Tyree Cooper, also known simply as Tyree, is an American
house musicproducer from
Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for the
hip house track "Turn Up the Bass", which peaked at No. 12 on the
UK Singles Chart in 1989.[1]
Biography
Tyree Cooper originally left high school in 1983 with a basketball scholarship, but decided to enter into producing house music, having also
DJ'd. His first release was "I Fear the Night" in 1986 on the
DJ International Recordsrecord label.[2] In 1987, Tyree released what would become a classic of the
acid house scene in "Acid Over".[3]
In 1988, Tyree with
rapper Kool Rock Steady released the
hip house hit "Turn Up The Bass".[4]