Born in Buenos Aires, Franco grew up making mix tapes at the school . Playing vinyls since 1998, he played in many events in the biggest clubs and radios stations. In 2004, he played at one of the most important festivals of Argentina: the “Personal Fest”, sharing line up with artists like: Pet Shop Boys, Morrisey, Death in Vegas and Gustavo Ceratti among others

He has released his productions on some of the biggest dance labels as Meerestief and LessIzmore. His “Noches de Superacion” has been featured on the fabric 38, mixed by M.A.N.D.Y.

2007 was Franco’s year, giving him a new start in his career, with successful releases which were remixed by artists such as Sarah Goldfarb, Federico Molinari, Seuil and Someone Else. He also had a huge tour which began in Australia, passed by Egypt, and went through 13 countries. With a total of 32 presentations “Live!” over 4 months, he shared line ups with Steve Bug, Tiefschwarz, Matthew Johnson, Dominik Eulberg, Marco Carola, and many many more.

His latest release, Mola (with remixes of Tony Rohr & Bloody Mary), was a total success and is still played by Laurent Garnier, Anderson Noise, Ivan Smagghe, Loco Dice and many many others.

Who or what has been the biggest influence?
My biggest influence was my father. Since I was little, he always tried to put me into the music, and supported me in all senses. As I was growing up, I listened to pop, rock and also to commercial but still good music. I discovered Jorge Drexler, a different writer, singer and musician, someone who’s really not like the others. This artist opened my head with feelings. Feelings applicated to the music and to the exploration of possibilities in sonority. Something that just a few musicians try these days. The ones that do, show the difference. It’s about that.

What would you rate as the best experience that you’ve had in the music scene so far?
One of the strongest experience I’ve had was in Sweden, at the Secret Island Festival. I had the honor to play in the last 2 editions after Franklin da Costa, dOP and others monster from the scene, and the truth is that it was one of the best experience in my life. An island, a visual and natural paradise a lot of people, with good energy. All united to form something perfect, impossible to cancel from my memories.

What’s the first record you bought?
A Trapez release that I really can’t remember! I remember it was Blue! Haha!

What have been up to lately and what can we expect from you over the next couple of months?
I’m really “hot” about Asia. We are working hard in this with my booking manager, but really, we are doing all we can to reach that. After, I hope that the whole work with Dilek will get easier and more dynamic. We are changing our distributor and all of this brought more delay then there already is anyway in the vinyl industry.
Because of this too, we are bringing to life Darek Recordings, (the digital boyfriend of Dilek) who’s going to occupate a big space. The possibility of a new space. So to answer more precisely to your question, lately, I am working a lot on the labels, the gigs and in the studio, finalizing remixes, my next EP on Hypercolour and various collaborations on different labels. And we can say that I’m happy with what I’m doing. Thats the biggest point.

What do you think about dj mag’s top100 poll?
Just business.

What can people expect from your live show?
Good question! Actually, unique things happen in every show. But particularly, what I always try to pass on, is that people hopefully will think that was one of the best nights of their life. (Asia, here I point at u). Clearly this is not always the case, but it’s about looking for it. And if you are successful, you find it. My Live! is particularly “fiestero”, about party. You will not find a lot of dark in my sets, but you will find plenty of light, joy, eroticism, warmth, South America, and always looking to surprise my audience. If it is not surprising … then I didn’t to my job well. My mix is about surprise & party.

What’s the key to getting noticed?
Be yourself. Discover, explore, innovate, invent, always do something different. The worst that can happen to a musician is to be stuck in your success. I always say that after a hit, its the biggest challenge of your career. As further after that. But the key is to always be yourself.

That happens between the Argentinean artists? Explain us a bit.
The Argentinians have a strong success. Something happens there. Something happens in this country in the south of the south. Nevertheless, in Argentina we have as national sport, without exception, criticize the successful ones in all categories.

How do you handle obsessive groupies? (The hot ones)
I take them to the hotel with my wife, and there starts the true party hahaha…

Which one do you enjoy the most, Djing or producing?
Definitely, both things are nice, and I think that if you would take me off one of both, the other could not subsist. Both things go from the same hand, they are symbiotic and retro aliment themselves. When I present myself in my Live format or Live+DJ it’s my 100% productor side which is applicated to the dancefloor. My objective is to create, above all, diversity in the people and happiness. The people come to the club to have fun, to see something unique, interesting above all. They pay so that during these hours, all their problems, anxiety and all, stays outside of the door of the club and inside its door, the fun, the eroticism, the interaction, the news, everything but together in the shaker and this in harmony to simply, spend it fantastic and have a great time. The artist who’s in the both, making a dj set or a Live!, must understand which is his function, create a surprise, educate and above all, make people have fun.
It fastidiates me a lot (and makes me feel sad), that there are those artists who shut themselves in their world and play for them, or for the critics. In my opinion, this is an terrible error.

Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I have no idea. I belong to these persons who live day after day. Really I am not thinking in what will come tomorrow. If my next plane explodes in the air, I will try to die knowing that I was happy, that I did what I wanted, the way I wanted.

What inspires you?
Sex, to travel, new people and different cultures. Basically that’s it. Then comes everything else.

Which dj would you most like to punch and why?
I try not to think in negative, but… sometimes, you have to do what you have to do! Hahaha! No… I’m just kidding.

What’s happening with the artists and the drugs?
The drugs are chemicals they are all fake. Everything is a great lie, a great circus. Inside this falsehood and wheel of economic interests and of power (the music industry), enters the drug. It is no wonder that the most representative artists drug themselves so much and so openly, as if it was “cool”. In all my career I have shared many moments with a lot of artists. All of them, except 1 or 2, consumed so many drugs that I could not understand how they were still alive on the following day without a tumor in their head. Like a boy copies his father, if you see your favorite artist destroying his soul getting 3 grams of coke in the left side of the nose and then 2 grams of ketamine in the right side, and you (fanatic of this artist that your looking at) what are you going to do later? It is pitiful, but it is like that. I tried drugs. But I needed that to see that the drug keep you lonely, the drug lies to you. It’s literally one more tool of control over society. If you take drugs, sadly there’s someone who’s taking advantage of it and above all, taking advantage of you.

The last one… Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I have no idea. I belong to these persons who live day after day. Really I am not thinking in what will come tomorrow. If my next plane explodes in the air, I will try to die knowing that I was happy, that I did what I wanted, the way I wanted.

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