Defected Records welcomes Chicago legend Mike Dunn into the prestigious list of House Masters with this incredible compilation. Charting Mike’s impressive career that spans over three decades, this 40-track collection features classics from Mike’s catalogue alongside newer hits from the Windy City native, while exploring the aliases that made him a hero of the underground like MD X-Spress, MD III and The Jass Man. With his unmistakable voice forming the hook of many of house music’s best loved records, his dynamic use of the spoken word landed him right at the frontier of hip-house. Shifting moods throughout his vast and ranging catalogue, navigating from jacking acid, to classic techno, right through to soulful brooding house and groovy US garage, Mike’s ever-intuitive production makes him a recognised authority on quality dance music.

Highlights from the compilation include some of Mike’s best-known hits like dancefloor weapon ‘God Made Me Phunky’, the gloriously salacious ‘Phreaky MF’ and late 80s classic ‘Face The Nation’. Also exploring the more underground elements of his catalogue like the funk-fuelled 1995 ‘Oh Midnight’ and bubbling, sunshine soaked ‘Work Da Groove’ (produced under his and Gershon Jackson’s Sonic Boom Society alias) this House Masters compilation represents the depth and breadth of Mike’s colossal catalogue. Whether you’re a dedicated follower of his thirty-year career or dipping your toes into his discography for the first time, this curated selection of his finest moments is the definitive collection.


Defected presents House Masters - Mike Dunn

1. Mike Dunn ‘If I Can’t Get Down’ (Mousse T.´s Funky Shizzle Extended Mix)
Written, Produced & Mixed by Mike Dunn
Vocals by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ The Dunngeon, Chicago, Illinois, 8th July 2017
Remix & Additional Production by Mousse T. at Peppermint Pavilion
Published by Blackball Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 2020 Classic Music Company

2. Mike Dunn ‘Natural High’ (Mike Dunn Extended Black Glitter MixX)
Written, Produced & Mixed by Mike Dunn in the Dunngeon, January 2019
Vocal Performed by Mike Dunn
Published by Westbury Music
P&C 2019 Glitterbox Recordings

3. Mike Dunn presents Ruff N’Stuff ‘Strike It’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago @ The Darkside Studio, IL, 1998
Vocals Written & Performed by Thomas Hunt
Published by Blackball Muzik/Westbury Music & Copyright Control
P&C 2020 Classic Music Company

4. MD X-Spress ‘God Made Me Phunky’ (Original Mix)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1994 Defected Records Limited

5. Mike Dunn presents Mr. 69 ‎’Phreaky MF’ (Mike Dunn's Phreak MixX)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Published by BlackBall Muzik /Westbury Music
P&C 2008 Classic Music Company

6. Mike Dunn presents MD III ‘The Pressure Cooker’ (M.D.'s X-otic Klub Mixx)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn, 1993, Chicago
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1993 Classic Music Company

7. Mike Dunn featuring MD X-Spress ‘DJ Beat That Shhh’ (Extended MixX)
Written, Produced & Mixed by Mike Dunn
Vocals by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ The Dunngeon, Chicago, Illinois, 15th June 2017
Published by Blackball Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 2017 Classic Music Company

8. Mike Dunn ‘So Let It Be Houze!’
Written by Mike Dunn & Chris Westbrook
Produced by Mike Dunn, 1987, Chicago
Co-production by Chris ‘Bam Bam’ Westbrook
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Bassline Originally by Hugo Hutchinson
Published by BlackBall Muzik /Westbury Music & Last Dance Music/Bouncin Music
P&C 1988 Classic Music Company

9. Gershon Jackson ‘Take It Easy’ (Mike Dunn Blackball Ezee Mixx)
Written & Produced by Gershon Jackson for Omni Music Group
Co-Produced by Mike Dunn for Blackball Muzik/T’s Box
Recorded & Mixed at The Dunngeon, Chicago, Il
Published by Omni Music Solutions Publishing (ASCAP)
P&C 2015 Defected Records Limited under exclusive license from Omni Music Solutions

10. Mike Dunn presents Tha RC Groove Project featuring Ron Carroll ‘He’s Gonna Make It Alright’ (MD’z Original Recipe Vocal Mixx)
Written by Mike Dunn & Ron Carroll
Produced & Mixed by Mike Dunn 4 Deep Soul Inc.
Vocals by Ron Carroll
Keyboards by Mike Dunn & Ron Carroll
Published by Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd
P&C 1997 Sub-Urban Records

11. Ten City ‘Devotion’ (Dunn For Fun Mix)
Written by Byron Stingily & Marshall Jefferson
Produced by Marshall Jefferson for Jeffco Music Production Company & Ten City for Burstinglaw
Performed by Ten City
Remix & Additional Production by Mike Dunn
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd & The Grober Group of Companies
Licensed courtesy of Warner Music UK Ltd
P&C 1989 WEA International Inc.

12. Mike Dunn presents The MD X-Spress ‘Git Cho House On (Children)’ (MD BlackBall Main Mixx)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn 4 BlackBall Muzik
Published by Defected Music
P&C 2009 Defected Records Limited

13. Dave + Sam featuring Mike Dunn ‘Til The World Blow Up’ (Mike Dunn BlackBall Classic Soul Extended MixX)
Written by Dave Giles II & Mike Dunn
Composed & Produced by Sam Obey
Vocals by Dave Giles II & Mike Dunn
Mixed by Lance Desardi for Builders Of Paradise
Remix & Additional Production by Mike Dunn
Published by Defected Music & Westbury Music
P&C 2019 Classic Music Company

14. Mike Dunn presents The MD X-Spress ‘Feel The Muzik’ (Mike Dunn's BlackBall Mixx)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn 4 BlackBall Muzik
Published by Defected Music
P&C 2009 Defected Records Limited

15. Alan Dixon ‘Bless Me Today’ (Mike Dunn BlackBall Praise MixX)
Written & Produced by Alan Dixon
Additional Production & Mixing by Andy Williams
Remix & Additional Production by Mike Dunn
Published by Copyright Control
P&C 2019 Glitterbox Recordings

16. Mike Dunn presents MD III ‘Face The Nation’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn, 1988, Chicago
Additional Vocals by Tyree
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1988 Classic Music Company

17. Mike Dunn presents The MD X-Spress ‘Na Na Na (I Walks With God)’ (Mike Dunn Main Vocal Mixx)
Written by Mike Dunn
Produced & Arranged by Mike Dunn for BlackBall Muzik
Published by Defected Music
P&C 2008 Fourth Floor Records

18. MD X-Spress ‘Welcome 2Da Klub’ (X-Otic Mixx)
Written & Produced Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Mixed by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1994 Classic Music Company

19. Mike Dunn ‘Deep Lat'n Soul’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn, 1988, Chicago
Keyboards by Mike Dunn
Additional Keyboards by Rob ‘Diggy’ Morrison
Trumpet by Max Crawford
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1998 Classic Music Company

20. Murphy Jax featuring Mike Dunn ‘It's The Music’ (Original Version)
Composed by Robert Förster
Written by Mike Dunn
Produced by Murphy Jax
Vocals by Mike Dunn
Published by Earwig Music Publishing/Westbury Music & Blackball Muzik/Westbury Music
Licensed courtesy of Clone Records
P&C 2010 Clone Jack for Daze Series

21. Vicky Martin ‘Not Gonna Do It’ (Mike Dunn Dub)
Written & Produced by Marshall Jefferson & Vicky Martin
Vocals by Vicky Martin
Backing Vocals by Lynn Elijah & Tonia Hobbs
Engineered by Brian Bannon
Additional Production, Programming & Mix by Mike Dunn
Published by Campbell Connelly & Co. Ltd & Universal/MCA Music Limited
P&C 1988 Movin’ Records

22. Mike Dunn ‘Dance You Mutha’ (Original Mutha)
Written by Mike Dunn
Produced by Mike Dunn with Co-Production by Chris ‘Bam Bam’ Westbrook
Vocals written & performed by Mike Dunn 1987 Chicago
Published by Black Ball Muzik /Westbury Music
P&C 1987 Classic Music Company

23. Mike Dunn presents The Disco Kidz ‘Tha Real Disco’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1998 Classic Music Company

24. Mike Dunn presents 1 Phunky Brotha ‘Message In House’ (MD Original Mix)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ Darkside Studios, Illinois, 1993
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1993 Classic Music Company

25. Mike Dunn ‘Magic Feet’
Written by Mike Dunn & Chris Westbrook
Produced by Mike Dunn, 1987, Chicago
Co-production by Chris ‘Bam Bam’ Westbrook
Published by BlackBall Muzik /Westbury Music & Last Dance Music/Bouncin Music
P&C 1988 Classic Music Company

26. Mike Dunn ‘Now That You're Gone’ (Vocal)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn, 1988, Chicago
Keyboards by Mike Dunn
Additional Keyboards by Rob ‘Diggy’ Morrison
Flute by Paul Mertens
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1998 Classic Music Company

27. Mike Dunn ‘We Kan Never Be Satisfied’ (MDz Anthem Mix)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn 4 Deep Soul Inc
Vocals by Teresa Griffin
Recorded & Mixed at The Darkside Studio, IL
Published by D O'K Music Inc. administered by Nettwerk Music Group Inc./Kobalt Music
Licensed courtesy of Nettwerk Music Group
P&C 1996 Maxi Records

28. Gershon Jackson ‘Huggin’ & A Luvin’’ (Mike Dunn Luvz Huggin’ U ReMixX)
Written & Produced by Gershon Jackson for Omni Music Group
Co-Produced by Mike Dunn for Blackball Muzik/T’s Box
Recorded & Mixed at The Dunngeon, Chicago, Il
Published by Defected Music
P&C 2017 Defected Records Limited under exclusive license from Omni Music Solutions

29. Mike Dunn presents Tha RC Groove Project featuring Ron Carroll ‘Do You Believe’ (Dunn’s Believe U Me Mixx)
Written, Produced & Mixed by Mike Dunn 4 Deep Soul Inc.
Vocals by Ron Carroll
Keyboards by Mike Dunn
Published by Campbell Connelly & Co Ltd
P&C 1997 Sub-Urban Records

30. Mike Dunn presents The MD X-Spress ‘This Here Is House Muzik’ (Mike Dunn Main Vocal Mixx)
Written by Mike Dunn
Produced & Arranged by Mike Dunn for BlackBall Muzik
Published by Defected Music Publishing
P&C 2008 Fourth Floor Records

31. Mike Dunn ‘Work’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocal Performed by Mike Dunn
Mixed by Mike Dunn in Chicago, 1995
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1995 Classic Music Company

32. Mike Dunn featuring Byron Stingily ‘Who Turned You Out’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago, 1994
Vocals Written & Performed by Byron Stingily
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, IL
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music & Copyright Control
P&C 1994 Classic Music Company

33. Mike Dunn presents Da Track Dummies ‘Beat That Shit’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago, 1993
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1993 Classic Music Company

34. MD X-Spress ‘It's Anotha Groove’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago, 1995
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1995 Classic Music Company

35. Mike Dunn ‘Can You Feel It‘ (MD Vox MixX)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago, 1995
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1995 Classic Music Company

36. Mike Dunn presents Mr Phunky Mann ‘Deep N’Yo Soul’ (Vocal MixX)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago, 1995
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1995 Classic Music Company

37. Mike Dunn presents Mr Phunky Mann ‘Let's Get It On’ (Disco Vocal)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago, 1995
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1995 Classic Music Company

38. Mike Dunn presents Mr Phunky Mann ‘Oh Midnight’
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn in Chicago 1995
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Recorded @ The Darkside Studio, Illinois
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1995 Classic Music Company

39. Mike Dunn presents Sonic Boom Society ‘Work Da Groove’ (MDZ You Go Boy Mix)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn 4 Just Man Productions
Co-Produced by Shon Jackson
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Music & Keys by Mike Dunn
Recorded & Mixed at The Darkside Studio, Chicago, IL
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1994 Classic Music Company

40. Mike Dunn presents The Jass Mann ‘Jass Yo Azz Off’ (The Tribal X Mixx)
Written & Produced by Mike Dunn
Vocals Written & Performed by Mike Dunn
Mixed by Mike Dunn
Published by BlackBall Muzik/Westbury Music
P&C 1992 Classic Music Company