Art Of Hot
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Biografía
- Musician, Producer and Dj originally from San Francisco living in PDX.Chris Demetras, AKA Art Of Hot, is a seasoned, west coast dance music producer/ and DJ. As Art Of Hot he has produced almost 170 original tracks and remixes on over 30 labels and prolific DJs such as Carl Cox , Jon Rundell and Angel Alanis have played his material. Chris caught the dance music bug while being very actively involved in the heady and lively San Francisco club and rave scenes of the early ‘90s. DJs like Doc Martin, Garth, Jeno, The Hardkiss Brothers and DJ Dan had a profound influence on his taste and music sensibilities. In fact there were times when he would find himself digging for records beside Doc Martin in the beloved, and sadly missed, BPM record store on Polk street. Chris began Djing in 1992 and within a few years mastered music production. He then decided to perform live and chose the project name Art Of Hot. His breakthrough came when the Art Of Hot track was released on Looq Records and subsequently licensed to Microsoft XBox’s Dance Dance Revolution Ultramix 2 compilation in 2004, DVD and Video game in Japan. In 2010 Chris moved to Portland, Oregon and continued to craft tracks that have been put out on, or licensed to, several labels. Art Of Hot’s track with Franck Valat, “Goodwill,” appeared on the compilation Minimal Club Affairs Volume 4, released on legendary German dance label ZYX, which also included productions by tech house heavy hitters such as Dirty Bird’s Worthy, Ryan Crosson of Vision Quest and German duo Andhim. But, tech house isn’t the only style in which Chris is fluent, he is also extremely adept at creating drum ‘n’ bass, electro, bass music and breaks. Now, firmly based in Portland, Chris and partner Jim Collier throw the popular monthly party Flight.