Nicholas Agamalis, better known as Nick Skitz (born 1968 in

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, Australia), is an Australian DJ and

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producer. His career in dance music started in the early 1990s. Since 1995, his ''Skitzmix'' series of compilations have become well known in Australian dance circles for featuring remixes and megamixes of well-known dance songs and are the best selling DJ compilations in Australia.

Biography

In 2004, he collaborated with Tony Le Rhodes, who is his brother Tony Agamalis. He was the ex-drummer for the "Choirboys", which than linked up with

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, lead singer of Australian rock band The Choirboys to rework their 1987 Australian hit "Run to Paradise" as a dance track. The song, billed as "Nick Skitz vs. the Choirboys", debuted in the top 20 of the Australian pop charts in July 2004, and was the 17th biggest selling dance single of that year. In 2009 Central Station Records folded and Skitz started his own labels LNG Music and Homebrew Records. July 2011 saw the release of ''Skitzmix 38'', ''Skitzmix 39'' was released in November. In February 2012, ''Skitzmix 40'' was released. On 28 December 2012, the single "Again & Again" (Nick Skitz and Basslouder featuring

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) was released. August 2017 saw the release of ''Skitzmix 90's Anthems'', a two disc compilation of classic dance tracks from the 90's including an exclusive Skitz Megamix. 90's Anthems charted at #1 on the Australian dance charts for many days.

Discography

Albums

Charting singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Skitz, Nick 1969 births Living people Australian electronic musicians Australian people of Greek descent Australian electronic dance music DJs