DJ Zombi
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Biografía
- Eli "Zombi" Blaltsan is a progressive house DJ based in Tel Aviv. Owner of Beat Boutique Records and Terra Open Air.Eli Baltsan (aka DJ Zombi) has been around for the past 15 years In the early 2000’s DJ Zombi began performing at underground parties throughout Israel. He played under a label named Domo, it was the only progressive label around at the time. As a music scout and DJ, Eli spent numerous hours behind the decks at many open air and club events. Just a few years later (2003), DJ Zombi became internationally recognized for his successful compilation release “Inspirazzia”, which lead to his first European summer festival bookings. Over the next few years, Eli would spend a lot of time performing at German open air events as well as other events across the world in South America. Zombi took part in many large scale events such as Voov (2004), Universo Parallelo (2005), Prostranstvo (2005), Tshitraka Festival, and a few other major festivals. It is now 2005 and Eli had realized that over the past three years his sound had brought him all over the world, but it did not have any influence on his home city of Tel Aviv. From there he decided to concentrate on the local scene, creating a weekly event at the Maxim Club in Tel Aviv. The party line was an incredible success; for the next five years, every weekend, DJ Zombi hosted artists such as D-Nox, Beckers, Tim Healey, Criss Source and many other underground superstars. Around the same time, Eli collaborated with fellow musician Astronivo, creating a hand full of internationally recognized releases on labels such as Sprout, Flow, and Plusquam. 2008, the year dance music had been going through an extensive change. At this point in Time Eli felt it was a good time to start to start a proper project. With his partner Felix Nagorsky, the duo created what the world would soon know to be as Weekend Heroes. This new project would bring Eli into the more commercial parts of the music scene, allowing him to collaborate with artists such as Deadmau5 and Criss Willis. Additionally, Eli began to play the more commercial clubs on the international circuit such as Pacha, Ministry of Sound, Global Underground etc… In 2014 Zombi felt the calling of the underground and decided to create a new record label, Beat Boutique. Eli also intended to push the limit and expose new territories with his solo alias both as a producer and as a performer. His EP’s had managed to find their way to Sudbeat, Perspective Digital, Sprout, and Mooseeka, while his tour calendar delivered beyond expectation. 2016 has been dedicated to Eli’s Beat Boutique label, it has been internationally recognized with releases from key artists such as D-nox, Cid Inc, Dousk, and others. Over the past year, every 2 weeks, the Beat Boutique label holds a showcase in some of Israel’s leading venues (The Cat & Dog club, Radio E.P.G.B, and special open air events). Today you can hear DJ Zombi spin at his open air event (Terra), at his residency at The Cat & Dog, or at one of his international gigs anywhere in the world.