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DowntownUnderground Vol 0 in Freeze Magazine February's issue !
All My Future Gigs...
November 8 Saturday ... D-nox with Nicolas Dales in an After Hours set at SHADOW, Aristofanous 12, Psiri, Athens.
November 13 Thursday ... DowntownUnderground at LOOP, Plateia Aswmatwn, Psiri, Athens
November 22 Saturday ... Nicolas Dales at Joy
Art Bar, Saxtouri 2, Psiri, Athens
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100 Gigs In 1 Year...
May 10 VANILLA. Sarri 37, Psiri
May 12 LOUD MANSION. Ermou 116, Psiri
May 17 VANILLA. Sarri 37, Psiri
May 18 ASTRA. Mykonos island, Kyklades
May 19 ROMANIA Cancelled due to elections
May 24 MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
May 26 WILD ROSE. cancelled
May 31 MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
June 2 Romania, Cluj
June 7 MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
June 9 MESCAL with Stylab. Sarri 42, Psiri
June 14 MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
June 21 On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio,Zapeio.
June 28 MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
July 5 MESCAL. CLOSING PARTY. Sarri 42, Psiri
July 7 CASTELLO, Paxoi island.
July 12 On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio,Zapeio.
July 14 Private Pool Party
July 19 On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio,Zapeio.
July 21 Galliano, Pili Evoias
July 26 On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio,Zapeio.
July 28 Galliano, Pili Evoias. Progressive Festival
August 2 On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio,Zapeio.
August 4 Beach Party (private)
August 6 CIRCUS, Private F.S.I. official after party, Creta Island, Hersonisos.
August 9 On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio,Zapeio.
August 10 Floisvos Surf Club, Naxos Island.
August 11 Red Bull noon parties @ Mesakti Beach Ikaria Island. 17:00
August 13 Para Pente club, Agios Kurikos, Ikaria Island.
August 14 Private party with all the dj's of the Red Bull parties. Ikaria.
August 21 Trata beach bar, Agios Georgios, Naxos island
August 22 Cossa Nostra, Hora Naxou, Naxos island
August 28 Full moon party at TAJ MAHAL (18 hours!), Perivolos beach, Santorini. 20:00
Dj line up: Nicolas Dales, Floorfiler, Jimmy on the mix, K. Marousopoulos, Romylos.
August 30 DowntownUnderground @ On The Road
September 1 Mescal opening party. Sarri 42, Psiri
September 6 ... Nicolas Dales meets LEON SEGKA for the first time!
On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio, Zapeio.
September 8 ... Mescal. Sarri 42, Psiri
September 9 ... Mukonos island, Ag. Swstis beach
September 13 ... On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio, Zapeio.
September 15 ... Argy wedding madness party, Korinthiakos.
September 20 ... On The Road , Arditou 1, kolimvitirio, Zapeio.
September 21 ... Loud Mansion (pre opening party), Ermou 116
September 22 ... Mescal. Sarri 42, Psiri
September 29 ...Nicolas Dales & MFK at Mescal. Sarri 42, Psiri
October 3 ... Nicolas Dales annual birthday party. CANCELLED
October 4 ... Nicolas Dales monthly show at Danceradio.gr 17.00-18.00
October 5 ... Nicolas Dales & Kumo at Loud Mansion. Ermou 166, Psiri.
October 11 ... SPOILED, 232 Kifisias av. & Kassaveti, Kifisia.
October 13 ... Nicolas Dales & MFK at MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
October 18 ... SPOILED, 232 Kifisias av. & Kassaveti, Kifisia.
October 20 ... Liquid Soul, 9 West, Nicolas Dales at Loud Mansion. Ermou 166, Psiri.
October 25 ... SPOILED, 232 Kifisias av. & Kassaveti, Kifisia.
October 27 ... MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
November 1 ... SPOILED, 232 Kifisias av. & Kassaveti, Kifisia.
November 3 ... MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
November 8 ... SPOILED, 232 Kifisias av. & Kassaveti, Kifisia.
November 9 ... MOJO BAR, Rhodes Island, Old Town.
November 10 ... MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
November 23 ... MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
November 24 ... D-NOX, Nicolas Dales, MFK at Loud Mansion. Ermou 166, Psiri.
December 1 ... MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
December 7 , Friday ... MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
December 13, Thursday ... Kumo B-day with Kumo and Nicolas Dales on dexx
December 14, Friday ... MOTEL CLUB, Salamina.
December 15, Saturday ... MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
December 21, Friday ... Nicolas Dales & MFK at MESCAL. Sarri 42, Psiri
December 22 Saturday ... Nicolas Dales & Mikele at ONE UP, Thiva
December 29 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at SOUL (Stereo), Evripidou 65 (1st floor)
December 30 ... Nicolas Dales, Petros Floorfiler, Sotus Bo @ LOUD MANSION, Ermou 116, Psiri
December 31 ... MESCAL NEW YEARS EVE 12 HOURS PARTY
Nicolas Dales, MFK and friends
starts 02:00
January 9, Wednesday ... Loop Bar, Pl. Aswmatwn, Thiseio
January 12 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
January 17 Thursday ... Nicolas Dales invites Kostas Marousopoulos at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
January 26 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
February 1 Friday ... Sonicreations & F.S.I. Dance.
Dj's: Nicolas Dales, M.F.K., Romylos, Mike Riza, Alex Dimou
LOUD MANSION, Ermou 116, Psiri, Athens
February 2 ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
February 8 Friday ... Sonicreations & F.S.I. Dance Label Event.
Dj's: Nicolas Dales, M.F.K., Romylos, Mike Riza, Alex Dimou
LOUD MANSION, Ermou 116, Psiri, Athens
February 9 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
February 16 Saturday ... Nicolas Dales & M.F.K. at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
February 21 Thursday ... F.S.I. Dance presents Nicolas Dales and Leon Sega at DESIRE, Heraklion, Creta. CANCELLED
February 22 Friday ... Nicolas Dales & Mike Riza at One Up, Thiva. CANCELLED
February 28 Thursday ... Nicolas Dales at COMMO, VOLOS, Kontaratou 5.
March 1 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
March 5 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at ONE HAPPY CLOUD
March 8 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
March 15 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
March 16 Sunday ... Nicolas Dales at ATHENS FASHION WEEK LIVE
March 19 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at LOOP
March 22 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
March 24 Monday ... Nicolas Dales at ONE HAPPY CLOUD (Nat. Celebration's Eve)
March 29 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
April 2 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at ONE HAPPY CLOUD
April 5 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
April 9 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at ASTRON
April 12 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
April 16 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at MAMAKAS, Gazi, Athens
April 19 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
April 16 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at MAMAKAS, Gazi, Athens
April 19 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
April 23 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at LOOP
April 25 Friday ... Nicolas Dales at ONE HAPPY CLOUD, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
April 26 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri, Athens
April 30 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at Yoga Bala
May 3 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
May 7 Wednesday ... Deep Electronique Atmosphere at YOGA BALA, Riga Palamidou 5-7, Psiri.
May 14 Wednesday ... Deep Electronique Atmosphere at YOGA BALA, Riga Palamidou 5-7, Psiri.
May 15 Thursday ... Nicolas Dales & Kostas Marousopoulos GRAND OPENING of AMMOS CLUB.
May 17 Saturday ... Loco Grieco Equaliser After hours party at Alexander beach, Sarwnida. Nicolas Dales, Taz Michail, M-lab. starts 09:00.
May 17 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
May 21 Wednesday ... Deep Electronique Atmosphere at YOGA BALA, Riga Palamidou 5-7, Psiri.
May 22 Thursday ... Nicolas Dales @ AMMOS CLUB
May 23 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
May 24 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
May 28 Wednesday ... Deep Electronique Atmosphere at YOGA BALA, Riga Palamidou 5-7, Psiri.
May 29 Thursday ... Nicolas Dales @ AMMOS CLUB
May 30 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
May 31 DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
June 4 Wednesday ... Deep Electronique Atmosphere at YOGA BALA, Riga Palamidou 5-7, Psiri.
June 5 Thursday ... Nicolas Dales @ AMMOS CLUB
June 6 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
June 7 DowntownUnderground at MEZCAL, Sarri 42, Psiri
June 8 Nicolas Dales and friends @ Glaros beach bar, Sxoinia.
June 11 Wednesday ... YOGA BALA --- CANCELLED
June 12 Thursday ... AMMOS CLUB --- CANCELLED
June 13 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
June 14 DowntownUnderground at BAROUGE. Andronikou 4 & Tzaferi, Gazi.
June 18 Wednesday ... YOGA BALA --- CANCELLED
June 19 Thursday ... AMMOS CLUB --- CANCELLED
June 18 Wednesday ... YOGA BALA --- CANCELLED
June 19 Thursday ... AMMOS CLUB --- CANCELLED
June 20 Friday ... Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
June 21 Saturday Nicolas Dales at EUROPEAN MUSIC DAY with Mind Radio at Plateia Suntagmatos (21:00 till 24:00)
June 21 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at BAROUGE, Adronikou 4, Gazi
June 26 Thursday ... AMMOS CLUB --- CANCELLED
June 27 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
June 28 Saturday ... MEZCAL --- CANCELLED
June 29 ... Sunday afternoon party Professional Crap Dancers at Dekko. Nicolas Dales, Penetration, Abfahrt.
July 4 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
July 6 Sunday ... Nicolas Dales, Mike Riza & Anna Petousi (Mojo 107,7) at BUDDHA beach bar, Diakopto (Elaiwnas). Starts 17:00 till 24:00
July 11 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
July 12 Saturday ... Nicolas Dales at Havana Club Athens Flair Open. Flisvos Marina. 23:00-24:00
July 13 Sunday ... Nicolas Dales at FREE RADIO third party at
ISLA CLUB (proin Prova) Paralia Neas Makris 21:00 - 22:00
July 13 Sunday ... Nicolas Dales at Havana Club Athens Flair Open. Flisvos Marina. 23:00-24:00
July 13 Sunday ... Nicolas Dales, Mike Riza & Anna Petousi (Mojo 107,7) at BUDDHA beach bar, Diakopto (Elaiwnas). Starts 17:00 till 24:00
July 18 Friday ... Nicolas Dales Deep Electronique Atmosphere at ONE HAPPY CLOUD. Aristofanous 12, Psiri
July 23 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at LOOP
July 30 Wednesday ... Nicolas Dales at LOOP
August .... SoniCreationS is on vacations after a looong time.
August 2 Saturday... Nicolas Dales afternoon party at JOJO beach bar, Santorini (Perivolos)
August 3 Sunday... ... Nicolas Dales, M-lab (birthday!), Naip afternoon party at GALLIANO beach bar, Evoia (V. Evoia, Pili)
August 8-9 Friday & Saturday ... Nicolas Dales at KAHLUA, NAXOS, Agios Prokopios beach. Afternoon party!
October 9 Thursday ... Nicolas Dales @ Loop, Plateia Aswmatwn, Thiseio, Athens
October 17 Friday ... Nicolas Dales @ BaRouge, Andronikou 4 & Tzaferi, Gkazi, Athens
October 25 Saturday ... DowntownUnderground at SOUL, Evripidou 65, Athens
October 27 Monday ... National Celebration's Eve at JAM BAR, Naxos island.
November 1 Saturday ... Nicolas Dales at Cartel,
Agias Eirinis 2 & Aiolou, Monastiraki, Athens
My life till now
Now....
This has been a great year for me... I celebrate my 20 years as a dj, my 20.000 hours on dexx and 100+ gigs in one year... I have my own radio show every Saturday and finally started my own music company SoniCreationS. My team and i are working hard to support all these but the result is good.
We are organising a Greek tour for this year starting slowly during this summer, to celebrate all the above.
Thanx for your support! It's worth is unlimited...
Early ages....
Nicolas Dales was born in Belgium (Liege, Verviers) October 3rd 1971. His mother is a Belgium German hairdresser, decorator, physiotherapist and his father a greek student studying in belgium informatics ( in 1969 !!!). Nicolas was always surounded by technological equipment and varius storage medias (records, tapes, floppy disks, performed cards). His mother, record collector and music fanatic, transfered him the love for the music. His father, a computer guy (since computers occupied whole appartement), transferred him the love for the technology. Nicolas bought his first record in 1978 and it was Police Outlandos d amour (Rooooxane !) and in 1979 he was the prowd owner of probably the first home computer ever arrived in greece (with him from belgium) a Zx Spectrum (not the 48K, the older one !) At the age of 6 he was already an amateur dj, performing mainly at his mother living room, as she used to have parties very often. That period he was influenced by David Bowie, Iggy Pop, the Abba, Boney M, Bee Gees, classical music...
Many years followed and Nicolas started to have psycological problems. When everybody was dancing with a girl, he was that guy in the corner, behind a table (dexx), messing with records and tapes. He even had a system with two amplifiers and two decks so he could also mix (kind of). Later he realised that exists a kind of equipment called mixer and started saving to buy one. Then at the age of fifteen he started working in a bar in Athens wich name is forgotten (braincells damage). Despite his multicultural influences (punk, thrash, rockabilly, rock, heavy metal, everything except greek!) he always had a hidden love for more electronic stuff like Depeche Mode, Frond 242, Kraftwerk, Vagelis, Jean Michel Jarre.
Everything started here....
This hidden love appeared back in 1988 while he was in Belgium and felt (thank god!) the new beat, a sound called Acid House (aciiiiiiiid). Then he started collecting records only from this musical genre. Very fast he started djing in underground and garage parties in Belgium, Holland and Germany under the name DjD or NNiko and during the summertime he was spining in the greek islands (for the following 10 years, great years...).
In Athens he started his profesional djing career in 1991 in a new bar called Action (Kenedi sq.) Few months later he had his first argument with a club owner because of the underground style of his music. He returned permanently in Greece back in 1996 studied and graduated from a sound technology institute and kept on djing in varius bars and clubs all over Greece (listed at the bottom).
Always being involved with computers he was the first greek dj performing with just a computer (full tower, not laptop !) and became resident of the famous bar Z-00 presenting his FCDS (Full Computerised Digital Set) and later on the D.A.W. (Djs At Work) nights. He was primarily mixing his own edits of the best underground tracks.
Radio, record shop, magasines, events....
Another big love of Nicolas is the radio. This happened when he was invited for a dj set in a show of a legendary radio in Athens called LIFE (1994?). Few years after he hosted some succesfull radio shows at RADIO 1, FREE FM, COOL FM, PROFIT.
During 1998-1999 he worked at Storm record shop while writing music articles at LEMON magazine. A year later he became Chief editor of a new undreground dance magazine FAST FORWARD while he cooperated and did the management of Q-BASE. In 1998 he created SoniCreationS and started organising events and bookings for varius clubs while having his own DEEP ELECTRONIQUE ATMOSPHERE and DownTown Underground nights. An accident stopped his career in 2002 and after an absence of 9 months he returned to back to the dj booth. He continued to organise varius events under the name DownTown Underground in varius clubs with big success.
Final Scratch....
In 2003, and because of his technological knowledge, his digital mixing, and his dj capabilities, he was nominated by STANTON as the OFFICIAL GREEK STANTON FINAL SCRATCH DJ presenting for the first time in Greece the Final Scratch, the latest technological equipment of the dj world.
National Performances:
Athens:
+ Soda, 7 Heaven, Action, Ammos Beach, Astron, Backroom, Barouge, Berlin, Big Love, Blaze T, Club 22, Danza,Dom, Dancefloor (Porto-Rafti), Dekko, E-fos Festival, Follie, Floral, Gaze at, Glaros Beach bar, King-Size, Lava Bore, Loud Mansion, Loop, Luv, Mad, Mamacas, Memphis, Mescal, Mirroir le Bar, Mooi, Momys, Motown, Meli, One Happy Cloud, Open, Playroom, Playback, Prego, Samaca (Alepohori), Soul (Stereo), Sofita (Lobby), Spoiled, Stavlos, Studio 54, U-matic, Vanilla, You, Ypersintelikos, Wunderbar, Wild rose, Yoga Bala, Zoo and more..
Greece General:
Thessaloniki: Goa (Halkidiki), Kiku,Milos, Sky bar, Blue Bar
Corfu: Nostos, Sax, Essex, Sound Factory, Ceasar, Faros,Scaraveos
Patra: Gallery, Space, Bios
Volos: Nakos Center, Melabus
Mykonos: Astra, Gallery, Mad, Space,Bolero
Naxos from 1990-1998: Ole club, Ocean club, Kahlua, Mosquito, Appolon, Amphitheatro, Seven, Faros (2001), Naxos open air festival (2003), Jam bar, Lalos Sailing
Ikaria: Alta Mar, Para Pente
Veria: Modjo
Paxoi: Castello, Panorama
Creta: Hania, Hersonisos
N. Anghialos: Rodon
Evia: Galliano
Korinthos: Kalamia
Kos: Island.
Lavrio: Galla
Rodos: Mojo Bar
International Performances:
Belgium: La Chapelle, Le Box, Mama Roma, Montini, Rave explosion 2 and in many illegal raves during 1989-1997
Holland: L.A. Dancelab (Brenda) 2003 (Bi monthly residency), La peniche (94-97) and in many illegal raves at Maastricht during 1989-1997
Germany: Aachen (89-90)
Romania: Butterfly event (Iasi), Diskoteka 14, International Progressive Event (Cluj)
Albania: Charles Bistrot, Venue Club, Live dj set at radio station O2 (Tirana)
Other occupations:
Radio producer at stations: Cool fm, Free fm, Radio 1, Profit 96.6
TV: Producer and presenting Playroom at Channel 10, Athens.
Records shop: Storm (98-99)
Magazines: Lemon (editor), Fast Forward (Chief editor 2001-2002)
Remixes: C-real Why me (Sony Music),
Management: Q-base (1999-2001), Bulldog Amsterdam events manager (2oo3 - 2004)
SoniCreationS(1998-now).
CONTACT:
Nicolas Dales
www.nicolasdales.com
www.sonicreations.com
