It’s 2015 and Franklin Rodriques comes forward with a unique vibe and sound: House with roots!

Franklin Rodriques, born on March 13 – 1980, is a creative and musical protegy that originated in Cape Verde, has become an entrepreneurial creative artist.

Sold-out party’s like Clubterrasol, Elegance and Oops proves that Franklin Rodriques knows how to party and gives the scene an experience like never heard before. Not only knowing how to spin a turntable, Franklin also produced bootlegs such as Born Again and Diva (by Byonce), which has been downloaded many times from all over the world.

With a fruitfull collaboration with DJ Rishi Bass, also know with summerhit of 2010 ‘Te Te Te’, Franklin Rodriques continued his career with a solo trip inspired by his African Roots. Combining known music vibes like zouk, latin, kuduro, house and tribal in his own musicsound called House with Roots (HR).

May 2011, named for his solo ‘African Force’, Franklin Rodriques presents a upcoming debut album

recognizable for its uplifting flow and vocals by Melissa Fortes: ‘African Force’. Not just his loyal fans from Angola, Portugal, Cape Verde and the Netherlands whom appreciate his new vibe, but it strikes in like a bomb with the general public. Within two weeks Franklin’s Solo

Debute ‘African Force’ got up to the number 2 in the Top-100 Dance Charts and even got the number-1 spot in the Netherlands FunX Summer Dance Charts. Throwing Sean Paul with ‘Got to Love You’ and Rihanna with ‘Man Down’ of it’s thrown, Franklin Rodriques put the tone and it’s expectations to an upper level with his album African Force.

Establishing his’ name as a D.J. as well as an Producer, Franklin Rodriques opened the world’s eyes and continues to surprises. Merged vibes, the not obvious vibes, and interesting collaborations with the established artists from Africa like Sarah Tavares, Melissa Fortes, William, Lily Spencer, Gringo, Spencer, Smsbietz, Ra-zoon  and many more Franklin Rodriques takes you back to the African Roots!

Bookings:
info@topbillin.nl

Management:
Jerry@rebelyard.com

From early breakout hit "Phat Dope Shit" in 2002 to "Heavy Heart", a new collaboration with Skrillex and Fireboy DML, Dice has always been in the headlines. After his debut album "7 Dunham Place" on his own now long-running and well-regarded Desolat in 2008, came the major label follow-up "Underground Sound Suicide" on Ultra Music with guests like Giggs, Just Blaze, and Neneh Cherry, then the agenda-setting and club-focussed house and techno showcase that was "Love Letters" in 2018. 

Add in tens of EPs on Ovum, Minus, Cocoon, to name a few, and his remixes from everyone from Kevin Saunderson to Moby, Black Coffee to Disclosure, Warren G to Basement Jaxx, Loco Dice has always been at the beating heart of the electronic scene. 

His DJ sets, too, always brim with personality, whether in a small underground basement or on an iconic main stage at some of the world's top festivals like EDC Ultra, Tomorrowland and Coachella to name a few, playing to thousands. He has had era-defining residencies at iconic Ibiza super clubs like Circoloco at DC-10 and on the Amnesia Terrace as well at Space Miami. 

His lockdown move has been to unveil En Coleur, a label reserved exclusively for his own music produced at that time. SB Recordings followed. A new label open to all styles of dance music.

Since day one Loco Dice constantly pushes the boundaries of techno and house music production, from his appearance in 2004 PlayStation2 game "Decks & FX" to cooking up his own ideal fusions of hip hop and electronic music with his FKD side project or writing critically acclaimed runway soundtracks for Italian fashion designer Marcelo Burlon during Men’s Fashion Week in Milan for both FW20 and SS20.

Dice's distinctive fashion sense and strong visual aesthetic manifest in his collaborations with Amsterdam fashion label Daily Paper, pro sports hat purveyors New Era and in his own clothing brand Seran Bendecidos. 

All of this and his longevity prove that Loco Dice is undoubtedly an insatiable creative force most interested in the uncharted territory between genres and styles, the elements that link everything together.

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