DFE

DFE a.k.a RAYMOND OBOUVIE

DJ, the vocalist and the producer was born in 1982 in ODESSA/UKRAINE. Armed by his own taste which has been brought up on strong endurance from the psychedelic-art-jazz-rock and electronic music he has started to give to unusual and accurate accords more and more time and attention that, by the way, has not prevented to develop him in other areas too. (At the moment behind Anton's shoulders 4 years experiences of the organization of movies production, tens advertising rollers and a full-length feature film “The Debt” (2006))

Beginning giving more attention to listen music, it has passed a way from King Crimson up to GUI Borato, from Alan Parsons up to Depeche Mode, from Prodigy up to Villalobos. The club industry has come to Ukraine in 1997. This area of human activity has so deeply sunk down in Anton’s soul that the decision to become MC HURRICANE (Under influence of creativity of MC CHIKABOO) was accepted.

Anton managed to be engaged in this activity most advantageously and to go on tour across Ukraine, but the main thing was there already - his performances strongly differed from others. Already then the base of an original and uncompromising sight at dancing music was pawned. Anton spends nights in the same time on a sound department and observes of work of arrangers and sound producers.

The understanding that it is necessary to create the product comes. Continuing work on radio, and in night clubs, Anton masters technology of virtual synthesis and begins musical solo project DFE (Distance from Escape). In 2004 year together with closest friend PLATO laborious work above first Ukrainian label TON records is conducted. In 2006 year on a label there is first release DFE_-_ Ghostmodernizm which becomes the best seller on www.3beatdigital.com.

Besides, Anton in 2006 works on ARMIN VAN BUUREN Kiev Expo Plaza. It was last chord in MC career. In same year Anton joins to dj community under name Raymond Obouvie. He becomes the Organizer of cult parties MINIMALOVE in Kiev and Odessa with participation of such artists as Phil Stumpf (Paris/France), Martinez (Copenhagen/Denmark), Tom Clark (Berlin/Germany), Rob Acid aka Robert Babicz (Cologne/Germany) and many other things. In same to year there is a first release on his own label ROBICA, Phil Stumpf – Stumpf am apparat (Raymond Obouvie RMX).

His dj mixes differed refinement and vigor, melody and brightness. His style is – from minimal-deep-tech-house up to minimal techno.