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DJ ESTEPHE aka ROLLERBOOGIEMAN

HOUSE MUSIC IS LIFE MUSIC

About Me


Born in the south-east of france in 1975, Stephane start to watch the french music show TOP 50 on TV very early in the 80s, During the holidays, he s going to his mum s house, not really far from him, and discover with her songs from Marvin Gaye, Prince, Miles Davis, but also Peter Gabriel, Michel Petrucciani who was coming monthly in her jazz club in Hyeres-F- around 10 years before. . A few years later, he has the chance to receive for his birthday a pair of turntables with a little mixer.. Dj ESTEPHE bought his first house record in 1989, it was Lil Louis and his famous french kiss, then he start to buy some records regularly in hip-hop, acid-jazz, acid-house, house...He s invited to play in clubs and parties for the fisrt time in 1991, the hobbie became a real job when he decided to join friends on the beauty island IBIZA 4 years later. Quickly, he make some importants contacts with parties promoters and owners of etablishment like CAFE DEL MAR, AMNEZIA, KILOMETRO 5 and plays in many public and private places. Back to the south of france in 1997, he met Olivier/dj Mandarin and decided to make undergrounds parties in the club where Mandarin was resident, they did it one year, and a day of august, a day that they always remember, they decided to move. Where? Spain or Switzerland? Direction on motorway : Barcelona or Geneva? Sun or snow? Sea or lake? Finally they chose the best town they never lived... Welcome in Geneva sayed the mom of Dj ESTEPHE... During 6 years they fought together to make a place for theirs Underground House Music in Geneva. they were knowed as "Plage 83" the french dj duo from the south. they were distelled music in a lot of bars, clubs, parties, hotels all over Switerzerland (Zurich, Berne, Lausanne, Lugano...). Together, they also played in Paris for Bigwave Records (our friends of the electro-acoustic band "Harry Morse Project") and in Czech Republic for "White and Round" collective. Somewhere around the start of the new century, a little team of 2 persons proposed to ESTEPHE to re-open a famous underground music club in the heart of geneva, afront of the lake. He accept, and had a short but very nice artistic experience. During 2 or 3 years he promote many quality house music events and invited artists like, GENE FARRIS, DJUL-Z, SONIC, PACO, FREDDY TURNER, PAUL TAYLOR, etc... 2 years after, unfortunately, the LIQUID CLUB closed his doors, for politics reasons....
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Member Since: 12/12/2006
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Influences:

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Miles Davis, Ronny Jordan, Marcus Miller, Gil Scott Heron, Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, Bill Withers, Stevie Wonder, Mongo Santamaria, Quincy Jones, Roy Ayers, Stan Getz, Caetano Veloso, Joao Gilberto, Serge Gainsbourg, Leo Ferre, Jacques Brel, Fela Kuti, Brothers Johnson, Michael Jackson, Amhad Jamal, Bugge Wesseltoft, Nuspirit Helsinki, Freeform Five, Martinez, Patrick Turner, The Inland Knights, Jori Hulkonen, MAW, Gregory, Julien Jabre, Dennis Ferrer, Osunlade, Kemit Source, Roland Brival, Manu Dibango, Cerrone, Giorgio Moroder, Rita Mitsouko, Dimitri from Paris, Joe Mancuso, Larry Levan, François Kevorkian, LHK, Alex Moran, Jay Tripwire, 2 Short, 2 Live Crew, Lifers Group, GangStarr, Wutang Clan, Eric.B &; Rakim, IAM, Amp Filder, Terry Callier, Cunnie Williams, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Raphael Saadiq, Georges Levin, Barrio Jazz Gang, Senor Coconut, Teofilo Chantre, Cesaria Evora, Ennio Morricone, Lucio Dalla, Richard Cocciante, Brand new heavies, Incognito, Ufo, Jamiroquai, Jestofunk, Ray Charles, Louis Amstrong, Billie Paul, James Brown, Prince, Peter Gabriel, Alphaville, Thelonious Monk, Roy Hardgrove, Freebase Corporation, Krush, Cam, Dubtribe sound system, Gene Farris, Missive crew, Antonios Carlos Jobim, Pele, Paris Combo, Groove Collective, Chick Corea, Michel Petrucciani, Stephane Belmondo, Lisa Stanfield, Easy Mo Bee, Grover Washington, Pat Metheny, Bernard Lavilliers, Sapho, Charlelie Couture, Boris Vian, Guy Marchand, Astor Piazzola GROOVY MUSIC IS THE ENGINE


Sounds Like:

.. .. ..Mark Farina, Julius Papp, Paul Johnson, Derrick Carter, Onionz, Joeski, Inland Knights, Majik Johnson, Halo Varga, Cuban Pete, Oreja, Chris Simmonds, Nigel Hayes, Soo Pakah Puh, Reunion, Sonar Kollectiv, Jazzanova, Dubtribe Sound system
Record Label: Bigwave
Type of Label: Indie