BIOGRAPHY
YOUNG ACTIVIST, FRANCOIS X ALWAYS LIVED IN PARIS, BUT HIS DEEPER ROOTS BEGAN IN AFRICA (IN BENIN, WHERE HIS FATHER COMES FROM THE NEVER ENDING VOODOO LAND AND HIS CULT OF JUJU’S HOLY RYTHMS AND CHANTS).
HE IS THE PERFECT EXAMPLE OF A TRUE UNDERCOVER ARTIST OF OUR TIMES.
FREEDOM FIGHTER, FRANCOIS AIN’T MALCOM EITHER, HE’S MORE OF A SMOOTH OPERATOR: MINGLING AS EASILY WITHIN THE HIGH SOCIETY AS IN THE ROUGHER AREAS BRINGING SEEMINGLY DIFFERENT KINDS OF TUNES UPON THE CROSS-FADER AND SO BRINGING DIFFERENT KIND OF TASTES AND PEOPLE TOGETHER SAGELY UPDATING THE ART OF “METISSAGE” THANKS TO HIS LOVE OF MUSIC!… HOUSE MUSIC THAT IS!
A SOULFUL MUSICAL CULTURE WHICH HE DISCOVERED AT A VERY TENDER AGE (IN THE MID 90?S) VIA DJ DEEP (PARIS NUMBER ONE HOUSE RESOURCE THROUGH HIS MANY RADIO SHOWS ON FG, NOVA ETC. NOW TEN YEARS IN THE GAME HIS MAIN INFLUENCES ARE DETROIT AND BERLIN (IMAGINE THEO PARRISH AND OMAR S BATTLING WITH BASIC CHANNEL FOR EXAMPLE).
AND SO THE MUSIC HE’S PLAYING TODAY IS A TOSS BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL HOUSE AND TECHNO MADE IN DETROIT AND THE NEW BREED OF BERLIN ELECTRONS, NEVER FORGETTING JUST A PINCH OF DISCO SOUL.
FRANCOIS X IS A RESIDENT DJ AT THE FIVE BEATS PARTIES @ DJOON AND REX CLUB ALONGSIDE THE FRENCH DEEP HOUSE MASTER OF THE YEARS 2000, FRANCK ROGER / REAL TONE RECORDS (WITH PRESTIGIOUS GUESTS INCLUDING AME, DIXON, LAURENT GARNIER, OSUNLADE, JUAN ATKINS AND THE LIST GOES ON) AND HE’ S RUNNING THE FRANCOIS X BLOG , WHERE HE SHARES EVERY MONTH, HIS CONTEMPRORARY VISION OF ELECTRONIC MUSIC THROUGH THE FRANCOIS X RADIOSHOW.
2009 IS THE YEAR WHERE FRANCOIS X HAS DECIDED TO TAKE HIS PASSION FOR THE MUSIC TO ANOTHER LEVEL AND STARTED TO CREATE SOME STRONG AND DEEP GEMS, HE WILL RELEASE HIS FIRST EP ON DJ DEEP’S LABEL, DEEPLY ROOTED HOUSE.
HE IS NOW RESIDENT OF THE INFAMOUS DEMENTED PARTY AT CLUB DJOON IN PARIS WHERE HE SHARES HIS MUSIC ALONGSIDE DJ HEARTBEAT (BY INVITED PRETIGIOUS GUEST LIKE PROSUMER, DJ PETE,LAWRENCE)….
YES YES, TASTE THE X POWER AS HE FLEXES UPON THE DECKS!