Deepraker

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As a child, Deepraker learns piano, but quickly reacts against classical establishment. He buys turntables+mixer when he’s 22.

At 25 (1997), as he concludes a curriculum in int'l trade, he mixes passion and studies carrying a training period in the legendary major BMG in Paris, at the end he redacts a memorandum about record industry. In second part, he develops a problematic comparing house/techno and hip hop genres. Are house and techno genres of tomorrow?

Passioned in house music from its genesis, Deepraker starts to spin young. He has been playing in main underground bars and clubs from North of France. These last times, he is resident Dj at At Home Café (Lille, Fr), but also spins at Kiosk and Supermarket, some references clubs. In Paris, it’s at Pulp and Nouveau Casino he expresses himself. As regards export, the legendaries Club Silo (Leuven, B), At The Villa (Moeskroen, B), thus Montreal (Canada) discover the audacious Deepraker’s dj sets.

In 2006, he switches from external mix to hybrid one, 1st using Serato Scratch Live and then Traktor Scratch Pro with a DX2 Faderfox MIDI controller for loops + effects management.

Very sharply (2008), he develops his skills in home studio and music creation at the school of audio engineer SAE in Brussels (Belgium). At the end, he creates a track alongside Ufo : “Just because you're paranoid” (59 records). In the wake, he enters NAME Festival’s line-up (fall 2008 and 2009).

Today, parallel to his dj sets, where his attention is caught on a full internal mixing system, forgetting antic turntables, where he focuses on loops, groove and effects management. He turned to music production.

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