Nikko Patrelakis
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Nikko Patrelakis was born in Athens, Greece. He studied music in the National Conservatory and mathematics in the University of Athens.
Patrelakis's style is in the electronica-freestyle genre, his records have been released not only in Greece, but also in UK, France, Germany, US and lately in Japan. He also does remixes.
He composed and produced music for two featured films and five theatrical plays. Ηe created music ids for four national TV-stations and five major radio-stations, as well as music for several TV-commercials with accounts including the National Bank of Greece and Communication Organization of Greece.
In 1999 he co-wrote "Voice" with Paul McCartney that was presented by Heather Mills for the support of the people with kinetic disabilities. He also composed and produced 3 pieces of music for the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Athens 2004, performed by him and London Philharmonic Orchestra, for the parade of the Greek flag and the Greek team, in the opening ceremonies, and for the entrance of the athletes of the world in the Olympic Stadium, for the closing ceremonies.
As a Dj, he participated in the initiation of clubs like X-club, Factory, +Soda in Athens and Cavo Paradiso in Mykonos, and as resident or guest Dj he played in several clubs in Greece and UK.
He composed and produced the soundtrack of “Hostage”, directed by Constantine Giannaris, which was the official Greek participation in the Panorama of the Berlinale 2005. The film won the prize for the best direction in the Thessaloniki Film Festival 2005 and is candidate for the Helix Award of the European Film Academy.
The soundtrack was released by Smallhouse Records, which Patrelakis started in 2003, in April 2005.
His last record “TIME” stayed for 9 weeks in the official IFPI national top-50 and gathered excellent reviews from the press.
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