Next Evidence, 28 year-old Parisian who grew up with the music of Stevie Wonder, Michel Polnareff, Prince and Michael Jackson, Michael Tordjman began by assimilating the music he loved with the sole aim of finding a way of combining the energetic rhythms of the dance floor with the universal harmonies through which we express emotion. He then met Maxime Cohen, also passionate about music, and together, stimulated by the explosion of the house movement, they decided to compose their own music. In 1998, Michaël and Maxime founded their own label, Basic Recordings, and named their creative duo Next Evidence. They quickly released several maxis which went straight onto the playlists of the biggest DJs around (Kerri Chandler, Kenny Dope, and Bob Sinclar), collaborated with such well-respected labels as Versatile, Yellow and Ibadan, produced remixes for Dimitri from Paris and King Britt as well as producing discs by other artists such as Julien Jabre, Soha, DJ Grégory, and Dennis Ferrer on Basic Recordings. At the same time, they DJ-ed at many events and were approached by the major record company, EMI, who offered to produce their first album. In 2000 « Thrills » came out, comprising 13 highly personal tracks made in collaboration with M, Sinclair, N’dea Davenport (Brand New Heavies) and Phife Dawg (aka. A Tribe called Quest) and it was this album that made their reputation for once and for all. Along the same artistic lines as their album, Next Evidence then decided to create « Sneakers Freaks Club », an electro soundtrack dedicated to the cult of the trainer and oscillating between the sweatiness of funk and the elegance of pop. The collective from the Basic label (Julien Jabre, DJ Grégory, Soha, Cutee B. and Mike R. Max) worked alongside them to produce a series of maxis in the same spirit. Between 2002 and 2004, a whole series of maxis linked to SFC hit the market. In 2004, Basic brought out its first compilation, « Early Hours » and with it, Next Evidence came to the end of a collaboration, which had lasted more than 10 years. Maxime left the duo to work on projects of his own, and Michael carried on alone. Today, Next Evidence continues its existence through the production of maxis intended primarily for the house scene, interspersed with evenings where Michael continues to mix (Maxim’s in Paris once a month, Favella Chic Free your funk in Paris). In 2005, all the SFC maxis will be collected onto one album and at the same time, Michael is preparing a second, more personal album to be released under a new name.