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"I am here because I love music..."

2003, 23 years old; "I'm starting to mix on turntables, because I have to convey my good vibrations through music."

2006 to 2011; "I was president of “Panda Events" and founded the festival "Les Plages Electroniques" (Cannes / France): Every summer 50,000 people and with the worlds best Djs!

After 14 years of parties in France, I decided to discover new musical lands, and it is for that I go to Koh Phangan, a small musical paradise ...

# What is your Koh Phangan story?
Since 2011, it is a long love story, which begins with a booking at Paradise Bungalows for the Fullmoon Party.
Eventually, I manage the Mangos Bar (Bar Zenzi) and I start to organize my parties on the island
“From Russia with Love”, “Be My Guest”, “The Night After”, “Phangan Invaders”…

# What projects were you involved with?
Since 2013, I am Director Artistic & Resident Dj of Sramanora Waterfall, 5th biggest party on Phangan.
It is one of the most beautiful places in the world. The outdoor venue is built within the jungle, among waterfalls and giants rocks suspended. Amazing scenery.
In 2 years, I booked more than 200 DJs from 20 different countries. I played with many djs such as Nakadia (Thailand), Skazy (Israel), Alle Farben (Germany), Elisa do Brasil (France), Leeroy Thornhill (ex Prodigy), Mia (China), Miss Mounument (UK), Dennis A (Russia), Tripical Note (Thailand), Miss Kalista (France)

# Where did you play on Koh Phangan and which of them are among your favourites and why?
I love differents styles of music, I can mix deephouse to progressive, through techouse, tekminimal, drum&bass ...
It all depends of the hour and the place where I play. That allowed me to play in a lot of individualized by party:
Backyard Jungle Experience, Pirate's Bar, Eden Garden, Ban Sabai, Lost Paradise, Shivamoon, Merkaba, Peace&Love ...

I regularly booked for the Fullmoon Party, and I played in many Clubs like; Simiram, Mellow Mountain, Sunrise, Moon House, Hansa Beach, Sandcastle, Kangaroo, Bom’s Bar...

# What do you feel you can bring to the Phangan scene?
Good energy, a big smile, good selecta and good mixes.
I love to mix music styles, I spend hours to search and work on new songs. I love dancing also, when I do not play, I am very often on the dancefloor until the morning… When the music is good, nothing can stop me.

#Your last performance on Phangan, how will you describe it?
It was at Sramanora ... It is always exciting to play there. Big sound system, lasers, giant screen, fire show ...
It is like a big night club lost in the middle of the jungle. And when the sunrise comes, you find yourself in the middle of a beautiful landscape. People are transported by the sound and the images, the atmosphere is always very hot. Pure vibes!!

# What are your favourite places, beaches on Koh Phangan and why?
Mellow Mountain, a bar built on big rocks, it is one of the best views of Phangan and Dj Resident Lin (Myanmar) est un des meilleurs djs de l’ile.
The Lighthouse, the most southern of the island, organizes parties with some of the best vibrations, at the crossroads of winds.
The Ban Kai Beach, in front of the Papillon Bungalows is an unreal place. With a barrier of coral, the sand bench has multiple colors, turquoise and sunset over the sea. This is one of the most beautiful places in the world, I can stay many hours just to watch the view change the rhythm of the tide. Magic.

# Do you have future plans on Phangan?
I just come back from Bangkok & Shanghai (China). I played there, met many people, made lot of connection. I want to book DJs from there and from Europe, to come and play on Phangan and promote the party-island internationally.
For low season, I go to Pattaya to play and make new contacts…I still organize Sramanora Waterfall Party, every month, 2 days before and 1 days after Fullmoon Party

# What is the best thing you ever been involved with or done?
I think the best thing, I have done and I do is hard work...I’m a perfectionist, I always try to do better in my parties or in my mix. For parties, for music, there is no limit, it will never end.

# Do you find Koh Phangan to be a good place for your style of music?
Koh Phangan is an island where almost all music are represented, from the most deep to the most underground. There is something for all tastes. Each site has its own energy and decoration, depending on his musical style.
It is always a pleasure to play here because there are free vibrations.

# What do you wish to learn from your Phangan experience?
I want to learn how to live in Paradise. I often say to my friends, I am a child of 4 years in Thailand. I am only at the beginning of my learning, beginning of my new life. I learn every day how to live here, how to stay here.

# Where do you see yourself in 10 years?
I lived 30 years in France, I can live 30 years in Koh Phangan, Thailand or Asia ... It is another world, a big world, with many other cultures. I discover new things every day. I recently played in Bangkok and Shanghai. Multiple opportunities are available to me.
Koh Phangan is my new home, I hope I can stay forever. Life will tell… But for sure in 10 years, I will still play music.

# What is your life philosophy?
All we need is Peace, Love and Music. Music is my Life. Music is Life