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Greece's Electronic Music Festivals to Attract Tourists this Summer

The days of young dance loving tourists flocking to Croatia for summer dance festivals may very well be a thing of the past. The Electronic dance scene in Greece this summer is made up of a show-stopping line up of...

Greek Labels Among the Best in Electronic Music

Four Greek labels seem to rank in the first places in the electronic music industry scene. Echovolt was established in September, 2009, by Elias (Dynamons), Dimitris (Jimmy Jib) and Costas (xpiths), who is responsible for the graphics of the label....

Rare Greek Electronic Music LP Coming

Rare Greek electronic music tracks from 1978-91 will be out in music stores next month after the successful cooperation of Ilias Pitsios of Echovolt Records in Athens and Tako Reyenga from Red Light Records store in Amsterdam. Into the Light...

Athens Live Music Events Summer 2016

Summer 2016 has arrived and here in Athens that means music festivals and live concerts of every genre. Make sure not to miss out on the excitement by checking out the concert agenda from May-September. May 20/5 | Kadebostany @ BOTANIKOS...

Greek Music Producer Attracts Hollywood to Santorini

Known Greek sound engineer and music producer with years of experience in the music business Kostas Kalimeris had a very successful idea. He decided to make a recording studio in a beautiful luxury hotel in Santorini. This idea has...

A Greek Summer Music Festival for Every Taste

Greece has always been associated with summer, amazing beaches and crystal clear waters. Still, many people opt to travel to other countries during the summer months in order to attend one of the numerous music festivals that take place across...

Four Greek Music Festivals that Will Rock You

Even though Greek Music Festivals were not really popular back in the day, it appears that they have recently become rather popular. Every year, music festivals are a topic of conversation for young Greeks who await and plan for...

European Music Day

June 19-21: Rock, ethnic, classical, jazz, Greek, electronica and Greek traditional music, by Greek and foreign acts, will fill different corners of the city including the Technopolis arts complex, Bios, Kotzia Sq, Klafthmonos Sq, Mavili Sq, Syntagma Sq, Kerameikos...

Singer Keith Flint and The Prodigy's Close Ties to Greece (Video)

Following Keith Flint's shocking and unexpected death on March 4, 2019, Greek fans of the British band '"The Prodigy" remember the relationship the famous singer and his group had with Greece. The British singer, musician and dancer was among one of...

Posh Butcher Shop on Mykonos Sells €300 per Kilo Meat! (Video)

A new type of butcher shop has opened up its doors on the Greek island of Mykonos. "Drakoulis Meat" in Lagada is all about providing an atmosphere where customers can buy exquisite and hard-to-find cuts of meat from every corner...

FREE: Trailblazing Brian Eno 'The Ship' Installation at the Onassis Cultural Center

Brian Eno -- prolific English musician, composer, singer, writer, visual artist and friend of Yanis Varoufakis -- is presenting his "The Ship" at the Onassis Cultural Center's Exhibition Hall. The conceptual starting point of the work is the Titanic,...

Mykonos 22 Years Ago: The Famous Clubs That Made ​​History

A video filmed 22 years ago shows that the so-called "island of the winds", Mykonos, in Greece, was always famous for its wild parties. The video shows some of the most famous clubs and bars of the island that...

Omar Faruk Tekbilek to Play Athens June 30

In what is likely to be one of the hottest tickets in town this summer, Omar Faruk Tekbilek will perform in Athens at the Vrahon 'Melina Merkouri' Theater, on June 30.  Omar Faruk is extremely popular in Greece and will perform...

Nouvelle Vague in Athens in September

Two years after their triumphant appearance in Greece, the Parisian band Nouvelle Vague, is coming back to Athens on September 13 at Technopolis of the Municipality of Athens and promise another unforgettable night. The explosive Liset Alea will be with...

Composer Nikos Mamagakis Died

Nikos Mamagakis (born in Rethymno, Crete, in 1929), one of the most important composers of contemporary Greek music with a great work behind, died early in the morning of July 24.  He suffered from cancer and was hospitalized in...