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Gene King

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. Gene is now a resident at Shmooze in Toronto on Saturdays.

On the Production side, from 1991 to the present, Gene King has remixed and produced music for numerous labels like : Contraband, A&M , BMG, KMS, Defender, Slip N’Slide, Debut, Hi-Bias, Warner and most recently Easy Street and Ultrasound. For artitsts: Claudja Barry, Kairene, TLC, Wild Strawberries, De’Lacy and most recently, Black Masses.

In 1993 he co-founded Contraband records with Carlos Clarke and in 1998 co-founded Southside Productions with two other Toronto Dj’s: Lil’Pete and Mark Masters. (For a more complete list of production and DJ experience, please refer to the list below.)   

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. A year after the name change, Gene King started his own show, Vibes N’ Vinyl ,which airs every Friday night/Saturday Morning on the same station and can be heard at www.netmusique.com online every Thursdays from 4PM to 6PM.

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