Allen Wright, aka dj al groove started learning how to dj at age 14 in spring of 1986. After much
practicing and honing of his chops, Allen went on to DJ at various clubs, raves, and house parties
throughout Chicago and Grand Rapids, Michigan for over twenty years. He started producing at age 16,
going to the library to read books about music production, sound engineering, and playing around with
friends drum machines. In 1992 he produced and recorded to reel to reel his first series of tracks, but
they were never released. Fast forward to 1998 when Allen Wright relocated to Grand Rapids, Michigan
and was introduced to Greg Rapier. This union led to their first recordings and record, “The Deep Rooted
E.P. ''The E.P. was never released due to financial problems, but the duo plans to release the album on
their own label Rawhouse Records. As of now, Allen Wright djs and runs two record labels with
friend/business partner Greg Rapier, Speakerheat Records for the deeper, vocal and instrumental house
music, and Rawhouse Records for the tracky house and tech-house music. He also has been working
with longtime friend Jamal Moss aka Hieroglyphic Being/The Sun God, doing rare disco edits/remixes on
their Members Only label, and also releasing tracks on Jamal Moss and Steve Poindexter’s labels
Muzique Records and Chicago Underground. On Chicago Underground, Allen Wright partnered up with
longtime friend Loring “dj jocko” Moore to produce the track "The Vibe”. On Muzique Records,
Allen released the track "Pictures and Paragraphs" on the compilation album "the House of Muzique
Vol.1" in 2005.Later in 2006 he released the track "System Free" on the compilation album "The
House of Muzique Vol. 2". Released in March 2007 was Allen Wright’s debut album "Primitive World"
on Muzique Records. Today, Allen Wright/ dj al groove is still running his labels he launched in
2005, Rawhouse Records and SpeakerHeat Records. The first release in June of 2012 from
Rawhouse Records, “Love or Lust”, a collaboration between him and longtime friend Loring
"DJ Jocko" Moore. Also during this time, from 2009 - 2013, Al Groove co-hosted a college
radio DJ show with main host Darious 'DJ Bolo' called "The Soul Cafe". The show
specialized in DJs spinning a variety of Dance and other, Electronic music, ranging from
House, Tech House, Disco, Chicago House, Old School Breakbeats, etc. Other music
productions, along with dj mixes by Allen Wright/dj al groove and other artists on the Rawhouse Records
Chicago label have been released and more is sure to follow.