Timid Boy
French electronic producer & Dj Damien Almira aka Timid Boy first rose to prominence in 2003, with his Dj residency at the famous Rex Club in Paris for the BPitch Control parties. Spinning along side some of Europe’s top Dj’s (Jeff Mills, Ellen Allien, Booka Shade, Tiga, The Hacker, Sascha Funke, Roman Flügel, DJ Hell, Supermayer, Francois K & Paul Kalkbrenner), his reputation grew quickly in the Parisian underground scene with his passionate and zestful elucidation of the deep, hypnotic house & techno sound.
Damien is also a very well known French music journalist, specialising in electronic music. In the past ten years, working for well-known French publications Rock & Folk, Technikart or Trax (France’s premier electronic magazine) as Deputy Editor. This enables a deeper understanding and appreciation of electronic music and it’s rich heritage, which illuminates his productions.
He is also co-owner of the Time Has Changed imprint, along with fellow producer, Acumen. Although still in relative infancy, the label is fast becoming one of the hottest French house labels. With key releases and remixes from Alex Celler, Kiki, Glimpse, Okain, Daniel Sanchez, Mihai Popoviciu & Oxia and fantastic support from electronic luminaries like Richie Hawtin, Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Raresh, Dubfire, Nick Curly, Loco Dice, Carl Cox, Steve Bug, Anja Schneider & Silicone Soul.
In March 2009, Timid Boy released his debut on the label (“Split EP”) and also, “Where Is The Bang Bang EP” on 4line Records which garnered universal support and “Hermann Is Speaking” featuring in Trax Magazine’s CD covermount. The follow up, “La Nuit” represented an important step for as Richie Hawtin heavily supported the track. His following releases on labels, Percusa and Monique Musique were then supported by Luciano, Laurent Garnier, Loco Dice, Dubfire & Sebo K, and lauded also by the nu-house crew – dOP, Nick Curly, Julien Chaptal & Masomenos. His track “Bop Bap” was one of the highlights of the recent Silicone Soul “Darkroom Dubs Vol. 2” Mix CD, which gained widespread critical acclaim.
His hypnotic, dance floor style also seduced the Spanish/ Italian house gang Circo Loco, (DC 10 Ibiza) whose residents Tania Vulcano & Andrew Grant signed tracks to their Isgud & Barraca labels. His productions have captured the imagination of the world’s dance press and radio, with rave reviews in Trax, Tsugi, DJ Magazine, Ibiza Voice & Faith Fanzine and radio support on Buzzin’ Fly, Ibiza Global, RTE Pulse (Dublin), CHRY 105.5FM (Toronto), Ministry Of Sound Radio & Ibiza Sonica.
His most recent releases on Time Has Changed, “Chicago Story” (The Oxia Remix was #1 on Juno’s Download Chart) and “On A Cloud With Richard”, or “Budu Bulu EP” (on Jay Haze’s label Tuning Spork) have only served to further enhance his reputation.
In september 2010, Timid Boy will release his first mix CD “Overview” on Time Has Changed (out indigital & vinyl’s during summer 2010) with 100% exclusive tracks especially composed for this compilation with Carlo Lio & Timid Boy, Mihai Popoviciu & Timid Boy, Kiki, Glimpse, Acumen,Andrade, Re-Up, Arnaud le Texier, Miss Jools…