Biography
A native of Paris, Jef K started mixing records in 1992 after spending nine months in London. His groovy and sexy house sets made him quickly earn a reputation as one of the fastest rising DJs amongst the french house scene.
Jef has a bi-monthly Saturday residency at the legendary Rex Club since 1998 and is a resident for the Respect nights all over the world (including a residency at club Fuse in Brussels from 1999 to 2003). He was resident at Sven Vath's club Cocoon in Frankfurt in 2004 and is also one of the main residents at infamous parisian parties Open House since 2002.
He has played festivals such as Boréalis and Les Plages Sonores in Montpellier , Soma, Lunacy, Xanadu and Magic Garden in Paris. A huge traveler, bringing his skills to the top clubs in Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Tokyo, Shangai, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Buenos Aires, Mexico City, Rio De Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Cape Town, Johannesburg, Durban, Istanbul, Dubai, Bahrein, Moscow, Kiev, Llubjana, Bratislava, Sofia, Prague, Budapest, Sarajevo, Skopje, Thessaloniki, Warsaw, Krakow, Vilnius, Stockholm, Berlin, Frankfurt, Munich, Hamburg, Zurich, Lausanne, London, Nottingham, Birmingham, Ibiza, Madrid, Barcelona, La Coruna, Valencia, Bilbao, Milano, Lisbon, Porto, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Eindhoven, Antwerp, Brussels, Miami, New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Atlanta, Chicago and many other cities around the world.
In 1996, Jef worked A & R for the French label Distance . Since then, he has been responsible for six compilations on the label- five volumes of the " My House " series, and the third volume of the " French Sessions ” series. These compilations had a great response nationally and internationally, and were rated “Compilation Of The Year” by magazines such as Coda and Trax.
In 1997, Krypton/ Sony France released Jef's " Paris-Chicago Express " CD- a Cajual and Relief compilation. In the same year, he and Cyril K (E-Troneek Funk) produced a track called "First Step" which appeared on the " Aline Can Dance " compilation project released by Small/Sony.
In June 2000, " Watch Out! 2000 " was released- another mix-CD reflecting Jef's residency at the Watch Out! Party at the Rex Club. Followed in 2003 by the ‘Silver Star Hotel' compilation using only tracks from his label Silver Network. Silver Star Hotel vol.2 is to be released in April 2005.
In 1999, Jef teamed up with his brother Antoine, aka DJ Tony Silver, to launch the Silver Network and Fast Forward (FFWD) record labels. Silver Network's first release by Iz & Diz- the What We Need EP, appeared in the Hype Chart of DJ Magazine and was given four stars by MUZIK. It was later remixed by Pepe Bradock and Freaks. The first Fast Forward release by E-Troneek Funk was rated a five out of five twice in MUZIK and appeared in UPDATE reviews. Silver Network's other releases include artists Iz&Diz (USA), Kemetic Just (USA), Nightsource aka DJ Rasoul and Miguel Migs (USA), Hanna (USA), Toka Project (UK), Ciudad Feliz (Argentina), Hanna (USA), Patrik Richard (Sweden), Neon Heights (UK), Karu (USA), Spirit Catcher (B), Solid Gold Playaz (USA) and remixers Pepe Bradock (F), Charles Webster (UK), Alex Kid (F), Dixon (D), Freaks (UK), Fresh & Low (UK) to name a few. Fast Forward's releases include work by E-Troneek Funk (F) , Tim Shumaker and JT Donaldson (USA), Natural Rhythm (USA), and Swirl People (B) .
Jef started a new label with partner Holmar Filipsson, Crack & Speed . The first release were out in the spring of 2002. The c&s artists so far are : Freestyle Man feat. G. Spruce (D), Volga Select (F), Krikor (F), John Howard (USA), Scott Pace (USA), Dj Spettro (USA), Mr Negative (USA), Freaks (UK), Logic Box (F), Spencer Filipsson Experience (USA), Chris Carrier (F), Jerome Pacman (F), DJ Terry (F), Phil Weeks (F), Chloé (F) , Abe Duque (USA), Tim Paris (F) and Catwash (F).
Jef K. is currently on tour for Silver Network and C&S and rocking dancefloors around the world …
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