Fred Everything (born Frédéric Blais in

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ian and DJ, best known for his work in the

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music genre.

Early life

Blais was brought up in

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, where he gained an interest in synthesis and editing techniques from a young age. He later went on to perform in several live bands and compose music for theatre. His interest in dance music began with the

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movement, particularly UK label

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Career

In the early 90s, he started playing live in raves and clubs in Canada. He was then known as "Everything", because his live sets could range anywhere from techno to house, ambient and even drum and bass. Fred Everything's career as a DJ began in 1993, when he opened for

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at the ''Metropolis'' club night in

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. After building up a reputation in the US and Canada, he moved to Montreal in 1996, where he released many records under various record labels, including 20:20 Vision, with whom he went on to release a total of 20 records,Fred Everything
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, Scotland. Two years later, he moved to

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for three months to do an extended European tour whilst also doing production work with numerous other Deep House artists, including AtJazz, Nigel Hayes and Bougie Soliterre. Towards the end of the 90s, a remix of

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er. He went on to remix a large number of tracks, the most well known of these being his remix of

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and Roy Davis Jnr.'s track ''"Watch Them Come"''. This led to a compilation of his remixes, ''"From The Deep- a collection of remixes 1998-2001"'', being released by

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in 2002. As well as his production work, he had begun writing articles on house music for the San Francisco-based music journal

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. He also won two awards at the

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that year, which voted him "best DJ in Montreal" and "best electronic artist".

References

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