30/10/2026
Sad news this evening. 😢
RIP Cevin Fisher 🖤
The house music pioneer passed away following a “a brief bout with cancer” on October 29, three days after his 63rd birthday, a statement sent to Mixmag has confirmed.
Born in New Jersey, Fisher was a regular at legendary clubs like Paradise Garage and The Loft as he made his way into the house music scene, picking up his debut residency at notable Newark nightspot Club Zanzibar aged 17.
Counting the likes of Tony Humphries and Larry Levan as early mentors, he went on to have an influential career in house music, putting out dance chart-topping remixes of Chaka Khan and Quincy Jones, and working with the likes of Timmy Regisford of Motown Records and Arthur Baker.
He released a number of his own seminal productions, including ‘The Freaks Come Out’, ‘(You Got Me) Burning Up’ and ‘Music Saved My Life’, helping to shape the history of house music and earning fans across the world throughout a career spanning more than four decades.
