Gary Indiana

It's about 30 miles from downtown Chicago, and besides being the birthplace of the Jackson

Five, it's known as a city that's fallen on rough times.

The steel mills there closed in the late 70s and early 80s, crime spiked, the local economy

tanked.

By the way, it's overwhelmingly black, about 85 percent.

That's where Ellis DeHavillin was from.

He was a musician who made dance music, acid house to be precise.

Around 1989, he started making music using the equipment in his church.

So in 2013, a dance music label in the Netherlands called Bunker Records released DeHavillin's

here-to-for, undiscovered music on vinyl.

The record was called Born Out of Cheatness and Frustration Volume 1.

Dance Music Magazine picked up to Havillin's story which was provided by the label.

The write-up from resident advisor, which is one of the leading publications of electronic

music, said this.

Living with rough family conditions and having flunked out of high school, DeHavillin formed

a regular Friday afternoon habit, starting in 1989, of producing acid house on gear at

his church.

But died in 1991 at age 23 due to a heroin overdose.

He never played live and his music was never released on any label.

Apparently, his tapes were found only relatively recently, having been bought at a police

auction in Gary.

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