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He is a man you never see, a man of many shades, a true lynchpin of the Detroit underground. Before producing music, Sharif's participation in Detroit's early rave scene during the early 1990s led him to organize loft parties & DJing. In his ever low key mode, Sharif has quietly kept the Detroit night scene alive in a time when just about all others had given up or moved out. Sharif has programmed the Underground Stage of the Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF / Fuse-In Festival / Movement Festival) in 2003, 2004 and in 2005 curated the new TodaysMusic Stage showcasing artists ranging from Wolf Eyes, Tamion 12 Inch, the legendary ESG and Liquid Liquid to Thomas Fehlmann and Legowelt. Sharif is also an operative for Detroit's most elusive organization: Underground Resistance. In addition to all this, from April 2004 to June 2005, Sharif through his Soft Curls crew directed the program of the most critically acclaimed new venue in Detroit. Over this last year alone Soft Curls have curated a surprising abundance of legendary nights in various dark corners of Detroit, ranging from Alexander Robotnick's first appearance ever in the Motor City with surprise warm up DJ set by Carl Craig, a Prince afterparty with Moodyman playing all Prince records, Juan Atkins with Perspects of Le Car as the warm up DJ, Detroit's notorious annual Cannonball event with Electric Skin (BMG of Ectomorph and Sal Principato of Liquid Liquid)... the list goes on and on. But he doesn't just arrange the best music 'situations', he is invited to play at them as well, in Germany, the Netherlands, Thailand, Poland, Japan, Belgium, Brazil, France, Australia and other countries in Europe, Asia & the Middle East. Sometimes mixed with his own productions, sometimes with vinyl, sometimes digital - he is not afraid of the future or the past. His productions appear on Richie Hawtins landmark Decks, EFX & 909 mix cd & Luke Slaters recent Fabric 32

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