Cedric Gervais (born Cédric DePasquale; 7 June 1979) is a French DJ, producer of house music and actor living in Miami Beach, Florida. In 2013, he produced a remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Summertime Sadness”, for which he won a Grammy Award.
Gervais was born in Marseille. He was a resident DJ at Paris’ Le Queen Club. In 1998, he moved to South Beach in Miami Beach. He was 19 years old when he left for Miami, and gained residencies at Crobar (now Cameo) and Nikki Beach, before taking over as DJ at the Club Space Terrace. His first single, “Burning”, was released with Ultra Records through their sublabel You. In 2006, his debut album The Experiment, featured the single “Spirit in My Life”, also on Ultra Records. His production credits include working with Lenny Kravitz, Deep Dish, Steve Lawler, and Rachel Star.
Gervais also has had two record labels of his own, Sleaze (for digital releases) and Sleaze Industries (for physical releases). He operated the labels during the 2000s releasing progressive and tribal house music.
