Seb Fontaine is an English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 house music

House music

House music is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago, Illinois, United States in the early 1980s. It was initially popularized in mid-1980s discothèques catering to the African-American, Latino American, and gay communities; first in Chicago circa 1984, then in other...

 DJ

Disc jockey

A disc jockey, also known as DJ, is a person who selects and plays recorded music for an audience. Originally, "disc" referred to phonograph records, not the later Compact Discs. Today, the term includes all forms of music playback, no matter the medium.There are several types of disc jockeys...

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Fontaine had his first DJ gig at Crazy Larry's on the Kings Road

Kings Road

King's Road or Kings Road, known popularly as The King's Road or The KR, is a major, well-known street stretching through Chelsea and Fulham, both in west London, England...

, London

London

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, but he soon progressed to residency at the Fridge in Brixton in 1989.

Having worked at various other clubs in London (Subteranea, Billion Dollar Babes), he eventually became a resident DJ at one of the UK's largest club nights at Cream

Cream (nightclub)

Cream, based at the Nation nightclub in Liverpool, is one of the best-known night clubs in the UK. Cream began life as a weekly house music night at Nation, and ran in this format for 10 years, from October 1992 to June 2002...

, and also went on to feature at its Ibiza nights.

In 2000, he joined BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British national radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7:00pm including electronic dance, hip hop, rock...

 as a specialist dance

Dance music

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 DJ, hosting a weekly show, as well as broadcasts from Radio 1 outside broadcasts in Ibiza

Ibiza

Ibiza or Eivissa is a Spanish island in the Mediterranean Sea 79 km off the coast of the city of Valencia in Spain. It is the third largest of the Balearic Islands, an autonomous community of Spain. With Formentera, it is one of the two Pine Islands or Pityuses. Its largest cities are Ibiza...

, leaving in 2003.

He has also released a number of records, predominantly mix albums, and acted as a remix producer on tracks including the Outhere Brothers. He is also associated with the brand Type which he has used for naming both club nights and album releases.

Albums

• 1999: Prototype
• 1999: Prototype, Vol. 2
• 2000: Prototype, Vol. 3
• 2001: Prototype, Vol. 4
• 2002: Horizons
• 2003: Perfecto Presents: Seb Fontaine
• 2004: Perfecto Presents: Type 01
• 2007: Type 02

Mixed compilations

• 1995: A Retrospective Of House '91 - '95, Vol. 2
• 1996: Ministry Of Sound
  Ministry of Sound
  Ministry of Sound London, commonly referred to as simply Ministry of Sound or MoS, is a nightclub based in London, United Kingdom and an associated record label. It was ranked fourth in the 2010 DJ Magazine top 100 clubs poll 2010. As well as the nightclub in London, there is another in Egypt and...
  
   Presents: One Half Of A Whole Decade
• 1997: An Introspective Of House: 1st Dimension
• 1997: An Introspective Of House: 2nd Dimension
• 1997: An Introspective Of House: Platinum
• 1998: Various - Elements (1st Testament) Mixed by Seb fontaine and Tony De Vit
• 1998: Cream Anthems
• 1999: Cream Ibiza: Departures
• 2000: Cream Resident
• 2001: Creamfields

External links

• Official Website
• Seb Fontaine at Discogs
  Discogs
  Discogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...