Mike Perras
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Mike Perras from Montréal
, Québec
, Canada
, is a well-known DJ for the tracks that is has produced in 1991 “Beginning of Life” and “Keep Moving” on Bassic Records.
Mike is proud to be cofounder of “Mikrobe recordings” and “Bouche à Bouche”, two Labels that have many tracks sold on the web. He is the owner of djmr.com, one of the only digital and vinyl record stores on the web for independent dance music in Canada. He is also the owner of Club U-N in Montreal. He created, designed and built the entire club along with the unique sound system. Therefore, he is one of the resident dj’s at Club U-N.
It all started when he spent much of his leisure hours both at high school and college as a dj on the campus radios. His professional career started in 1983 at the “Futuriste” Club in the Montreal area.
From 1984 to 1991 period, Mike found himself elevated to the position of resident dj at many Night Clubs in the Greater Montreal region: “The Octagone”, “Superpub”, “Braque”, and “Esprit”, to name but a few.
On becoming a member of Montreal’s “S.U.R.E Record Pool” in 1983 Mike met Robby Demlakian, founder of Bassic Records and rapidly became the soundman for this label, using his own studio for most of their productions. In the early 90’s Mike and Robby made some remixes for Unidisc, the most well known being
D-Train’s “You’re the one for me” on the Prelude label.
In 1987, Mike Perras was a member of one of the very first House music bands to be located in Montreal: “Made 2 Funk” giving live performances starring the singer Rodney Felix. Later Rodney was featured on Mike’s first production “You can’t ride the rhythm” released on the Bassic label in 1989. Subsequently several productions/demos were made at his studio by such producers as Robert Ouimet, Gino Crescenza, Phil Dimarco and many others.
1991 saw a turning point in Mike’s life when his tracks “Beginning of Life” and “Keep Movin”, released on Bassic Records, were licensed over the ensuing years by top recording labels as “Azuli
”, “BBE”, “Defected
”, “International Deejay Gigolo
”, “Logic”, “Outland” and “Global Underground
”.
Finally, Mike is deeply appreciative to those djs who have continued unfailingly to support and promote his music throughout the years: Nick Warren
(UK), DJ Hell
(Germany), DJ Deep
(France), DJ Jeno (California, US), Fish Go Deep
(Ireland), Levon Vincent (US), Paul Mac (Australia) and Laurent Garnier
(France).
Montreal
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, Québec
Quebec
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, Canada
Canada
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, is a well-known DJ for the tracks that is has produced in 1991 “Beginning of Life” and “Keep Moving” on Bassic Records.
Biography
Mike Perras Considered by others to be one of the pioneers of House Music in Montreal, Mike had his name added to the list of artists in the "House Hall of Fame” on classichousetracks.com’s website.Mike is proud to be cofounder of “Mikrobe recordings” and “Bouche à Bouche”, two Labels that have many tracks sold on the web. He is the owner of djmr.com, one of the only digital and vinyl record stores on the web for independent dance music in Canada. He is also the owner of Club U-N in Montreal. He created, designed and built the entire club along with the unique sound system. Therefore, he is one of the resident dj’s at Club U-N.
It all started when he spent much of his leisure hours both at high school and college as a dj on the campus radios. His professional career started in 1983 at the “Futuriste” Club in the Montreal area.
From 1984 to 1991 period, Mike found himself elevated to the position of resident dj at many Night Clubs in the Greater Montreal region: “The Octagone”, “Superpub”, “Braque”, and “Esprit”, to name but a few.
On becoming a member of Montreal’s “S.U.R.E Record Pool” in 1983 Mike met Robby Demlakian, founder of Bassic Records and rapidly became the soundman for this label, using his own studio for most of their productions. In the early 90’s Mike and Robby made some remixes for Unidisc, the most well known being
D-Train’s “You’re the one for me” on the Prelude label.
In 1987, Mike Perras was a member of one of the very first House music bands to be located in Montreal: “Made 2 Funk” giving live performances starring the singer Rodney Felix. Later Rodney was featured on Mike’s first production “You can’t ride the rhythm” released on the Bassic label in 1989. Subsequently several productions/demos were made at his studio by such producers as Robert Ouimet, Gino Crescenza, Phil Dimarco and many others.
1991 saw a turning point in Mike’s life when his tracks “Beginning of Life” and “Keep Movin”, released on Bassic Records, were licensed over the ensuing years by top recording labels as “Azuli
Azuli Records
Azuli Records is an independent record label, focusing mainly on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, UK in 1991 and went into liquidation in April 2009. It's assets were sold to Phoenix Music International Ltd...
”, “BBE”, “Defected
Defected Records
- History :Established in 1999 by former AM:PM and Cooltempo A&R man Simon Dunmore, Defected's first release was Soulsearcher's "I Can't Get Enough" which reached No.5 in the UK singles chart. This early success was followed up with Roger Sanchez's "Another Chance", which hit No.1 in the UK singles...
”, “International Deejay Gigolo
International DeeJay Gigolo Records
International DeeJay Gigolo Records is a German electronic music record label run by techno artist DJ Hell . The label was founded in Munich in 1996 as an affiliate of label Disko B. It is now based in Berlin and is Germany's most successful electronic music record label, specialising in electro,...
”, “Logic”, “Outland” and “Global Underground
Global Underground
Global Underground is a music label founded in 1996 by Andy Horsfield and James Todd. The label symbolizes the international explosion of dance music during the 1990s and first manifesto for high-end DJs such as Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, John Digweed, Danny Tenaglia, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, Darren...
”.
Finally, Mike is deeply appreciative to those djs who have continued unfailingly to support and promote his music throughout the years: Nick Warren
Nick Warren
Nick Warren is an English house DJ and producer. He is well-known for his eight albums released in the Global Underground series and as a member of the duo Way Out West...
(UK), DJ Hell
DJ Hell
This article is about Helmut Josef Geier. You may also be looking for Darryl Hell.Helmut Josef Geier, professionally known as DJ Hell is a German house-techno DJ...
(Germany), DJ Deep
DJ Deep (French producer)
This page is about DJ Deep, the French producer. For the German DJ Deep, see DJ Deep DJ Deep is a house music DJ from France. He began his career at the Paris club Boy in the early 1990s. He has had radio shows on FG 98.2 and Radio Nova. In 2005, he founded two labels: Deeply Rooted House...
(France), DJ Jeno (California, US), Fish Go Deep
Fish Go Deep
Fish Go Deep are an Irish production duo consisting of Greg Dowling and Shane Johnson from Cork. They have been releasing house records under this name since 1997 and in 2006 they reached number 1 on both the dance chart and indie chart with their track "The Cure & the Cause"...
(Ireland), Levon Vincent (US), Paul Mac (Australia) and Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier
Laurent Garnier , is a French techno music producer and DJ. Garnier began DJ-ing in Manchester during the late 1980s. By the following decade, he had a broad stylistic range, able to span deep house, Detroit techno, trance and jazz...
(France).