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STANNY FRANSSEN
www.zenitmusic.com

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BIOGRAPHIE

Stanny Franssen is born on the first of November 1973 in Tongeren, Belgium and grew up in the tranquil countryside. At the age of 12 he moved to the city of Tongeren. As an only child he quickly learned to be independent and he was able to keep himself busy on his own for hours. In those days it was scale models that took up most of his attention, but that changed quickly. Music would become his biggest love. Thanks to some friends he got in touch with electronic body music and new wave, both styles already drawing a lot from electronica. Another source of inspiration was the ‘Krapuul Deluxe’ radio show, hosted by Luc Janssen, on the Dutch station VPRO. The early Underground Resistance tracks that were programmed on the show were a revelation and helped him to develop a serious taste for Detroit techno. Around the age of 16 Stanny played his first party, mainly programming acid techno (UR, +8). Infected by the music virus he started buying more records and the thought of making music himself popped up in his head quite frequently. Some time later, Stanny also decided to realize his own vision of music. After a period of experimentation and getting to know his equipment he sent out some demo-tapes to record companies. Big Time International, a record firm in Ghent, showed a lot of interest. The tracks needed a finishing touch so Stanny went into the studio with Bart Grinnaert and Laos Mezarros. The project ‘Propionic’ on Reload was born and would result in three releases : ‘XY Desolvation’, ‘Immunochemical Epoxy’ and ‘Back-Feed’. Stanny invested further in equipment because he wanted to make tracks all by himself. After a year he was satisfied with the result of a couple of fresh tracks made with the new equipment. Again Reload was host to release them: Cronical Re-Form was a fact. Stanny was encouraged by the appeal his music seemed to have and started to produce a lot. Zzino, the former label manager of Reload, could not release all the tracks. This lead to a new alliance with KK, who were more than eager to release Stanny’s material under the name ‘G F’. Under the name G F Stanny released two full albums : Electronic Lesson 1 & EL2, both receiving critical acclaim in the international dance press and among colleagues, Electronic Lesson 1 even reaching the number one spot in Sven Väth’s chart. Mr. Väth obviously took a liking to Stanny’s work and played his ‘Obsession For The Unknow ep’ during his ultrashort set at the Siegesäule during Love Parade ’98. After this kind of exposure other people started picking up his extraordinary skills. New contacts and deals followed. ‘Mystic Shape’ became Stanny’s monicker on Primate. During one of his trips abroad he met Marco Carola and the two instantly connected. Marco asked him to do some tracks resulting in ‘The Fifth Galaxy EP’ on both Zenit and Ante Zenit (Ltd) which finally brought the breakthrough and international Bookings. Many more projects followed up e.g. Releases on Gaetano Parisios label “Conform” as well as his own Label Genetic Recordings he is really involved in the last time … Not long ago he also did the first Zenit mix CD which is really successful just like on the studio side the brand new album “Playing with the Blox” a work that’s attraction lies in its musical spectrum and innovative sounds.

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