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{{Short description|French music producer and DJ}}
{{BLP sources|date=August 2018}}{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Dimitri from Paris
| image = Dimitri from Paris.jpg
| caption = Dimitri from Paris in 2005.
| image_size = 150
| birth_name = Dimitrios Yerasimos
| alias = Dimitri Yerasimos
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Istanbul]], Turkey<ref name="Larkin90">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2000|edition=First|isbn=0-7535-0427-8|page=125}}</ref>
| death_date =
| origin = [[Paris]], France
| instrument =
| genre = [[Lounge music|Lounge]], [[electronica]], [[downtempo]], [[House music|house]], [[shibuya-kei]], [[French house]]
| occupation = composer, DJ, remixer, record producer
| years_active = 1987–present
| label = [[Yellow Productions]]<br />[[ITH Records]]
| associated_acts =
| website = {{URL|http://www.dimitrifromparis.com/}}
| current_members =
| past_members =
}}
'''Dimitrios Yerasimos''' ({{langx|el|Δημήτριος Γεράσιμος}}, {{lang-Latn|el|Dimítrios Yerásimos}}; born 27 October 1963), better known as '''Dimitri from Paris''', is a French [[music producer]], [[disc jockey|DJ]] and composer of [[Greeks|Greek]] descent.<ref name="Larkin90"/> His musical influences are rooted in 1970s [[funk]] and [[disco]] sounds that spawned contemporary [[house music]], as well as original soundtracks from 1950s and 1960s movies such as ''[[Breakfast at Tiffany's (film)|Breakfast at Tiffany's]]'', ''[[La Dolce Vita]]'' and ''[[The Party (1968 film)|The Party]]'',<ref name="Larkin90"/> which were sampled in his album ''[[Sacrebleu (album)|Sacrebleu]]''.<ref>IMO Records [http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/dimitri-paris-biography/ "Dimitri from Paris Biography"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120802035848/http://www.imorecords.co.uk/house-2/house-artists/dimitri-paris-biography/ |date=2012-08-02 }}, ''[[IMO Records]]'',Retrieved on 11 February 2012.</ref> Yerasimos fused these sounds with [[electro music|electro]] and block party [[hip hop music|hip hop]] he discovered in the 1980s.
==Life and career==
Contrary to his musical pseudonym, Yerasimos was born not in Paris but in [[Istanbul]], Turkey.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://podcasts.nova.fr/radio-nova-nova-club/202405040900-dimitri-paris-nous-raconte-milles-histoires | title=DIMITRI FROM PARIS nous raconte milles histoires ! }}</ref> His family relocated to France<ref>{{Cite web |last=Interviews |first=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & |last2=ClashMusic |date=2024-11-29 |title=Lost In Music: Dimitri From Paris Looks Back {{!}} Features |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/lost-in-music-dimitri-from-paris-looks-back/ |access-date=2025-04-17 |website=Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews |language=en-GB}}</ref> where he discovered DJing at home, using whatever he could find to "cut and paste" samples from disco hits or in to montages heard on the radio, blending them together to make tapes. This early experimentation helped him launch his DJ career.<ref name="Larkin90"/>
===Early career===
He started out by DJing at the French station [[Radio 7]], before moving on to [[Skyrock (radio)|Skyrock]] and finally to [[Radio NRJ]], Europe's largest FM radio network, in 1986. There, he introduced the first ever [[house music]] show to be broadcast in France,<ref name="Larkin90"/> while simultaneously producing under the direction of sound designer Michel Gaubert, runway [[soundtrack]]s for fashion houses such as [[Chanel]], [[Jean-Paul Gaultier]], [[Hermès]] and [[Yves Saint-Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint-Laurent]]. He also released two solo EPs from 1993 to 1994 and contributed to the [[Yellow Productions]] compilation ''La Yellow 357''.<ref name="Larkin90"/>
===Recording career===
In 1996, Yerasimos gained worldwide recognition with the release of his first full album, ''[[Sacrebleu (album)|Sacrebleu]]'', released on [[Yellow Productions]].<ref name="Larkin90"/> A blend of diverse influences including [[jazz music|jazz]], original film soundtracks, [[samba music|samba]], and organic [[house music|house]], ''Sacrebleu'' sold 300,000 copies worldwide and was named Album of the Year by UK's ''[[Mixmag]]'' magazine.<ref name="Larkin90"/>
In 2000, Yerasimos followed ''Sacrebleu'' up with ''A Night at the Playboy Mansion'' (Virgin) and ''Disco Forever'' (BBE), followed by ''My Salsoul'' in 2001, ''After the Playboy Mansion'' in 2002. In 2003, ''Cruising Attitude'' was released, to be closely followed by his first outing on UK's premier dance music label Defected: Dimitri from Paris In the House.
He has followed a somewhat glamorous musical path by recording soundtracks and advertising campaigns for fashion houses Chanel, Jean-Paul Gautier and Yves Saint Laurent and remixing hundreds of artists as diverse as [[Björk]], [[The Cardigans]], [[James Brown]], [[Michael Jackson]], [[New Order (band)|New Order]] and [[Quincy Jones]].<ref name="Larkin90"/> He also did the music for the anime ''[[Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase]]'' and mixed the soundtrack for the French luxury dessin animé [[Jet Groove]] produced by Method Films.
===Recent developments===
2005 saw Yerasimos go back to his Funk and Disco roots, with Japanese hip hop producer and über collector DJ Muro for Super Disco Friends a double CD mixdown. In 2006 he offered his House of Love outing to Valentine's Day's lovers. Later on Yerasimos produced [[Los Amigos Invisibles]] "Super Pop Venezuela" album which grabbed a nomination for a Grammy Award.
2007 saw the release of the ''Cocktail Disco'' project with label [[BBE (Barely Breaking Even)|BBE]]. Yerasimos described in the notes to the project that he arrived to the material through a "kind of evolution in music collecting [where] the more you complete one genre, the more you move to a sub genre, a sub, sub genre, eventually branching out to different musical paths, to avoid being stuck in dead ends. It turns out records I would overlook a few years back, are the ones I feverishly hunt now. One of many such sub genres I grew up to love over the years, is a type of Disco that I could best describe as Cocktail Disco."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Dimitri from Paris presents Cocktail Disco |url=https://bbemusic.com/product/cocktail-disco |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=BBE Music - Barely Breaking Even |language=en}}</ref>
Yerasimos described the [[Disco|Cocktail Disco]] sub-genre as having "that ubiquitous 4/4 beat and flying open high hat, complemented by rich orchestrations, campy over the top vocals, and an often tropical latin vibe. Something that wouldn’t feel out of place in a Broadway musical."<ref name=":0" /> He also pointed out that he believes "the same style was called [[Disco|Sleaze]] back in its days, from roughly 1976 to 1979. There were even DJs specialized in the Sleaze sound which was usually played after hours, in spots with a strong sex-oriented drive."<ref name=":0" />
The ''Cocktail Disco'' compilation includes tracks from [[Astrud Gilberto]], Blue Velvets, the [[The Ritchie Family|Ritchie Family]] and [[Paul Mauriat]] ("The Joy of You," from his New York-recorded disco album collaboration with [[Gérard Gambus]] ''[[Overseas Call]]'').
2009 saw the release of the ''Night Dubbin''', a post-disco R&B compilation remix album.<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1536327|pure_url=yes}} "Night Dubbin'"] at [[AllMusic]]. ''Retrieved on August 15, 2009''</ref>
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
* ''[[Sacrebleu (album)|Sacrebleu]]'', 1996
* ''Cruising Attitude'', 2003
===Compilation albums===
* ''Monsieur Dimitri's De-Luxe House of Funk'', 1997
* ''A Night at the Playboy Mansion'', 2000
* ''
* ''My Salsoul'', 2001
* ''After the Playboy Mansion'', 2002
* ''In the House'', 2004
* ''[[:ja:Neko Mimi Mode|Neko Mimi Mode]]'', 2004
* ''The Kings of Disco'', 2004 compiled by Dimitri from Paris and Joey Negro
* ''[[Tsukuyomi: Moon Phase CD collections#Best Collection|TV Tokyo Animation Tsukuyomi–Moon Phase– Best Collection "Zenbu, Kikitakunacchatta…"]]'', 2005
* ''Super Disco Friends'', 2005 compiled by Dimitri from Paris and DJ Muro
* ''Southport Weekender'', 2005 compiled by Dimitri from Paris, Jazzie B, and Quentin Harris
* ''In the House of Love'', 2006
* ''Cocktail Disco'', 2007
* ''Return to the Playboy Mansion'', 2008
* ''Night Dubbin''', 2009 compiled by Dimitri from Paris & The Idjut Boys
* ''Get Down With The Philly Sound'', 2010
* ''Knights of the Playboy Mansion'', 2011
* ''The Remix Files'', 2011
* ''Back In The House'', 2012
* ''In the House of Disco'', 2014
* ''Dimitri From Paris Presents Le CHIC Remix'', 2018
===Remixes===
*[[Gérard Blanc]] - [[Une autre histoire|Une Autre Histoire]]
*[[Stardust (band)|Stardust]] - [[Music Sounds Better With You]]
*[[Mark Ronson]] - [[Nothing Breaks Like a Heart]]
*[[Jackson 5]] - [[I Want You Back]]
*[[Daft Punk]] - [[Get Lucky (Daft Punk song)|Get Lucky]]
*[[Jamiroquai]] - [[Cosmic Girl (song)|Cosmic Girl]]
*[[Fine Young Cannibals]] - [[She Drives Me Crazy]]
*[[Bananarama]] - [[Dimitri's Megamix]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p211970}}
*{{Discogs artist}}
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070704185947/http://www.myparistrips.com/paris-night-clubs-lequeen.html Dimitri from Paris] – clubnight of note at ''Queen''
*[http://www.fashionwelike.com/my-style-dimitri-from-paris Dimitri from Paris] interview on personal style
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[[Category:Greek DJs]]
[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Turkish people of Greek descent]]
[[Category:French people of Greek descent]]
[[Category:Musicians from Istanbul]]
[[Category:French electronic dance music DJs]]
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