After 13 years of innovative parties, Ape-X are now shining the spotlight on the abundance of creativity coming out of the North of England & their extended family.With an already established platform, they are now connecting raw talent with the wider music world. Dufraine’s ‘INDEX’ EP arrives as the fourth instalment of the Ape-X label catalogue and is set for release this Friday March 5 th .
‘INDEX’ marks Dufraines long-awaited Ape-X debut with 4 polished electro-based tracks that have already garnered support from the likes of Giant Swan, Ciel, Slam, Erol Alkan and Luke Slater. Premiered today, ‘Work It’, offers dance-floor euphoria behind climbing basslines & lively vocals.
DJ, Producer and Quest 808 Founder Andy Dufraine sits comfortably amongst the upper most exciting talent emerging from the North East. Over the years, his name has been synonymous on line-ups alongside the likes of A Guy Called Gerald, DJ Bone, Willow, Carrista, Gene On Earth, Solid Blake and Nicolas Lutz. Meanwhile, his production output has taken off in the last year with releases on many esteemed imprints to include Abu Recordings, Planeteria Soundsystem, Reality Club and Kaneda Records, with many of these offerings hailed by the likes of Anz, Partiboi 69, Jensen Interceptor, DJ Mell G, Ben UFO, Emerald, Jaguar on BBC Introducing and more.