ARTISTS
Yiorgis Sakellariou
Klaipėda — Lithuania

Biography
Yiorgis Sakellariou is a self-taught musician working in the fields of non-academic computer music. Having a background in classical and folk (Mediterranean) music, he came to develop his personal language during the '00s. Since then, he is active internationally being responsible for solo albums, having composed music for short films and theatrical performances, leading workshops and ceaselessly performing his music around the globe. He is a member of the Athenian Contemporary Music Research Centre (founded by I. Xenakis), of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers' Association and of the NYC-based Ear to The Earth Organization. Since 2004 he runs the cdr label "Echomusic" - so far being responsible for 18 releases of Greek and international artists.
Description of work with field recording
Yiorgis Sakellariou's practice is founded on the digital manipulation of environmental recordings. His palette of sounds is all-encompassing; from vibrating rail-tracks to refrigerators' static, and from noisy waterfalls to the humming of insects, all may find their place in his arsenal.
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