READY MADE - OPACK

Behind this somewhat enigmatic name hides Jean-Philippe Verdin from Brittany, France.
After a happy childhood between a jazz fan father and classical musician sisters and thanks to his influences, jazz, mods, ska or pop, he evolved within several groups on keyboard and composition.
But during a rave in 1991, he discovered house music and became convinced that "this is where it happens". His journey took him from the baggy movement of Manchester, to the pioneers of Detroit and Chicago, then on to drum 'n' bass. He then decided to leave his group to compose on his own in his home studio.
Opack premier Ep on F Communications had already stood out for its unique programming and production. It had traced a furrow for French electronica "and established Readymade as an essential composer / producer / arranger, developing a falsely crazy and deeply melancholy universe fed by hip-hop, pop, electronica, dub, house and techno.