By ThinkInElectronic / Monday, January 13, 2014 / No comments /
Mad Decent Block Party - Dillon Francis
Francis first rose to fame after gaining the respect of American producer Diplo and eventually collaborating on the song "Que Que". His song "Masta Blasta", originally a 130 BPM house track, was edited after inspiration from Dutch musician Munchi and eventually ended up as the moombahton track that brought him to fame. In 2010, Francis released his Swashbuckler EP on Play Me Records.
He has released works on multiple labels including Dim Mak Records, Mad Decent and OWSLA.
In February 2012, Francis became the first moombahton artist to achieve the number-one spot atop the Beatport Top 5 Releases Chart with the release of his extended play Something, Something, Awesome.
In late 2012, he embarked on his Wet & Reckless tour across North America, as well as supporting the English electronic-music trio Nero on their Welcome Reality tour and English musician Flux Pavilion on his Standing on a Hill tour.
In 2013 he announced a headlining 'Wurld Turr' across the USA and Canada, as well as confirming that his debut album would be released in 2013 - however, it was not. He also gained prominence by being announced as one of MTV Clubland's Artists to watch in 2013, alongside acts such as Kill The Noise and Otto Knows.
Francis was labeled by MTV as an “artist to watch” as of September 9, 2013. The uprising artist is on his way to becoming one of the most recognized faces in the EDM scene. In the past year, Francis performed at many popular music festivals such as Camp Bisco, Electric Daisy Carnival, Coachella, TomorrowWorld, & Electric Zoo.
Romina Rosenow of LA Weekly interviewed Francis in December 2012 and mentioned his “kooky online personality and an obsession with cat memes”, to which he responded “I love dogs too... but cats rule the Internet. The reason people like cats more than dogs on the Internet is because cats have more of their own personality. Dogs are more of a companion. Cats are just by themselves... and do their own thing”, illustrating his cat obsession.
Francis is also one half of the comedy production duo Meowski666 alongside Kill The Noise. In October 2013 he was announced as number 73 in the DJ Mag Top 100 poll.
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dillonfrancis.com/
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