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D-men-C

Born under the name Raf Geysen in the Antwerp district (Belgium) on the 27th of octobre 1977, D-men-c entered the world of music at the age of 10. At this time there was no house or techno-scene, so he started playing the clarinet and the saxophone. They gave him an idea of composition, harmony and rhythm. Growing older, his increasing amount of testosterone led him on a rougher musical path. He began listening to punkrock and hardcore. The love for speed was hereby established. Being convinced that he would listen to this music for the rest of his life he started his higher education in Gent. This student city had a small youth club called "democrazy". They organized technoparties and he stranded on one of them. In the beginning he did not understand the music until Joey Beltram's "forklift" played in the Luke Slater's remix. He was amazed what an atmosphere you can create by just moulding and stretching one single sound. After a few parties he wanted to become a dj and so he did.

It took him many years to accomplish something meaningful. However, nowadays he is working his way up in Detroit. The past year he build up good connections with many leading peoples in the Detroit scene. Playing there twice this year, and meeting big names like Juan Atkins, Mike Banks, Tom Linder & dj Seoul are definitely a true blessing.