Editing François Kevorkian (section)

==Biography==
François Kevorkian ({{langx|hy|Ֆրանսուա Գեւորգեան}}) was born and raised in France, with [[Armenians in France|Armenian]] heritage. He played the drums in his adolescent years. 

He moved to the United States in 1975.<ref name="Larkin80"/> At that time the competition to be a drummer was very high, so around 1976 he became a DJ in [[Underground music|underground]] clubs in New York City.<ref name="Larkin80"/> [[DJ]]ing soon became his full-time occupation, including some work at more commercial venues such as the club New York, New York in 1977. He taught himself [[tape editing]] and started making disco medleys, such as [[Rare Earth (band)|Rare Earth]]'s "Happy Song".<ref name="Larkin80"/> He was offered a role in [[A&R]] for a nascent dance [[independent record label]], [[Prelude Records]], which allowed him to go into the studio and do remixes. His first remix, of "In The Bush" by [[Musique (Patrick Adams)|Musique]], became a club and radio hit, and was followed by further hit remixes including "You're The One For Me' and "Keep On" by [[D Train (music group)|D-Train]], and "Beat The Street" by [[Sharon Redd]]. He left Prelude in 1982, and in the same year had the most #1 singles on [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'s Dance Music Chart, including his remixes of tracks such as "Situation" by [[Yazoo (band)|Yazoo]], and "Go Bang" by [[Dinosaur L]].

Kevorkian also performed as a DJ at [[Club Zanzibar]] in [[Newark, New Jersey]] during the 1980s, home to the "Jersey Sound" brand of [[deep house]] or [[garage house]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://queer.newark.rutgers.edu/resources/history-queer-club-spaces-newark|title=History of Queer Club Spaces in Newark &#124; Queer Newark|website=Queer.newark.rutgers.edu|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref>

During this time he began building his own recording studio, Axis Studios,<ref name="Larkin80"/> in the same building as Studio 54. The studio soon became a major commercial operation. He stopped DJing around 1983 to focus on recording and mixing full-time, but started again in early 1990. Due to the new international popularity of [[dance music]], he gained exposure overseas and began performing abroad. He toured Japan with [[Larry Levan]] in 1992 on the 'Harmony Tour' before Levan's death in November that year, and also appeared at London's [[Ministry of Sound]] and [[Fabric (club)|Fabric]], Japan's Spacelab Yellow, [[Ibiza]]'s [[Pacha Group|Pacha]] and [[Space (Ibiza nightclub)|Space]], Italy's Angels of Love and many large festivals.

In 1995, he started an eclectic independent record label, Wave Music, on which he released his own work, including the ''FK-EP'', as well as records by [[Abstract Truth]], Floppy Sounds and other electronic music releases. In 1996, with partner John Davis, he launched Body&SOUL, a weekly party held every Sunday afternoon at Club Vinyl, 6 Hubert Street, playing alongside co-resident DJs Joaquin 'Joe' Claussell and Danny Krivit. The 'Body&SOUL' sound, a soulful mix of organic and spiritual dance music, led to the release of a compilation series by the same name.

He continued his career as an artist, returning to a more electronic sound, and the release of his Sonar Music set in 2002 marked an edgier and more [[futurist]]ic style,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sonar.es/portal/eng/music.cfm?id_sonarmusic=15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041212150855/http://www.sonar.es/portal/eng/music.cfm?id_sonarmusic=15|url-status=dead|archive-date=12 December 2004|title=Sónar : SonarMusic|date=12 December 2004}}</ref> more closely related to [[Techno]] and [[Dub music|Dub]] than the [[House Music|House]] sound he was identified with as a DJ. In 2002, he also started touring with [[Derrick May (musician)|Derrick May]], playing sets together as the Cosmic Twins at Berlin's [[Tresor (club)|Tresor]], Manchester's [[Sankeys|Sankey's Soap]] and London's Fabric. Kevorkian released a new compilation CD in 2006, entitled ''Frequencies''.

In April 2003, he started a residency at a new weekly Monday night event in New York City called "Deep Space NYC",<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deepspacenyc.com/index.php |title=Deep Space NYC |website=Deepspacenyc.com|access-date=2014-08-06}}</ref> an eclectic night focused on [[dub music]] and related styles. He mixed ''Deep Space NYC Vol. 1'', a compilation featuring several of his own productions, along with Jamaican [[dub reggae]] and [[roots reggae]] artists [[Mutabaruka]] and [[U-Roy]]. Kevorkian's work with U-Roy was co-produced in a [[discomix]] style with British [[roots reggae]] and [[dubplate]] artist, Russ Disciple of [[The Disciples (band)|The Disciples]]. He also provided remixes for [[Moloko]], [[Yoko Ono]], [[Cesária Évora]], [[Nina Simone]], as well as for his own label. In 2005, he was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame as both a [[remixer]] and [[DJ]].

Kevorkian has subsequently performed at events around the world, including [[Midem]] (France), [[Sónar]] (Spain), [[Global Gathering]] (UK), [[Exit Festival]] (Serbia), [[The Big Chill (music festival)|The Big Chill]] (UK), [[Bestival]] (UK), The NYC Downlow at [[Glastonbury Festival|Glastonbury]] (UK) and [[Electric Picnic]] (Ireland).