About Me
Flavor of the month since September 2005...
When : last wednesday of the month
Where : Batofar - Face au 11 quai François Mauriac - 75013 Paris
Time : 00h - 06h
Price : FREE
Residents : Otis, Anakyne, MC Méo
Guests : 2 each month
ANAKYNE
The introduction of ANAKYNE into the music started with a fierce passion for Hip-Hop to which he was devoted himself as a DJ and a Producer since 1987. The career that everyone knows to him begins however only in 1995 when a friend makes him discover the jungle music. It is the time of the JUNGLE VIBES parties initiated by OTIS in a parisian club, le GIBUS, and the beginnings of the recordshop BLACK LABEL where he meets the actors of the Parisian d'n'b scene. After a long preparation Anakyne agrees to play at one of the mythical Black Label parties on the CONCORDE-ATLANTIQUE boat, in April 98 at the sides of KENNY KEN & OTIS. This first very positive public showcase pushes him with going further. He thus created the collective NEW DEAL with KAZEY, SOPER and SEVEN.
In parallel, and in a more discrete way, Anakyne takes part in the french House scene in full rise (it is the time of French Touch) while signing in June 1998 for three single on the label KIF RECORDINGS running by FASTER JAY, of which first maxi went out in December.
1998 is the year of his launching but also that of his dedication since he played in the ZENITH of Paris at the time of the first TECHNO PARADE ( in September ) to ensure a jazzy set, then another one darker just after DOM & ROLAND , he also start to work at the Black Label Records shop as a seller (he's still working there nowdays) and replaces with the raised foot and in a memorable way the famous ANDY C at the time of one Black Label party with GQ on the mic.. Consequently he becomes resident with Otis of the Black Label parties where he plays with an impressionant list of reknowned DJs and English MCs... Kenny Ken, Dom & Roland, Jumping Frost Jack, Kemistry & Storm, Andy-C, Hype, Bryan Gee, Fierce, Randall, Bailey, Goldie, ED Rush, Optical Grooverider, Fabio, Usual Suspect, Reality, Bad Company, Adam-F, J-Majik, Loxy, Doc. Scott, Dj SS, Roni-Size, DIGITAL & Spirit, Souljah, Nicky Blackmarket, Pendulum, Nu:Tone, LTJ Bukem, Marcus Intalex, DJ Friction...GQ, Dynamite, Ryme Tyme, Justiyc, Rage, Mc Mc, and Warren G...
In June of this same year ANAKYNE and SCIENCE launch their own weekly parties called KULTUR KLUB in LA CORDONNERIE, until February 2001. It is also the time of the creation of INFILTRATION, the collective gathering ANAKYNE, DEODA (aka BASSCORE, MO, ASA 5, MAZINGER Z), SOPER, SCIENCE, DJAM, MISS FICEL and SREE. September 1999: after the Zenith, he does BERCY for the second Techno Parade where he plays with GOLDIE, RANDALL, BAILEY, MC JUSTYC and MC FATS for an historical Metalheadz Session.
The label UNDER PRESSURE RECORDS created with SOPER was born afterwards, in February 2000, whose christening is organized in LE DIVAN DU MONDE with Science, Soper, Kraken (STAKKA & SKYNET) and MC DOOBIE. The label will be the pretext for a monthly residence in O.P.A., the excellent parties Release The Pressure where guests from the U.K. (Skinny aka Nu Balances, Dj Red, Stakka & Skynet, Dj Friction, Nitrox, Simmon Bassline Smith, MC Wrec...) and French guests followed one another until November 2002.
The first Under Pressure Records release, "Justice Time remix" by KRAKEN (Stakka & Skynet) and by DIGITHUGZ (Sree & Soper) came out in May 2001, The continuation one knows it: Under Pressure is at its 9th exit and the 3 following ones are already ready and the parties are connected for Anakyne, in France and abroad, always at the sides of reknowned English activists.
January 2004, he run Under Pressure in solo and he create New Hope Recs with two releases produce by FX909 and Earsut.
September 2005, ANAKYNE is coming back after two personal dark years with a new monthly residence for the label "FLAVOR OF THE MONTH" taken place @ BATOFAR with Otis, FX909, Anakyne, Miss Drop and Digicla as Resident, every 3rd Wednesday of the month and a new weekly web radioshow every Tuesday from 21h 'til 23h on www.electrone.net. Since January 2006 the "FLAVOR OF THE MONTH" party is in partnership with HYPERDOGS RECORDINGS...the brand new Drum and Bass label running by OTIS...with Otis, Anakyne, Miss Drop & Raslion MC as resident.
OTIS
DJ OTIS STARTED HIS CAREER AS A DJ IN 1986 WHERE HE WAS RESIDENT AT CLUB CHAOS IN CAMDEN TOWN PLAYING HOUSE MUSIC , AFTER PLAYING FOR 1 YEAR AT CLUB CHAOS OTIS HAD MADE A SERIOUS REPUTATION AND HAD GOT TO PLAY ALONG SIDE MICKEY FINN ,JUMPING JACK FROST, BOOKER.T & PAUL TROUBLE ANDERSON. AFTER WARMING UP FOR CREAM OF THE CROP AT THE LEGENDARY" BABYLON" PARTIES AT HEAVEN AND " VISIONS " AT THE VENUE CLUB.THE SUMMER OF 1987 WAS OF COURSE THE SUMMER OF LOVE AND OTIS HAD BEEN DOING NON STOP PARTIES AND BASICALLY WAS PLAYING ALL OVER THE COUNTRY.
SOON OTIS HAD REALISED HE WANTED TO PLAY ABROAD SO HE DECIDED TO GO TO IBIZA FOR HIS VACATION LUCKILY HE HAD TAKEN A MIX BAG FULL OF RECORDS AS WHEN HE GOT THERE HE COULD NOT BELIEVE WHAT HE SAW A WHOLE ISLAND DEDICATED TO HOUSE MUSIC AND SERIOUSLY WANTED TO GET IN ON THE SCENE . IT DIDN'T TAKE LONG BEFORE OTIS HAD TALKED A LOCAL BAR OWNER INTO DOING AFTER PARTIES AND ENDED UP STAYING FOR 6 MONTHS PLAYING REGULARLY IN THE BARS AND AT THE NOTORIOUS IBIZAN BEACH PARTIES AT LAS SALINAS.
DURING THIS TIME HE HAD MADE QUITE A FEW EUROPEAN CONTACTS IN FRANCE ITALY GERMANY ETC... WHEN HE RETURNED TO LONDON HE HAD HEARD ABOUT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE BILL BASICALLY THE POLICE WANTED STOP PARTIES ORGANISED ILLEGALLY. WHICH SLOWED DOWN THE MOVEMENT AND SENT EVERYBODY BACK TO THE NIGHTCLUBS IT WAS THEN A FRIEND OF HIS HAD JUST STARTED TO DO PARTIES IN PARIS PROPOSED HIM TO PLAYOUT WITH( ERIC RUG,PASCAL R & DJ SONIC) THE PARTY WAS A SUCCESS AND OTIS DECIDED TO STAY AND CHECKOUT THE DJ CIRCUIT IN FRANCE PLAYING A MIXTURE OF BREAKBEAT AND HOUSE. IN 1993 HE MET DJAM & HOMEBRU THEY FORMED THE GROUP JUNGLIST POSSE WHICH LED TO OTIS CONCENTRATING ON THE MC SIDE OF THINGS THIS WAS VERY NEW TO THE FRENCH PEOPLE AND GAVE THEM THE EDGE AND HELPED THEM TO GET RECOGNISED BY THE BIG RAVE PROMOTERS THEY MANAGED TO PLAY IN SOME OF THE BIGGEST RAVE PARTIES IN FRANCE SUCH AS "APOCALYSE 1&2" AND" ODYSEA" AND WERE THE SUPPORT GROUP FOR THE PRODIGY AT ELYSSES MONMARTE AND ALSO GOT A RADIO SHOW ON THE FAMOUS FRENCH ELECTRONICA STATION FG 98.2
IN 1994 THE REX CLUB PARIS HELD THE VERY FIRST 100% JUNGLE PARTY AND A IT WAS THE LAUNCH PARTY FOR THE COMPILATION JUNGLE VIBES 1. OTIS HELPED OUT THE LABEL SELECTOR WITH THE COMPILATION AND THE PARTY AND ALSO THE MAXI 12" FOR THE COMPILATION. THE PARTY AND THE COMPILATION WERE BOTH A SUCCESS AND IN 1995 THE COMPILATION JUNGLE VIBES 2 WAS RELEASED AND WITH THE HELP OF B-LINE AN CLOSE FRIEND BROUGHT OUT THEIR FIRST TRACK CALLED"PANAME" UNDER THE NAME MCO & B-LINE ON SELECTOR RECORDS. DURING THIS TIME OTIS HAD RESDIDENCY WITH ORGANISATIONS SUCH AS BACK 2 THE JUNGLE AT THE DIVAN DU MONDE AND PERFORMANCE AT THE REX PARIS.
IN 1995 ROB HORREL & OTIS TOOK OVER THE GIBUS CLUB AND STARTED THE JUNGLE VIBES PARTIES ROB HORRELL WAS A FELLOW ORGANISER WHO HAD BEEN DOING PARTIES IN PARIS FOR THE SAME CROWD AND THEY JUST DECIDED TO JOIN FORCES THIS CLUB LASTED 3 YEARS AND WAS LISTED AS ONE OF THE BEST NIGHTS OUT IN PARIS BY L' AFFICHE & NOVA MAGAZINE AND HOSTED DJ'S SUCH AS GROOVERIDER 'ANDY.C' LTJ BUKEM, RONI SIZE , RANDALL, HYPE, GQ & FLUX .
DURING THIS TIME OTIS RELEASED THE COMPILATION JUNGLIZED ON SELECTOR RECORDS. THIS WAS MIXED AND ALSO HAD HIS PRODUCTION UNDER THE NAME DARKHEART ALONGSIDE ARTISTS SUCH AS SUBJECT 13,DJ PHANTASY& IQ COLLECTIVE.
OTIS CONTINUES PLAYING OUT IN SUCH PLACES AS RUSSIA , ITALY ,UNITED STATES & LITHUANIA WHERE HE PLAYED FOR 50,000 PEOPLE, OTIS FEATURED ON THE DJ CAM ALBUM "THE BEAT ASSASSINATED"ON THE TRACK NAMED " HARDCORE FREESTYLE" WHICH GOT A LOT OF REACTION AND WAS PLAYLISTED BY MANY TOP DJS AND LED TO OTIS BECOMING THE MC FOR THE DJ CAM SOUND SYSTEM.
AS FOR PRODUCTION THE LAST PRODUCTION TO DATE WAS UNDER PRESSURE RECORDS ..7 CARDASSION/STRASTOSPHERE BUT ALL THIS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE AS OTIS HAS JUST STARTED 2 NEW LABEL HYPERDOGS RECORDINGS WHICH WILL HOST A LOT OF NEW ARTIST FROM FRANCE AND ABROAD WHICH WILL BE 100% DNB AND THE SISTER LABEL HYPERGOODZ WHICH IS MORE HIP/TRIP HOP ,GRIME & BREAKS THE FIRST RELEASE IS THA TRICKAZ ALBUM (INOCLAST SOUND ADVENTURE) .
OTIS CAN BE SEEN AT HIS RESIDENCE AT FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH WHICH HE CO PRODUCES WITH ANAKYNE UNDERPRESSURE RECS HE ALSO PLAYS REGULARY IN MOST OF THE MAJOR TOWNS IN FRANCE LIKE THE 'FRESHLY CUT 'PARTIES IN MONTPELLIER, TEKSTEP IN EFFECT IN VANNES,EXPLICIT D N B IN LILLE, JUNGLE VIBES IN TOULOUSE AND SWITZERLAND . AND CAN BE ALSO SEEN REGULARLYAT FLAVOUR OF THE MONTH AT THE BATOFAR AND THE BLACK LABEL BOAT PARTIES ON THE CONCODE ATLANTIC PARIS WHERE 800 CLUBBERS GO CRAZY PLAYING WITH LIKES OF RANDALL, ANDY C, OPTICAL AND DOC SCOTT JMAJIK.JUMPIN JACK FROST AND GROOVERIDER.
BLACK LABEL CRU RELEASED A COMPILATION 100% DRUM N BASS NAMED HEAVYLOAD IN 2001 OTIS WAS THE RESIDENT DJ FOR THE WORLD WIDE TOUR WHICH GAVE HIM THE POSSIBILITY TO PLAY AT BAR RHUMBA MOVEMENT LONDON / GATECRASHER IN LIVERPOOL , APOLLO IN BARCELONA , THE TUNNEL CLUB NEWYORK DJOTIS IS ALSO RESIDENT DJ FOR INNOVATION WHO ALSO DO RAINDANCE ONE OF THE BIGGEST DNB RAVE ORGANISATION IN THE UK.
DJ OTIS IS NOW IN PREPARATION FOR A NEW COMPILATION FOR NOV 2006 BUT THERE WILL PROBALY BE 1 SINGLE TO HELP PROMOTE THE COMPILATION THERE WILL BE A LINEUP OF OLD SKOOL DNB MASTRERS AND THE NEWCOMERS OFCOURSE SO GET READY.
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