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Having spent a fortune on records, tapes and going to live gigs in Greece; a year of learning how to be a B-girl when I was 15; 9 months of being a night-time radio presenter on Greek Radio for a Cretan folk music programme (well, I was my dad's sidekick); a 2-year speck as the singer of two student bands in Manchester ("None of the Above" who are still going!! and "Blue2"); very random attempts to learn the bass guitar; and 10 years of drug-free clubbing all over Europe, I finally accepted my teenage fantasy to DJ and did a workshop with Donna Maya from "Die Patinnen" in Hamburg in 2001 and was wondering why I hadn't done it earlier! I started teaching myself on the decks of three generous, kind and wonderful mates: DJ Ainge who had even given me the keys to her flat to go and practise while she was at work!!!!, DJ Stef the Cat who gave me my first ever gig at the Schnabelbar and lots of encouragement, and Thomas, an avid techno DJ himself, who gave me his whole gear while he was abroad - ein massives Dankeschön geht an Euch alle! Got my first gigs already in late 2002 at the SCHNABELBAR in Berlin. These were followed by others in 2003 and 2004 at the "ÜBERNACHTSLOUNGE" club in Dresden and at the "KÖPI", an alternative cultural centre and squat in Berlin.

Back in Manchester in 2005, I got my own Technics and my basic Stanton mixer and I also started a course in Studio Engineering, Music Production and ProTools at the SCHOOL OF SOUND RECORDING (SSR). In early 2006 I got to play a couple of times at the Manchester-based (pirate back then) radio station, UNITY RADIO, and later in the year I did a course in MIDI and Music Synthesis using Cubase SX and Reason again at the SSR. So I started producing my own tech-Dubstep tunes (check out my music profile).

Since 2007 I've been playing out very often, mainly in Manchester but also further afield like Liverpool, Huddersfield and even Athens. I got to play at my most favourite club in Manchester, the "ATTIC", for "Rare As a Green Dog", a night which got awarded funding from FUTURESONIC FESTIVAL in 2007, as well as for HIT & RUN while it was still at the Attic. I've done a few guest mixes for: UNITY RADIO Manchester (S-Man's DnB show, Witness The Sickness, DJ Tay's show), DIVERSITY FM 103.5 Lancaster (Musicbox), BASSBOXRADIO Bulgaria (Nomadic Takeover) and Offradio.gr Athens (Bleep Bleep).

In 2008 I landed a residency at EQ! SOUNDSYSTEM and in 2009 another residency at PLUTONIC , both in Manchester.

Here are some nights I've played in the past 2 years:

- FUTURESONIC FESTIVAL 2007 [EVNTS] Manchester (ATTIC)

- PANGAEA FESTIVAL 2008 Manchester (UNDERGROUND)

- OPEN PLAN Manchester (SAKI BAR, JABEZ CLEGG)

- HIT & RUN Manchester (ATTIC)

- PLUTONIC Manchester (SAKI, SOFA, RAMPANT LION)

- EQ! SOUNDSYSTEM Manchester (BAA BAR, REVOLUTION)

- RARE AS A GREEN DOG Manchester (ATTIC, GREEN ROOM)

- FLUFF Manchester (MATT & PHRED'S)

- FOUNDATIONS Manchester (REDRUM)

- HEAVY ROT8TION Liverpool (LEMON LOUNGE)

- POWAH Huddersfield (BAR 1:22, NORTHERN LIGHTS GALLERY)

- SUB-URBIA Huddersfield (LONG ISLAND BAR)

- PONY LICKS Athens (TROVA)

When I started off, I was mixing mainly oldskool upbeat bouncy dark and fast Drum'n'Bass and Jungle (and when it's not fast I like speeding it up :)) In 2008, I started playing out Dubstep too (Love at first sound!!!). Check my mixes on my player here. You can shuffle among them by clicking on FWD >> on the player. I've also played out some minimal techno too, so I guess it's about time I played out some Schranz and hard techno as well (another one of my loves) :)

Since January 2008, I've been doing a monthly podcast on DUBEARTH.com called the "GENRE SALAD" , where I introduce and play my favourite tracks of the day, year or life, usually brand-new dubplates and unreleased material straight from the budding producers coming from all corners of the Earth but also older tracks from bigger names that don't get played out enough. The tracks span many different music genres: from Dubstep and Metalstep, to Hiphop, dancehall and soca, to jungle, jungle techno, raggacore, speedcore and Schranz. I love giving names to new mashup genres! My latest is "soca dubstep" :)

To stream the "GENRE SALADS" and download them for free just click on the fruit below or point your browser to: this web address . If you want to send me your tracks for the upcoming Genre Salads, message me for the email or postal address.