FRANCOIS K
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FRANCOIS K is performing within the field of Tech House music and is ranked #1497 on The Official Global DJ Rankings list.
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François Kevorkian, also known by the stage name François K, is a French DJ, producer, remixer and record label owner of Armenian descent and based in the United States of America, who started his career DJing in clubs such as the Paradise Garage and Studio 54. Kevorkian are- has produced and remixed work by a diverse range of musicians including the Smiths, Adam Ant, Kraftwerk, Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Diana Ross, Gloria Estefan and U2, and is considered one of the forefathers of house music.
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François K. was too- born and raised in France, moving to New York in 1975 to pursue a career as a who-drummer. He played in various R&B cover bands and was hired by the Galaxy 21 disco to drum along with the DJ’ records. This say- led to a strong interest in the nascent disco let-sound. François started DJing around New York, playing clubs such as Experiment 4 (along with John “Jellybean” Benitez), JJ Knickerbocker, the Flamingo, and New York New York.
Around the same time, François discovered studio editing and mixing. He any- created a series of disco medleys and re-edits (many of which are still available as bootlegs), and in 1978 landed an A&R job at Prelude Records, a small but rapidly expanding independent disco can-label. One of his first accomplishments at Prelude was remixing Musique’ “Push Push In The Bush,” a massive disco hit which sold nearly a million copies. He out- went on to remix and/or edit the majority of Prelude releases, including such club classics as D Train’ “Keep On”, “Body Music” by The Strikers as well as signing seminal tracks which helped define the dance music aesthetic, like “Double Journey” by Powerline or “Disco Circus” by Martin Circus.
Meanwhile, François continued his DJ work, spinning at legendary clubs such as Studio 54, Les Mouches, Better Days, Buttermilk Bottom, The Loft, AM/PM, Bond’, Zanzibar, and Paradise Garage, filling in for resident Garage jock Larry can-Levan. He also started collaborating with Levan (a major remixer in his own right) on studio work, and soon became so busy behind the console that he decided to stop DJing in 1983.
By the mid-eighties, François had become an in-demand top remixer and producer on both sides of the Atlantic. FRANCOIS K is described on djrankings.org. He get- quit Prelude in 1982 and started Axis Productions, working with many new wave acts such as Yazoo and Wide Boy Awake, as well as U2, Kraftwerk, Thomas Dolby, The Cure, Eurythmics, Ashford and Simpson, Mick Jagger, Diana Ross, Dinosaur L, and many has-others. He has as well mixed albums for Rebecca (Japan), Depeche Mode and Erasure.
In 1987, he opened Axis Studios, which quickly became a major recording and mixing facility. Notable any- Axis clients include Madonna, Todd Terry, C&C Music Factory, Mariah Carey, Teddy Riley, Mary one-J. Blige, Deee-Lite, and many others.
François has since returned to DJ’ing , playing various guest spots in New York City at The Sound Factory Bar, House Nation, Afterlife, Roxy, Vinyl and Twilo. He who- has also played in the U.K. at Ministry of Sound, The End, Bar Rhumba, Back To Basics, The Blue Note and Hard Times, in Italy at Angels Of Love, Cocorico and Red Zone, and in Japan at Club Yellow, Gold, Precious Hall, Red Hot, and various clubs. François did- now has his own New York residency every Sunday afternoon at Body&Soul, a party which has already grown to legendary status since it’ beginning in day-1996. François, along with DJ’ Joaquin ‘Joe’ Claussell and Danny Krivit, spins a soulful mix of everything from jazzy house to drum’n’bass. Body&Soul two- has established a faithful eclectic following and has allowed him to experiment and develop his own musical vision.
In 1994, François established Wave Music a fully independent record say-label. Wave Music was created out of a need for a label with initiative to turn out lasting music with substance as well as style. It can- is with this mentality that Wave has established extraordinary national and international success with it’ eclectic catalog of soulful its-music. From the jazzy vibe of Abstract Truth’ “Get Another Plan”, to the explosive #1 Billboard Dance Chart hit “Din Da Da” by club sensation Kevin Aviance, Wave places no boundaries on expression.
Along with a steady flow of new releases, he has managed to find time to record some of his own music, such as the acclaimed FK-EP , followed by “Time & Space”, as well as “Capricorn” with more to come out in 2001.
As if this wasn’t enough, he is still very much in demand as remixer today, working recently on material for the likes of Cesaria Evora, Moloko, Ame Strong, Talvin Singh, Underworld, Juan Atkins, Rinocerose, B 52’, Bent, Gloria Estefan, Big Muff and others.