Born in Kortrijk , class of '75 , now living & working in the Ghent area , Fred started his dj. career in the early 90's with residencies at the (in)famous 'At The Villa' parties , Balmoral after club (Ghent) and the H20 club. Playing clubby house, he immediatedly became a well in demand dj. Later he secured himself a job at the News record- and distribution company, where he's working now as a label / import manager. From clubby house he soon evolved to an explicit tech-house style inspired by the London scene with The End from Mr. C at the forefront. After releasing his own productions (together with studio partner Dimitri De Wever (Swirl People)) on the 'Local' imprint , Fred started up his own label 'Visitor' around 1999 ,on which the first release was his 'Sunday visitor ep' which lays between funky techno the real chicago house , his second release with remixes by nathan coles was featured in Carl Cox top 10 chart in Muzik magazine. After that he signed releases by Gideon Jackson, Gareth Oxby , Affie Yusuf, Big Hair, Eddie Richards, Colin Dale ,Grant Dell , Dj Ali, Asad Rizvi , Tom Gillieron , Ravi Mcarthur and his own productions!
In 2007 he started up a new label called 'Dogtown' to give the freshest talents of today a new platform ! With signings on the label from Pelle Buys , Guy J (Turbo , Bedrock) , Chaim, Einmusik , Nick Chacona , Luciano Pizzella, Coma & rmxs from Guy Gerber, Daso to Jerome Sydenham ,the future is looking good !
He played already at clubs abroad like Pacha ( Buenos Aires , Argentina) ,WMC 2004 ( Miami) , Seven Eleven (Atlanta , Usa) The End (London), Surreal party (Brighton), Folie's Pigalle, Le Wagg Scream parties ( Paris), Malta, La Salla del Cell (Barcelona), Impulz & Pinkpop (Holland), De Rechter Off Corso (Rotterdam), Nord Digital (Lille), Otv club (Zagreb/Croatia) , Macedonia , Sarajevo (Bosnia) ,.
In Belgium he played on the big festivals like Pukkelpop (2002) with Xpress 2 , Seb Fontaine & Mr C , I love Techno (2004) , House Torhout, Dour Festival (2x) , Axion Beach Rock (3x), 10 Days of Techno (1999 & 2007) , Bobby's Mission, Axion Tek Night @ Ancienne Belgique & clubs like Food club , Fuse , Culture Club , La Rocca, Cafe d'Anvers, .
Fred was also resident at the monthly Studiotek parties together with Dave Mothersole where they had guests like Mark Farrina, Richard Grey, Gideon Darren Roach. Played for 5 years & more at the famous kozzmozz parties in Ghent & now resident at Muzzik ( the house division of Kozzmozz) .
His favourite producers / dj's are Ewan Pearson , Justus Kohncke , John Digweed , Michael Mayer , Guy Gerber , Dixon , Greg Wilson & more
