- Fred Everything
Infobox musical artist
Name = Fred Everything
Img_capt = Fred Everything DJing at a nightclub inSanta Ana Heights, California
Background = non_performing_personnel
Birth_name = Frédéric Blais
Alias = The Afro Love Project Frederico Todos
Born =
Died =
Origin =Quebec ,Canada
Genre = House;Deep house
Occupation =DJ ,music producer ,composer ,remix er
Years_active = 1993 - present
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Associated_acts =Luc Et Fred
URL = http://www.fredeverything.com/Fred Everything (born Frédéric Blais in
Hull, Quebec ) is aFrench-Canadian electronic music ian andDJ , best known for his work in thedeep house music genre. [ cite journal|title=Montreal DJ specialises in "deep house"|journal=San Jose Mercury News|date=2002-01-25|first=Mosi|last=Reeves|coauthors=|volume=|issue=|pages=p30|id= |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=SJ&s_site=mercurynews&p_multi=SJ&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0F149F0AE45311F8&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM ]Early life
Blais was brought up in
Quebec City , where he gained an interest in synthesis and editing techniques from a young age. He later went on to perform in several live bands and compose music for theatre. His interest in dance music began with theacid house movement, particularly UK labelWarp Records ' releases. [http://www.thedjlist.com/djs/FRED_EVERYTHING/ Fred Everything - The Dj List ] ]Career
Fred Everything's career as a DJ began in 1993, when he opened for Sasha at the "Metropolis" club night in
Montreal . After building up a reputation in the US and Canada, he moved to Montreal in 1996,.] where he released many records under various record labels, including , with whom he went on to release a total of 20 records, [ [http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fred+Everything Fred Everything ] ] including his widely successful album "Under the Sun" in 2000. cite journal|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|journal=Muze UK|date=2007-02-01|first=|last=|coauthors=|volume=|issue=|pages=|id= |url=http://www.mywire.com/pubs/Muze/2006/11/01/637372?extID=10051|format=|accessdate=2007-08-02]Fred Everything became popular in Europe in 1997 when he performed at a festival in
Glasgow , Scotland..] Two years later, he moved toLondon for three months to do an extended European tour whilst also doing production work with numerous other Deep House artists, includingAtJazz ,Nigel Hayes andBougie Soliterre ..]Towards the end of the 90s, a remix of
Derrick Carter 's "Life Is Like A Circle", as well as the release of "Under the Sun" gave Fred Everything more popularity as aremix er. He went on to remix a large number of tracks, the most well known of these being his remix ofBran Van 3000 andRoy Davis Jnr. 's track "Watch Them Come"..] This led to a compilation of his remixes, "From The Deep- a collection of remixes 1998-2001", being released byBombay Records in 2002. As well as his production work, he had begun writing articles on house music for the San Francisco-based music journalXLR8R . He also won two awards at theMimi gala that year, which voted him "best DJ in Montreal" and "best electronic artist"..]References
External links
* [http://www.fredeverything.com/ Official website]
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