POPOF

Parisian artist POPOF is one of the most widely recognized names within the world of Techno and House music. One of the most downloaded artists in his category, POPOF is in very high demand for his remixes and has worked for famous artists such as Depeche Mode, Chemical Brothers, Moby, BookaShade, Vitalic, Tiga, Maetrik, Martin Solveig and many more. POPOF has worked with some of the most respected labels within the scene, from early work on Turbo, Cr2 and Mistakes to the launch of his own label Form Music in 2009, Sven Väth's infamous Cocoon outlet, Kerri Chandler’s Kaoz Theory, Jamie Jones’ Hot Creations, Nicole Moudaber’s Mood, Adam Beyer’s Truesoul, and more. In 2015 POPOF released his LP 'Love Somebody'. Its two first singles, “Words Gone” and “Going Back” were followed by a string of remixes by some of the industry’s biggest names: Jamie Jones, Luciano, Magda, Kerri Chandler, Eats Everything, Lee Foss, Marc Houle, Oxia & Miss Kittin... In June 2016 his third single from “Love Somebody”, “Lidl Girl”, featured remixes by the Carl Cox Collective, Kerri Chandler, Magda, Shaun Reeves & Tuccillo. In 2017 POPOF embarked on a sold-out tour in South America, followed by a widely acclaimed performance at Glastonbury festival and remixes for both Cuartero, on Lee Foss’ label Repopulate Mars, and UMEK. August 2017 also saw the successful release of an exclusive CD compilation by POPOF and Luca Donzelli for Amnesia Ibiza. 2018 was yet another solid year for POPOF, with performances at Ultra Music Festival (Rio de Janeiro, Miami, Beijing, Seoul …), and a string of releases on Nicole Moudaber’s Mood records (“Confusion” EP), Adam Beyer’s Truesoul imprint (“Enforced” EP), Pig & Dan’s Elevate label (“Mind Accees” EP), and on his own label Form Music (“Bowo” EP). In 2019 POPOF’s first release of the year was on Kaluki Musik with his “Chronic” EP. Another string of Resistance performances at Ultra Miami and Latin America followed. An EP on Jamie Jones’ Hottrax imprint was out in the summer, and a remix for cult act Hot Chip, “Hungry Child”, was released Domino Records. May 2020 saw the release of a free EP, “Eveil”, in collaboration with Animal & Me - to raise funds for Covid-19 relief. A remix for Abstraal & Teenage Mutants was also released on Family Piknik. Fall 2020, a highly-anticipated collaboration EP with Julian Jeweil, “Dance Escape” was released on Filth on Acid. In 2021, Popof released a new EP, "Skylighter" featuring a collaboration with Space 92. The year after, a new EP marking his label Form Music's 100th release was out early 2022. ‘Serenity Remixes’, celebrating Popof’s eponymous classic worldwide mega-hit, featured a lengthy list of prestigious guest remixes by Booka Shade, NTO, Vitalic, ATOEM, OXIA, and Pig&Dan. This critically acclaimed released was followed by a collaboration EP with iconic French producer Kiko (‘Night Sky’, Watergate Records), a few singles such as ‘La Nuit’, with Captain Mustache, Mobilee Records, and ‘Midnight Express’ with rising talent Jacidorex. The year 2022 also saw Popof launch with Space 92 an extremely popular Live/Hybrid act. Popof x Space 92 Present: Turbulences debuted worldwide at Ultra Music Festival – Resistance Tokyo, went on to perform at Resistance Seoul and Bali, and was so well received Ultra festival subsequently asked Turbulences to be part of several flagship shows the year after. 2023 saw Popof pay homage to his hardcore roots via a much-applauded release with producer Vezi, ‘Linear Damage’ (Filth on Acid). This was followed by Popof performing with Turbulences at Ultra Miami, on its mainstage Techno Megastructure, before embarking on an Ultra- Resistance South America tour with Space 92. In September, he released his highly-acclaimed ‘Maze Distortion’ EP on Factory 93, which was followed in December by ‘Gold’ EP (on Patrick Topping’s label Trick) featuring collaborations with Alan Fitzpatrick and Mumbai Science. 2024 has started with his latest release, ‘Welcome to the Future’ EP (Factory 93) in collaboration with Argentinian trailblazer producer Mauro Somm, and featuring a Julian Jeweil remix, entering the Techno PT/D Beatport charts and climbing steadily.