Biography

Frances David Guetta belongs to the sparkling wave of DJs that combine Daft Punks sleek house with a pinch of electroclashs punch Guetta had been DJing around France playing popular tunes but his brain was particularly rewired in 1987 when he heard a Farley Jackmaster Funk track on French radio He taped the track took it to a gig and cleared the floor with it during one of his own sets Things loosened up a year later when acid house came to France and Guetta successfully promoted his own club nights It was on one of those nights in 1992 that he met Robert Owens during the Chicago house legends European tour Guetta played Owens some of his own tracks and Owens picked one he liked enough to sing over It was Up and Away a minor hit that lurked in garage DJ crates for the next four years Guettas attitude that he only produces good music while hes having casual fun kept him from releasing anything until 2001s Just a Little More Love The track featured American gospel singer Chris Willis who met Guetta while on vacation in France Another slow burner Just a Little More Love kept popping up in sets for the next two years first in an electro version later in a pumped-up Wally Lopez remix During this time Guetta snuck out a bootleg remix of David Bowies Heroes retitled Just for One Day Bowie gave the go-ahead to release the track officially and Guetta had a massive hit on his hands Guetta featured the liberated boot on his first mix CD Fuck Me Im Famous named after Guettas successful Ibiza-based party The fun-loving slacker DJ finally got around to releasing a collection of his own productions in 2004 Just a Little More Love on Astralwerks David Jeffries All Music Guide