Artist Detailed Info: 32french

Originally from Newport R.I., Julian Heughan aka 32french knew at a very young age that he would somehow be involved with music. Having grown up in Rye N.H. in a household where his mother was an church organist, his father was an accordianist, and his sisters a flutist and clarinetist, he was constantly was bombarded with sound. At the tender young age of 4 he heard is first Hip Hop track and was hooked, so much so that he ruined his parents turntable trying to learn how to scratch. By age 9 he was listening to house music and techno. At 14 he began making radio shows in his room using a dual cassette tape deck and a cd player, he would give these tapes to his friends so that they could listen to the newest in Hip Hop and electronica. Even then 32french had a penchant for the unusual, and the unique.

In his early 20's he became a breakdancer performing at raves, and competitions all over Texas including 3 battles against noted Los Angeles break crew Style Elements. He returned to N.H. after a serious knee injury took him out of the dance scene, it was here he began teaching a new generation of breakdancers, having taught for about 2 years, he knew there was more for him to to do. It was at this time he decided to make a move to Portland Me. where a chance encounter reintroduced him to the very thing that started him on musical journey...the turntable. He began mixing under the name Anonymous and purchased turntables mixing anything he could get his hands on, he would often be found at local Portland clubs like Zootz watching greats like Laree Love, DJ Moshe, and DJ Nicotine seeing what they did and then going home and applying these techniques to his own style. It wasn't long before people started taking notice of his skills.His 10 year djing career under the name 32french has quietly taken him all over the New England area playing such venues as Rise, Dover Soul, Una, and The Big Easy. Playing everything from hip hop, house, downtempo and more recently 8-bit and dubstep. His musical selection is both extensive and intelligent.

Production is the obvious next phase in his evolution. Being a self-proclaimed nerd he is heavily influenced by retro video games, and hip hop. Using Ableton he creates sounds that rely on the blips and bleeps of old Atari, Commodore 64, and Nintendo games, while still giving a beat filled experience. He is now ready to finally let the public in on his little secret. Having signed with Milled Pavement in late 2010 his first heavily anticipated EP entitled "The Final Level" that will be ready to be released in early 2011 will immerse the listener in world dominated by pixels, and sprites. The 4 track EP will have 3 instrumental tracks and a vocal track by Swedish rapper Thms (MDRSKP1).

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