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| Carlos
Souffront is one of Detroit's finest underground talents. His taste, style
and integrity have made him one of Detroit's most sought after young DJs.
His initial impetus into the lifestyle of DJing came from Detroit's Rave
heyday, a time when warehouse were profoundly inpiring experiences with
a singular focus on the music. He shared his first residency with Clark
Warner at Zoot's Coffee and Sound. Zoot's was Detroit's first cafe for
the techno generation, a meeting place where new ideas were shared and
the further reaches of the music were explored. It is in the clutches
of this cafe that Carlos' style began to emerge, one that draws from Detroit's
Techno history but always pushes to try new things and to try new combinations,
an attitude that comes across to this day in his approach. His style was
further refined for the dance floor with his residency at Detroit's legendary
Sardine Bar, where he shared the decks with Stacey Pullen. It is from
here that Carlos began to solidify his reputation in the Detroit scene
and began frequently playing parties and clubs. During his residency at
the Labyrinth Carlos' profile began to increase and his reputation as
the DJ's DJ began. "I want to expose the funk and psychedelia of my favorite records in a new way." Carlos Souffront is a man of impeccable taste. He effortlessly puts the diverse genres and styles of electronic music together making a cohesive whole, finding the common thread between techno, house, electro and experimental music. Through his mixing technique he stives to reveal compelling relationships between records and to execute a tight blend with a sexy flow. His search to blend the perfect beat has taken him to exploring rhythm with up to 3 turntables, allowing him new ways of expressing the funk inside the music. He contextualizes each set to the specific event and audience allowing him to explore diverse stlyes within the consistency of his technique. "Souffront, its French for 'they suffer'." Today Carlos co hosts "Crush Collision" a radio show with IT's Brendan M Gillen on WCBN, just picked as one of the top 10 college radio mix shows by Rolling Stone (issue 823). He also music directs at WCBN, has been the electronic music buyer at SKR for the past four years in addition to helping out with the Star 67 project. Currently he is the Sunday night resident at iO cafe in Detroit. "No, you can't pay me in food stamps." Carlos Souffront current Classic Top 10 Baby Ford "Headphoneasy Rider" LP Black Market Mike Ink "Dadajack" EP Profan Adonis "No Way Back" Trax Basic Channel "Lyot Dub" Basic Channel Rob Hood "Minimal Nation" EP Axis Ramirez "La Musica Tremenda" DFC Fingers Inc. "Amnesia" LP Jack Trax Philus "pH" EP Sahko Monolense "Red Eye" Ifach Perbec "Until the End" Ifach |
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