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Frankie Flowerz   (Ohm, Crosstownrebels, Turbo, Hypercolour/ Malaysia, Germany)

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FRANKIE FLOWERZ aka Mohan Das

 

There are so many new-jacks in this business that when you meet someone that's been at it for 25 years, you ought to look closely and try to understand, because they've got secrets worth learning... anyone that has witnessed the power of Sven Väth knows this. Sven, as it happens, has been DJ'ing since 1982, which, as far as I can tell, is the longest of anyone that I consider relevant... with that respectful nod out of the way...

Mohan Das / aka Frankie Flowerz / aka Audio Royal / aka 2 Dawgs / aka Hybrid Funk / aka Das Deva, beats out just about everyone else, and unlike guys like Carl Cox and Judge Jules with familiar reference points like UK acid house, Mohan's story is full of odd, exotic detail.

1984... I was 4 years old and shit-scared of the 'Thriller' video. Surkin was -6. Mohan was already mixing funk, soul, and new wave on 2 pitch-control tape decks in Penang, Malaysia(!). He moved on to turntables 2 years later, and by 1990 his reputation as 'Cumbu-Cumbuan Penari' or 'love-making dancer', had gotten him gigs at every discotheque on the island... but Mohan sought greener pastures abroad, and in what may have been a sub-conscious plea for help, he crashed his Austin Station Wagon into a beach house, prompting his brother, then living in Switzerland, to hook him up with a DJ agency in Switzerland (wtf?)... 

His DJ career took off, and he was able to set up his first studio in 93, eventually forming a band called (get ready)......  Funk You !!!!

In the late 90s he moved to Berlin and released his first record on Blaou, before becoming label head and A&R at the respected Funkhausmusicin 2008. He has since released music on Crosstown Rebels, Hypercolour, Internasiojnal, and Turbo Mind Vacuum (TMV)... his funky soulful house influences perfectly tempered by the minimal techno aesthetic of Berlin...  the result a distilled funk that needs no jazz-roduction; that locks you into a groove so deep you could understand staying in it for 25 years.