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Live DJ Review: DJ Surkin at NYC's (Le) Poisson Rouge
By Rema Rahman: 2008-10-14 17:32:06
Since Surkin himself refuses to accurately reveal how old he is, his young age runs the gamut from 15 to 22.
He jokes he was a 14-year-old graffiti artist just last year. He teases that he turns 18 next summer, sans drivers license. Under the clout of his mystery, Surkin too, plays along with rampant rumors of him being just a teenage DJ lucky enough to tour the world with the best of them. Most agree, however, he's somewhere around 20. Regardless, the baby-faced DJ showed that age is nothing but a number when it comes to getting a party going while promoting his 12” Next of Kin EP Saturday night at New York City's (Le) Poisson Rouge. With the crowd – and streets - significantly mellower than those who butted elbows for Midnight Juggernauts, Surkin's dance/house party lit up the basement club, keeping the floor packed while abiding by just the right amount of personal space. Booked with Institubes Records label mate Para One, Surkin took the stage with no introduction at all – a recognizable, yet typically average-looking DJ that seemed to require no initiation judging by the excited crowd response he received while putting on his headphones. Clad in a simple tee shirt and a dark shag weeks past a due haircut, the Paris-based producer laid out track after track of electro-influenced remixes that kept the crowd pumping fists throughout his hour and a half set. And the kid looks like a kid, in part making him just as enjoyable to watch as he was to dance to. The heavy French-accented music maker – who has remixed and has been remixed from the likes of just about every major electro/dance artist in the last year – seemed to be coached by one DJ Mehdi of Ed Banger Records, who hung behind the decks on a stool. With the protégé DJ turning around occasionally during songs, Mehdi would pull him close, seemingly giving him pointers, then mysteriously disappearing backstage. That's not the only interesting relationship he has with an Ed Banger artist. Surkin has confirmed he is indeed the young son of famed French producer Kavinsky – who rides heavy on the labels pull along with Justice and Sebastian. Crediting his "odd childhood" to his father, whom he says brought home different women every night, he admits Kavinsky is the reason he entered the French Parisian dance scene in the first place. Despite the underground legend following him these days, Surkin appears modest, crouching into his laptop and turning the DJ knobs with fervor while the crowd claps and jumps below him. They don’t know much about him, and he seems genuinely amazed they care enough to want to know about him. Yet both exist in a room made of mystery, where for the moment, all that matters is the music. You can learn more about Surkin for yourself by checking out his MySpace page RELATED: para one, surkin
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