Pegasvs is a French-born, London-based DJ and producer and the mind behind Burnin Music. Rooted in deep, soulful house with strong jazz and funk influences, his work favours emotion over metrics and dancefloors over data. In 2025 he released the vinyl trilogy In Search Of — Extend & Play, Music Not Numbers and Transition — a personal three-part journey that closed with a collaboration with saxophonist Nathan Haines and a remix by Tom Laroye.
Pegasvs was never built for shortcuts.
His story isn’t about launching a career, it’s about slowly walking away from a life that didn’t fit — leaving Paris, learning records by touch and feel, letting nights in dark rooms become his real education.
London didn’t give him fame, it gave him discipline. Floors that punish mistakes. Crowds that tell the truth.
Burnin Music — When Motion Becomes Music
The label, Burnin Music, began as somewhere to put all that restless energy before it ever became a label. A place to keep himself honest while everything else was changing. The name stayed because the fire did.
In 2025 he pressed that whole year into three slabs of vinyl: Extend & Play, Music Not Numbers and finally Transition. Not a rollout, more like a diary written in grooves.
The first carries the echo of old nights that never quite fade. The second pushes back against a world ruled by stats and streams. And the last — with Nathan Haines weaving sax through the mix and Tom Laroye breaking it open on the remix — feels like a soft goodbye to the version of himself he’s outgrown.
He doesn’t look back for comfort, only for momentum. No settling, no repeating. Just the belief that music only matters if it keeps you moving.
Transition feat. Nathan Haines
They call the trilogy In Search Of. What it really sounds like is someone closing one door and stepping into the dark without needing to explain why.
Pegasvs closes his 2025 trilogy the way most people only start — with a deep breath and no safety net.
Transition is warm, soulful house wrapped around Nathan Haines’ sax, six minutes where the floor finally relaxes and remembers why it came. Tom Laroye flips it inside out with jazz-tech angles and broken rhythms for the dancers who don’t want things tidy.
Transition is out on vinyl now.
Influences
Pegesvs talks about 5 of his biggest influences.
“[…] honestly, it changed everything for me” – Pegasvs
Moodymann – Black Mahogani
Moodymann has always felt like the sorcerer of Detroit to me — part musician, part voodoo artist. In 2004, when he toured this album, I caught him at a now-defunct Paris club, and he DJ’d the entire night with his back to the crowd. Classic Moodymann. No interest in trends, no need for hype — just pure presence and artistry. Black Mahogani showed me how powerful music can be when the artist truly doesn’t care about anything except their own vision. He’s been dropping incredible LPs for decades, and he remains a reminder that sometimes you achieve more by caring less.
M.C.D.E. – Raw Cuts #3
Back in 2009, I’m still in Paris and working for a PR agency in the music industry when I first heard this record — and honestly, it changed everything for me. It was my introduction to Danilo Plessow, and I remember being completely blown away by how alive the track felt. The groove is loose, organic, slightly wonky, and totally unquantized, yet everything locks together perfectly. The sampling is so sharp and so musical — every element feels woven into the track with intention and taste. From that moment, Danilo instantly became one of my top three artists to follow, and he still is today. This record is a masterclass in vibe and craft.
Azari & III – Reckless With Your Love
2012 was the year for Azari & III, and this track summed it all up — the sound, the visual aesthetic, the attitude, the message. It was fierce, unapologetic, and captured the spirit of that moment perfectly. I was obsessed with how confidently they blended house, pop, and that raw hip-house energy. When I released my first record in 2019, Drinking With My Eyes, I definitely borrowed from that world — both sonically and visually. The influence is obvious: the hip-house leaning production, the styling, even the tone of the video. This track was a big blueprint for me.
Tee Mango – Breathe Easy
This came out in 2012 on a tiny label called Millionhands — only 50 copies pressed. It was my first introduction to Tee Mango, and while it’s definitely jazzy house, it’s also something totally unique. You can feel his quirky personality in every harsh sound and bold attitude — almost punk in its spirit. Who knew I’d end up working with him in 2020, joining his coaching course, and that he’d be a huge part of why 2025 is shaping up to be so prolific for me?
Detroit Swindle – The Break Up
These guys are the ultimate bosses. Back then they were still Detroit Swindle (now Dam Swindle), and this track had the same vibe that blew me away with Danilo’s record — super groovy, organic, and a bit left-field. It blends all my influences perfectly and kills it on the dancefloor. Since discovering them in 2013, I’ve consistently bought their music and feel really grateful for that find.
Links:
Bandcamp: https://pegasvs.bandcamp.com
Resident Advisor: https://ra.co/dj/pegasvs
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/pegasvs
