Balata Artist Bio

Balata (Gerald Henderson), house music producer and DJ from Martinique, living in France .
From his multicultural roots in Martinique to his life of travel and experience around Europe, he has always tried to walk a thin but distinct line between Afro House and Melodic House. Constantly balancing groovy organic textures against harsh minimalism of the European tech scene. Balata is a total internal reflection of Gerald’s personality. In his own words, « why should we create boundaries ».

Gerald Henderson is a french artist with roots from the West indies, he is now djing for 15 years.
Initially coming from Hip Hop and groove music, he has naturally evolved his sound to something more electronic, warm, dancy, groovy during those last 10 years…

Besides his dj skills, he is also a confirmed producer which allowed him to sign tracks on some of the major house music labels such as : Nervous (USA), Yellow Productions (France), Stereo Productions (Spain), Twisted (USA), Housesession (Germany), Floorplay (UK), G-Rex (Netherlands).. just to name a few. He had some residencies on several radios such as Radio FG USA/MEXICO, you can frequently here some of his shows on Radio Fun X in Amsterdam.

His productions have received great support from major artists on the scene like Danny Tenaglia, Roger Sanchez, Bob Sinclar, Gregor Salto, Antoine Clamaran or Dj Chus..
He is also the man behind a lot of remixes like “Elements” of Danny Tenaglia, “Outro Lugar Feat Salome De Bahia” of Bob Sinclar, some others for Antoine Clamaran, Peter Gelderblom, David Vendetta, Chus & Ceballos..

He is the creator of Bongo Tone, a latin House/tribal oriented label. Another face of this raw gem growing into the music industry.
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