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Mourad started his Djing carreer in the mid eighties playing everything from rare groove,
soul , hip-hop and reggae to electro funk.By the end of the eighties and
the beginning of the nineties Mourad came in contact by pure coincidence
with early CYBOTRON( Juan Atkins&Rick Davis) work. From that day
everything changed in his musical life.Electronic music made its way
into his life and decided to never leave .
In 1990 Mourad moved to Köln where a young scene made of young talented
musicicans started to shake the grounds of an electronic music scene
looking for innovation and recognition. By 1991 He moved all the way to
Sweden, where he soon started toBroadcast a radio show called DANCE
FLOOR CONNECTION STUDIO on Markfm, a small local radio station in his
area.It didn´t take long till he got the chance in 1992 to start
broadcasting one of the earliest radio shows dedicated to electronic
music in Scandinavia. The station was CITYFM, in Borås and the show was
THE STRANGE WORLD OF 12 INCHES.
As the strange world of 12 inches was(and still is) dedicated to the
sound of house and detroit techno, Mourad started to produce and present
another show dedicated to hardcore breakbeat and the harder end of
techno called CITY FM GOES HARDCORE.
Despite a very busy schedule, playing in small underground parties both
in Sweden and Germany ,He kept a high musical standard in his shows
that went to introduce many people to this controversial music we call
house and techno.
Slowly the recognition of his talent started to make its way to him and
gigs at bigger swedish events started to come. Gigs at the legendary Q
CLUB in Gothenburg and at other raves established his reputation once
and for all.To top it all he got invited to play alongside Alexi Delano
and Dimitri from Amsterdam at the DEEP party, which was at the time the
biggest house event in scandinavia.
In the
mid-nineties he met Christain”Calico” Lappaleinen and from this
friendship was born the CHRISMOUR PROJECT. A musical project that saw
the light of day in 1995 and gave the “summer night in Tunisia ep”
(g-force 003) and an appearence of both of them( mourad as a dj and
christian as a live act) at the Hulsfred Festival. They shared the stage
with luminaries such as LARRY HEARD, CARI LEKEBUSCH &BANDULU.
His International djing carreer took him all over Europe and all the way
to the far East where he shared bill with the biggest names in the scene
and which also gave him the oportunity to rub shoulders with his heroes(
Derrick May, Juan Atkins, Armando Gallup,Farley Jack Master Funk, Dj
Pierre, Darren Price and Subject 13 to name a few)
With the birth of His First son in 1998 Mourad slowed down on his local
appearences.
But kept the same busy schedule for his international gigs, Which led
him to find a home for The strange world of 12 inches on the Geneva
based MFM station.This marriage in heaven entered its fourth consecutive
year. Not satisfied with his achievement ,he went on to secure another
broadcasting deal with Selekta.com and which opened the doors to let his
music reach the North American audience. In 2002 he got offered the
opportunity to broadcast the show on INTERFACE PIRATE RADIO in the UK.
As a producer
Mourad is involved in many musical projects but being part of the WRONG
STEPS REC family stays as a top priority.
As a dj Mourad is known for his ground breaking attitude and most of all
for his knowledge of dancefloors dynamics. His sets are described by
his peers as a mix of deep house and detroit techno soul. He is also
known for his versatility in switching styles and incorporating
different musical genres in the same set. For him the most important
thing is to be predictably unpredictable and serve both the feet and
souls of the dancefloor squatters.
Played with :
Larry Heard –trackmode rec
Derrick May-transmat rec
Juan Atkins- metroplex rec
Armando Gallup-radikal fear rec
Ivan Smaghe –black strobe
Olivier le Castor-euterpe rec
Dj Pierre (Chicago)-strictly rhythm
Dego ( 4 hero)-talkin loud rec
Subject 13- vinyl solution
Darren Price-mute rec
Sir George-chez rec
Alexi Delano-wave rec
Cari Lekebusch-hybrid rec
Dimitri from Amsterdam-
Håkan Lidbo-container rec
Phil K-junior boy´s own rec
Farley Jack Master Funk- trax rec
Llorca-f.com
Elegia- f com
Juri Hulkonnen-f.com
Laurent Garnier-f.com
Ronny Jordan (scandinavian tour dj for the antidote tour) island rec
Space djs-infonet
Alex Reece- blunted vinyl
Rockers HI-FI-different drummer
Tricky-island rec
Suburban Knight ( James Pennington)-underground resistance
Damon Wilde-sinewave rec
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