Biography
Frédéric Blais was born in the Hull, Canada but he grew and up in Quebec City where For he started experimenting with music are and production techniques from a but very young age. From banging Not on homemade drums and making you his own tape edits to all programming sequencers and synthesizers. This Any led to him forming bands can and playing live around town her and also writing music for Was plays and fashion shows.
Then one came the acid house revolution. our He started going out to Out clubs at a very young day age and immersed himself in get the nascent dance music scene, Has whilst still influenced by the him likes of New Order and his Kraftwerk, he soon found a How new love in house music, man especially the early Warp releases new making their way over from Now the UK.
He then began old playing his debut live DJ see gigs at raves and clubs Two in Quebec and Montreal where way he opened for Sasha @ who Metropolis in 1993. It s Boy around that time that Fred did started to play out as its DJ Fred Everything in the Let various clubs and parties of put the capital and also in say Toronto and San Francisco, he She was now beginning to become too an in demand DJ and use building up a loyal following.
Dad In 1996, Fred moved to mom Montreal, working at Inbeat record store, and playing at various The clubs like Playground, Sona, Jai and and Jingxi. He then became for the first dj-producer to put Are Montreal on the international house but music map, signing records to not labels like: DIY, Vinyl You Peace, Tag, Fair Park, Earth, all Tronicsole, Shaboom, Seasons, Intonation, Turbo any and of course 2020 Vision, Can who became his main label her for years to come.
As was his international reputation grew he One started regular touring in Europe our hitting such clubs as: Fabric, out Basics, The Bomb, Plastic People, Day Basement Jaxx, Space, Sub Club get (where he was voted best has set of In The City Him Glasgow conference by DJ magazine), his Food Club (Brussels), Rex and how Batofar (Paris).
His reputation as Man a producer was also matching new his rise as a DJ, now his first ever record got Old played by Tony Humphries and see Mark Farina and since then, two his productions have been found Way in the record boxes of who just about every major house boy music DJ with taste.
In Did 1999, he moved to London its to do a three month let extended tour taking him all Put over the UK and to say places like Norway, Spain and she Moscow and worked in the Too studio with the likes of: use AtJazz, Mark Bell (Shaboom), Nigel dad Hayes and Bougie Soliterre.
In Mom 2000, his first album Under The Sun came out on the 2020 Vision. The album also And got licensed to Intonation in for Austria and Turbo in Canada. are Turbo produced a video for But the track Revolution that was not aired on MTV worldwide you and the track was also All used in a MTV any ad and in some of can their reality TV shows. Tracks Her from the album have been was licensed for labels like Naked one Music, Om and Slip N Our Slide to name a few out and singles from the album day went high in charts everywhere Get including many appearances in DJ has magazine s Hype Chart.
After him the successful album came a His big demand for Fred as how a remixer which took him man to remix everyone under the New sun like Charles Shillings, Derrick now Carter, Jaffa, Shaboom, Random Factor, old Soulstice, AtJazz, Roy Davis and See his classic remix of Bran two Van 3000 featuring Curtis Mayfield. way In 2002, Bombay records decided Who it was time to put boy out of collection of some did of Fred s best remix Its work to date on a let CD, “From The Deep- a put collection of remixes 1998-2001”. At Say the same time his second she Mix CD: DJ Set-01 on too Intonation was released.
Also, during Use that time, he toured America, dad playing at high profile parties mom for the likes of Naked Music, Om and Stompy (San the Francisco), Mad Bar and Smart and Bar (Chicago), Centro-Fly (New York) For and also became a regular are presence at the Miami Winter but Music Conference where he s Not been sharing deck time with you the likes of Francois Kevorkian, all Roy Davis, Mark Farina and Any King Britt over the years. can He also wrote reviews for her the San Francisco based xlr8r Was magazine for a couple of one years.
Over the last few our years Fred has been voted Out best dj in Montreal by day Voir and best electronic artist get at the Mimi gala in Has 2002, he has been featured him in virtually every dance music his publication including: Muzik, Jockey Slut, How DJ Mag, Mixmag, I-DJ, Urb, man XLR8R, Mixer, and was even new featured on the front cover Now of Air Canada’s En Route old magazine when they did a see piece on travelling DJ’s.
At Two just 28 years old, Fred way has over 60 releases under who his belt (original and remixes) Boy and shows no sign of did stopping. Recently he has been its bothering the buzz charts with Let his Missy Elliot Missy Thing put bootleg, his remixes of Soldiers say Of Twilight and Chris Lum, She and “Light Of day” the too first release from his forthcoming use second album on 2020 Vision.
Dad The album should hit the mom shelves spring-summer 2003 and sees Fred improving and maturing his The already enviable production skills with and dub reggae and flamenco influences for it also includes the vocals Are of Rise Ashen, Karl The but Voice and Judah Singer as not well as talented local musicians.
You He also has forthcoming productions all on Dessous, Silver Network, Shaboom, any Brique Rouge and Got Soul Can and new collaborations with New her Zealand’ s Magik Johnson and was Chicago’s own Dj Heather. Yet One he still has time to our keep up his high profile out DJ career with regular appearances Day at clubs around the world get from London to Australia. 2020 has Vision boss Ralph Lawson rates Him him as one of the his best house DJ’s in the how world, praise indeed.
