Part of the
90's wave of
French house, Dimitri From
Paris brings along plenty of
kitsch,
disco and fun to his
music. His first album, "
Sacrebleu", was originally commissioned by
Chanel as
catwalk music. "
Sacrebleu" fuses
house,
jazz, and
lounge music. The most popular songs on the first album were "Sacre Francais" and "Une Very Stylish Fille". The latter samples the lines "How do I look?" and "Very good. I must say I'm impressed!" from "
Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the
saxophone from the theme to "
The Girl From U.N.C.L.E.".
The persona Dimitri adopted for "
Sacrebleu" was of an
American pretending to be
French. Dimitri himself was born in
Istanbul and raised in
Paris.
More recently, Dimitri released "A Night at the
Playboy Mansion", a mix album of
lesser-known disco. Dimitri, along with the French group Respect is Burning, originally played these songs for
Hugh Hefner's 74th
birthday parrty, hence the
album title. In
2000 he released the follow-up triple album "
Disco Forever". The first
cd is a mix of the original
songs on the other cd's.
Dimitri seems like a friendly
DJ who doesn't take himself too seriously, and he keeps a large collection of
Japanese robot toys.