He looks bored, yet restless, with a blank face, yet searching eyes.Confident solely in controversy, Gomez only stands still in the utmost moments of insanity, as if for emphasis.
Born in Athens, Greece, on a rainy day * in the mid 80s, Gomez or Anestie to his mom,always had an innate and almost unbearable itch for music. At the age of nine,His dad sponsored the purchase of his first vinyl record, Deep Purple's Made in Japan. "Growing up with 70's and 80's rock sparked a lifestyle of not caring much," he admits, but it also made him quickly realize his love for music. Unable to play any instruments, DJing became the quick remedy he was searching for.
17 years old, Anestie moved to Cyprus and landed a radio show which catapulted him straight to the centre of the electronic music scene in the country. He gradually developed an inimitable style and sound - impulsive, raw and unpredictable. "Nothing gets me off like a solid kick-snare combination." Combining his superb mixing skills with
unexpected effects quickly established Anestie as a promising new talent on the island and soon earned him gigs with James Zabiela and Desyn Masiello.
From then on, while gigging with the likes of dOP, Danton Eeprom, Audiojack, Nic Fanciulli, Chris Fortier, Touane, Paolo Mojo, Pako & Frederik, Dean Coleman, Lee Burridge, Jonathan Lisle, Christian Cambas, G-Pal and more, Gomez even performed at two of the global clubbing scene's notorious hot spots - Turnmills (London) and Mighty (San Francisco). His amazing mixing skills complement his phenomenal energy behind the DJ box. Gomez gets so genuinely absorbed in his music that he often makes sex faces while
mixing, and even spits out his cigarette from excitement.
He is eager to share such stories, but utterly bored when asked about anything too trivial. In his world, normality is a sin. When he is posed with a question that he finds uncreative, he answers the one you were going to ask next. "I don't want a big break – pace is the trick," he shares when asked what he aims for. True to his unyielding
originality, when queried about his musical influences Gomez skips from surrealism to philosophy.Invariably looking for a relief from triviality, he has long been fond of philosophy as a vent for his sporadic ponders on the existence of people and things. Thriving on abnormality, even his phobias are as random as his thoughts – bunny suits, hotel beds, bathtubs with legs etc .*
In 2007, following another childhood dream, Gomez moved to San Francisco, longing for influence-extravaganza, searching for madness, scanning the invisible corners of the world around him for hooks. Enthralled with the surreal reality of the city, Gomez blended in with the bohemian ambiance of San Francisco as if he defined it. It was this laid-back vibe that sparked an instant connection with the fellow DJs of the Werd crew. An accidental meeting in a club in San Fran brought the gang together, driven by a passion for inspired deep minimal tech house. But the Northern Californian metropolis offered Gomez a lot more – the luxury of being surrounded by mind tickling incongruousness at every step, whether it is a six-feet-tall drag queen in the park or
yuppies riding the subway next to a streaker.*
Despite all of the influence he’s absorbing, Gomez still stands dogmatic for the tiniest issues. He often complains when people munch their food around him – he actually hates it; where’s a Savoir Vivre when you need it? Bus drivers should be kind when asked a question, they often roar, slowly sinking into their boredom. Morals,
self, identity, social context, labels, relativity, subjectivity – none of these exist.
“Maybe there is no self at all, and we just keep changing. Why
should I be in a box when everything is in constant motion, and why
[should] we try to define intangible things and treat them as if they
were real objects?” *
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*Hint : maybe it was sunny, I can’t remember
*Hint : don’t show up dressed in a bunny suit when I play
*Hint : true story
*Hint : don’t compare this to Nietzsche.
Written by Albena Georgieva 2009 ©
