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I-f

Real Name:Ferenc E. van der Sluijs
Profile:I-F, short for Interr-Ference, also known as Ferenc, Beverly Hills 808303. Affiliations: Murder Capital, the Hotmix cartel, Parallax Corporation, The, the Viewlexx empire, Interdimensional Transmissions, Top Secret/Test Series; ties to Disko B, other covert recording outfits. Pushes product throughout the globe, specializes in stuttering 808s and throbbing basslines, and inspirational to the careers of countless electro acts on the come up. Headquartered in The Hague, Holland, known to have alliances with electro brokers in Rotterdam (southwestern Holland connection), known associate of Unit Moebius, the Bunker Records posse, and other black budget artistic projects.

I-F moves through this world of small labels and localized networks more like the playboy gangsters imagined in disco songs than a musician and label owner. His business dealings have the emotional urgency of the affairs of any Italian or Russian Mafia professional. "I had a bad experience with majors," he says, remembering the time when his single "Space Invaders are Smoking Grass" was causing a much more than anticipated stir in Europe. "They wanted 'Playstation' and 'Space Invaders.' They were already talking to Disko B [the label that released them in Europe], they didn't even talk to me. When I tried to talk to them, it was very difficult. You get a girl on the phone, "He's not in, he's in a meeting." No fucking way am I going to deal with you guys. I told Disko B, 'Tell these fucking guys I'm not going to deal with such a company.' If I want to pitch you, if I want to speak to you, I want to leave a message at your answering machine. If you're not interested, or don't call me back or whatever, fuck it, okay, just good friends. But if you want something from me, talk to me, look me in the eye and be fair"

Unlike the criminal underground that traditional gangsters inhabit where a small, shady organization opposes a larger, more benign government the thugs in I-F's world are the idealists and the establishment is the force trying to kill art. He gets fiery when he thinks about the way large labels endlessly promote the same sounds and muscle around small outfits threatening their regime. "Their fucking job is to sell records, so shut the fuck up and sell records. I'm making them, I take care of the music and I don't want to name labels, but they're selling a lot of shit. Like I've only bought ten, twelve new records this year, because I'm very critical, that's my right to be critical." Major distributors in Germany boycotted his records when they first came out, and he was dissed by the press in his native Holland in the beginning. Now that "Space Invaders" has been included on a few chic compilations and played on the radio throughout Europe, the local lifestyle mags have taken notice and have come knocking. But once you do him wrong, there's slim chance for redemption. "No fucking way am I doing [an interview] with them now."

His mission is simple: to make people listen to different music. It has lead him to create the disco music side-project Parallax Corporation, The, his radio show at home, and his various labels to sponsor unknown producers. When I-F gets into some gangster shit, know that he's doing it for you, the curious listeners of the world. How many other gangsters have your back?
URLs:http://intergalacticfm.com/
Aliases:Beverly Hills 808303, Ferenc E. van der Sluijs, Frank Castle, HOTT, Housemaid (2), Interr-Ference, Interr-fering Nova, The, Jungian Archetype, Lonny, Parallax (2)
In Groups:Brothers Fuck & Friend, The, Conservatives, The, Los Muchachos Gruesos, Parallax Corporation, The, Unit Moebius
Name Variations: All | I-f | I-F | I.F.
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Releases:
Portrait Of A Dead Girl 1: The Cause ◄ (3 versions)   Viewlexx ... 1995
Space Toilet ◄ (2 versions)   Disko B 1996
Test Pilot Volume 1 ◄ (3 versions)   Viewlexx 1996
Untitled ◄ (2 versions)   Murder Capital 1996
Portrait Of A Dead Girl II: The Conclusion ◄ (2 versions)   Disko B 1997
Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass (Maxi) ◄ (8 versions)   Viewlexx ... 1997
The Brown Elbow Conspiracy (12", Ltd)   Viewlexx 1997
Fucking Consumer (Album) ◄ (4 versions)   Disko B 1998
Playstation #2 (12")   Disko B, Disko B 1998
Playstation #2 (12", S/Sided, Ltd)   Viewlexx 1998
Theme From PACK ◄ (4 versions)   Interdimensional Transmissions 1998
The Man From Pack (Album) ◄ (5 versions)   Interdimensional Transmissions ... 1999
Live At The Stubnitz (12", Ltd)   Viewlexx 2006
Mixed Up In The Hague Vol. 1 ◄ (2 versions)   Panama Racing 2006
Mixed Up In The Hague Vol. 2 ◄ (2 versions)   Panama Racing 2006
Lost Tracks For Lost Minds (6xLP + Box, Ltd)   Atlantik Wall Records 2007
I Cut My Heart Out / I'm Not Ready (12", Whi)   Clone 2009
Remixes:
Remixe (12") Nur Ein Bißchen Noch ... Cooking Vinyl 1998
Craftler (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Pornpet (I-f & DJ Over... Craft Records 2000
Japanese Telecom (CD, Album, Dig) The Men From The Pack ... Intuit-Solar 2000
Japanese Telecom Remixes (12") Bullet Train (The Men ... Intuit-Solar 2000
Driving (CD, Maxi) Driving (Jupiter Mix) Universal Music (Italy) 2001
Hand To Phone (Remixed By Carl Craig, I-F, Passarani) ◄ (2 versions) Hand To Phone (The Par... Clone 2002
Production:
Greatest Shit (12")   Drop Bass Network 1995
BuggedOut! Classics (3xCD, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... New State Recordings 2007
Co-production:
The Hague City (12") Los Muchachos Gruesos Bunker Records  
Appears On:
Electro Boogie Vol. 2 - The Throwdown (CD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Studio !K7 1998
Electro Jewels (CD, Comp, Mixed) Space Invaders Are Smo... interGROOVE 1998
Cocadisco I (12")   Viewlexx 2000
Autistic Sync (12")   Viewlexx 2001
Cocadisco (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Invasion Viewlexx ... 2001
Fear (12") Lift Off (Album Mix), ... Viewlexx 2001
DJ-Kicks (CD) Anti Social Tendencies Studio !K7 2002
Trust Me (12") (You Don't Know) The T... Murder Capital 2002
We Still Kill The Old Way: The Double Double Cross ◄ (2 versions) I Cut My Heart Out (Vox) Viewlexx 2002
Deuteronomy Brown / The Odyssey Sound (12") Deuteronomy Brown (I-f... Supersoul Recordings 2006
DFA Presents Supersoul Recordings - Nobody Knows Anything (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Deuteronomy Brown (I-f... Death From Abroad ... 2008
Disco Modernism 1983 - 2008 (CD, Album, Comp) I Cut My Heart Out ('0... Clone Classic Cuts 2008
Tracks Appear On:
X-Mix - Electro Boogie ◄ (4 versions) I Do Because I Couldn'... Studio !K7 1996
From Beyond (Volume 1 In A Series Of 4) ◄ (3 versions) Space Invaders Are Smo... Interdimensional Transmissions 1997
Kraftwork @ Nu Skool Elektro (2xCD, Comp) I Do Because I Couldn'... Millennium Records 1997
Land Speed Record (CD) Torment, Theme From OK... Cross Fade Enter Tainment (CFET) 1997
Spysatellite (12") Cry Viewlexx 1997
The Dark Side Of The Sword (12") Envy Plasmek 1997
The Dark Side Of The Sword 2 (12") Sloth Plasmek 1997
Маленькая История (Cass, Mixed) Superman (Live At The ... Tanz Propaganda 1997
Chill Out (CD) Quest Sabotage Recordings 1998
Electro Boogie Vol. 2 - The Throwdown (CD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Studio !K7 1998
Electro Jewels (CD, Comp, Mixed) Space Invaders Are Smo... interGROOVE 1998
From Beyond (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Space Invaders Are Smo... Interdimensional Transmissions ... 1998
Globus Mix Vol. 1 - Audiovideodiscoatmospheres (CD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Tresor 1998
Groove - The Compilation Volume 3 (2xCD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Groove 1998
P.M. Scientists_Drop The Beats (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... Lacerba 1998
Space Night Vol. IV - New Frontiers (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Secret Desire (Instrum... Fuel Records 1998
Tatort De Luxe - Vienna Electronic Special (CD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Event Records 1998
The Freestyle Files Vol. 3: New Beat Science (2xCD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Studio !K7 1998
The Men You'll Never See E.P. (EP) ◄ (3 versions) The Men Who Won't Come... Clone 1998
The State Of E:Motion Vol. 6 ◄ (2 versions) Assault On Radical Radio E:Motion 1998
Disko B. (Comp) ◄ (2 versions) Space Invaders Are Smo... Disko B ... 1999
Extreme Clubhits III (CD) Space Invaders Are Sm... UpSolution Recordings 1999
Heavenly Presents Live At The Social Volume 3 (2xCD, Mixed, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... React 1999
New Visions Of Electro (CD, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... So Dens 1999
Radio Utopia 1999 Millennium Funk (CD, Comp, Ltd) Space Invaders Are Smo... B92 1999
Sónar 99 (4xCD, Comp) Secret Desire (Vox) So Dens 1999
Montreal Mix Sessions Vol. 5 - Mixed Emotions (2xCD) Energy Vampire Turbo, Turbo 2000
Musikexpress 48 - Sub Up Records / Chicks On Speed Records / Disko B (CD, Comp, Promo) Secret Desire Musikexpress 2000
Musique Compacte (CD) Playstation #2, Superm... Viewlexx 2000
The Next Step Of New Wave (CD, Dig) Secret Desire Human 2000
Autistic Sync (12") Theme From P.A.C.K. (R... Viewlexx 2001
Munich Manhattan (CD, Comp, Mixed) Secret Desire (Vox), S... Shadow Records 2001
The Best Of Electro Boogie (3xCD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Studio !K7 2001
The Best Of X-Mix (Part 3) (3xCD, Box) I Do Because I Couldn'... Studio !K7 2001
The Year Of Trance 2001 - The Summer Edition (4xCD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Beats Included 2001
Videocompilation April 2001 (VHS) Space Invaders Are Smo... WEA Records (Germany) 2001
X-Mix - The DVD Collection Part III ◄ (2 versions) I Do Because I Couldn'... Studio !K7 2001
Advanced Electronics (2xCD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Synthetic Symphony 2002
Electro Klash (2xCD) Space Invaders Are Smo... Urban Theory 2002
Flash (CD, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... UCMG France 2002
It Sounds Different - Sweet Electro (CD, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... Different, PIAS France 2002
Lektroluv (CD, Mixed, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... 541 2002
Lektroluv Sampler (12", Pic) Space Invaders Are Smo... 541 2002
Neo Future Vol. 1 (2xCD, Comp, Mixed) Space Invaders Are Smo... Edel 2002
Rough Trade Shops - Electronic 01 (2xCD, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... Mute Records Ltd. 2002
Tangent 2002: Disco Nouveau (12", Ltd, 3/3) Holographic Voice Ghostly International 2002
Tangent 2002: Disco Nouveau (Album) ◄ (2 versions) Holographic Voice Ghostly International 2002
This Is Not The 80s - A Nu-Wave Electro Compilation (2xCD, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... INCredible 2002
We Still Kill The Old Way: The Double Double Cross ◄ (2 versions) I Cut My Heart Out (Vox) Viewlexx 2002
An Electro Mix-Box (2xCD + Box, Ltd) Secret Desire UWe 2004
The Men You'll Never See (CD) The Men Who Won't Come... Clone 2004
Lost Within The Fog & Strobe (CDr) Eyes In The Sky Panama Racing 2006
BuggedOut! Classics (3xCD, Comp) Space Invaders Are Smo... New State Recordings 2007
DJ Gio MC-505 Pres. From The Past To The Future (CDr, Ltd, Promo) Wind Of Change Tractorecords 2007
Disco Modernism 1983 - 2008 (CD, Album, Comp) I Cut My Heart Out ('0... Clone Classic Cuts 2008
Milk Und Herring (File, MP3, Mixed) Playstation N°1 (Inst... Sutemos 2008
Revu's House Top 20 (File, MP3) Space Invaders Are Smo... Not On Label 2008
Crystallised (File, MP3, Album, 320) Holographic Voice Clone Digital 2009
RA.148 (File, MP3, Mixed, Pod) I Cut My Heart Out Resident Advisor 2009
Da Bomb Volume 3 (CD) Theme From PACK Databass Records  
The Hague Rocks The Planet #2 (2x12") Runner Bunker Records  
Unofficial Releases:
Mixed Up In The Hague Vol. 1 (CD, Mixed, Ltd)   Panama Records 2000
The Cock (CD) Disco Slique / Sevente... Not On Label  
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