Xavier M. (Konka)

Contact for booking :
deejaykonka@gmail.com
phone +33 07 73 6740 08
BIOGRAPHY :
DJ KONKA's career begins in 1979. Mixing in clubs, funk, disco, soul and new wave.
Come end of 80's the influence of Chicago and Detroit, draws him into "Electronic muzik".
From 1992 to 1998 spin and organize eventswhere DJ's like: Carl Cox, Laurent Garnier, Francesco Farfa, Amand Van Helden, Stacey Pullen and Bob Sinclar..before to be famous and many others
In 1998 and since end of 2002, he created the famous parties:
"Queer as Folks"(elected as Best French Party on MIXMAG in2001)
where all the different styles of electronic music without exceptions have the honnor to be.
Deejay Konka spin funk,Boogie, deep house, techouse and also Deep Techno.

without marketing and real communication
about himself meeting people.
In a Ryad in Marrakech inside the Majorelles garden,
at the "Dolly Party" (The biggest gay event) in Saint-Tropez
at the festival "MARDI-GRAS" of Snow Board in Okahune (New Zealand)
at Nikki Beach club in Saint-Barth ,
at the KADOK the biggest club of Portugal ,
at Circus after hours in Montreal ,
or the French National day Party organize by French Embassy
at Bamako (MALI);
DJ Konka proves again and again his immense musical culture,
his sense of improvisation and adaptation always feeling the pulse of the dancefloor in order to stimulate it and give emotion.

INFLUENCES
My father who wake up my brothers and sister with the Adagio of Albinoni
Soul ,Disco and Funk my two models and friends
Christian Hermant first dj of the Palace in Paris in the late 70s, the french Larry Levan
And Jean louis Bartoli from the famous restaurant Louis 14 in LA who teach me also
how to promote a party
For the Jazz and Rock its Eric Chetboune. a rightous men and a encyclopedia of music
The underground creative music and the house music philippe antoniotti who live in montreal
my first friend since 7 years old ,with him i discover in 1979Kraftwerk , gary numan ,
devo , wally badaru , lene lovitch , talking heads ...
and then the Garage and the house music in the middle of the eighties