Francisco Javier Rubio (Fran Von Vie) 1987, Menorca. At the age of 12 with a 486 PC he began his first compositions, at 14 he got a set of Technics and with a record of “The Supremes” this young Menorcan started making his first skratchs. His interest in music production pushed him to develop dense rhythms of Hip-Hop, and some years later he composed different beats for Rap artists like “X-Man” from the Canaries, “The Rooster” from Alicante, “Soxiedad alcoholic” from Tijuana (Mexico), among others, also responsible for the formation of the collective group Islataka “LTK” which he accompanied throughout the island and also mixed with them. At 17 he moved to Barcelona and started playing by himself, being a resident dj in the Teteria “Baraka” he played at the legendary room “Apollo” and helped in editing process of the “ElectronicArtFestival” DVD. Gradually he became involved and immersed in more elegant, strong and characteristic sounds of the heavenly dub and progressive rhythms, leaving to a s second level the hip-hop beats to give himself completely to electronic music. From the “Tango”, “The Board”, “Son Tretze” in Menorca, to the Bulldog Cafe in Cancun, to Playa del Carmen, Puerto Morelos in Mexico, Amsterdam and Haarlem in Holland, to Liverpool and Leeds in UK, are some of the cities that have tasted the passion and commitment of this Menorcan for the Electronic Style.
Fran Von Vie appears on: RTSW19
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