O tragoydopoios Stelios Botonakis ekane thn emfanish toy sthn ellhnikh moysikh pragmatikothta to Maio toy 2003 me th diskografikh doyleia "Ekso ap' to xrono" poy kykloforhse apo th Universal.
O moysikos typos egrapse tote pws to "Ekso ap' to xrono" htan mia apo tis pente kalyteres moysikes protaseis ths teleytaias dekaetias ki ayto htan mia kritikh poy stis meres mas den grafetai eykola gia enan kallitexnh, poso mallon otan aytos einai prwtoemfanizomenos tragoydopoios kai h kritikh afora to synolo toy, toys stixoys toy, th moysikh toy kai thn ermhneia toy.
Omws o Stelios Botonakis den arkesthke stis poly kales kritikes. Exontas mesa toy entono to stoixeio ths anatrophs - pragma poy diapistwnei kaneis akoygontas ta tragoydia toy- ekane o idios mia moysikh antiprotash poy einai poly apla enas kainoyrgios diskos.
O kainoyrgios diskos toy Steliou Botonaki me titlo «Proswpa» kykloforei arxes Ioynioy toy 2006 apo thn aneksarthth etaireia X.art.ici kai periexei 11 tragoydia se moysikh kai stixoys toy idioy enw se 4 tragoydia toys stixoys ypografei o Ksenofon Zabos. Tis enorxhstrwseis ekanan o Giannhs Stergioy,o Stayros Lantsias kai o Mixalhs Kapoylas.
H dianomh ginetai apo thn «Kinhsis» kai xorhgoi epikoinwnias einai o «Melwdia» 99.2 FM (Athina) kai o «Palmos» 9.65 FM (Theessaloniki).
H ermhneia toy Steliou Botonaki einai idiaiterh. Ermhneyontas ta tragoydia me th bathia kai aisthantikh fwnh toy, perna apo ta skoteina dromakia ths psyxhs exontas omws kata noy ekeina ta dialeimmata fwtos poy odhgoyn toso ton idio, oso kai ton akroath se mia proswpikh ka8arsh.
Me yfos rok kai entexno parallhla, me sygxronh kai dynamikh enorxhstrwtikh apopsh, apotelei mia ekrhktikh-kyriolektika- paroysia poy ka8hlwnei to akroathrio, pantreyontas ton sygxrono hxo me ton palio, dhmioyrgwntas etsi ena moysiko ypoba8ro poy anadeiknyei, xwris na koykoylwnei, toso ta fwnhtika prosonta toy Steliou Botonaki (h bathia mpasa fwnh toy ekteinetai dynamika men, armonika de kalyptontas ena megalo moysiko eyros), oso tis solistikes ermhneies kai toys hlektronikoys programmatismoys twn eksairetwn moysikwn poy ton periballoyn.
