Sebastien Drums is a French house and electronic music artist and DJ. He develops a profile in the French electronic scene from a young age, saying he falls in love with electronic music at 11 and is influenced by Daft Punk, Cassius, Bob Sinclar, Thomas Bangalter and Antoine Clamaran before he starts DJing.

Career

From 2006 to 2008, Sebastien Drums is resident at the Palas, an electronic club where he plays alongside Axwell, Steve Angello, Benny Benassi and Little Louie Vega. During this period he also works with Rolf Dyman on remixes for Antoine Clamaran, Alex Gaudino, David Vendetta, Sandy Vee, Celeda and DJ Ralph. His remixes are played by artists including Erick Morillo, Laidback Luke and Roger Sanchez, and Roger Sanchez features one of the tracks on his radio programme Release Yourself.

Releases and collaborations

He is best known for My Feelings For You, a collaboration with Avicii that samples the Cassius original. The track becomes a major hit, reaches number one on Beatport for a month, and receives support from David Guetta, Bob Sinclar, Laidback Luke, Roger Sanchez and Robbie Riviera, as well as repeated play from Pete Tong on Radio 1. It is licensed to labels including Superstar in Germany, Vicious in Austria, Work Machine in France and Vendetta in Spain.

In March 2009, Sebastien Drums meets Avicii and the pair go on to work together on Big Colossus, Wet groove, Pastis and Even. Even is quickly playlisted by David Guetta, Dirty South, Axwell, Mark Knight and Benny Benassi, reaches the Top 10 in Swedish House Mafia charts during summer 2009, appears in Beatport charts compiled by CR2, and is played on Fuck Me I’m Famous and by Eddie Halliwell on Radio 1.

Another notable release, Funky Beep, gains support during the 2009 Miami Winter Music Conference and becomes a summer 2009 Ibiza anthem. It is supported by Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso, Laidback Luke, Chris Lake, David Guetta, Arno Cost, Norman Doray and John Dahlbäck.

Label work

In September 2007, Sebastien Drums launches his own label, Work Machine. The label signs artists and remixers including Thomas Gold, Mischa Daniels, Afrojack, Roman Salzger and Tristan Garner.

His 2010 release Tweet it, made with Tim Berg and Norman Doray, is signed to Size Records, Steve Angello’s label. It also receives support from the Swedish House Mafia in live sets and from Bob Sinclar, David Guetta, Laidback Luke, Dirty South and Roger Sanchez.