DJ Keoki


George Lopez, known by his stage name DJ Keoki or Keoki Franconi, is a Salvadoran-American electronic musician, among other genres, DJ. Born in El Salvador and raised in Hawaii, Keoki began advertising himself as "superstar" shortly after moving to New York City.

Biography

Keoki Franconi was born in El Salvador but moved to Kihei, Maui, when he was 8. After graduating from Kailua High School he moved to the mainland to study at an airline school in California. Franconi then enjoyed a brief career with several airline operations in New York City, among them the now defunct Trans World Airlines, while also being a busboy at the city's trendy Danceteria club. It was at Danceteria that he got his start:

Club Kids and Michael Alig

While in New York, he met and began a romance with Michael Alig. Alig rose to international notability as the head of the Club Kids, a group of diverse partygoers who would dress in costumes each night and form parties in New York and all over the United States.
Dance music writer Jennifer Warner remembers,
While DJing at "Disco 2000", Alig's party night at the Limelight, Franconi was alleged to have passed out on the turntables while performing a set. He has completely denied the allegation, supposedly having stated: "I guarantee you that never fucking happened".

Superstar

Franconi had a successful career during the late 1990s and early 2000s as Superstar DJ Keoki; he released a number of CDs over that decade and was hired to play for thousands of people at massive raves. In 2006 and 2007, he toured – dressed extravagantly, wearing makeup, and sporting a number of tattoos – in the United States and Europe on the Club Party Monster Tour, a tribute to the film Party Monster as well as a nod to the Club Kid scene that shot him into stardom.

After Party Monster

Franconi still tours, performing at venues such as The Viper Room in Los Angeles, California, Shag in Denver, Colorado, Tantra in Tampa, Florida, VIA Afterhours in Houston, Texas, Amazura Concert Hall in Queens, New York, Hard Rock Cafe in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Level II in Scranton, Pennsylvania. He also makes annual appearances in Moscow at the Gaudi Fest during Halloween, and he has played at the Love Parade in Berlin, Germany. Presently he is signed to Moist Music and electronica mega-producer Edgar L. Montiels' indie electronica label, Let's Beat Milo Records, based out of Los Angeles. In January 2017, he was arrested in New York City after a man in his apartment died of a drug overdose, when the officers entering his apartment found it contained illegal narcotics. Following the incident, he entered a rehabilitation program and announced the cancellation of all upcoming events.

Discography

1991 – DJ Keoki Presents Disco 2000 – Volume One

1991 – DJ Keoki Presents Disco 2000 – Volume Two

1993 – We Are One

1994 – Journeys By DJ
1995 – All Mixed Up

1996 – Disco Death Race 2000

1996 – The Transatlantic Move

1997 – Ego Trip

1998 – Inevitable Alien Nation

1998 – Altered Ego Trip

2000 – djmixed.com/keoki

2001 – Jealousy

2002 – Keokiclash

2002 – Misdirected Jealousy: The Remix Album

2003 – Kill The DJ

2004 – The Great Soundclash Swindle

2010 – Talking to Yourself

2019 – Born to Attack

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