Born on March 5 1971 in Dijon, a city which would later be at the forefront of the electronic music scene in France, Drake DEHLEN , has been involved in and passionate about music from a very young age.<
After learning the piano for 10 years, he became interested in New Wave and industrial music, and was heavily influenced by bands like Depeche Mode, Nitzer Ebb and Nine Inch Nails. In 1988, techno arrived in France from Detroit, and Drake began listening to the first vinyls from Juan Atkins and Kevin Saunderson.
But it was in 1993, with the commencement of Laurent Garnier' s residence at the An-fer club in Dijon that Drake' s ideas about music began to change for good. The raves he attended there, and the music that was played, gave him new direction and inspiration. Drake wanted to make music, and began to mix.
Very quickly, he got to know the equipment, and soon began to experiment with creating his own sounds.With a lot of patience and hard work, he created his first tracks initially very dark techno, but progressively more melancholic and electro-wave. Productive producer could be his nickname, considering his best tracks are often created in one night, and sometimes in just a few hours.
In 2000, he created the music for Alexis Taillant' s movie : "Hommes de sang" ("Blood men").
Working with Calme Records to produce his first vinyls, he then signed up with UCMG (Sodium, Ctrl : C).In july 2001 he played live for the first time. Since then, a special relationship has built up between Drake and his public, fuelled by performances in some of Paris' s best clubs, including The Rex and the Batofar, in 2002/2003.
Discography :
2001
V-Rescue EP - Drake dehlen - Calme records n°4
La fin du silence EP - Electric rescue & Drake dehlen - Calme records n°5
2002
Ghost in hell EP - Drake dehlen - Sodium n°4
Gattaca EP - Drake dehlen - Ctrl : C n°2
2003
The ride EP - Drake dehlen - Calme records n°7
2004
Stagger EP - Drake dehlen - Umf records n°22
2006
Mona EP - Drake dehlen - Calme records n°15
2009
Practice - Twinn & Drake dehlen - Anatomy records (october)
Electric strings - badger - Drake dehlen rmx - mp digital records 089 (january)
Main gigs :
2001/2009 El.UE (Paris), Automatik (Rex Club/Paris), Play (Paris), Périfsummer Festival (Batofar/Paris), D-side of the moon (Rex Club/Paris),Fat kat (Bordeaux),Wave (Bordeaux), Radio Triangle FM (Paris),Les nuits sonores (Lyon), Techno parade (Paris), Trabendo (Paris), La scene Bastille, Radio IBE (Paris), Glaz'Art (Paris); Opa (Paris), Fete de la musique (Versailles), Radio LFO (paris), radio sensations (paris), yono bar (paris)…
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Nouvel Album: SKAFROBALKANIK JAZZ PROJECT Printemps 2010 Cocktail cuivré aux saveurs "SKAFROBALKANIK", à l image d une rencontre improbable entre les SKATALITES et EMIR KUSTURICA dans un bar a chicha d ISTANBUL avec FELA en fond sonore. A deguster sans moderation dès le Printemps 2010 En attendant ptite mise en bouche avec un medley de ce nouvel album sur: www.myspace.com/gagadilo contact tour:06 74 63 27 83 gagadilo@yahoo.fr A tout Bientot...
Nouvel Album: SKAFROBALKANIK JAZZ PROJECT Printemps 2010 Cocktail cuivré aux saveurs "SKAFROBALKANIK", à l image d une rencontre improbable entre les SKATALITES et EMIR KUSTURICA dans un bar a chicha d ISTANBUL avec FELA en fond sonore. A deguster sans moderation dès le Printemps 2010 En attendant ptite mise en bouche avec un medley de ce nouvel album sur: www.myspace.com/gagadilo contact tour:06 74 63 27 83 gagadilo@yahoo.fr A tout Bientot...
PLASTER proudly presents: PLR005 Now it's OK! Vol.1 (Album)
Tracks : 01. Kuba Sojka - In the Jazz Club (Original Mix) 02. Look Brown - I want more (Original Mix) 03. Santiago Santamaria - In a deep state (Original Mix) 04. The Messenger - Scarlet Dreams (Original Mix) 05. Soul T - Work all day (Original Mix) 06. Ksky - Black Sun (Original Mix) 07. Phill Dirty - Cure for love (Original Mix) 08. NIPP - With You (Original Mix) 09. Olegario - On waves of intergalactic space (Original Mix) 10. Viniroom - Tokyo Soundz (Original Mix) 11. Kellyyss - Red Sunset (Original Mix) 12. Just Voya - Far Away (Original Mix) 13. Lomatic - I want to believe (Original Mix) 14. Shekimon - Float Like a Butterfly (Original Mix) 15. AudioPlast & Sq.lab - Cloud Strife (Original Mix) 16. Phill Dirty & Just Voya - Global warming (Original Mix) 17. Tole Manu feat Sanya Budna - Love Me Or Leave Me (Dirty Cover Mix)
Catalogue Number : PLR005 Label : Plaster Genre : Deep/Tech/Progressive House Release date : 07.12.2009
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