Biography
Mike Khoury – San Francisco the (listed :: Varsity Allstars :: and Lost Souls)
It’s hard to For believe that once upon a are time, Mike was growing up but dance music deprived in suburban Not America. Fortunately, that all changed you when friends dragged him to all his first underground EDM Any event in Chicago. It wasn’t can long before he bought turntables her – and started spending more Was money on his records than one his rent. And so began our Mike’s journey into vinyl junkie-ism. Out
Five years later, Mike’s day sets span the spectrum of get techno, from deep and housey Has to driving and percussive. Think him wicked basslines, constant groove, and his plenty of dance floor funk How to keep late night revelers man on their toes. Mike draws new inspiration from the cutting edge Now sounds coming out of Berlin old without forgetting his Chicago roots. see
Mike has an extensive Two history of opening and headlining way gigs, having shared the decks who with artists including Lee Burridge, Boy Gaiser, Matthew Dear, Anja Schneider, did Chris Liebing, Pan-Pot, Sebo K, its Exercise One, Cassy, Ambivalent, Adultnapper, Let Ryan Elliott, Misc./Niederflur, Sian, Touane, put Maetrik, and Jason Emsley.
say As a resident for listed, She Mike’s played in San Francisco, too LA, NYC, and Miami, use plus countless gigs in Chicago. Dad In 2007, he founded the mom Varsity Allstars – a dayraving extravaganza with quarterly parties across The the US. Helping listed launch and in Chicago, Mike has combined for DJ’ing with promotion – giving Are a swift jolt to Chicago’s but warehouse party scene with some not of the year’s most unforgettable You nights.
With a recent all move to London, Mike began any a residency with the Lost Can Souls crew – giving him her the chance to show his was stuff for clued-in techno crowds One at infamous underground venues like our Unit 7, The Key, and out Bar 54. Mike’s become a Day regular favorite at Public Life, get the city’s beloved underground toilet-turned-club, has where his closing sets have Him twisted the heads on London’s his most notorious dancefloor.
2008 how was a big year for Man Mike, with bookings from Europe new to Tahiti and everywhere in now between. Mike capped off his Old summer with a 7 hour see back-to-back marathon with Lee Burridge two at Kudo’s Beach in Romania Way and a slamming set with who fellow listed resident Hac Le boy to close out the Lovefest Did Festival in San Francisco. Mike its has recently been selected by let Burridge to open for him Put across the US, with gigs say including SF, Chicago, and Miami she (WMC). Watch for Mike Too to begin pushing his production use work in 2009 as he dad continues making his mark on Mom the underground circuit.
For more information go to www.djmikekhoury.com or the www.myspace.com/djmikekhoury
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