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 The Past: MPI Project (Mike Politis) was born in Zimbabwe, during the most turbulent of times in that country; the end of the 70’s. As a small kid his parents took him to New York where he grew up and his love for music ignited. This contrasting blend of influences of the upcoming New York house music scene and the soul and rawness of the African continent became Mike’s base from where he operates.
After enjoying his childhood in the USA, Mike moved back to Africa to live in Johannesburg, South Africa. Leveraging on his multi-cultural background, Mike started of as a Drum n Bass DJ in early 1994, continually progressing to open South Africa's first Drum n Bass record label, WayWest Wreckordings. After setting his sights more on music production, he then opened 2 more Record Labels, Fracture Records and Kloraform, which have both enjoyed numerous successful releases within South Africa and vastly across the global village. You will find Mike’s older productions as an array of styles; from Hip-Hop, House, Electro and LoFi to Nu Skool Breakbeat and Drum n Bass. Nowadays, the MPI Project sound has matured towards danceable electro, with minimal and tech house influences, without forgetting his musical background and heritage. Other Aliases of MPI Project include: Niteanday, D-Sine and Subtraction. Please find a full listing of all Mike’s productions in his discography.
Mike is widely recognized as the essential driving force within the South African dance music scene - A status he has held for 0ver the past 12 years now. He enjoys regular live multidimensional performances which encompass all the vivid impact of an Audio / Visual Music Experience and has supported many International acts both in South Africa and abroad such as: Dieselboy, Raiden, Dylan, Smashing Pumpkins, Shimon, Jazzanova, Randall, Stuart Hillary, Diggs & Woosh, Scratch Perverts, Counterstrike, Freq Nasty, Armin van Buuren, Sebastien Ingrosso, Brian Cross, King Unique, Dr Moody, Aphrodite, DJ Red, and many, many more!
The Future: 2008 will be remembered as the year MPI Project took over the rest of the world, starting with the first major step he took in 2007, when he Mike decided to take his career yet to the next level by moving from South Africa to the UK. While making a name of himself, he soon was picked up by the London dance scene. Just four weeks in London, Mike was offered to became the head of entertainment and promotions, as well as resident DJ of London’s famous Zulu club.
Style: Mike performs a solo act as MPI Project, with a live production performance using Ableton Live, as well as various hardware modules, to compose, arrange and produce live, groundbreaking, floor-fillers. With his multi-cultural and global background, his performances are a hard-hitting, high energy, fluent and smooth mix of underground electro, packed with minimal techno and tech house influences which is guaranteed to get – and keep!! – the crowd dancing all night long. |
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