Academy: New York 2013 If there ever was a DJ/producer/engineer that deserved a monograph, it is probably François Kevorkian. After moving to New York in 1975, his influential disco edits and medleys landed him an A&R job at Prelude, where he helped define the dance-music zeitgeist. As a DJ, he continued to work at seminal clubs like Studio 54, the Loft, and the Paradise Garage.