Fred Nasen

Born in Kortrijk , class of '75 , now living & working in the Ghent area , Fred started his dj. career in the early 90's with residencies at the (in)famous 'At The Villa' parties , Balmoral after club (Ghent) and the H20 club. Playing clubby house, he immediatedly became a well in demand dj. Later he secured himself a job at the News record- and distribution company, where he's working now as a label / import manager. From clubby house he soon evolved to an explicit tech-house style inspired by the London scene with The End from Mr. C at the forefront. After releasing his own productions (together with studio partner Dimitri De Wever (Swirl People)) on the 'Local' imprint , Fred started up his own label 'Visitor' around 1999 ,on which the first release was his 'Sunday visitor ep' which lays between funky techno the real chicago house , his second release with remixes by nathan coles was featured in Carl Cox top 10 chart in Muzik magazine. After that he signed releases by Gideon Jackson, Big Hair, Eddie Richards, Colin Dale ,Grant Dell , Dj Ali, Asad Rizvi , Tom Gillieron , Ravi Mcarthur and his own productions! In 2007 he started up a new label called 'Dogtown' to give the freshest talents of today a new platform ! With first signings on the label from Pelle Buys ( Einmusik / De) & Guy J ( Turbo , Renaissance) the future is looking good ! He played already at clubs abroad like Pacha ( Buenos Aires , Argentina) ,WMC 2004 ( Miami) , Seven Eleven (Atlanta , Usa) The End (London), Surreal party (Brighton), Folie's Pigalle, Le Wagg Scream parties ( Paris), Malta, La Salla del Cell (Barcelona), Impulz & Pinkpop (Holland), De Rechter Off Corso (Rotterdam), Nord Digital (Lille), Otv club (Zagreb/Croatia) , Macedonia , Sarajevo (Bosnia) ,... In Belgium he played on the big festivals like Pukkelpop (2002) with Xpress 2 , Seb Fontaine & Mr C , I love Techno (2004) , House Torhout, Dour Festival (2x) , Axion Beach Rock (3x), 10 Days of Techno (1999 & 2007) , Bobby's Mission, Axion Tek Night @ Ancienne Belgique & clubs like Food club , Fuse , Culture Club , La Rocca, Cafe d'Anvers, ... Fred was also resident at the monthly Studiotek parties together with Dave Mothersole where they had guests like Mark Farrina, Richard Grey, Gideon Darren Roach. Played for 5 years & more at the famous kozzmozz parties in Ghent & now resident at Muzzik ( the house division of Kozzmozz) . His favourite producers / dj's are Ewan Pearson , Justus Kohncke , John Digweed , Michael Mayer , Terry Francis , D'julz , Bushwacka, Guy Gerber & more