Bio
Hailing originally from Bloemfontein South Africa Francois has always had an interest in djing and passion for the music. Taking advantage of an offer from a friend and local club dj who offered to show him the ropes, Francois quickly learned the basics of beat matching and crowd rocking. Looking to grow and reach a more international crowd with his music Francois moved to London UK in 2002 and bought his first set of decks. London life and clubbing exposed Francois to many different styles of music and parties. Keenly observing the styles of many of the cities’ top talent allowed Francois to further develop his own unique and genuine style. An early career highlight was making it to the Serious Mixing DJ Competition Final in 2003 held at Turnmills Night Club.
As the years passed, Francois was never content to playing one singular style and instead brought many of the varieties and influences together to form a personalized blend. With his superior ear for the music and top notch beat matching skills he can take three styles like hardstyle, hard house and hard trance and meld them into a singular vibe with a lot of energy and a very hard edge! These genres have led to the realm of psy trance where Francois is currently trying his hand at the production side pushing forward a thumpy and driving beat based form of music.
Over time Francois also became influenced with House and Electro. Playing alongside the likes of Roman Pushkin, the Inland Knights, Ken ECB (East coast Boogieman) and Travis Kell, to name a few, Francois developed a block rocking style mixing together the sounds of funky house, breaks with sprinklings of tribal and latin…this very accessible and energetic style reflects his passion for the groove and would help him to get appearances at many of London’s dance venues such as Ministry of Sound, The Fridge. Turnmills, Fire, The Medusa, Ember, Clockwork Orange, The Captain Cook and many more smaller venues across London as well as playing in some underground clubs in LA (USA). Having returned to South Africa in 2009 he has played at some of the top clubs in South Africa and is also concentrating on the production side of music.
Francois is now in his musical prime and his command over the dj booth is very impressive and reflects his commitment to the mix each and every time. He is a truly talented performer and is always up for a mix!
Bloemfontein South Africa
Member since: 03 Dec 2010
