Frank Storm is a chameleonic character in the booth and the studio, but always remains true to his roots. The foundation of everything he does is groove and slick drum programming, but he isable to adapt to every situation hefinds him in. As someone whofirst heard dance music in hisuncle’s car, the joy and excitement he felt back then has never left him, either through years spentas a dancer on the other side of the booth, or now as the party commander in chief.Eventually moving to Ibiza to follow his love of music, Frank soon became a regular at places likeNo Name Club and began to make a mark on those who know. Keen to curate the whole nightwith his own vision, he started his now critically acclaimed Unusual Suspects party with aresidency at Sankeys Ibiza in 2015 and hasn’t looked back since. The night quickly becameknown for its devotion to the underground rather than big names or obvious ticket sellers. It builtup a community of serious music lovers who appreciated the quality soundtracks provided by topguests like Cassy, Chris Liebing, DJ Sneak, Enzo Siragusa and Sonja Moonear amongst manymore.Accordingly, Unusual Suspects became in demand around Europe and has since heldshowcases at EGG London, IPSE Berlin and OPIVM Bali just to name a few. Of course, this hasalso meant Frank himself has built up fans all over the world and now plays everywhere from ADEto Space Ibiza, Output New York to Pacha Barcelona via his ongoing residency at AmnesiaMilano. Frank likes to look into the eyes of his dancers, to make that personal connection, transmithis passion and enthusiasm and head off on a journey with his dancers – a journey intoatmospheric house, sleek and slick tech and plenty in between, always with a sense of fun, andpreferably for extended periods of time so he can really tell a story. Fast grooves and warm,saturated sounds with chopped up samples of the past and a soul-infused vocal always litter hissets and inform his style in the studio.Frank’s breakout release came with ‘Gimme the Honey’ on Hot Creations, and he followed it upwith a dynamic selection of club-friendly but characterful EPs on Get Physical, Serialism andDecay Records, with massive remixes of Dana Ruh, Guido Schneider and Yusef showing anotherside to his skills. The next chapterfinds Frank start his own label, Crunch, where he insists he, hisfriends and favourite producers will be “free to create whatever they want without any restrictions”.It will be another fascinating development in the career of one of dance music’s youngest,hungriest and most unique artists.
