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DJ Duke

DJ, producer and label owner based in Los Angeles, California. Born in Denmark, Duke (FKA [a=Ken Larsen]) lived in New York in the 1990s and relocated to Los Angeles in 1999. Runs [l=Power Music Records]. After years of DJ’ing around the world and having residency in many of NYC’s biggest and best clubs, Starting in the mid 80s with a few demos, of some which were released like his breakbeat mix released under Big Apple Productions III, Duke soon visited one of NYC's prominent house labels that were interested in his demo, but after a few requests to change the music, Duke decided to stick with his own creative vision and start his own label, which eventually became Power Music. A second demo track (Moon Over Egypt) had interest from another very big and prominent label in NYC. However, prior to signing a very lengthy contract, Duke again decided to pursue his own creative path into the music industry. Moon Over Egypt became the 2nd official Power Music release in 1992 (excluding the one-off track released in 1990 with Fantasy). A slew of additional releases was soon followed and in 1993 Duke expanded Power Music to add additional labels and artists, including the huge cross-over hit, Blow Your Whistle. With rising label recognition and success he began working with other pioneers such as Felix Da Housecat, DJ Pierre, Roy Davis Jr, Spank Spank, Kings of Tomorrow, Mood II Swing, Junior Vasquez, and many many others.