George Pallikaris originally hails from Thessaloniki, one of the largest cities in northern Greece. George was first introduced to music at a very young age. By the age of 4 he was already training to play the piano. Although he was studying the likes of Jean Michelle Jarre and Vangelis he was also composing music on his first synthesizer. Once George reached his teen years, he got very involved with early dance music buying house and techno records and playing them for his friends. After graduating from high school, G.Pal stepped in a direction away from music for about 4 years. So instead, he chose to pursue the subject of physics. While in the University, G.Pal slowly drifted back to his true passion, musical production. If it wasn.t for this almost complete musical void G.Pal may never have gotten so determined to earn a living producing music.

Lamia, the hometown of dj Tim, is a small city lying in Central Greece whose youth soon developed an interest in electronic music, though the city lacked in clubs and leading local artists. Efthimios Efthimiou, born on the 2nd of April in 1978, was one of those -eager to explore new music paths- teenagers, so at the age of 16 he started working as a resident jockey in cafes and bars and contributed to the dance awareness of his city. .Few cared and even less understood what electronic music was about, but that never stopped me from involving. Quite the opposite. It helped me realize that I mostly needed and wanted to do this for my personal satisfaction....

Vasilis Sagonas was born on January 28, 1983 in Larissa, Greece. Music has always been a part of his life, having formed a strong understanding and appreciation for it even as a young child. His two older sisters, also passionate towards music, nurtured his enthusiasm and influenced his tastes from an early age. While growing up, he studied the piano for nearly 6 years, which formalized his knowledge of music theory. In 1998, he purchased his first computer to start composing his own electronic music.

As a professional, Vasilis has held positions at several prominent software firms, including Greece-based FORTHnet SA. His skills with computers, coupled with his intimate knowledge of music, set him apart from many house producers. V-Sag's productions are a beautiful weave of melodies, chords, effects, and percussion. They are each unique, and offer a truly engaging experience.

Self-taught, V-Sag has always followed his heart towards his goal to create genuine, impassioned dance music. Through years of practise, research, and exploration, he has refined his sound engineering and sound mastering techniques. Now, V-Sag's productions are supported by the best DJs and producers worldwide, while being released by some of the most respected and forward-thinking record labels on the scene.

A shy and soft-spoken person, musical production for V-Sag continues to be an outlet, a way to communicate and connect with others. His sound is reminiscent of a time when producers made music for love. His vision is to express his feelings; to make people understand his music and the way he wants to feel when he is on the dancefloor.

www.v-sag.com

Angel Stoxx and Evan Kay were born in Greece, in 1979 and 1978 respectively. They discovered their passion for music and production when they were 15. Very soon they started djing and touring all over Greece. PHATJAK have been producing professionally since 2000 with their 2 releases, in the well known Glow Records. After these releases their own label Neon Music took life. PHATJAK released 4 singles on Neon and all had major attention from respected producers/djs such as Steve Lawler, Danny Howells, Darren Emerson, Matt Hardwick and many more. Currently, PHATJAK are on their highest production peak, and have been releasing singles for labels such as Dave Seamans AUDIOTHERAPY, NASCENT, TWISTED FREQUENCY,DEEP, BAROQUE and many more. Mokilok Records is the sublabel of Neon Music and will launch this year with collaborations from Greek and international producers, releasing quality tracks in vinyl and digital format. PHATJAK are in the studio at the moment working on their debut album and touring all over Greece and the world for the promotion of their forthcoming releases. Angel Stoxx also hosts his show Xperience Zone, on MAD TV, every Saturday and Sunday from 19.00-20.00 (GMT), in which he announces the most hyped parties, new tracks and top 5s as well as interviews with Greek and international djs/producers. For bookings and more info please visit www.extremamusic.com.

It was back in 1996 when Anna Maria started her journey into music. After a brief stint working as label manager for BMG Greece, she quickly moved to KLIK FM, which was at the time the highest rated radio station in Greece. Her preference in dance music soon moved her to the weekend slot where for the last 6 years she puts people in a clubbing mood every Saturday and Sunday from 10 to 1 at night. The show being a reference point to all dance music lovers has brought her in contact with some of the greatest djs in the world who usually stop by for a quick live set before their gigs.

Christian Cambas is a producer/DJ from Athens, Greece. Being involved in music production professionally since 1998, he has shown his many production facets ranging from Drum&Bass to straight up Progressive House. As a DJ while living in the U.S. and attending the Berklee College of Music, Christian was surrounded by House music, although he was primarily playing and producing Drum&Bass at the time. However, he never neglected his love for House and spent the greater duration of his stay in the U.S. working at a prestigious dance music record store. Besides DJing, he set up his own Drum 'n' Bass label, First Commandment Records, which released three singles, all of which were embraced warmly by both the U.S. and European markets. Upon his return to Greece with a Music Production and Engineering degree in his hand, Christian started to get more involved in other styles of production, mainly after he started getting remix work for a seminal Greek record label.

Panos Kanoutas is a Greek electronic producer from Corfu Island with a unique dark emotional electro techno style.. . While taking his piano lessons, he was co-organizing and developing a unique in Greece experimental percussion project, being also a drummer in rock bands, jazz, etc.. . Moving from Corfu to Athens to study Music Technology and Sound Engineering he meets Leon Segka from Ntrop recordings and his first releases as Scorpio come out. After his debut album, .Elektra.s Eyes. on Ntrop Greek underground label, Scorpio makes his next international step with a remix for Berlin.s label Gold und Liebe. After several singles and remixes, his latest singles .Vectogramm. and .Computerreality. give the stigma of Scorpio.s unique emotional electro style. His live acts bring out dark atmospheres, electro strings, broken beats and techno grooves. Scorpio is performing live in clubs and festivals all around Greece and abroad such as at Trend club (Berlin) and Nothing Hill Arts Club (London), always presenting his unique electro style with live vocoders, laptop and synthesizers. He has also appeared with great success in Synch Festival 2005, the biggest festival in electronic music and digital arts in Greece. His latest release .Uninvited Visitor. soon will be released through devilock records including a remix by Christian Cambas.

Thomas Nastos (a.k.a Tommy Nash [GR]) was born in the small city of Ioannina back in the year 1982. From a young age he took piano and guitar courses alongside with theory courses and got involved in his father studio at the age of 14. He worked there as sound engineer in semi-professional level gaining much experience in recording live instruments & mixing, in the same time he was member of one of the best alternative rock/electronica groups in his area (called .The Bedriddens.) recording various demo tracks/cds. Their last demo cd that was produced 5 years ago earned good reviews from various e-magazines and fanzines and gave the opportunity for many gigs that never really happened because the band split up due to college studies.

After that he moved to the city of Volos where he begun his studies in mechanical engineering which he continues till now. In these years he got more involved into the electronic scene listening to Deep,Tech & Progressive House, Breaks and Electro tracks, but never forgetting his alternative roots. It was a matter of time till he got into dj-ing so he started collecting records in various styles trying to make his way through. Starting from small bars and clubs he ended spinning on the biggest venue of his area playing mostly stuff around the House genre. He also spins on major parties held on the University Areas with quite a success.

He entered the Heinekent Thirst Competition in the year 2003 where he ended as replacement dj in the city of Thessaloniki. After that he expanded his activities getting involved into the best dance magazine in Greece called .FREEZE., where he holds a position as Reviewer/Author having also his own column introducing new and upcoming producers (named .producers@gr ID.). During 2004 he gains a residency in a new, at that time, internet radio show called Futuregrooves (www.futuregrooves.org) mixing mostly deep & progressive house with breakbeat elements earning great feedback. Also he got into the team of the biggest music forum in Greece called e-Djs (www.e-djs.gr) where he took part on several tasks (articles,reviews,interviews).

In July 2005 he joins the .Fiberlineaudio. family after being .winner with honor. on its first remix contest, remixing .Simuck . Remember Me. (he is also working as A & R Manager for Greece). In December 2005 he compiles and mix his first cd Compilation for FREEZE magazine [GR] selecting tracks from the Fiberlineaudio roster crossing thru the genres of Progressive House & Breaks. Also his latest remix on .Andrew K & Simuck . Clouds Go By. was signed on Pure Substance and released digital on March 2006.

www.thomasnastos.com

Andrew K (Andreas Karampatzakis) was born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece. He started his dj career in an early age, with the assistance of the local agency "Underground Lessons", run by Dj Leoni. Over the years he has steadily built a profile for himself by delivering quality dj sets, with excellent technique and programming both in clubs and radio shows. During the summer of 2004, Andrew found himself between the top 10 of new-talent djs, in a competition run by Global Dj Broadcast and Markus Schulz. His set was selected through hundreds of entries from all over the world and made a big impression. It was then when Markus Schulz said for Andrew: "G.Pal has some company in representing Greece. This set was chalk full of energy. Nice mixes and a solid tracklisting to boot!" As a producer, Andrew K has already over 20 releases under his belt on labels such as the famous Global Underground, Mo-Do, Babylon, Vapour, Pure Substance, Armada, Wallop and more. His tracks have been supported by djs as Sasha, John Digweed, James Zabiela, Nick Warren, Hernan Cattaneo, Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz and Mashtronic, just to name a few, and aired in radio stations as Radio 1 (UK), Kiss FM (UK) and Metrodance (AR) and many others worldwide. They might say that a good producer doesn't make a good dj as well, but you will find that with Andrew K this is definitely not the case! The demand for him is constantly rising worldwide, and the list of the places he performs is growing rapidly. Some of the countries he has played are Argentina, Mexico, USA, Colombia, Indonesia, Germany, Panama, Peru, Czech Republic, Hungary, India, Slovakia, Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Bulgaria and more. Furthermore, in the summer of 2006, Andrew had two nights in one of world's most renowned venues, Cavo Paradiso at the island of Mykonos, Greece. With technology advancing yearly, it is not a surprise to see Andrew take djing to the next level. Andrew now plays a semi-live set, making every performance unique by taking the max out of today's top technology. Besides focusing on his career path, Andrew K is also working as A&R for Pure Substance Records and Underground Lessons. All in all, it is a safe bet to say that he is one of the best around worldwide with his productions and dj sets.

www.andrew-k.com

Emanuel has been firstly approached the dance scene as a clubber going to various gigs and listening to house DJs mostly and watching friends being involved in the club scene of Rhodes. Slowly, his interested became bigger and bigger and his influences by friends found him learning to spin music at the age of 15 at local bars and clubs. His passion for dance music and most of its genres came to change his playing preferences and start looking out for some deeper and more melodic stuff rather than funky house material he used to play at first. He promoted another pat of himself, a deeper and moodier one and much less commercial. His contact with Radio1 Rhodes at the summer of 2004 brought him his first quite successful radio residency. Apart from that, a few guestings in clubs around Greece began to come up and his first big club residency at Cream Nights in Faliraki, Rhodes organized by Cream (UK) and playing to over 1.000 people every Tuesday night. Going a step further, Emanuel began his first production attempts with the help of his friend Robert Vadney. The result was an unreleased remix on G.Pal's Ocean of Blue with the vocals of Anna Maria X being supported by many jockeys. Afterwards, Emanuel worked by himself for a few digital remixes and more. 2005 found him studying Sound Engineering and Music Technology in Athens and being involved in several projects such as the Globalvibe Entertainment Project and Greece2Global Mp3 Store soon to be launched!

Born 1982, in Athens, Greece, Yiannis was raised in the city where he was exposed to a variety of music scenes. From a young age he exhibited an overwhelming passion and zeal for music. His obsession made him search his inner self for something unique. Something he only could fine on his own.

His quest started when he was seven. He fell in love with the sound of the sax influenced by listening to the twelve inch records of Dave Brabeck which his father owned. After consulting a music instructor he was advised to start with the flute to learn the fundamentals of the winds and music theory.

At the age of fourteen he obtained his sax. He played for the school orchestra and for various local concerts learning more and more every time.

At the same time he found himself at parties not just to have a good time but as an individual that tried to entertain others with his unique music selections. Being influenced from the booming electronic music era, and DJs' such as John Digweed, Sasha and Paul Van Dyk he played at more and more parties practicing his dj skills.

JorgeDept grew up in a Greek town, which is situated between the mountains and the sea. This peaceful environment helped him find this way into music and with the help of his father, who was also a DJ during the "disco" years, he started playing at some of the best cafe/bars and parties in his hometown. His father had a huge collection of records and this had an positive infuence on JorgeDept. He started listening to legendary bands like Depeche Mode, New Order, Pink Floyd and Kraftwerk. He was also influenced by the biggest DJs in the Electronic Dance Scene such as John Digweed, Sasha, Paul Oakenfold, Paul Van Dyk, Deep Dish, Hernan Cattaneo, Sander Kleinenberg and many more. JorgeDept grabbed the first chance he got and started working at the biggest club of his hometown. Not as a DJ though, but as a Virtual Jockey because the club had already other DJs who were more experienced than JorgeDept. However, this didn't stop him and he started making friends with some of the biggest names in Electronic Dance Music such as Dave Seaman, Anthony Pappa, Chris Fortier, James Holden, Moshic & Andy Jarrod. One of Jorge's most memorable moments was when he did a warm-up set, together with his best friend and resident of Club Almyra, for Anthony Pappa! In his free time, JorgeDept, together with his very good friend NicoDream, managed to build a small studio at NicoDream's house. They started producing various tracks just for fun, without any plans for the future. Their collaboration goes by the name "Fuzzball" which was influenced from "Star Wars"!

Helena Koursou was born in Athens/Greece, March 17th of 1988. She is popular for her very early age involvement in music, design and media. After exploring her father's record collection when she was around 11 years old, she started walking on edgier music paths of indie rock & punk and then came disco, funk & old school/techno. When she began progressing her mixing skills when 14, she came up focusing on dirtier house genres like electric/groovy progressive, breaks, tech or even minimal. Better known as Helen K, she hasn't stopped serving series of twisted DJ Sets and Music Composing without limits including vocals, lyrics & keys. Inspired from artists like Steve Lawler, Sander Kleinenberg, Danny Howells, Infusion, King Unique, James Holden, Tiga and James Lavelle, she keeps the above names mixture in a corner of her head and tries to work hard in order to export her own unique style. Helena also loves to spin live, she has performed at selected gigs all over Greece and abroad.

DJ/PRODUCER/REMIXER

Born: May, 1978
Based: Greece
Style of Music: Tec-housey, Electrogressive Sounds

Kosmas Epsilon, born in the small town of Xanthi, in Greece, is considered to be one of the most talented & upcoming producers of the last couple of years.

After having his remix of FC Kahuna's ~SHayling~T top-charted by James Holden and included in his Balance 005 compilation, things turned out being a lot easier for Kosmas to showcase his productions and Djing skills.

His tracks have gained great support and are being played by renowned Dj~Rs such as Sasha, John Digweed, Nick Warren, Dave Seaman, James Holden, Hernan Cattaneo, Desyn Masiello, Marcus Schulz, Pete Tong, to name but a few...

Danny Alpha was born in Drama . He was staying in Dusseldorf and was moving to Thessaloniki, Greece. He is one of the most upcomming producers in the greek electronic scene. Taking influence from his father who is a musician, Danny had the opportunity to try the keyboard in the house very soon. The love of music has blossom and Danny has started to learn making music. He even started his dj career at 15 in Cafe-Bars (Thessaloniki) and also playing in events and gigs all over Greece. Danny started producing progressive tracks in 2004 using only keyboard-synth. With a strong belief and love for music, he kept on pushing himself to create more quality progressive, deep, and electro tunes. In 2005, he released his first tracks "solid depth" and "innocense" with cp recordings Year 2006 is a fully releases year for Danny with his productions represented in famous records labels like heavyrotation, imagimoceam, influential house, puresubstance, plus recs and tokamak records His dj set are hosted on Radio Stations like Frisky, Danceradio.gr and many others Being a new producer on the block, Danny has been quite impressive with tracks charted and supported by many djs around the world like Rick pier oneil, Paul van dyke, Echomen, Antony Papa, Christian Cambas and many others The future is coming with news releases signed