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Petros Floorfiller

From Greece, United Kingdom

Biography provided by artist management, May 2002:PETROS FLOORFILLERwww.floorfiller.grPetros Kozakos " FLOORFILLER" was set up in 1988, and is mainly concerned with the Managing, Advertising, Presentation and Promotion of Music, Artistic and other events across Greece. He made studies of Marketing Management in the Athens "American College". Petros Kozakos is the person who helped the most to become House and Techno music known throughout Greece one decade ago.Today he is considered to be the most progressive DJ and Club Promoter, because he founded the legendary FAZ Club and the FLOORFILLER Booking and Promotion Agency, the first booking and promotional agency of dance events, in Greece. Nevertheless, he co-operated with Sunrise Zone (1990-1991, 1995-1997).• Club FAZ (1988 – 1992) was one the first clubs in Europe where House music was established and developed. The dance floor of FAZ and Radio Channel 15 (105 FM) every Friday and Saturday night (23:00 – 06:00) were instrumental in the promotion of House music so Athenian audiences.• The Sunrise ZONE (1994 – 1996) was the second musical landmark in Petros Kozakos‘ career. It was the first club in Greece, which had three different stages and three different kinds of dance music (Trance/Techno, Garage House, Drum & Bass).FLOORFILLER also collaborates with the clubs "+Soda" in Athens and "Space Mobile" in Thessaloniki as a resident DJ or as a Promoter. In all the above clubs, he helped change the course of the club culture forever, “floorfilling” them as a DJ and/or Promoter. From November’96 to February’97, he presented the FLOORFILLER-Show at the dance radio station of Athens LIFE 89.2 FM , a two-hour daily program (14:00 – 16:00) bearing his own style.Petros FLOORFILLER is the Greek Dj best known abroad and has appeared, among others, at the following clubs & festivals:• AMNESIA, Ibiza 1990/1998• Ministry of Sound, London 1995• Pacha, Ibiza 1995/1996• Space, Ibiza 1995, 1996• ASHRAM, Florence-Italy 1994/1995/1996/1997• Ultra Violet, Italy 1997• INSOMNIA, Toscana-Italy 1995/1996/1997/1998• Cream, Ibiza 1997/1998• Cream, Liverpool-England 1998• Faboula, Italy 1998• Unity Festival, Zurich-Switzerland 1998• Medinma Festival, Marseille-France 1998• Labyrinth, Zurich-Switzerland 1997/1998/1999• Street Parade, Zurich-Switzerland 1999