Pukkelpop 2011

Biography

Surkin (born Benoit Heitz) is a French DJ and producer and part-time graphic designer. Born in southern France but now residing and working in Paris, France. He dropped out of school to pursue a music career and never looked back. Heitz was a big fan of hip-hop music until 2003, when he began to dig deeper into club music history. He focused on US ghetto sub-genres like Miami Bass, Chicago ghetto-house or Baltimore club. He also became an enthusiast of Todd Edwards ’ garage beats and lively disco-flavored basslines and other artists like Jess & Crabbe , Cassius and Daft Punk .

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Origin

France (Parijs)

Genre

Electro

Performed at Pukkelpop in

2008

Social media

• http://www.myspace.com/surkin
• http://www.last.fm/music/Surkin