Ivan Smagghe is a French DJ and producer. He was originally known as Ivan Rough Trade, after his job in the Rough Trade record store in Paris.[ savvy ] BBC – collective – ivan smagghe 'fabric 23'
Career His musical style has been described as electro houseIvan Smagghe: Fabric23: Pitchfork Record Review and "minimal electro."RA: Smagghe and Cardini headline Bugged Out. Local News Smagghe's Death Disco compilation was a key release in the electroclash genre. He formed Black Strobe in 1997 with Arnaud Rebotini, but left in 2006. Black Strobe describe their dark electronic sound as "frozen balearic gay biker house".Mix of 11 November 2004 on BBC Radio One Smagghe is also a member of the Volga Select project, with Marc Collin.
Compilation discography
As Ivan Rough Trade French Fried Funk (Slip 'n' Slide Records, 1997).
As Ivan Smagghe How To Kill The DJ (Part One) (Tigersushi Records, 2003) Bugged Out! Presents Suck My Deck (React, 2004) Death Disco (Eskimo, 2004) Fabric 23 (Fabric London, 2005) Kill The DJ Introducing The Dysfunctional Family - A Mixed Up Compilation By Chloé Et Ivan Smagghe (Kill The DJ Records, 2006) Cocoricò 03 (Mantra Vibes, 2008)
References
External links Ivan Smagghe biography Interview with Ivan in LeftLion Magazine 2007