BIOGRAPHY  
   
BIOGRAPHY - SOUND BIOGRAPHY  

Fred Bigot's music is all related to the way he plays guitar - lo-fi, noisy and improvised. Fred started playing in the late 80s, influenced by obscure garage rock and psychedelic music. After moving to Paris the results travelled over into two of his following projects "Stamp" and "Boot Power" (1993), which featured a simple line-up of guitar and vocals backed up by the rhythmic stomps of the singer's tap-dance shoes. "Gonzo" (1997) was a brief incursion into techno, helping Fred develop his use and knowledge of exclusively electronic instruments and the drum-machine and opening up a new realm of experimentation.

Returning to his guitar, sampling it and focusing on the melodic attributes of beat, Fred developed the particular sound he is now renowned for: distorted, melodic guitar riffs, unquantised rhythms, delay-heavy vocals and buzzing rumbling bass drum have all become characteristic features of Fred's ongoing projects such as Electronicat and Melt Famas.

Fred has played in a variety of locations all over the world (Knitting factory in New York, Belgrade's Dis-patch festival and the Borderline festival in Beijing to name a few). To date he has releases on diverse labels (Holy Mountain, Disko B, Angelika Koehlermann, Onitor...) with his productions being featured on numerous compilations ('The Trip', 'The Other Side of New York'...). He continues to collaborate with international artists, musicians and choreographers.