Interview + Download:  http://truantsblog.com/2017/truancy-volume-178-francois-x/

Soundcloud: @francoisx

For our 178th Truancy Volume we welcome François X, a producer and DJ from Paris who's strongly helped define the French capital's techno scene in the last eight years, bringing in some of the scene's most talented producers to the city for the first time via his Dement3d parties (which he runs with HBT). Having formed a long lasting friendship with another local hero, Cyril (DJ Deep) through coincidental meet ups at one of the cities flagship record stores, DJ Deep saw the potential talent in François' music and motivated him into finishing some tracks for his own label Deeply Rooted. This motivation materialised  in 2009 through the formation of François' debut EP Future Roots Vol 3. Since then he's continued releasing records mainly via Deeply Rooted and his own Dement3d label offshoot, whilst also being tapped by Marcell Dettman in contributing to his MRD label. We caught up with François to discuss his early West/East coast hip-hop years, early Paris parties, David Guetta and the news of his forthcoming debut album. He's also supplied us a with an hour of tripped out techy beats for our 178th Truancy Volume featuring music from Yotam Avni, Syncom Data and more.

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Truancy Volume 178: François X

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