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François Kevorkian, alias François K, (born January 10, 1954) is a French-born, of Armenian descent, US DJ, remixer, producer and record label owner.
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.
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.
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FK-EP And Beyond
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MinistryUK wrote:
Hey, guys, I just thought I’d let you know... five Ministry Sessions mixes are being released on download for the first time. After only being available on CD for up to three years, these mixes are done by artists such as D Ramirez, Fedde Le Grand, Seamus Haji, DJ Sneak (who went on a world tour to promote his) and Mark Farina. Featuring tracks by people like Switch, Martin Ten Velden, the Swedish House Mafia and the DJs themselves, they’re now all up for grabs, exclusively at beatport.com. See you later!
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ichiro_s tagged François K with techno, dub, deep house and 2 other tags. 30 days ago
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tflatron tagged François K with gta iv and electrochoc. November 2009
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riotsqrrrl added François K to the lineup of DANCE.HERE.TOO with Cosmic Twins at Santos Party House. November 2009
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AcuraDesigner and Electro1201 added François K to their libraries. November 2009
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ResDog unlinked François K from אקסום at Barzilay. October 2009
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