Deorro

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

Deorro
Background information
Birth nameErick Orrosquieta
Also known asTON!C
Born (1991-08-30) August 30, 1991
Los Angeles, California, United States
OriginWest Covina, California, United States
Genres
Occupation(s)DJ
Instruments
  • Keyboards
  • Turntables
  • Ableton Live
Years active2005–present
Labels
- Spinnin' Records
Associated acts
Websitedeorro.com

Career

2005–12: 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.[2] 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 charted 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.[3] The track charted in Austria, Belgium, France, the 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, Panda Funk.[4] He guest-starred on the MTV series Teen Wolf as the DJ. 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", which achieved success in Poland after its appearance in Microsoft Windows TV commercial. In March 2015, he released a third version of "Five Hours" with Chris Brown, titled "Five More Hours". The song has charted in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Sweden. On 31 March 2017, Deorro released his debut album, Good Evening, which features 26 tracks, including his new single "Rise and Shine".

Discography

Studio albums
Title Details
Good Evening[5]
  • Released: March 31, 2017
  • Label: Ultra Records
  • Format: Digital download

Singles
Deorro

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
[6]		 BEL
[7]		 DEN
[8]		 FRA
[9]		 GER
[10]		 NLD
[11]		 NOR
[12]		 POL
[13]		 SWE
[14]		 SWI
[15]		 UK
[16]		 US
[17]
"Yee" 2013 3358—746237———65—— Non-album singles
"Freak"
(with Steve Aoki and Diplo featuring Steve Bays)		 2014 —118——————————
"Flashlight"
(with R3hab)		 —104——————————
"Five Hours" 377—8—6817174560——
"Rambo"
(with J-Trick)		 ———199————————
"Perdóname"
(with DyCy and Adrian Delgado)		 ———————1————
"Five More Hours"
(with Chris Brown)		 2015 15131031233410—7224— Good Evening
"Bailar"
(featuring Elvis Crespo)		 2016 1114—7433—537548—37
"Goin Up"
(with DyCy)		 —3—————————— Non-album singles
"Tell Me Lies"
(featuring Lesley Roy)		 2017 ————————————
"Rise and Shine" ————————————
"Feeling Pretty Good" ————————————
"Burn Out" ————————————
"Andele" ————————————
"Existence" 2018 ————————————
"Offspring" ————————————
"Shakalaka"[24]
(with Steve Aoki, Makj and Max Styler)		 ————————————
"Dracarys"[25]
(with Dirty Audio)		 ————————————
"Knockout"[26]
(with Makj and Quintino)		 ————————————
"Titan"[27]
(with D3FAI)		 ————————————
"Dftf"[28]
(with Vikström)		 ————————————
"Focus"[29]
(featuring Lena Leon)		 ————————————
"Wild Like The Wind"[30] 2019 ————————————
"Pica"[31]
(with Elvis Crespo and Henry Fong)		 ————————————
"Keep It Goin'"[32]
(with Danny Ávila)		 ————————————
"Obvious"[33] ————————————
"All This Time"[34] ————————————
"Shake That Bottle"[35]
(with Hektor Mass)		 ————————————
"Retumba"[36]
(with Makj)		 ————————————
"Left Right"[37]
(with Hardwell and Makj featuring Fatman Scoop)		 ————————————
"I Like This F'n Song"[38]
(with Krunk!)		 2020 ————————————
"Cuando"[39]
(with Los Dutis)		 ————————————
"Beso"[40] ————————————
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Remixes

Awards and nominations
Year Awards Category Recipient Outcome Ref
2016 NRJ Music Awards Best International DJ Deorro Nominated [44]
Best Single Dance/Electro "Bailar" Nominated
2017 WDM Radio Awards Best Dancefloor Track Nominated [45]

DJ Magazine top 100 DJs
Year Position Notes Ref.
2014 19 New Entry [46]
2015 28 Down 9
2016 53 Down 25
2018 89 Re-Entry
2019 65 Up 24

References
  1. "Deorro feat. Erin McCarley - I Can Be Somebody". Ultra Music. August 14, 2015. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  2. Paramount Artists: Deorro Archived April 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine paramountartists.com
  3. iTunes - Music - Five Hours - Single by Deorro Archived March 30, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  4. "Deorro Says He Will Quit DJing". Retrieved May 1, 2015.
  5. "Good Evening by Deorro". March 31, 2017. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  6. "Discographie Deorro". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  7. "Discografie Deorro". Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  8. "Discographie Deorro". Danish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
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  12. "Discographie Deorro". Norwegian Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  13. Peak positions for singles on the Polish Airplay Chart:
  14. "Discography Deorro". Swedish Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  15. "Discographie Deorro". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien.
  16. "DEORRO & CHRIS BROWN". officialcharts.com/. Official Charts Company.
  17. "Deorro Chart History". Billboard. Billboard.
  18. "Canadian digital download certifications – Deorro – Five Hours". Music Canada.
  19. "ultratop.be - ULTRATOP BELGIAN CHARTS". Ultratop.be. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  20. "Canadian digital download certifications – Deorro – Five Hours/five More Hours (Ft. Chris Brown)". Music Canada.
  21. "Certified Awards" (enter "Imagine Dragons" into the "Keywords" box, then select "Search"). British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  22. "IFPI". Ifpi.no. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  23. "ZPAV :: Bestsellery i wyróżnienia - Wyróżnienia - Platynowe płyty CD - Archiwum". Bestsellery.zpav.pl. Retrieved May 18, 2018.
  24. Bein, Kat (June 15, 2018). "Steve Aoki, Deorro, MakJ & Max Styler Mix Boom With Mariachi on 'Shakalaka': Listen". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
  25. Serrano, Omar (June 28, 2018). "Deorro & Dirty Audio Unexpectedly Collide On "Dracarys"". Run The Trap. Archived from the original on July 1, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
  26. "Knockout - Single by Deorro, MAKJ & Quintino on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  27. Stone, Katie (August 10, 2018). "Deorro & D3fai Promise That You Will Remember the "Titan"". EDM.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  28. "Dftf - Single by Deorro & Vikström on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved August 26, 2018.
  29. "Focus (feat. Lena Leon) - Single by Deorro on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved December 7, 2018.
  30. Bein, Kat (January 31, 2019). "Deorro Finds Freedom in the Music on 'Wild Like the Wind': Exclusive". Billboard. Archived from the original on February 1, 2019. Retrieved February 1, 2019.
  31. Karakolis, Konstantinos (March 9, 2019). "Deorro, Elvis Crespo and Henry Fong team up for energetic 'Pica'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on March 11, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
  32. Karakolis, Konstantinos (April 20, 2019). "Deorro teams up with Danny Avila for catchy single 'Keep It Goin". EDM.com. Archived from the original on May 10, 2019. Retrieved May 10, 2019.
  33. "Obvious - Single by Deorro on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved June 18, 2019.
  34. Stone, Katie (July 12, 2019). "Deorro unleashes summertime track 'All This Time'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on August 1, 2019. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  35. Bagshaw, Bella (August 15, 2019). "Exclusive: Deorro commissions Hektor Mass for 'Shake That Bottle'". Dancing Astronaut. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  36. Cameron, John (August 15, 2019). "Deorro and MAKJ reunite for big room banger 'Retumba'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  37. Meadow, Matthew (October 18, 2019). "Hardwell drops massive new collab 'Left Right' with Deorro, MAKJ, and Fatman Scoop". Your EDM. Archived from the original on November 2, 2019. Retrieved November 2, 2019.
  38. "I Like This F'n Song - Single by Deorro & Krunk! on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved February 3, 2020.
  39. Kupfer, Rachel (July 31, 2020). "Bust it out to Deorro's Latin-inspired 'Cuando'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on August 10, 2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
  40. Stone, Katie (October 16, 2020). "Deorro drops long-awaited single 'Beso'". EDM.com. Archived from the original on October 30, 2020. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  41. Meadow, Matthew (July 24, 2019). "Deorro drops new remix of 'World At Our Feet' by Timmy Trumpet". Your EDM. Archived from the original on August 8, 2019. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  42. "Balance (Remixes) by Armin van Buuren on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved March 25, 2020.
  43. "Neon Future IV (Remixes) by Steve Aoki on Apple Music". Apple Music. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
  44. "Palmares NRJ DJ AWARDS 2016 - Meilleurs DJs". NRJ.fr (in French). Retrieved November 14, 2016.
  45. "Nominados a los WDM Radio Awards". LOS40. Archived from the original on March 7, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  46. https://djmag.com/top-100-djs/poll-2019-deorro
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