Soul-filled, drum-heavy and body-moving: FIO is a producer and DJ whose disco-influenced house and techno productions burst with a unique approach to shaking dance floors.
Meshing the principles of expanded disco sound-space with cutting edge samples and melodies, this one-man ensemble from Melbourne brings a ton of organic drum rhythms, old school synth magic and dream-state soul into his productions, creating audio waves of pure, dance-focused immersion and energy.
His sets call on a massive cross-section of highly-studied and rare cuts from underground dance music’s past, present and future - all merged into an audio flow for his audiences to ride through the night on.
Joining him in support is The Observatory’s resident NIC FORD, who is also riding on his own kind of sound wave following his recent release on the Millions of Moments record label.
Entrance: Free before midnight / 150k after
Doors 9pm
FIO BIO
Griffin James, aka Francis Inferno Orchestra is the conductor of a new type of ensemble - made up of rich samples from disco's back catalogue and an array of drum machine rhythms. Coming at house music from down under, his productions join the dots between soul, disco and the sample based music that inspired him as a teenager.
The Melbourne based DJ/Producer made the breakthrough to the international scene with ease - and has kept heads spinning with a stream of seriously danceable releases since 2010.
Presenting house and techno classics alongside recent releases, FIOs DJ sets are a low-brow history lesson - respecting the past without being a slave to it. He has grown to become a key figure of Melbourne's always growing underground dance scene, being invited across the country and further abroad . With the help of long time friend Tyson Ballard, 2012 also saw FIO launch his own record label BBW. If his previous productivity is anything to go by, hold your breath for an onslaught of drum machine inspired jams under his new alias 'Deepthroat'.
LINKS
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https://soundcloud.com/fio
Boiler Room set: https://www.youtube.com/
Friday, 13 March
9:00pm
The Observatory | 5 Nguyen Tat Thanh, D4, Ho Chi Minh City
