Fred Everything

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Fred Everything
20:20 Vision

Fred Everything (born Frédéric Blais in

DJ, best known for his work in the deep house music genre.[1]

Early life

Blais was brought up in

Warp Records' releases.[2]

Career

In the early 90s, he started performing live in raves and clubs in Canada. He was then known as "Everything", because his live sets could range anywhere from

20:20 Vision, with whom he went on to release a total of 20 records,[5] including Under the Sun in 2000.[6]

Fred Everything became popular in Europe in 1997 when he performed at a festival in Glasgow, Scotland.[6] Two years later, he moved to London for three months to do an extended European tour whilst also doing production work with numerous other deep house artists, including AtJazz, Nigel Hayes, and Bougie Soliterre.[2]

Towards the end of the 1990s, 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 a remixer. He went on to remix a large number of tracks, the most well known of these being his remix of Bran Van 3000 and Roy Davis Jr.'s track "Watch Them Come".[6] This led to a compilation of his remixes, From The Deep- A Collection of Remixes 1998-2001, being released by Bombay Records in 2002. Everything also writes articles on house music for the San Francisco-based music journal XLR8R. He also won two awards at the Mimi Gala that year, which voted him "Best DJ in Montreal" and "Best Electronic Artist".[2]

References

  1. ^ Reeves, Mosi (2002-01-25). "Montreal DJ specialises in "deep house"". San Jose Mercury News. p. 30.
  2. ^ a b c d Fred Everything - The Dj List
  3. ^ SF Station "Fred Everything Biography", SF Station, Retrieved on 24 April 2014.
  4. ^ IMO Records. "Fred Everything Biography", IMO Records, Retrieved on 14 October 2012.
  5. ^ Fred Everything
  6. ^ a b c "Encyclopedia of Popular Music". Muze UK. 2007-02-01. Archived from the original on April 24, 2014. Retrieved 2007-08-02.