Frederic Holyszewski

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Frederic Holyszewski, aka "Dado", is a world renowned[citation needed] music producer mostly know for his psytrance projects such as Deedrah, Cypher and Synthetic. He was born on the 9th of march 1970 in Melun, France where he was raised. His father is from the Ukraine and his mother is from the north of Italy.

He'd learned classical music since childhood, playing piano and transverse flute yet wanted to be a biology teacher. He got a masters in biology/geology (PARIS 6) but stopped his studies when he was 25 years old to produce the early Transwave tracks with fellow music producer Christophe Drouillet aka Absolum.

He's been releasing his trance productions under the name Deedrah since 1995, and there are three DEEDRAH albums so far :

  • Self Oscillation (Distance /Questionmark rds) His first voyage under the name Deedrah and a classic album defining his own solo sophisticated style.
  • Reload (Alien News) a famous album veering towards the direction of melodic and progressive with a twist of psychedelia.
  • Body & Soul (spun rds) A full on psytrance album echoing from the days of Goa gatherings and beach parties.
  • Far and Away (Hadshot Haheizar)Released: June 2001

Collaborating with other huge names such as Sid Shanti, Bamboo Forest, and many many others, Dado has founded a broad and diverse spectrum of music in projects such as Transwave, Kaledoid, Synthetic, Cypher, The Digital Avengers, Dandandado, and The Good The Bad and the Ugly to name a few. He also heads another solo project with the name Federico Baltimore, with a more lounge/house style. He is known for having a high standard of music and rock solid production quality.