a Record Deal (with The Dereliks) - 1995 Low Self Discipline
Demonstration 12 (New Moon) - 2000 Squared Circle Records
Rule by the People- (L.E.F.T.) 2002 Dialect Sound Records
This Before That (Piseas) - 2003 Unknown Label
Change for the Bus Ride Home (with The Dereliks) - 2003 SubLevel Epidemic
Eye Elevate (Infinito 2017) - 2005 Nephew of Frank Records
Dirty Work + A Good Day to Die (Bash Bros.) - 2007 Squared Circle Records
Trapped (Remix)(O.U.O. ) - 2006 King Records
King Records
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Still Trapped (O.U.O. feat Aheru) - 2007 Redline Music Distribution
A Happy Present from the Planet Earth - 2007 Easel - Japan
God is Back remix (with Sadat X
Sadat X
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) - 2007 Low Self Discipline
The Stroll (with CL Smooth
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) - 2007 ShamanWorks
Listen Again (with Cadence
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) - 2007 Sun Rare Records - Japan
Black Aroma ( Infinito 2017
Infinito 2017
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) - 2007 Low Self Discipline
Time Off (Infinito 2017) - 2008 Nephew of Frank
Touching the Soul (Karen Gibson-Roc) - 2008 LemonGrass music - Germany
This Little Light of Mine (Jeni Fujita)- 2008 Low Self Discipline
Painted Room (Dj Hen Boogie So Much Soul Remix) (Karen Gibson-Roc)- 2009 LemonGrass Music - Germany
Joe Sent Me (Vanessa Daou
Vanessa Daou
Vanessa Daou is an American singer, songwriter, poet, visual artist and dancer. Most notably a musician, her work is known among electronica, nu jazz and trip hop circles for her trademark spoken word and aspirated singing style as well as its erotic and literary subtexts.-Formative years:Daou was...

)- 2009 Vanessa Daou Music
Awareness (Jeni Fujita)- 2009 Jeni Fujita Music
Lounge du Soleil, Vol. 8” (Various) - 2010LemonGrass Music - Germany

Never Mind the Technical Difficulties” (Various) - 2010 Day by Day
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Body Art 2 (25 Erotic Chill-Lounge Tracks) (Various) - 2010 Tiger Grass Music - Germany
Tsakemo 12" single (with Anbuley) - 2011 Seayou Entertainment - Austria

Audio Still Life (Dem One)- 2011 StickyNote Records

Hotel De Prestige – Lounge Exquisite 3 (Various)- 2011 Invisible Lounge - Germany

Only a Part of…EP (Infinito 2017) - 2011 Nephew of Frank

Truth Vol. 1 (Suzy Duffy)- 2011 Low Self Discipline

Herbest - LP (North Smoke Ing)- 2011 ING RECORDS / PRESIDENTS HEIGHTS / P-VINE RECORDS - Japan

Kemoo' Yoo KeKe -ep (DJ Hen Boogie Feeli Feeli Remix)" single (Anbuley) - 2011 Seayou Entertainment - Austria

Singles

Hen Boogie vs. KegsOne - 2005 SubLevel Epidemic Records
Adore (with Kissey Asplund) - 2006 Low Self Discipline
Summertime (with Jeni Fujita) - 2006 Low Self Discipline
Adore/Summertime split 7” (with Kissey Asplund and Jeni Fujita) - 2008 Traveller Records

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