Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike in TomorrowWorld 2013
Background information
Birth name Dimitri Thivaios & Michael Thivaios
Also known as Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, TerraPlastik, Noisefreak, Madfunk, Mobnoiz, DNM & 3 Are Legend
Born

Dimitri 16th May 1982 (age 32)

Michael 2nd December 1985 (age 29)
Willebroek, Belgium
Origin Belgian/Greek
Genres Electro house, rave, big room house
Occupation(s) DJ, producer
Instruments Keyboards, mixer, synthesizer
Years active 2007 – present
Labels Smash The House Records, Spinnin' Records, LE7ELS
Associated acts Steve Aoki, Yves V, W&W, VINAI, Fedde le Grand, Martin Garrix, Angger Dimas, Tujamo, Felguk, Moguai, Julian Perretta, Wolfpack, Katy B, DVBBS, Borgeous, Sander van Doorn, Coone, Lil Jon, Afrojack, Nervo, Dada Life, Tara McDonald, Ummet Ozcan, Boostedkids, Regi Penxten
Website http://dimitrivegasandlikemike.com
Members Dimitri Thivaios (Dimitri Vegas) Michael Thivaios (Like Mike)

Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike are a Greek/Belgian electronic DJ duo, living in Belgium, composed of brothers Dimitri Thivaios and Michael Thivaios. They currently hold the 2nd spot on DJ Magazine's annual Top 100 DJs poll. [1]

Career

Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike began to make their first steps as DJ's at the ages of 14/15. In their early years they made several appearances in small clubs and were the residents at BeatFM as radio DJs. Dimitri then left Flanders in 1999 and began touring Europe. He lived in Mallorca and then in Halkidiki, Greece before moving to Ibiza in 2003, where he was a resident in major clubs such as Privilege and Space.[2]

After living in Mallorca and on the Canary Islands, he settled in Zante, Greece where he was a resident of Amnesia and The End in 2006. In autumn 2006, Dimitri returned to Belgium to work with his brother, Like Mike, and produced their first release Cocaine / Eivissa 2007. His remix of "Work That Body", 2008 caught the attention of Axwell, who entrusted them with a remix of "Rotterdam City of Love" by Abel Ramos for his label Axtone.

In 2010 they appeared as Tomorrowland Hosts for the first time and were allowed to make the anthem of the festival, this was "Tomorrow (Give Into The Night)" with Dada Life and Tara McDonald, which was released by the label of the duo, Smash The House. In 2011 Dimitri Vegas and Like Mike returned to make the anthem, this time with Afrojack and Nervo. The single was called "The Way We See The World". "Tomorrow Changed Today" was the anthem for the 2012 edition of the festval. For the 2013 edition of Tomorrowland, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike made the anthem "CHATTAHOOCHEE". This single, released by Smash The House label/Spinnin Records, arrived at Beatport Chart Top 1 in less than 3 days. In the year 2014, the duo made the anthem for Tomorrowland called Waves, with W&W.

The two DJs are also in preparation of an album due out in the summer of 2015, including collaborations with Major Lazer, Ummet Ozcan, Martin Garrix and Afrojack.

Personal Lives

Dimitri and Michael were born to a Greek father and Belgian mother. They grew up in Willebroek, Belgium. While they still live in Belgium, they also have houses in Spain, Greece and Los Angeles.

Dimitri is a keen comic reader, claiming he has been reading them since he was a young boy and still has a subscription. His favourite is Spiderman, according to Michael, "He thinks he is Spiderman".

Like Mike speaks many different languages including Greek, Dutch, French, English, Spanish and German. Dimitri can speak Dutch, French, Greek and English.

The two brothers are big fans of Eminem and say it is their dream to work with the rapper one day.[3]

Releases

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015


Remixes

2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015


Hit Notations

List of singles as lead artist, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
BEL
[4]		 AUT
[5]		 FRA
[6]		 GER
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 SWI
[9]		 UK
[10]
"Liquid Skies"
(as DMN featuring Jade)		 2009 25 — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Under the Water" 19 — — — — — —
"Tomorrow (Give Into The Night)"
(with Dada Life and Tara McDonald)		 2010 16 — — — — — —
"Madagascar"
(with Yves V and Angger Dimas)		 2011 — — — — — — —
"The Way We See The World"
(with Afrojack and Nervo)		 34 — — — — — —
"Generation X" — — — — — — —
"REJ" — — — — — — —
"Momentum"
(with Regi)		 2012 7 — — — — — —
"Tomorrow Changed Today"
(with The WAV.s featuring Kelis)		 20 — — — — — —
"Madness"
(with Coone featuring Lil Jon)		 2013 35 — — — — — —
"Wakanda" 27 — — — — — —
"Mammoth"
(with Moguai)		 44 — 193 90 89 — —
"Turn It Up"
(with GTA featuring Wolfpack)		 — — — — — — —
"MORE"
(with Laidback Luke)		 — — — — — — —
"Chattahoochee" 2 — — — — — —
"Project T"
(vs. Sander van Doorn)		 29 39 — 33 — 21 —
"Find Tomorrow (Ocarina)"
(featuring Wolfpack and Katy B)		 2 — — — — — —
"G.I.P.S.Y"
(featuring Boostedkids)		 19 — — — — — —
"Stampede"
(vs. DVBBS and Borgeous)		 30 — 129 — — — —
"Tremor"
(with Martin Garrix)		 2014 3 55 116 — 44 — 30 Gold Skies EP
"Eparrei"
(with Diplo and Fatboy Slim featuring Bonde do Rolê and Pin)		 5 — — — — — — Non-album singles
"Waves"
(with W&W)		 7 — — — — — —
"Body Talk (Mammoth)"
(with Moguai featuring Julian Perretta)		 2 — — — — — —
"Nova"
(vs. Tujamo and Felguk)		 2 — 106 — — — —
"Tales of Tomorrow"
(vs. Fedde le Grand featuring Julian Perretta)		 2015 2 — — — — — —
"Louder"
(with VINAI)		 42 — — — — — —
"The Hum"
(vs. Ummet Ozcan)		 — — — — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

  1. ↑ "Top100DJs 2013".
  2. ↑ "bio".
  3. ↑ "facts".
  4. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike" (in Dutch). Belgium (Flanders) Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  5. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike". Austrian Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  6. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike" (in French). French Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  7. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike" (in German). German Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  8. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discografie Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike" (in Dutch). Dutch Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  9. ↑ Hung, Steffen. "Discographie Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike". Swiss Charts Portal. Hung Medien (Steffen Hung).
  10. ↑ "Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike" (SELECT "SINGLES" TAB). Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 June 2014.

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