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François Kevorkian;
Born and raised in France, his passion for music led to playing the drums
during his teen years, and he moved to the US in 1975, where he hoped
to find more challenging situations than those back home.
Due to the heavy competition for any gig as a drummer in those days,
he instead tried his hand at becoming a DJ in underground NYC clubs,
around 1976. His career then skyrocketed, and he quickly
was able to make this his full-time occupation, although some
of it was at more commercial venues such as the club
'New York, New York' in 1977. During that time, he self-taught himself
editing and started making 'Disco Medleys', some of which are still
popular to this day, such as Rare Earth's "Happy Song" and others.
He was offered a position doing A&R for a nascent Dance
Indie record label, Prelude Records, which allowed to him to go into the studio
and do remixes. His first remix, of a Patrick Adams production, "In The Bush"
by Musique became a wild success both in clubs and on the radio, and was the first
of many remixes that helped Prelude define the sound of
New York's dance music, including such memorable songs
such as "You're The One For Me' and "Keep On" by D-Train, "Beat The Street"
by Sharon Redd, and many more. His stint at Prelude ended in 1982, the same
year where he had the most Number One singles in Billboard's
Dance Music Chart, which included his remixes of
now-classic song such as "Situation" by Yazoo, and "Go Bang" by Dinosaur L.
Loco Dice;
THE OUTLINE:
Rewind back to the start of the last decade when a teenage Loco Dice was a rapper
and a Hip Hop Dj, playing support slots to Usher, Ice Cube, Jamiroquai, Snoop Dog and R. Kelly.
THE PAST:
The Tunisian Born Loco Dice soon became a very well known figure in his native German
Hip Hop scene and as the scene exploded (becoming Germany's biggest
musical genre, as it did right across the world) he did what any self
respecting underground artist would: He switched to house music.
But not any old house music: very sexy and very crowd pleasing House Music.
DJ-ING:
His tribal, sweetly funky, bassline driven, dance floor friendly skills
have given him a residency at 2004's coolest club DC-10 and
Germany's favorite venue, Dusseldorf's Tribehouse.
He regularly tours America, both North and South, having played
all the Spundae’s, all the Crobars, Creamfields and Pacha.
His first release on 420 "Phat Dope Shit" has
gone stellar, his remixes of Timo Maas's "Help Me" had a worldwide release.
Francois Kevorkian and Loco Dice - Live at metropolis (napoli) - mar. 11, 2006 - Part 1
Francois Kevorkian and Loco Dice - Live at metropolis (napoli) - mar. 11, 2006 - Part 2
Francois Kevorkian and Loco Dice - Live at metropolis (napoli) - mar. 11, 2006 - Part 3
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Born and raised in France, his passion for music led to playing the drums
during his teen years, and he moved to the US in 1975, where he hoped
to find more challenging situations than those back home.
Due to the heavy competition for any gig as a drummer in those days,
he instead tried his hand at becoming a DJ in underground NYC clubs,
around 1976. His career then skyrocketed, and he quickly
was able to make this his full-time occupation, although some
of it was at more commercial venues such as the club
'New York, New York' in 1977. During that time, he self-taught himself
editing and started making 'Disco Medleys', some of which are still
popular to this day, such as Rare Earth's "Happy Song" and others.
He was offered a position doing A&R for a nascent Dance
Indie record label, Prelude Records, which allowed to him to go into the studio
and do remixes. His first remix, of a Patrick Adams production, "In The Bush"
by Musique became a wild success both in clubs and on the radio, and was the first
of many remixes that helped Prelude define the sound of
New York's dance music, including such memorable songs
such as "You're The One For Me' and "Keep On" by D-Train, "Beat The Street"
by Sharon Redd, and many more. His stint at Prelude ended in 1982, the same
year where he had the most Number One singles in Billboard's
Dance Music Chart, which included his remixes of
now-classic song such as "Situation" by Yazoo, and "Go Bang" by Dinosaur L.
Loco Dice;
THE OUTLINE:
Rewind back to the start of the last decade when a teenage Loco Dice was a rapper
and a Hip Hop Dj, playing support slots to Usher, Ice Cube, Jamiroquai, Snoop Dog and R. Kelly.
THE PAST:
The Tunisian Born Loco Dice soon became a very well known figure in his native German
Hip Hop scene and as the scene exploded (becoming Germany's biggest
musical genre, as it did right across the world) he did what any self
respecting underground artist would: He switched to house music.
But not any old house music: very sexy and very crowd pleasing House Music.
DJ-ING:
His tribal, sweetly funky, bassline driven, dance floor friendly skills
have given him a residency at 2004's coolest club DC-10 and
Germany's favorite venue, Dusseldorf's Tribehouse.
He regularly tours America, both North and South, having played
all the Spundae’s, all the Crobars, Creamfields and Pacha.
His first release on 420 "Phat Dope Shit" has
gone stellar, his remixes of Timo Maas's "Help Me" had a worldwide release.
Francois Kevorkian and Loco Dice - Live at metropolis (napoli) - mar. 11, 2006 - Part 1
Francois Kevorkian and Loco Dice - Live at metropolis (napoli) - mar. 11, 2006 - Part 2
Francois Kevorkian and Loco Dice - Live at metropolis (napoli) - mar. 11, 2006 - Part 3
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