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Michalis is a multitalented musician based in Greece. He is artistic co-director and founder of the new music ensemble ΤΕΤΤΤΙΞ. The ensemble was founded in 2017 together with fellow musicians and composers and gave its first two performances in 2018.As a singer/performer, he focuses on challenging and demanding singing and music-theatre works, including “Kassandra” by Iannis Xenakis and “Anaparastasis I” by Jani Christou, as well as modal singing of the Medieval and Renaissance era. He has performed together with the ASKO/Schönberg Ensemble, ASKO Kammerkoor, the Ballata Ensemble, the Athens State Orchestra and the Greek National Choir. His personal website:  https://michailparaskakis.com  and one of his latest music works on soundcloud:  Toonbrood

Stelios Manousakis is an artist exploring relationships between time, space, body, and system. His practice lies in the intersection of art, philosophy, science and engineering, extending from performances, to environments and interactive installations, to compositions and fixed media. Besides his solo work, he has co-founded several music ensembles, multimedia groups, and the Modern Body Festival. Check:  His personal website:  Modular Brains  and from his soundcloud page:  Megas Diakosmos  

  Tristan Beutter is a lovely musician and a friend studying at the Institute of Sonology in Hague.  This piece is for metallic trays, wet towels, microphone stands and 5 performers. The piece's texture starts from its highest density and gradually dissolves into a single drop - at which point the process comes to an end. The tone color is determined by the sound of water dripping onto metallic trays. https://tristanbeutter.bandcamp.com Listen: Partialization

The wonderful Dalia Derbyshire... One of the pioneers of electronic music and tape manipulations. Famous for BBC's doctor Who theme amongst so many other. Unfortunately she died relative young due to problems with chronic alcoholism. Here is a beautiful piece, presenting by one of my favourite youtube channels: αλώβητος κανένας.  Bach's Air 

I credit my introduction to Acousmatic music to Simon Emmerson.  He was head of the Music department when I was studying at City University in London and the first person to listen talking about Acoustic Ecology. Will never forget the mini concerts held every Tuesday evenings at City. They were extremely inspiring and shaped my music production process. Simon was also editor in one of the best books written about electroacoustic music, The Language of Electroacoustic Music, a must read if you into this genre.    Here he is in a beautiful duet with Lol Coxhill, an English soprano sax improvisation player and a usual suspect at Sonic Arts Network gatherings in London.  Lol Coxhill + Simon Emmerson - Digswell Duets: 11.5.78   and a solo album by Emmerson: Spaces & Places