Superstar DJ Keoki (born October 22,1966, Keoki Franconi) is a trance musician who was born in El Salvador (many say he was actually born in Panama), and raised in Maui. He has many nicknames, most of them created himself. Among them are: "The Bad Boy of Techno", "The It Boy", "The Pied Piper", "The Mixmaster", and "The God of Techno" (Also "That Fucker DJ" and of course, "Superstar DJ Keoki"). Ironically, he had no experience as a DJ when was branded Superstar DJ Keoki. Franconi grew up in Maui, Hawaii. As a young man he moved to New York City, where he met and began a romance with Michael Alig. Alig rose to international fame as the head of "the Club Kids" gang, a group of diverse partygoers who would dress in costumes each night and form parties in New York and all over the United States. Franconi performed as a DJ during the parties. Club members also included celebutante author James St. James - and Angel Melendez, who supplied the group with drugs. Franconi and Alig both developed expensive drug habits and began to grow apart. Alig's drug use indebted him to Angel Melendez, whom Alig later murdered with the help of Robert "Freeze" Riggs. Subsequently, Alig became a fugitive from the law, breaking all ties with Franconi. Franconi went on to have a successful career during the 1990s and 2000s as Superstar DJ Keoki, releasing a number of CDs over that decade. He still performs to this day, dressing extravagantly, wearing makeup, and sporting a number of tattoos. He is presently touring the United States and Europe with three other DJs on the Club Party Monster Tour, a tribute to both the Party Monster movie as well as a nod to the Club Kid scene that shot him into stardom. The tour began in November, 2006 and according to the tour website, it "has no specific end-date. This could go on for years if we let it." He was portrayed by Wilmer Valderrama in Party Monster, a biopic about James St. James and Michael Alig
Discography
2004 - The Great Soundclash Swindle
2003 - Kill The DJ
2002 - Misdirected Jealousy: The Remix Album
2002 - Keokiclash
2001 - Jealousy (also released in a Limited Edition 2XCD version with bonus CD w/ exclusive remixes)
2000 - djmixed.com/keoki
1998 - Altered Ego Trip (The Remix Album)
1998 - Inevitable Alien Nation
1997 - Ego Trip
1996 - Disco Death Race 2000
1996 - The Transatlantic Move
1995 - All Mixed Up
1995 - We Are One
1994 - Journeys By DJ
