biography
A self confessed lover of all things nocturnal, Kamisshake or Kami as he is known has been visiting clubs ever since he was old enough to get in to them and its been shaping his life from the very first visit. Kami has used his love of the parties, clubs, colourful characters and never ending stream of music as inspiration for his own productions and DJing sets…
Kami is originally from Iran but now resides in London. Feeding his thirst for all things electronic he worked in the Soho record store XSF. and currently at the leading record store in uk bm soho
He then channeled his production flair and burst onto the European house scene in 2003 with his remix of Kelis' ‘Milkshake’, due to the overwhelming response from all corners of the world, the guise ‘Kamisshake’ was born.
Famed for playing a unique blend of hypnotic, sexy global beats he regularly plays in Thailand, Uruguay, Brazil, Spain, France, Italy and more.
He has an impressive catalogue of productions and remixes under his belt including work for major labels such as Mark Knight’s Toolroom, Deepdish’s Yositoshi and shinichi amongst others.
Kami has held residencies at some of the worlds most esteemed clubs including 'Fiction' at one of London’s best loved clubbing institutes ‘The Cross’ (R.I.P) and of course the legendary DTPM previously held every Sunday at Fabric and Friday’s at Space Ibiza in 2007 for Azuli. as well as Peter Pan & Cocorico in Italy.
His remix back catalogue includes the 4 Tune 500 classic ‘Dancing in the Dark’, the aforementioned worldwide smash ‘Milkshake’ by Kelis, Mark Knight’s ‘Insatiable’ for Toolroom and many others. His original productions include releases for the likes of Azuli (‘Dark Beat’, ‘Gin & Tonic’ / ‘Vodka Cranberry’) and Tom Stephan’s label Chumbomundo (‘High Voltage’ / ‘Rhythm Pervert’). Kami is no stranger to the long players either having been called upon to complete compilations for his good friends at Azuli. Undertaking some of the industry’s most prized compilation series including, Miami-The Annual (2007), Space – The Annual (2007) and more.
Forthcoming, Kami has lent his distinctive style to the Wally Lopez classic ‘Patricia Never Leaves the House’ giving it a fresh perspective for 2009.
He also has a new EP on Yoshitoshi called ‘The Problem’, as well as the 4 Tune 500 classic ‘Dancing in the Dark’ on Destined. was his latest release in December.
He also has more outputs in 2009 which. remix the new upcoming Pete Heller " Sabotage " on BEDROCK and his own ep "free your mind" as featured on Mark Knight
coming compilation on toolroom records, and an ep " CENTIPEDE "on the spanish label "insert coin" as well as remix for for new talent Carlo Lio in Canada all will be released throughout 2009.
releases
Remixes:
- pete heller - sabotage - kamisshake mix - bedrock
- carlo lio - someday - kamisshake mix - rawthentic
- danideahl feat whiskey - pete poppin bottles - kamisshake mix - strictly rhythm
- 4 tune 500 - dancing in the dark - kamisshake 2008 mix - destind records
- wallylopez - patricia never live the house - kamisshake 2008 mix - lafactoria
- hampton - simple kamisshake mix - azuli
- trancesetters - beatfreak - kamisshake remix - azuli records
- the beginners - tonight - kamisshake remix - wax habit ( italy )
- mark knight- insatiable - kamisshake remix toolroom (UK) and yoshitoshi ( USA )
- ferrer & sydenham's - sandcastles - kamisshake remix - defected ( UK )
- lee wharton and jay lee lloyd - symphony - kamisshake remix - shinichi ( USA )
- guy williams - work - kamisshake mix - DTPM ( UK )
- dj disciple - sex - kamisshake mix - molocatcho ( spain )
- tom stephan - dog - kamisshake mix - chumbomundo ( UK )
- gianluca motta - tokyo - kamisshake remix - we love muzik ( italy )
- dj aleksij - feelin' nice - kamisshake remix - ( maghnet plus ) ( italy )
- roger sanchez vs tom stephan - hold on - kamisshake mix - chumbomundo ( UK )
- holmes ives - 8 letters - kamisshake remix - yoshitoshi ( UK )
- pledge - folis pigal - kamisshake mix - morning sweat
- ride the wave - kamisshake remix - melodica ( italy )
- dj mendo - attraction - kamisshake mix - clarisse
- d'elia & fuzzy hair - sun - kamisshake mix - mylo records
Original Productions:
- kamisshake - the problem - yoshitoshi
- kamisshake - make up your mind - yoshitoshi
- kamisshake - emma / chilli freak - ocean trax ( italy )
- kamisshake - dance floor - cosmonote ( italy )
- kamisshake - dark beat - azuli ( uK )
- kamisshake - another dimantion - deck - angel of love ( italy)
- kamisshake - decad - beatfreak ( spain )
- kamisshake - high voltage / rhythm pervert - chumbomundo ( UK )
- kamisshake - getting stronger - azuli
- kamisshake - life gos on - disco 45 ( UK )
- kamisshake - gin+tonic / vodka cranberry - azuli ( UK )
- kamisshake - bass buster - wax habit
- kamisshake - dance with devil - honey djon ( USA )
- kamisshake - i cant get e-nof - sumplus ( switzerland )
- kamisshake - space invaders - deck ( italy )
- kamisshake - montevideo nights - pild ( uruguay )
Compliations
- kamisshake - dark beat - space ibiza
- kamisshake - dark beat - miami2007
- kamisshake - dark beat - club azuli
- kamisshake - dark beat - space annual 2007
- kamisshake - getting stronger - space opening party dVD
- kamisshake - getting stronger - club azuli
- kamisshake - getting stronger - perfect lovers
- fuzzy hair - sun - kamisshake mix - dirtiest electro house - volume 2
- kamisshake - high voltage - lets go chumbo ( USA )
- kamisshake - high voltage - dj vibe - global groove ( portugal )
- kamisshake - rhythem pervert - tocadisco - summerdayze - australia
- kamisshake - rhythem pervert - gabriel ananda compilation rave on snow ( germany )
- roger sanchez vs tom stephan - hold on - kamisshake mix chumbomundo
- electronik vol - 8 atlantis ( italy )
- tokyo - kamisshake remix - saifam ( italy )
- tokyo - kamisshake remix - riccione house movement vol 5 - atlantis italy
- fuzzy hair - sun - kamisshake mix - gastspiel techhouse vol4