Terry Francis

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Terry Francis (born 28 July 1966) is a British tech house DJ and producer. [1] Francis won Muzik Magazine's "Best New DJ" award in 1997. [2] In October 1999, at the club's inception, he started a residency at London's Fabric, which has continued ever since.

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He has worked as a producer under his own name and as Housey Doingz (with Nathan Coles). [1] He has released several mix albums, including two volumes of Architecture and the second volume of the Fabric mix series, Fabric 02 .

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References

  1. 1 2 Bush, John "Terry Francis Biography", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-06-23
  2. Comer, M. Tye (1999) "Mixed Signals", CMJ New Music Monthly , February 1999, p. 47, retrieved 2011-06-23
  3. Wiggle – Fabric 28 at Discogs (list of releases)