international news _ 20th January, 2006
Dimitri From Paris' Groupie Etiquette
Text by Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com)
Legendary lothario Dimitri From Paris chatted to Skrufff this week about his
upcoming love themed compilation for Defected Records 'A Night In The House
Of Love' and revealed that he can instantly distinguish between genuine
admirer and groupies.
"People look at you, you look back at them and immediately you know whether
there's something there that can go further- how much further you don't know
but you know the ground is good," said Dimitri.
Groupies, however, take an entirely different approach, he suggested, by
staring at the DJ irrespective of how they respond.
"The groupies are just staring at the image of the DJ, they're not really
staring at you, they're people who want to grab the centre of attention onto
themselves, and that's a very psychological thing," Dimitri mused.
"As the DJ you're the main person in a club who everybody looks at and
groupies will look at the DJ and some say "I want this for me"; that's how
the groupie thing works. They don't care about you personally, about what
you've got to say, how you feel, or what you are; they just want to steal
the centre of attention. There will always be persons, girls, men, whatever,
who will try anything to do that."
Happily in a long term relationship, Dimitri insisted he rarely gets fans,
groupies or otherwise, throwing themselves at him these days, insisting "I
see people who do get that but it doesn't happen to me and I think it's all
about the way you act. I've been living with a girl for a long time but
before that I was more available and I guess girls perceived that, probably
from the way I looked back at them."
"It's all down to whether you make yourself available or not, if you're not
available then people won't look at you, they won't waste your time" he
added, "A boy or girl will fancy you depending on whether you look
available; that's how it works."
'Dimitri From Paris: A Night In The House Of Love' is out at the end of
January on Defected Records.
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