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CotiK

CotiK, a.k.a. Coti K and Coti, is a Greek/Italian sound artist, musician, record producer and sound engineer.

Born Costantino Luca Rolando Kiriakos in Milan, Italy in 1966, he moved to Greece at the age of six, where, since the mid eighties, has been involved in various Athens pioneering electronic bands (Ricochet, Dada Data, Raw, Spiders’ Web).

Working as a record producer, musician and sound engineer, he has collaborated with many artists including Tuxedomoon, Blaine Reininger, Stereo Nova, Raining Pleasure, Bokomolech, Ilios and others.

He has released various solo records, written music for film, theatre, dance theatre, TV adverts, and since 2000 he has been involved in the creation of various audiovisual installations. A member of free music improvisation club 2-13, he has played live electronics with many musicians including Evan Parker, Phil Durrant, Nikos Veliotis, Phill Niblock, Rhodri Davies, Steibruchel, Andrea Neumann, Jason Kahn, Mark Wastell, Matt Davis, and others.

He is also one half of Textu rizer, a project with Nikos Veliotis.

1 Work
2 External links

[edit] Work

[edit] Audiovisual installations

'Colonne Sonore' 2007 ArtmArt exhibition Kuenslerhaus Vienna
'Statistical Harp and other machines' (with D. Charitos) 2007
E:Vent gallery. London 2007
'Achrono 1' 2006 time based arts exhibition
'Statistical Harp and other machines' (with D. Charitos) 2006 Cheap Art gallery
'ToneHome_RMX' (with Voltnoi, D. Charitos T.Evgeniou) 2004 Synch Festival
'Detour' (with D. Charitos, E.Gavrilou V.Bourdakis) 2004 Athens by art
'ToneHome_RMX' (with Voltnoi, D. Charitos T.Evgeniou) 2004 Art Athina Expo
'Tone Home' (with Voltnoi and D. Charitos) 2003 Cheap Art gallery - Athens
'Lego_Garden' (with D. Charitos) 2002 Bios 1 festival - Athens
'Pause' (with D. Rotsios) 2001 Cheap Art gallery – Athens
'180' (with D. Charitos) 2001 Kappatos gallery - Athens
'Lego Kit Box' (with D. Charitos) 2000 Mylos gallery – Thessaloniki

[edit] Solo discography

Lido/Lato (double CD) 2004 Poeta Negra [PN 25]
Metamemoria (CD) 2002 Vibrant Music [vmd-2] [EFA 51952-2]
La Gru Gialla (EP) 2002 Vibrant Music [vm-04] [EFA 51904]
Pause (CD) 2001 Cheap Art
Lego (CD) 1999 Studio2 [ST II CD/108]
Quasi 1997 (CD) 1997 FM/Indivisible [idv02]
Theros (EP) 1994 FM [fm 2055]

[edit] Music for films

Feature film 'A dog’s dream' (with H. Lainas) 2005 a film by Angelos Franzis
Feature film 'Hardcore' (with H. Lainas) 2004 a film by Dennis Iliadis
Short Film 'uranisco Disco' 2002 a film by G. Lanthimos
Video 'Blank Frank' 2002 by B. Makridis + G. Lanthimos
Film Documentary ‘Pinochet’s Children' 2002 Ma-Ja-De – Germany
15 episode documentay 'Ex Omonias' for Greek national TV 1999

[edit] Music for theatre, dance

'The orphan of Chao' 2007 Amore theatre
'Happy land' P. Stamatopoulou dance co. 2006 Thisseio theatre
'Iperoha Domatia' Ad Lib dance co., 2006 Lifestyledeath
'The by with the suitcase' 2006 Porta Theatre
'Measure for Measure' 2005 Porta Theatre
'Life is a dream' 2004 Porta Theatre
'A winters tale' 2004 Amore theatre
'Ipsili tasi' (wirh H.Lainas)2003 Amore Theatre
'Slowly Blushing' 2003 Ad Lib dance co., Roes Theatre
'Mainstream' 2002 Amore Theatre
'Exodos Anapnoon' 2002 Ad Lib dance co., Thissio Theatre
'Bru Bra' 1999 Camel Theatre

[edit] Record productions/engineering

Tuxedomoon 'BArdo Hotel' (CD) 2006 Crammed
Tuxedomoon 'Cabin in the sky' (CD) 2005 Crammed
Raining Pleasure 'Forwards + backwards'(CD) EMI 2003
Menta 'Se Kainourgia Banda' (CD) 2003 Studio 2
Sigmatropic '16 haikus and other stories' (CD) 2002 Hitch hyke
Raining Pleasure 'Flood' (CD) EMI 2001
Diafana Krina 'Eine pou ola irthane arga' (EP/CD) 2001 My Voice records
Oneiropagida 'Melodica' (CD) 2000 Warner
Menta 'Ston Planiti tou Edmoundou' (CD) 2000 Studio 2
Blaine Reininger 'The more I learn, the less I know' (CD) 1999 FM records
Oneiropagida 'Mikra Mistika' (CD) 1999 Studio 2
Bokomolech 'Slowburner' (CD) 1999 Hitch Hyke
Oneiropagida 'Asimenia Imera' (CD) 1998 Studio 2
Omada Perifrurisis 'otan stous proskopous' (mini LP) 1996

[edit] Participation in record compilations

'Antifrost Vs Domizil'(double CD) 2004 Domizil
'Void / Full' (CD) 2003 Antifrost
'Suffer / Enjoy' (CD) 2002 Antifrost
'A b' (CD) 2002 Overdub magazine
'Flux 1' (CD) 2001 Flux magazine
'Lena Platonos Mixer' (CD) 1997 FM
'Audio CD 7' (CD) 1995 Audio magazine
'Micro Beat' (CD) 1996
'Crash' (LP) 1993 Elfish
'Random Relations' (LP) 1992 Elfish

[edit] Participations in groups’ records

Textu rizer '7' (with N. Veliotis) 2006 Antifrost
Textu rizer (with N. Veliotis) 2004 Antifrost
Coltnoi 'Uber Alles' 2003 (7” vinyl) Bios Records
Stereo Nova 'Asirmatos kosmos' 1994 FM records
Raw 'City' (LP) 1993 Elfish
Stereo Nova 'Discolata' 1993 FM records
Raw 'Land' (LP) 1992 Elfish
Stereo Nova 'Stereo Nova' (LP) 1992 Wipe Out
In trance 95 'Warm Nights' (EP) 1992 Elfish
Film Noir 'Portrait of the Child' 1992 Wipe out
Dada Data 'Cow, Kau, Lull' (EP) 1991 Underbeat
Dada Data 'Eye, Robot' (EP) 1990 Underbeat/Wipe out