AVANT GARDE

Description

AVANT GARDE
every 1st Friday featuring
DIMITRIS MYKONOS
with guests

'music for the people'

Dimitris started mixing with the help of his good friends Thomas Katsaros (Sony Music) and George Siras (Kiss FM Athens) in 1984 at "Disco Atomic" in Athens, Greece. Within 2 years he and his friends dominated the Athens nightlife, securing residencies and bookings at all the major nightclubs. Dimitris spent his summers in the Greek islands spinning for the vacationing European crowd, and his winters between radio stations (Studio 99, Art Fm, Capital 96.5) and various nightclubs until 1991, when he moved to the Bay Area and decided to take a little break and find a "Real Job". That "little break" ended up being nothing short of 8 years. When he finally returned to the scene, he was fortunate to have the support and confidence of his new friends, founders of Pleasure Zone Productions, Mixed Elements and Hotel Ibiza. Dimitris has worked his magic at local clubs like 1015 Folsom, RubY Skye, Ibiza, Decibel, Bas, Sno-drift, Rouge, NV, Forum, and the list goes on. His ability to cross over different styles of House Music on the fly has given him the reputation of always having packed dance floors independent of location. He reads the crowd in a way that only old school European DJs used to back in the day, which allows him to respond and make adjustments to content and style. He was recently voted as one of San Francisco's top 10 DJs in a 3-week poll sponsored by Nitevibe.