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François K Is A Pseudonym Of François Kevorkian B. Rodez France 10 Jan 1954 - Aka Francois K Francois Kevorkian & Francois K. Is A DJ Remixer Producer & Record Label Owner Of Armenian Descent. Born And Raised In France Kevorkian's Passion For Music Led To Playing The Drums During His Teen Years. He Moved To The United States 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 New York City Clubs Around 1976. His Career Then Skyrocketed And He Quickly Made This His Full-Time Occupation Although Some Work Was At More Commercial Venues Such As The Club New York New York In 1977. He Taught Himself Tape Editing And Started Making Disco Medleys Some Of Which Are Still Popular To This Day Such As Rare Earth's "Happy Song". 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. It Was The First Of Many Remixes That Helped Prelude Define The Sound Of New York's Dance Music Including Many Memorable Songs Including "You're The One For Me' And "Keep On" By D-Train And "Beat The Street" By Sharon Redd. 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 Songs Such As "Situation" By Yazoo And "Go Bang" By Dinosaur L. During That Time He Was Privileged Enough To Play As A Guest DJ At Such Legendary Venues As The Paradise Garage The Loft Better Days Studio 54 Les Mouches Buttermilk Bottom And AM-PM As Well As A Residency At New Jersey's Club Zanzibar On Fridays For Over A Year. The Great Success Of His Remixes Led Him To Record Producing And His First Work Was The Snake Charmer EP For Island Records Utilizing An All-Star Cast Of Jah Wobble The Edge Holger Czukay And Jaki Liebezeit. His Career As A Remixer And Producer Led Him To Work Or Collaborate With Many More Mainstream Artists Such As Eurythmics Diana Ross U2 Kraftwerk Mick Jagger Ashford & Simpson The Cure Midnight Oil Jimmy Cliff Foreigner Jean Michel Jarre Jan Hammer The Fatback Band Bunny Wailer The Smiths Pet Shop Boys Cabaret Voltaire And Culminated In His Involvement In Mixing All Of Kraftwerk's 1986 Studio Album Electric Café. He Mixed Depeche Mode Biggest-Selling Album Violator As Well As Many Of Their 12" Club Remixes. During This Time He Decided To Build His Own Recording Studio Axis Studios Which Ironically Shared The Same Building As Studio 54. It Quickly Turned Into A Major Commercial Operation. Due To The Pressures Of Studio Work He Had Abandoned DJing Around 1983 To Dedicate Himself To Recording And Mixing Full-Time But Couldn't Stay Away From The Turntables And Started Spinning Again In Early 1990. The Scene Had Really Become Much More International And He Quickly Was Able To Start Traveling And Gaining Much Exposure Overseas Including Japan. He Toured Japan DJ'ing With Larry Levan In The Summer Of 1992 The 'Harmony Tour' Right Before Levan's Death In November Of That Same Year. The Demand For His DJ Appearances Led Him To Start Traveling To Many Of The Best Club Venues Around The World Including London's 'Ministry Of Sound' And 'Fabric' Japan's 'Club Yellow' Ibiza's 'Pacha' And 'Space' As Well As Italy's 'Angels Of Love'. By 1995 He Decided To Start An Eclectic Independent Record Label Wave Music Which Allowed Him To Find An Outlet For His Own Creative Endeavours Including The FK-EP As Well As Signing Records By Abstract Truth Floppy Sounds And A Slew Of Other Electronic Music Releases. Then In 1996 He Along With Partner John Davis Became Involved In Starting What Arguably Became One Of New York's Most Revered Weekly Parties Body&SOUL Which Took Place Every Sunday Afternoon At Club Vinyl 6 Hubert Street Playing Along With Co-Resident DJ's Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell And Danny Krivit For A Mixed Crowd Of Ecstatic And Faithful Dancers From All Over The World. The 'Body&SOUL' Sound A Unique Soulful Mix Of Very Organic And Spiritual Dance Music Grooves Led To The Release Of A Successful Compilation Series By The Same Name. His Career As An Artist Did Not Stop Evolving As He Rekindled His Interest For A More Electronic Sound And The Release Of His Sonar Music Set In 2002 Marked A Turning Point He Started Playing A Much Edgier And Futuristic Style With More To Do With Techno And Dub Than The House Sound He Was Mostly Identified With As A DJ Until That Time. In 2002 He Also Started Touring Along With Detroit Techno Legend Derrick May Playing Sets Together As The 'Cosmic Twins'. His Recent Appearances At Berlin's Tresor Manchester's Sankey's Soap And London's Fabric Have Helped Gain Him Many Younger Fans That May Not Have Been Aware Of His Previous Work Which In Turn Has Led To The Timely Summer 2006 Release Of His Newest Compilation CD Entitled 'Frequencies' Wavetec Which Takes The Listener On A Grand Tour Of The Types Of Electronic Music Sounds He Has Been Championing Of Late From Electro And Minimal To 'big-Room' House And Techno. More Recently In April 2003 He Started A New Weekly Monday Night Event In New York City Called Deep Space NYC Which Focuses On Dub In All Of Its Forms And Where The Format Is Extremely Eclectic Ranging From Spaced-Out Techno To The Deepest Reggae Hip-Hop As Well As Drum & Bass House Music And Disco. His Recent Musical Output Has Him Mixing Deep Space NYC Vol. 1 A Compilation Featuring Several Of His Own Original Productions Along With Jamaican Dub Legends Mutabaruka And U-Roy He Also Recently Did Notable Remixes For Moloko Yoko Ono Cesaria Evora As Well As Much For His Own Label. In 2005 He Was Inducted Into The Dance Music Hall Of Fame As Both A Remixer And DJ. The French-Born NYC Resident Can Be Considered One Of Larry Levan's Disciples And Therefore One Of The Forefathers Of House Music. Having Started His Career In Renowned Clubs Such As The Paradise Garage Kevorkian Now Tours The World Taking Part In Many Music Gatherings Such As The Sonar Multimedia Festival In Barcelona And Its Brazilian Equivalent Sonar São Paulo Both Of Which Took Place In 2004 read less