With Future Music Festival 2009 kicking off this weekend, we’re taking a closer look at some of the artists on this year’s bill with a special DJ mixes showcase. For more mixes from FMF artists head to inthemix’s festival page here, where you’ll find DJ sets, as well as news updates, interviews, videos, podcast and heaps more!

French superstar Joachim Garraud started his illustrious career in the early 1990s as a DJ at The Boy – an infamous Parisian club attributed with discovering the techno phenomenon in France. A Musicology graduate of the Academy of Music and Percussion, he moved swiftly to production and created his very own recording studio in the middle of Paris. Within its confines, for the last decade he has remixed and composed his way to the top – not too mention producing artists like David Guetta, David Bowie, Kylie Minogue, Cassius and Moby along the way. Blending DJing and improvisation, Joachim’s performances are truly unique. Armed with his keytar, multimedia DVD show and Space Invader friends from outer space, he travels the globe at the speed of sound…

Future Music Festival tour dates:

Sat Feb 28 – Sydney
Sun Mar 1 – Perth
Sat Mar 7 – Brisbane
Sun Mar 8 – Melbourne
Mon Mar 9 – Adelaide