Originally from New Montrose, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, DJ Peace, née Thomas Spann relocated with his family to the south side of Chicago at an early age. Thomas grew up in a household filled with his music. His dad, an accomplished studio sessions jazz musician , often had world class musicians at the house for impromptu jam sessions - artists such as Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Lou Rawls just to name a few. In addition to his dads musical influences,
his family also owned one of the premier radio stations in Chicago - WVON ("The voice of the Negro") now known as "the Voice of the Nation" with his uncle, the legendary Pervis Spann "the Blues man" at the helm. Pervis Spann was responsible for bringing some of the top soul and jazz acts of the 60's, 70s and 80s to Chi-town such as James Brown, Sly & the Family Stone,Sam Cooke, Jackie Wilson and many more.
Fast forward to 1981 and a new sound was taking over the streets of Chicago - heralded in by iconic deejay Ron Hardy at the Music box and Frankie Knuckles at the US Studios Warehouse.  This sound was what we now understand and love as "house music" - a term coined by Leonard "Remix" Roy -that invaded the clubs and eventually the airwaves with a fury...and Thomas was right at the forefront under the tutelage of 4-time Grammy nominated producer/remixer Steve "Silk" Hurley. Thomas started his DJ career as an unofficial member of Hurley's Hott Waxx Productions using the name Thomas "Spinnin" Spann playing at legendary venues such as Sauer’s, the Candy Store, and eventually playing venues such as the Ascot,
the Blackstone hotel and the Bismarck Pavilion with his idols and mentors Frankie Knuckles, Farley "Jackmaster Funk" Keith, Lil Louis and Ron Hardy. In 1985 (while still a senior in high school) Thomas started his first residency at the Marz Bar on Chicago's infamous Rush Street along with DJ Gerard and in summer of 1986, Thomas became the first resident of the legendary club COD on the north side of Chicago. Throughout this time, he continued to be a featured guest DJ at south side clubs like Heroes, the Pleasure Dome, Union Hall as well as west side venues like DaVinci Manor playing alongside Silk, Andre Hatchett, Pharris "Phunkin"
Thomas, and Fast Eddie.
In 1987, Thomas left the city to join the military which led to travels overseas. While in Germany, Thomas reinvented himself and began a residency at Club Funkadelik in Frankfurt as well as a residency at Club Capri in Friedberg. This led to travels across the UK from Germany to Belgium with stops in Austria, Spain and Paris. In 2003, Thomas relocated to south Florida as DJ Peace and linked up with Andre Soul to become a part of Soul Simple Entertainment. In 2005 become an integral member of Conscious Collective with DJChris, Sela V., Donna Hughes, Chilly and Djinji Brown to bring true warehouse parties to South Florida. In 2006, Peace once again hit the road playing across the globe with stops in Belgium and Dubai.
In 2007, Peace joined the Soul Elevation Music Family and the rest, as they say, is musical history that remains to be written. You can catch him Sundays from 2-4 (EST) on www.seriousjazz.org as well as Thursdays on Kaixta - Juicy Radio (Belgium) from 3-7 pm (GMT).
You can now catch DJ P.E.A.C.E. and the rest of the SOUL ELEVATION MUSIC family each and every Thursday from 9-11pm (EST)on Cyberjamz internet radio. Type http://cyberjamz.com into your browser to enjoy the show.

For booking information contact Shaun Hudson at shaun@soulelevationmusic.com