Didier Allyne

A parisian mainstay of the local techno scene, DidierAllyne embodies a certain kind of underground already in the mid 90’s:Arecord store clerk, distributor, artist and DJ, he cross-cuttingly approched the scene even back then, when “French Touch” was massive. Embracing the new trends from a sideways perspective, he emerged with his own blend of broken beat, soul jazz and Warp style electro, always keeping the groove in sight, basicaly what techno is all about, as deep and singular as it gets

After launching the parisian Trafic record shop in 1998, he follows his natural path, DJ ing all around the world alongside the likes of Gilles Peterson, Derrick May, Stacey Pullen, I:Cube, Mike Grant, Carl Craig, Jedi Knights, Swayzak, Ricardo Villalobos, Idjut Boys and many others. Kicking off his residency at the mythical Rex Club early 2000, he was amongst the first to invite over such artists as DJ Qu, Scuba, Steven Tang or Anton Zap. With his recent new residency at the Batofar, he now also emphasise on promoting the local scene.

With the same thought pattern, he founded Syncrophone in 2005, the mother of all techno distribution companies, a venture that spawned its own label, the laboratory that helped launch the local talents and on a personnal note to engage in production and remixing. With Syncrophone records, P&D (with Phil Weeks) and many other labels, it’s fair to nowaday label him as one of the great architects of the recent parisian scene revival, incubating the likes of Zadig, Voiski, Lowjack, Society Of Silence, Professor Inc, MZKBX, Iueke, Bernadott and many more

Always up for the riskier challenges, Didier Allyne is one of the most relevant french DJ of our time, as knowledgeable as it gets, a master of technique, respectful of the dancefloor, but mostly blessed with an ability to antisipate and surf on all new trends.

A DJ in its most noble acceptance, he is an artist with roots as deep in the present as in the future, with his most ambitious project to date just in sight for 2013, Manicheisme, a new label and much more.