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DJ/PRODUCER: BENJAMIN DEFFE IS THE MAN BEHIND FUNK LA PLANET, A NEW YORK RECORD LABEL FOUNDED IN 1996 SPECIALIZED IN HOUSE MUSIC AND HIP HOP. FRENCH PARISIAN NATIVE BENJAMIN DEFFE, FIRST ARRIVED IN NEW YORK IN 1993 WHERE HE FIRST INTERNED AT EIGHTBALL RECORDS AND GRADUATED FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITY IN MUSIC BUSINESS PROGRAM IN 1998. BENJAMIN STARTED WORKING IN SEVERAL OTHER MAJOR RECORD COMPANIES SUCH AS : ARISTA RECORDS (A&R DEPARTMENT) AND BMG (INTERNATIONAL A&R DEPARTMENT). BENJAMIN SOON STARTED TO BE THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION BETWEEN FRENCH MAJORS WANTED TO RECORD HIP HOP ALBUMS IN NEW YORK. HE WORKED AS AN EXECUTIVE PRODUCER ON THE ALBUMS OF SEVERAL MAJOR RECORDING ARTISTS FROM VIRGIN EMI, HOSTILE, WARNER, AND ULM (UNIVERSAL) AND MANY OTHERS .... IT IS IN 1999 THAT BENJAMIN STARTED TO DJ'S ALL AROUND NYC BEST CLUBS AND TO GIG INTERNATIONALLY IN CLUBS SUCH AS : 205 ( NYC) FREDERIK'S UPTOWN ( NYC) CIELO NYC(FUNK LA PLANET PRESENTS JOYCE SIMS PARTY) CLUB ZERO ZERO (RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZIL), BLISS (ST MARTEENN) MTV CHIVAS PARTY ( BANGKOK) CHIVAS STUDIO PARTY ( HONG KONG), NIKKI BEACH ( ST TROPEZ), 205 (NYC) MILLIARDAIRE ( PARIS ) REBEL (NYC) 59 RESTAURANT ( NEW YORK) AND CASTEL (PARIS) AIR ( NEW YORK), ( NYC) PURPLE (NYC) , SUBMERCER (NYC) HIGH BAR (NYC ) 105 RIV ( NYC ) LE PERE PINARD (NYC) FELIX RESTAURANT ( NYC)HIGH BAR NEW YORK, , CAFE GITANE NYC( 10 YEARS ANNIVERSARY PARTY) ORLAN COSMETIC PARTY (NYC) PHILIPPE STARCK PARTY (95 WEST BUILDING NYC) SUBMERCER (MERCER HOTEL NYC ... |
