Lucien Foort has developed into a well
respected dj and producer with a popular progressive &
tech house sound that fits well with the likes of Danny Howells,
Dave Angel and Dave Clarke.
Lucien is currently working on new productions for his own
labels MULTITRACKS and MELPAR which will be released in association
with BlackHole Recordings. His new Funk Function track "Old Skool
House Music" was released in autumn 2003 on MULTITRACKS.
This time however, Lucien decided to, not only release his
own productions but use the enormous amount of material he
is sent each week to enrich the output of his labels through
signing tracks and artists. The first track signed; Briggs&Lievense
- Breakdown, will be released late 2003 on MULTITRACKS.
2003 kicked off with a worldwide tour to promote Lucien's
new mixcd "SLICE!01" which was released through
BlackHole Recordings. After covering Europe, the tour took
him to the USA, Australia, Asia and South America. Lucien
has also taken his 'SLICE'brand onto the airwaves and now
has his own radioshow. "SLICE Radio" kicked off
in August and can be tuned in to on every third monday from
22.00 till 24.00 on ID&T national radio.
Looking back into the history books, Lucien Foort certainly
enjoyed a well-educated musical background. His parents insisted
that Lucien attend music school at the early age of 9, where
he went on to achieve A.M.V. music training. He spent 8 years
at music school combined with 5 years saxophone and orchestra
education. All this music training certainly set him up to
be able to tackle the most complex of musical compositions
(and career -- DJ'ing in key).
Lucien began djing at the tender age of 14, at a his cousin
Stanley's house one sunday afternoon; asked if he liked it,
he loved it and progressed from there. Beat Street was the
first record Lucien ever bought and he was quickly on his
way to spinning some great tunes. Club Carrerra in Rotterdam
was the first club Lucien ever played at in 1994, from djing
in his hometown to a diary full of dates all around the world.
Lucien took Holland by storm when he released "QUADROPHONIA"
back in '89. This was a worldwide hit and sent Lucien around
the world promoting it to all four corners of the globe. Later
on Lucien became well known for his Dutch Liquid productions
(with Ron Matser), which were favoured by the likes of Carl
Cox, whereas his more techhouse/progressive productions were
released under the name Funk Function. The Dutch Liquid and
Funk Function productions have been widely played and repeatedly
licensed for many Global Underground mix CDs, such as Sasha,
Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, John Digweed and Seb Fontaine.
When it comes to remixes Lucien has twiddled the knobs for
labels such as BEDROCK, POSITIVA, POLYDOR UK, BMG UK, EMI,
REACT and ADDITIVE. Lucien's remixes include DIRTY VEGAS -
DAYS GO BY, APPLETON - DON'T WORRY, KOSHEEN - FACE IN A CROWD
and most recenty GOLD DIGGER'S new track TRAILOR TRASH to
be released on ADDITIVE in the autumn of 2003.
2001 -- Saw Lucien as a monthly resident for Sheffield based
superclub GATECRASHER. He was selected to play there for his
progressive/tech house sound that was a great base for other
successful dj's to take the night onto complete hedonism.
2001 also saw Lucien play the main stage at DANCEVALLEY which
is a real honour for and DJ, playing in front of 50,000 out
of the 100,000 that attended was as Lucien states "Awesome".
He was also a monthly resident for Dance Valley in IBIZA @
AMNESIA playing with the likes of Billy Nasty and Michel De
Hey.
This was also the year Lucien really developed his sound
and status in Australia. He appeared on the Slinky and Gatecrasher
festivals throughout Australia with headliners Armin van BuurenTall
Paul, De La Soul, Hybrid and Roni Size, but it was the under
dogs that the Aussies really loved and on many an internet
message board the following day was he being praised for his
style and flair. Lucien was also credited for his ability
as a DJ, when he was nominated for a Muzik Magazine award
for the "Best BBC Radio One Essential Mix" category.
Lucien mixed the Fluid Recordings compilation this year
with Evolution, released back in Jan '02 and licensed all
over the world. Very pleased to be requested by Fluid as it
has been a label that has delivered great productions that
Lucien has been able to use in many a set.
Following on from appearing at many festivals and events
in 2001, he was again selected to play at 2002's Homelands
event. He also played in the Bedrock Arena at the Gatecrasher
Summer Sound System until 6:00am when the sun was coming up.
When Lucien left to return to his car he was chased by fans
in the audience who were desperate to hear him spin again!
2002 -- Was also the perfect time for Lucien to focus on
his productions and set things in motion for future releases
on his labels. In between studio sessions and djing worldwide
he had to concentrate on developing himself in America. There
were many requests from promotors and Lucien finally succumbed
to an offer from legendary promotor Mike Bindra to play at
Vinyl in New York. Since then, Lucien repeatedly went to play
in America and has found great joy in tapping into this new
market.
