Biography
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founding member of the Moca Juniors, Moca Records and Backayard Music. In the early 80's, from a very young age, he attended the music school where he made his first steps in music, while learnt to play glockenspiel, piano and fiery. In the mid 80's he felt in love with hip hop music and started scratching records of his father (who was a pirate radio owner in the 70's and vinyl collector, from psychedelic rock to electro and beyond). In the early 90's, he was fully associated with graffiti writting and the bboy movement as a member of the original KFB crew. As a youth of the breakbeat generation he was part of the early Jungle & Drum and Bass soundsystem culture in Greece, tearing dancefloors around the country alongside sounds like Funxion, Dark Drummers, Urban Links, Bass Vip, Feedback, Infaders, Wax Operators etc.. In the mid 90's he moved to the UK and he got affiliated with a lot of UK Garage, Jungle & Dub soundsystems. Having lived in the multi cultural city of Leicester, he came in touch with the sounds of the traditional Uk, Caribbean, Africa and Asia. Moved to South East London after few years where he spent most of his time in Jamaican speaking areas like Brixton, Stockwell, Elephant & Castle etc.. This gave him a whole new spectrum in terms of ethnic musical dynamics and widened up his musical horizons. Returned in Greece in 2002 and started filtering all those influences into a more organic sound of mediterranean Reggae. In 2006, he formed the Moca Juniors Soundsystem and in 2007 he released his first greek speaking solo reggae album "Pame Jamaica" which got mad airplay throughout the country even though it was an independent release coming from the underground. This album became a reference point in Greek speaking reggae for the years followed. Numerous live shows alongside worldwide artists followed throughout the country. In 2010 he released the "Moca Revolutionaries" mixtape, the first 100% special dubplates reggae mixtape in Greece. After that, he quit doing a lot of live shows and started spending most of his time on production. Right now he is working on his 2nd solo reggae album which will feature a lot of his friends and artists that he admires and is due to be released this year.
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Discography:
. Junglist LP (Highfields 2002)
. Pame Jamaica LP (Moca Records 2007)
. Moca Revolutionaries Mix (Moca Records 2010)
Featured Discography:
. KFB - H Geitonia EP (DIY 1993)
. KFB - Atheati Eleftheria EP (DIY 1994)
. KFB - Astamatito EP (DIY 1996)
. Ruff Intalect - In Focus EP (White Label 2001)
. Dj Phantasy/Nek- Jungle Stories Mix (DIY 2006)
. Sma - To Kimilio LP (MINOS EMI 2007)
. Dispero - Posa Tha Sou Po LP (Music Kitchen 2007)
. Iso XL - Mia Foni Enas Stratos LP (Filiki Eteria 2007)
. Hrwas - Zontanos Mesa Sti Molinsi LP (DIY 2007)
. Dj Drez - Dancehall Madness Mix (Kachafayah 2007)
. Stavento - Simera To Giortazo LP (Sony 2008)
. Jml.KingDer - Agua Riddim Collection (Ruido Maldito 2008)
. Skia & Marvel 86 - Urban Voodoo EP (DIY 2009)
. Stavento - Mia Fora Ki Enan Kairo LP (Sony 2010)
. Disastah - Agapimena Blues LP (DIY 2010)
. Dispero - Man vs Woman LP (Music Kitchen 2010)
. Iliosporoi - Antycopyright Collection (DIY 2010)
. Marcus Gambla - Uptown Mix (Moca Records 2010)
. Dj Little Dhar - Roots & Culture Mix (Kachafayah 2010)
. Fise - Ena Tragoudi Gia Na Akous LP (DIY 2011)
. Ivi Adamou - San Ena Oneiro LP (Sony 2011)
. HipHopMusical - The Collection 2 (DIY 2011)
. Attack-es - Tropo Stin Orgi LP (ESP 2012)
. Unholy Union - Anieri Enosi LP (DIY 2012)
. Skia - Few Hours Left LP (DIY 2012)
+numerous released & unreleased recordings & dubplates with reggae, hip hop, drum n bass & dubstep artists internatioanlly since 1992.
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