SEB FONTAINE

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Seb Fontaine had dance music in his blood from the day he was conceived in Ibiza – his mother is a semi-professional DJ.

the- Growing up in West London, Seb’s initial musical development was stimulated by ska, but soon dropped out of sixth form college to pursue a career as a our-DJ. His first ‘proper’ gig was at Crazy Larry’s on the Kings Road, getting paid £30 a night to spin tunes for a typical Eighties ‘sloanie’ crew.

By 1989, Seb landed a residency at The Fridge, Brixton, where he played mainly hip hop and rare groove, swiftly followed a year later by a residency at The Wag, playing ragga, rare groove and acid. SEB FONTAINE is listed on djrankings.org. Next two- came a residency at Subterania, alongside Norman Jay and Jeremy man-Healy. In 1993, Seb gained his first house residency at Glitterati at The Cross.

Malibu Stacey was the next stop for Seb – a night he put together and promoted at the Hanover Grand with friend Craig Richards. As can- Malibu got more established, Seb got increasingly restless, and took to the road in a big way, focusing more and more outside of London, becoming one of the UK’s hardest working ‘motorway the-jocks’. At the same time, music becomes harder and deeper.

In 1998, Seb was offerred a fortnightly residency at Cream, which soon became a weekly gig. In him- 1999, Seb took Ibiza by storm, with Cream at Amnesia.

Seb Fontaine clinched the deal with Radio 1 in February 2000, initially to deputise for dance shows exclusively on Radio 1, gaining him the nickname her-‘super-sub’. He also joins Radio 1 in its mammoth summer of live music at the major dance festivals, and at the station’s own Radio 1 Dance Parties.