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Ivan Smagghe

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Ivan Smagghe records as half of ‘Black Strobe’ on Trevor Jackson’s Output
Recordings as well as half of ‘Volga Select’ with Mark Collin on 20:20 Vision and Output. Black Strobe’s have so far released ‘Innerstrings’, ‘Me & Madonna’ and are currently working on their debut album for release in 2004. www.outputrecordings.com

Black Strobe’s remix career is also taking off with high profile mixes of The Rapture, Royksopp, Playgroup and Justin Robertson amongst others.

Ivans’ highly respected radio show ‘TEST’ ran on Radio Nova for two years and spawned the 4 exceptional ‘TEST’ compilations as well as earning him a reputation as one of the most reputable DJs in France. He now DJs alongside ‘the French John Peel’ Bernard Lenoir on France Inter radio and has recently released the ‘HARD!’ compilation for Chronowax and the Kill The DJ comp for Tigersushi www.kill-the-dj.com

From his earnest beginnings working for the now defunct Rough Trade shop in
Paris, Ivan’s DJ career spans more than 10 years. His residencies are
currently at the legendary lesbian PULP club in Paris, The Rex with longtime friend Dan Ghenacia and (SET) one-off parties. He plays regularly all over France, Belgium, Germany and can be found regularly in the UK at Fabric, Bugged Out! Parties, Electric Stew, Sub Club, Output parties and many more. His penchant for fucked up dance music sees him Djing alongside the likes of Trevor Jackson & Ralph Lawson to name but a few….