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Dimitri from Paris (born Dimitris Yerasimos in October 1963) is a French music producer and DJ of Greek origins. His musical influences are deeply rooted in 70s Funk and Disco sounds that spawned today's House music but also original soundtracks from 50's and 60's cult movies such as "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and "The Party". Dimitri teamed these sounds with electro and block party hip-hop he discovered in the 80s.
Biography
Contrary to his musical pseudonym, Dimitri was born not in Paris but in Istanbul, Turkey. Born in Turkey to Greek parents, Dimitri grew up in France where he discovered DJing at home, using whatever he could find to "cut and paste" samples from disco hits heard on the radio, blending them together to make tapes. This early experimentation helped him launch his DJ career.
Early career
He started out by DJ'ing at the French station Radio 7, before moving on to Skyrock and finally to Radio NRJ, Europe's largest FM radio network, in 1986. There, he introduced the first ever house music show to be broadcast in France, while simultaneously producing runway soundtracks for fashion houses such as Chanel, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Hermès and Yves Saint-Laurent. He also released two solo EPs from 1993 to 1994, and contributed to the Yellow Productions compilation La Yellow 357.
Recording career
In 1996 Dimitri became world famous with the release of his first full album, Sacrebleu, released on Yellow Productions. A blend of diverse influences including jazz, original film soundtracks, samba, and organic house, Sacrebleu sold 300,000 copies worldwide and was named Album of the Year by UK's Mixmag magazine.
In 2000, Dimitri followed Sacrebleu up with A Night at the Playboy Mansion (Virgin) and Disco Forever (BBE), followed by My Salsoul in 2001, After the Playboy Mansion in 2002. In 2003, Cruising Attitude was released, to be closely followed by his first outing on UK's premier dance music label Defected: Dimitri from Paris In the House.
He has followed a somewhat glamorous musical path by recording soundtracks and advertising campaigns for fashion houses Chanel, Jean-Paul Gautier and Yves Saint Laurent and remixing hundreds of artists as diverse as Björk, The Cardigans, James Brown, New Order and Quincy Jones.
In addition, throughout his career Dimitri has mixed hundreds of records from artists as diverse as the Brand New Heavies, Etienne Daho, New Order and Björk. He also did the music for the anime Tsukuyomi -Moon Phase-.
Recent developments
There was a rumour that he worked with Sophie Ellis-Bextor on her third album, as she said she worked with "a French guy called Dimitri", but this was later proved false.
In February 2005 the French government awarded Dimitri the rank of Knight of the Arts and Letters. Along with Air and Cassius he was the first artist from the Electronica field to be given such a distinction.
2005 saw Dimitri go back to his Funk and Disco roots, with Japanese hip hop producer and über collector DJ Muro for Super Disco Friends a double CD mixdown. In 2006 he offered his House of Love outing to Valentine Day's lovers. Later on Dimitri produced Los Amigos Invisibles "Super Pop Venezuela" album which grabbed a nomination for a grammy award.
2007 saw the release of the Cocktail Disco project with long time partner BBE, a handful of Disco classics remixes and other surprises down the line.
Discography
Studio albums
- Sacrebleu, 1996
- Cruising Attitude, 2003
Compilation albums
- Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House Of Funk, 1997
- A Night at the Playboy Mansion, 2000
- Disco Forever, 2000
- My Salsoul, 2001
- After the Playboy Mansion, 2002
- In the House, 2004
- Neko Mimi Mode, 2004
- The Kings of Disco, 2004 compiled by Dimitri from Paris and Joey Negro
- TV Tokyo Animation Tsukuyomi–Moon Phase– Best Collection "Zenbu, Kikitakunacchatta…", 2005
- Super Disco Friends, 2005 compiled by Dimitri from Paris and DJ Muro
- Southport Weekender, 2005 compiled by Dimitri from Paris, Jazzie B, and Quentin Harris
- In the House of Love, 2006
- Cocktail Disco, 2007
- Return to the Playboy Mansion, 2008
External links
- All Music Guide entry for Dimitri from Paris
- DJ Dimitri from Paris club-night of note at Queen
- Dimitri From Paris