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DJ Avi
ABsurd Productions
& Microdots Radio

 

Last updated: 15 June 2000

DJ Avi was born in Greece in 1973. In late 1987, in the age of 15, he started his own pirate FM radio station, playing dance music regularly for a period of 2 years. When the Greek goverment legislated to allow private radio stations, Avi was mixing Club and House live on the radio program "And The Beat Goes On...", one of the most successful dance programs, until 1991. At the same time, he started DJ-ing in various dance-clubs and parties. From 1991 until 1996, during his university studies, his music style was gradually evolving to more trancey and psychedelic techno sounds. Meanwhile, during the early days of the psychedelic/goa trance scene in Greece, Avi was to be found DJ-ing in the occasional trance parties.

Avi's international career took off when he moved to the Netherlands in 1996. As the resident DJ of the ABsurd mobile parties, exposed the Dutch (and not only) crowd to the twisted psychedelic edge of techno. In the last 3 years he has performed in venues/parties like The Trance Buddha (Amsterdam), Club Shambhala (Vienna), Alien Resonance (Liverpool), Doornroosje (The Netherlands), and for various psychedelic organizations like Asrama (Greece), Gualiro (The Netherlands), Next Time Productions (Austria), Cabbage (Leeds, UK), Octarine (Manchester, UK), Cosmic Circus (The Netherlands), and Hipnosis (Liverpool, UK).

Receiving regularly promo releases from record-labels, and unreleased material from artists, Avi is spinning mostly vinyl and unreleased tracks from DAT. His subtle, smooth, but intense style combined with his sharp and twisted mixing abilities have rumoured that he is "the best trance DJ based in the Netherlands at the moment". Among his other activities, he has been Chaishop's international contact for the Netherlands.

Avi has a university diploma in Computer Engineering and Informatics, and currently, he is also doing his Ph.D. research in Informatics. He spends his weekends DJ-ing and partying himself, and the rest of his time is producing music in his studio.

"...your overall set was strong, flowing, sharply mixed and funky. Also it sounded real fresh between the usual psychedelia. Keep it up!"

Wouter, Cosmic Circus, PsychoTropical

 

"...Avi's demo tapes are well worth checking out. A harder sound than the Hamburg people are used to, but exciting!"

Alan Frostick, KERNEL Goa

 

"...Avi started at about 4:30, he started out with some great Australian sounding weirdness, very psychedelic sounds but with a good stomping 4/4 beat underneath. His sets always kick, but he's not afraid of playing some more experimental tracks as well, which is great for me..."

Joris Favie, LiQuiDiZeR

 

"...then Avi treated to one of those sets which seem totally perfect - even prepared - for the conditions. He took us back from the precipice of psy-intensity with more intimate music, reminding us that we were high in a forest, somewhere in this beautiful world with a few good friends, and earth and water, all around us..."

Charles de Ledesma, The Gnostic Garden festival

 

Last updated: 15 June 2000

For bookings call: +31 6 51 408838
or email: avi@djavi.com

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