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Dimitri Tikovoï

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Dimitri Tikovoï
BornParis, France
GenresIndie rock, punk rock, hip hop, pop, dance
Occupation(s)Record producer, songwriter, musician, DJ
Instrument(s)Drums, bass, guitar, keyboard, percussion
Years active2000–present
Websitewww.dimitritikovoi.rocks

Dimitri Tikovoï is a French, Grammy-nominated record producer and DJ who has worked with bands including Placebo, Purple Disco Machine, Ghost, The Horrors, Charli XCX, TWICE, Black Honey, Mikky Ekko, Marianne Faithfull, Becky Hill, Blondie and Nicola Roberts. In 2002, Tikovoi released an album under the name "Trash Palace" (Positions, featuring Brian Molko, John Cale, Marc Almond, Asia Argento and others).

Career

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Early in his U.K career, Tikovoï worked on some Placebo remixes and Placebo's cover of Kate Bush's "Running Up That Hill", and then produced their fifth album Meds, which went on to sell over a million copies worldwide. He has since worked with The Horrors, Charli XCX, Ed Harcourt, Nicola Roberts, Marianne Faithfull, Mnek, Champs, Paloma Faith and numerous UK based acts.

Tikovoï has also written for movies including the award-winning (Sundance 2008) movie by Samuel Benchetrit J'ai toujours rêvé d'être un gangster and the Kevin McDonald movie State of Play.

In 2012, Tikovoï was nominated for the MPG International Producer of the Year award.[1]

Recently Tikovoï has produced and written songs for Purple Disco Machine who scored #1 of the Airplay charts in Europe, Black Honey with two #1 album of the independent official U.K charts, Becky Hill, Blondie and Ghost who charted at #1 in the Billboard 200 charts and went top 10 in 15 countries.

Albums worked on by Dimitri Tikovoï

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References

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  1. ^ "MPG Awards - The Music Producers Guild - Past Winners". Music Producers Guild. Retrieved 14 May 2013.
  2. ^ Champs (2) - Vamala at Discogs