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| spinswax |
| If I did this would you come? going to be late november |
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| AquaYak |
| no offence, but whos fred numf? |
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| spinswax |
who is Fred Numf???
“Fred Numf vs Five Point O – Someskunkfunk” will be released through “TUNE INN records” UK.
They did a great job already with singles like “Fred Numf vs Five Point O – Wireless Infuences,
Fred Numf vs Five Point O – Hong Kong Junkie and Fred Numf vs Etienne Overdijk – Love is the drug”.
The massive remix of “Red Shift” of “Love is the drug” was already included on Anthony Pappa’s album “Resolution”
The classic “Fred Numf vs Five Point O – Hong Kong Junkie” is included on albums like James Lavelle’s “Romania”
album released on “Global Underground”, and “Gatecrasher – Discothech Generation” to name a few.
Who is Fred Numf? The crazy name creates a mental image of a cartoon DJ in the Flintstones, and musically he's no stranger to Bedrock, of the Digweed variety, but that's where any similarity ends!
For the record, Fred Numf is actually quite a serious player. He's a sharp shooting deck technician from The Hague (Den Haag) school of excellence (home to such DJ illuminati as Sander Kleinenberg and DJ Remy), where he's also a fully paid up member of the Dutch progressive fraternity. By night he's famed for firing off rhythmic, deep house beats with point blank accuracy in the mix, and by day he's rolling out the heavy artillery for a succession of hard hitting tracks and remixes.
While honing his DJ skills in the Dutch capital, Fred, real name Van Eck, furthered his passion for house music. Graduating to record company A&R and label management for Journey Records, SIM Records, PRO Records and PROgressive Records, Fred found an ideal platform to work with mentors Chris Fortier and Neil Kolo (Fade), Anthony Pappa and Barry GIlbey, Steve Porter, John Johnson and Hardy Heller from Germany. Later, in '97, Fred broke free from the daily grind to form production outfit NuMF, licensing one track, "Feint", to Polygram in the Netherlands, Germany and Japan, before joining forces with producer/engineer Etienne Overdijk, and relocating to Maastricht.
Also palyed Fred on festivals like "Impulz outdoor", "4 Elements", "Extrema outdoor", Dance Valley" and "Fast Forward parade" to name a few.
Since then they've created a plethora of productions, including aliases Fred Numf vs. Five Point O ("Wireless Influences" & "Hong Kong Junkie"), Fred Numf vs. Etienne Overdijk ("Love Is The Drug" & "Waste Land") and Fred Numf vs. Alvin Dorsey feat. Jennifer K. ("Deeper Thoughts"). Fred and his sonic sidekick have now teamed up to launch their underground house label Perpetual Tunes, home to the recently issued Mike Haritzka's "Reach Out To Me", Sonic Tribe's (aka John Johnson & Steve Baltes) "Synchronized" and the classic tribal track "Tribal Quest" by Perpetual Two. Another ongoing concern is the boys remix remit. They've recently reworked Way Out West's "Mind circus" and DJ Tiësto’s "Lethal Industry'".
After pioneering proto-prog sounds in the early nineties, Fred progressed from playing small local parties to taking up residence in a club in Delft. He then lit up the airwaves of a few local radio stations and landed more gigs, including Escape, Melkweg, Cubic (Kremlin) and Mazzo in Amsterdam, Het Paard in The Hague and Night Live in Maastricht, and before long, Fred was invited to showcase his tough techy tuneage internationally in Denmark, USA, Hong Kong, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Brazil, Sweden, Croatia, Germany, Taiwan, Israel, Indonesia, Greece and, more recently, the UK.
The label has released Fred's mix album serie, "Universal Language", part one of the serie is an impressive, book-bound double cd package. Kicking off with Peace Division's "Feel My Drums", the album offers a percussion-fuelled journey that finds time and space mid-flight to chill your head, as well as make you shake. Cd2 raises the temperature even higher - the club-focused soundtrack begins with Bedrock and ends with label mate DJ Tiesto's trance anthem "Flight 643". A number of notable tracks and remixes also put in appearances, including Max Graham, Starecase, Chab, Roland Klinkenberg, Brothers In Rhythm, Mara and Lucien Foort. Part two of "Universal Language" is released in the end of September 2002 and kickes of with a track Fred Numf will release on "Perpetual Tunes" late 2003 "Mike Hiratzka – Reach Out to me". Fred will remix the track with his partner Etienne ta make a nice package. Also feat. On that CD names like: Quivver, Evolution, Pappa and Gilbey and Blackwatch to name a few. Check out Fred’s site voor more details: www.frednumf.com
As a DJ, Fred "plays futuristic funky music; progressive and tribally yet essentially housey, although there's a definite retro element creeping in, with electro funk/pop sounds in the style of the Human League". As a producer, Fred really rates Anthony Pappa,Barry & Sara Gilbey (Mara), James Holden, Brancaccio and Aisher, Way Out West and Timo Maas.
They say you've got to look to the past to find the future, and Fred is already redefining those boundaries as well as pushing envelopes in search of new sounds; if further proof were needed check out his "Love Is The Drug" single, a full-throttle synthesized narcotic experience, chock to the brim with growling keyboards and a seriously twisted bouncing breakdown. This is followed by Fred's official new solo single, also called "Universal Language", featuring the dulcet tones of Jokate Benson, who appeared on the Starecase track "Faith". Recently Fred did his first signing with Deep Dish’s Yooshi label (USA) and to ID & T Music (The Netherlands).
Fred Numf - The name may sound off the wall but the music's definitely on the floor. (James Horrocks)
Note: Fred seems to be a serious player when it comes to "opening clubs". He recently opened 2 clubs, one in the Netherlands in the Hague, which is called "ASTA". "ASTA" is well-known in The Hague, Amsterdam, Rotterdam and also in other cities in the Netherlands. The club has various rooms with different styles of quality music, great sound system and lights including a powerful laser… More than 2200 people were lucky that night and danced till 5.30 AM.. About 750 waited to get in..but unfortunately the place was packed till the end, next time better! Fred played 2 sets before and after Seb Fontaine. The evening was a big success!
Next opening was in Jakarta (Indonesia), the club is called "The Gate". Amazing place, the whole club is build in "Gothic" style. Really something special. The place was packed hours before Fred started. He started at midnight and played till 7 AM. Fred played and interesting set between house, solid pumping progressive house and tracks with buzzing techno overtones that were ultimately super crowd pleasers. The people where enthusiastic and it turned out to a wicked and intimate night.
It seems that we can see Mr. Numf more often is Asia. He will play in Taiwan, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore in the next months. Hong Kong is also on the list but Fred prefer to wait till it’s 100% SARS free. |
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| DJ 24_7 |
I would definitely come to see him. Personally, I think he is a bit of a lesser known name, but his music is quality. My friend showed me her video of him playing at Dance Valley 2 years ago, and we was absolutely rockin it.
He had a track on a Godskitchen compliation that I couldn't get enough of......in fact, it was most probably Universal Language :) |
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