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Giorgos (George) Batis (or Abatis) was a Greek composer and lyricist of rebetiko music. His real name was Giorgos Tsoros and was born at Methana in 1885 or 1886. At the age of 8 his parents moved to Piraeus. In 1931 he opened a café at the Lemonadika of Karaiskaki (Tzelepi Coast) (Λεμονάδικα του Καραϊσκάκη - Ακτή Τζελέπη), which he named Georges Baté (Ζώρζ Μπατέ) which turned out to serve a a school for rebetiko music. He was an expert baglama player and one of the most significant composers of the rebetiko music. His recordings are very rare, and we...

DJ, Live performer and producer from Nijmegen, The Netherlands. Releases on K2 (Kompakt). Kompakt's Michael Mayer describes Gatzigristos' style as: "He has that new fresh style of minimal mixed with a touch of pop and soul. Its not just minimal, it's more than that." .

Giorgos Alkaios & Friends represented Greece in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010, in Oslo, Norway, with the song "OPA!". They finished in the 8th place. .

http://www.gstefanou.com/ I was born in Thessaloniki(1982) where i currently live(2010+). I studied music technology & acoustics in technological & educational institute of crete(2004-2009) with katerina tzedaki, nikolas valsamakis, panayiotis kokoras, taxiarchis diamantopoulos & thodoris lotis. I'm a Member of hellenic electroacoustic music composers association & confederation internationale musique Electroacoustique(2005+). Co-runned petcord netlabel with Olliver Wichmann(2007-2010). Design & build custom control interfaces named as vavdo(2011+). Co-funder of digital physical art festival in thesalloniki. .