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A sexy French-Canadian accent, an extensive musical background and a love of Mozart combine to create DJ PlanBe, Brisbane's latest import. “I've always been in contact with music because all of my family have been playing music for a long time … they put me into piano lessons when I was six, I played violin, viola, bass guitar. I think being in a family that places such importance on music has given me good musical taste. I enjoy everything from classical to modern - Mozart, Bach.

I would go to an opera and enjoy it just as much as going to a club.”

It is exactly this musical heritage which has helped PlanBe (aka Felix Normandin) bring his fresh sound to local ears. “I think that the fact that I played all those instruments helps me to locate the sounds that I like in music. I love really deep melodies, I like music that makes me feel something. When I put on a Mozart CD or something, I just stand there and listen to it and it will give me inspiration for a lot of stuff. It helps me to define my sound a lot, it's given me a good ear for melodies and what works well together.”

After landing in Australia five months ago, PlanBe was quick to scoop the residency at Halo Lounge Bar for fear of losing touch with the electro/ tech sound. “I was DJing regularly in Montreal, so when I got to Brisbane I wanted to DJ sometimes, because it's bad not to play for a long time. You get rusty and being away from the scene and everything, you kind of fall back. You need to practice and I love to have that contact with music and I miss it when I don't do it.”

Being a resident in the heart of Maroons territory, DJ PlanBe is adamant in his support of the mighty cane toads. “I have to go for Queensland, come on, I live in Brisbane. It's funny for me, being from Canada I don't see the sports that you have here. People get really crazy for State of Origin, I don't understand it, it's pretty big but I don't know why.”

DJ PLANBE WILL BE GETTING THE PARTY STARTED BEFORE STATE OF ORIGIN TWO AT HALO LOUNGE BAR ON JUNE 16.