The specificity and at the same time the diversity of the label is mainly due to the personality of its label manager.
Before becoming a manager, Mickaël aka Dj Faster Jay his a creative artist.
At the beginning of the 80's he started djing and collecting everything related to black music ( jazz, soul, funk, gospel, latin, hip hop…).He won the French Championship of hip hop DJs three times and has been world vice-champion with the famous DJ Crazy B (Birdy Nam Nam) two times.
It was such a passion that in 1985 he opened one of the first dedicated to vinyl shop “sound of music”, wich was a reference at its time.
He has now a massive collection of vinyl full of treasures ( from Herbie Hancock, Magnum, Nathan Davis, Daniel Janin, Minnie Riperton or famous labels like Riverside, Soul, Atlantic, Black jazz etc…)
As a DJ (Faster Jay) and a compositor, he joins hip hop bands like New Generation MC's (compilation "rapattitude" in 1989) and Alliance Ethnik, with which he will know a huge success.
Signed in 1990 by Virgin Alliance Ethnik ‘s albums went from gold to platine and won the French music award for the best group of the year 1995. It will be for Mike the opportunity to work with the famous sound engineer Bob Powers and some famous other artists like Vinia Mojica, Common Sense, Rahzel from The Roots, Biz Markie, De La Soul or Youssou'n Dour.
In 1996 he created the music label KIF Records.
Strengthened by his experience he signed some astonishing artist coming from different music families.
Quickly the success arrived. Famous artist like Tankilou, Pepe Bradock, Svinkels, Scénario Rock, Crazy B, Guts le Bienheureux, Dj Pone, Birdy Nam Nam, Jazz Liberatorz, Big Red, Drum Brothers, Modonut "Mister Modo & Ugly mac beer", Trouble Men, Melomaniac, Dj Fudge, Dj Netik, Buzzburglarz have trust in the label's manager talent. They even ask him some remix or collaboration. This gives to the label its credit all around the world.
Artists of the label are now present on different mixed album all over the world.
Many new artists have now joined the label to develop their artistic project with Mike's support.
Despite of all his work, Mike is still finding time to compose and produce tracks for many artists like China, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Big Red, Youssou n’ Dour, Raggasonic, Jololi, De la soul, Common, Biz Markie etc…
Aside running his label for 13 years, he's preparing his own album,
which is multi-influenced...
NEW BEAT TORRENT CD MIX AVAILABLE NOW!!!
NEW BEAT TORRENT 12inch AVAILABLE!!!
NEW DRUM BROTHERS 12inch AVAILABLE SOON ON KIF!!!
1st DRUM BROTHERS 12inch (OUT OF STOCK)!!!
CHECK THE DRUM BROTHERS VIDEO NOW !!!
BIRDY NAM NAM First Album reedition AVAILABLE NOW ON KIF!!!
HF EN CONCERTS EXCEPTIONNELS A NE SURTOUT PAS MANQUER:
* le vendredi 27 novembre à La Scène Bastille 2 bis Rue des Taillandiers Paris, 12e M° Ledru Rollin/ Bastille horaire : à partir de 19h30 tarif : 12 euros
* le vendredi 4 décembre au Gibus 18 Rue du Faubourg du Temple Paris, 11e M° République horaire : 20h 30 tarif : 15 euros (sur place) - 10 euros (préventes)
Hey! Makac's new release or 6 freaky spells of Dark Jazz'n'Groove freely inspired from Russ Meyer, Lalo Schiffrin, Charles Manson, Alice in Wonderland or the Twilight Zone… You can download that strange fruit through the link below…
Some house, a bit of soul, a touch of funk and a load of jazz (influence at least). Blend that lot together and the result is something a little bit different, laid back and refreshing. Every other Wednesday afternoon (14:00-16:00 gmt) on SS Radio Deep and Soulful.
le 29 Novembre + SHANE COUGH OUVERTURE DES PORTES 18H30
NOUVEL ALBUM :
"DERRIÈRE L'OEIL" Disponible depuis le 25 SEPTEMBRE 09 mekkis - foutadawa Disponible en VPC / Plateformes numériques habituelles CD1D www.cd1d.com/derriere-loeil-p-17052.html
Jeudi 12 novembre prochain, Soulville m’invite dans le cadre de ces soirées « Ma’People ». Cela sera l’occasion pour moi de vous rencontrer (ou de vous revoir) et de vous présenter ma structure ainsi que les artistes dont je m’occupe, Guiguipop, HF et Shäy Mané, qui seront en concert/ showcase exceptionnel pour l’occasion !
Je vous attends donc ce jeudi 12 novembre à partir de 19h !
Soirée Ma’people – Veev Com ENTREE LIBRE Le Dowtown Café 46 Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud Paris, 11e, Métro Parmentier
19h – 21h : rencontre avec Veev autour d’un verre offert par la maison 21h – 23h : showcase exceptionnel des artistes Veev Com - Guiguipop : www.myspace.com/guiguipop (hip-hop) - HF : www.myspace.com/hfequal (soul-funk) - Shäy Mané : www.myspace.com/shaymane2 (soul-folk & broken beat) 23h – 02h : DJ Soulville
Hello Retrouvez moi ce week end à Paris pour 2 dates : Vendredi 13 Novembre 21:00-02:00 Le Barillion 3, rue Volaire 11e - M: L9 rue des boulets +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Vendredi 14 Novembre 'OR'L BIRTHDAY PARTY' O'KUBI 21:00-02h00 219, rue St Maur 10e - M: goncourt
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Vendredi 14 Novembre 'OR'L BIRTHDAY PARTY' O'KUBI 21:00-02h00 219, rue St Maur 10e - M: goncourt 
