Yann Fripp

Biography

SON OF DJ PARENTS, AND OF GRAND PARENTS WHO WHERE PAINTERS/POETS, YANN FRIPP WAS BORN INTO A WORLD OF MUSIC. SINCE HIS CHILDHOOD HE TRAINED IN CLASSICAL PIANO AND MUSIC THEORY. AT THE OF 15 HE STARTED FOLK GUITAR, AND THEN ELECTRIC GUITAR. HE JOINED BANDS PLAYING IN RANDOM STYLES: HARD ROCK, ROCK, SKA, FRENCH LYRICS, PUNK, REGGAE ETC.

HIS FIRST ELECTRO WORK WAS IN 2004, WHEN HE PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPOSITION AND RECORDING OF THE SONG "SORRY" FOR THE ELECTRO-ROCK DUO TRASH DELUXE, WHO MADE A REMIX OF "NOT CORRECT" FOR CHARLES SHILLINGS (HUGO BOSS COMPILATION, JAPAN). IN THE SAME WAY, YANN STARTED TO MIX IN PRIVATE NIGHTS FOR TWO YEARS. IN APRIL 2007 HE BEGAN HIS FIRST RESIDENCE AT THE "MAXIMUS" IN EVIAN (FRANCE) WITH DJ SPRINGBOX. THEN HE MOVED TO GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), AND MIXED AT THE "CLUB 17" AND "ADONIS ELECTROCLUB", AT THIS TIME HE MADE HIS FIRST EP: "EMERGENCY", WHICH WAS DISTRIBUTED ON INTERNET.

AFTER THAT, HE MADE A REMIX OF "NUDE" FOR THE RADIOHEAD REMIX CONTEST, HE FINISHED 10TH OU OF 2300 CONTESTERS. THIS TRACK IS ALSO ON HIS EP: "WTC", DISTRIBUTED ON THE INTERNET SINCE AUGUST 2008. IN SEPTEMBER 2008, HE STARTED IS ACTUAL RESIDENCE AT THE "CERCLE" IN THONON (FRANCE), AN BEGAN TO MIX MINIMAL AFTER A WEEK IN BERLIN. HE MADE ANOTHER REMIX FOR THE SECOND RADIOHEAD REMIX CONTEST: "RECKORNER" (17TH OUT OF MORE THAN 4000).

HIS LAST SINGLE: "NANO MUSIC" IS AVAIBLE SINCE MARCH 2009, WITH "LES INTERSTICES" AT THE B FACE.