Thessaloniki
Born in Thessaloniki/Greece in 1974
and started to Dj in 1995 as Dj Petros at Super FM 108 a legendary underground dance music radio station of Thessaloniki after he had spend almost a couple of years collecting Vinyl and practicing on mixing.He is considered as one of the pioneers of Goa and Psychedelic Trance music Dj's in his city and played a major role at spreading the message to a wider audience through his radio shows (1995-2003)
It was the same time that Goa Trance scene started to grow around Europe and in Greece and as he was already involved with dance music such as Detroit and Chicago House & Techno but mostly Trance, he felt the difference of this unique music and culture, immediately... and a special connection that never felt with any other music genre before and decided to focus on it.
His first influences came from the early releases of labels such as Eye-Q records,Platipus,Blue Room,Dragonfly,TIP,Symbiosis Records etc..
During this period he was also a member of Acid Psychedelic's Club crew... a club and party organisation that hosted the first weekly Goa trance Parties in Thessaloniki with international and local guests from 1995 till 1997 and made history that is still remembered even today...so,he was also present at almost every party that took place there and met many important people and artists of the Goa/Psychedelic Trance scene ..such as Joti Shidhu, Max Etnica,Chakra,Elysium,Edi Mis,Mike Maguire and many others... who have been a great source of inspiration for him.
Pretty soon after his beginning on the radio in 1995 he started playing at Goa Trance parties as his show was becoming very popular.. and in 1997 he had his first international gig at the city of Skopje in FYROM at one of the first Goa parties of the Trance Experience team (if not the first ever).
That party was a blast and he became popular there as well..interviewed on TV and on the Radio and played at several parties as a guest from 1997 till 2000.
Also in 1997-1998 he was voted as the Best Psy Trance Dj and Radio producer in Thessaloniki at Lemon magazine's Yearly Awards during a period and time that readers had to send their votes through post !!!
Since then...and until today......(after he decided to change his artist name to Dj Peter Zen in 2002) he has played at numerous parties and festivals.....had residencies at clubs and bars in Greece ...helped at festival and parties organization...and promoted his own parties as well... also had quite a few international gigs mostly in Netherlands and Germany with Indian Spirit Festival (2008) Studio 80 in Amsterdam (2008)Psychedelic Circus Festival (2018)and PSY-FI Festival(2019) being the absolute highlights.
Nowadays his music journey includes more music genres besides Psy Trance and Psy Progressive...as he always stays in contact with his Techno roots ,enjoys to play Minimal,Tech House, Deep House...and even Lounge and Chill out...
but his main focus is Progressive Psychedelic Trance Music Production especially after his first digital release on Beatport for Blue Tunes rec. in 2010.
During the years he has shared the same stage with artists such as :, S.U.N project,Tim Schuldt,Mark Van der Vlught,Reefer Decree,Vaishiyas,Genetic Spin,Haldolium,Neelix,James Monro,Max Etnica,Anti,Synchro,Ryan Halifax,Freq,Antix,Emok ,Astronivo,E-Clip,Captain Hook,Ajja ,...and many other international and local Dj's and live acts of Psy Trance,Techno and House music.
Keep an eye (and an ear... or two) out, for some upcoming previews of his recent work in 2019 after learning and also perfecting his music production skills..
as they say on radio...stay tuned !
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