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Gene King

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<b>Gene King </b> AKA Genetix Growing up in Montreal during the 70’s and the 80’s, Gene was influenced by a lot of sounds from his environment such as Calypso, Reggae, Latin, Soul and Rock.Being surrounded by music all the time gave him the urge to learn to play an instrument. In 1978, Gene discovered DJing and started playing high school dances and The Skadium roller rink, at the age of 13. From 1982 to 1987, he played at various dance clubs all over Montreal including: Horizon club,Astre 5,Centre de Danse, Limelight, Septembers, Le Flirt, L’arnaque 2, Puzzles & L’enjeu, among others. Relocating to Toronto in 1987, Gene played at smaller clubs and special events, until working steady gigs, doing parties for local promoters & working bigger clubs like: Berlin, Big Bop, Casablanca, Klub Max, Whiskey Saigon, Tonic, Roxy Blu and Hush Lounge. On the Production side, from 1991 to the present, <b> Gene King </b> has remixed and produced music for numerous labels like: Contraband, A&M, BMG, KMS, Defender, Slip N’Slide, Debut, Hi-Bias, Warner , Easy Street, Ultrasound and most recently Philosophie Music Detroit , Priti Soul/Jellybean Records in NYC and the Legendary 157 Shelter Records in New York City. In 1993 he co-founded Contraband records with Carlos Clarke. While busy in the studio and Djing at the downtown clubs, Gene also became a programmer for CKLN.88.1 FM in 1993 – DJ’ing for Midnight Madness, now known as Soul Fusion Express.

<b>Gene King </b> can be heard on <b> Mixed Signals Music </b> productions the <b> GK Experience “Spacedust” Ep, and Project 104 “Candy Store” </b>, with more projects for slated in the near future….
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