Francis Mercier

Born in Haiti and based in New York, Francis Mercier has built a career as a DJ and producer centered on the international house and afro house scenes. Active since the mid-2010s, he first emerged within New York's club circuit before gradually extending his activity to other territories across North America, Europe and Africa. Co-founder of the label Deep Root Records and its afro- and organic-oriented offshoot Deep Root Tribe, he advocates a musical line that blends house rhythms, Caribbean heritage and influences from African music, with a marked taste for vocals and percussion. Francis Mercier's productions sit at the crossroads of melodic deep house, afro house and a more driving tech house, often constructed around slow progressions and hypnotic atmospheres. In DJ sets he translates this blend by favoring long transitions and a dance-oriented dynamic.