Compuphonic (BE)

Born in 1983 in Liège, Belgium, Maxime Firket grew up surrounded by music. He studied music theory and classical music at the Academy and did not choose the easy route by opting to study the cello. « A demanding and monodic instrument which forces you to find the right sound and the right note to make yourself heard. My cello background is still useful to me today. » As an adolescent, he dreamt of playing in a rock group, but also discovered Kraftwerk, Depeche Mode, Front 242 and Detroit techno. After having created his own studio and put together a few mixes on a Roland Compuphonic synthesiser (yes, that’s where the name comes from…), Maxime soon found himself behind the decks at Dirty Dancing nights in Brussels and recorded his first tracks for Dirty Dancing Recordings. In 2006, his reputation exploded on the dance floor with the groovy « Emotion », produced in collaboration with Tiga and released on his label ‘Turbo Recordings’.

Compuphonic’s dedication and elaborateness delivers spontaneous productions of hedonistic house. Natural, open to large spaces, ambitious but always accessible. Handling music as the art form it is. Alternating complicated with simple pieces, electronic with organic, light with dark, ease with emotional, celebration with pondering. Telling a different, but in its way even more exciting new tale, time and time again.

His underground hit “Sunset” ft Marques Toliver reached over 10 000 000 views (and counting) on YouTube and got support on BBC Radio 1 by Annie Mac, Pete Tong, Rob Da Bank and key media / blogs.

More recently his releases ’Radio Atlantis’ and ‘The Sun Does Rise’ on Berlin’s  super label Exploited Records  and his remix for the legendary Planet E have picked up great support by radio stations and bloggers worldwide and after playing shows at Pukkelpop, Dour Festival, Eurosonic, SXSW, Sonar Festival, Monegros, he’s set to become one of Europe’s best known too.

His EP “My Love” is released on Exploited Records followed by Mango Figaro on the label Anjunadeep.

After 15 years of non stop music, shows and studio time, Compuphonic takes a break and uses this lull to listen to new sounds, explore new ways of making music, meet artists and build a recording studio to learn new production techniques.

In 2022, Compuphonic is back with a first release, expected in June on the London label Anjunadeep, that will be followed by new songs, remixes, mixtapes and various collaborations…