Dj Leoni is one of the luminaries of the Greek house music scene. A man of multiple talents, he is not only skilled behind the decks, but also an accomplished musician and producer, as well as a successful club promoter and record company boss.His father was a member of the legendary greek band the Olympians, and at the age of seven he started studying piano and music theory at the Macedonian Music School. As a teenager, Leoni was in a succession of successful rock bands, but on discovering house music he decided to become a dj. Instant recognition of his dj skills led to Leoni being offered dj slots at some of Greece's top clubs, and between 1990 and 1993 he was a resident at club Cocos and Splendid in Thessaloniki. Leoni then turned his hand to promoting and soon found himself promoting and djing at some of the best clubs in Thessaloniki Troll, Spacemobile, Alysida etc.He cooperated with Dmc Hellas as a club promoter and also appeared live in large Dmcs music events in Thessaloniki and Athens. In 1998 Leoni began to spread his dj skills beyond Greece when he appeared at Unity Of The Underground (one of Germany's largest club events) in Dresden and Berlin.He took part in the 1st International Festival of Electronic music scene in Athens.The name of the festival was "e - phos" ["e - light"] and the whole festival took place under the license of the Ministry
of Culture. He has since gone on to play at many other clubs in Germany Zerma,Strasse e, Laboratorium, as well as djing in London Turnmills, El-Passo, in Ibiza at Itaca beach club(San Antonio)and Cyprus at Limassol(Golden beach,Ladys Smile). He has his own night with guest djs, including Andrew K,Tony Thomas,Nikola Gala, Kasey Taylor (Vapour), Anton Fielding (Echomen), Louis Paris (Plastic Fantastic), Flash Brothers,Pole Folder & CP (Bedrock), Tim Healey aka Electric Tease, Sergio Fernandez (Beat Freak), Yunus Guvenen (Bedrock), Paul Rogers (Sumsonic), Phil Thomson (Bedrock),dj Silversurfer(Crosstown rebels) etc, playing alongside him. As an increasingly respected house music producer, Leoni is currently recording tracks for his own label, UL (Underground Lessons) Recordings. He also records for other labels, including Cubic records, Erase records ,Loopsnoo records,Kaya records and Plusrec.In 2005 he released with his partner Andrew K the mixed compilation double cd "FLAVOURS"which was highly rated from dj magazines,portals all over the world.In 2006 he released the compilation "COLLEXION".Dj Leoni produces under such act names as Leoni,Oxi+de, Oxid8, M8,Astranalysis.
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