Shake hand Productions was created in 1992 by Nikos Modiotis and Anastasia T. Modioti, aiming at the management of artistic and mainly music events, with artists from Greece and from abroad.
Nikos Modiotis studied advertisement, management and marketing, while at the same time he dealt with music in the 80s, being a singer in rock and new wave groups such as “Stained Veilâ€, “Fire Fly†and others.
ShakeHand began dealing with management with a well known band in Greece, “Aroma Caribeâ€. As time went by it undertook and other artists and extended its activities.
Later on our agency began collaboration (management and booking) in 1993 for almost a decade, up to their break-up, with the famous rock-pop group of Thessaloniki, â€Xilina Spathiaâ€. They gave hundreds of concerts and entries in festivals in Greece, Cyprus, Germany and England (at London Astoria, Hacienda, Manor Q...). They appeared in the British MTV, while their songs were played in clubs of Spain with particular success.. In this collaboration for 10 years with “Xilina Spathiaâ€, they awarded with 4 gold and 2 platinum vinyls and appeared in festivals with international names such as Pulp, Pixies, Sonic Youth Puressence and many more.While in 1997 “Xilina Spathia†were selected as support band for Rolling Stones, in the big concert that took place in the OAKA Olympic Stage of Athens.
At the same time Shake hand Productions in 1993 up to 1996 collaborated organising concerts with major bands, such as E.M.F, The Godfathers, Wipers, Doctor Alban, Snap, James Taylor Quartet, Doctor Feelgood, Green being Red, New Christ's, Gun Club, Creeps, Fuzz stones, Greg Sage, Christian Death, Clint Boon, Aziz Ibrahim, Gypsy Kings, Morissey, Andy Rourke..... and others.
Since 1998 ShakeHand productions undertook (management and booking) of MIKRO, the electro band of Thessaloniki, which have today a major place in the Greek electronic scene with countless gigs in Greece, Cyprus,UK and they have also appeared with artists from the international musical scene (Morissey, Hooverphonic,Puressence,Ladytron,Client,Raveonettes,Kellis, to name but a few. Since 2000 Shakehand manages successfully MIKRO in the field of television advertisment, with a series of multinational companies (Nokia, Telestet, Fanta, Dentyne, Cosmote, Tim ,Nokia and other) for the promotion of their products.
In August 2004 with the group MIKRO ShakeHand participated with 4 gigs during the Olympic Games in Athens,. Also in September 2004 once again with MIKRO our agency participated in the artistic events of Parallel Olympic Games, in Athens. You can learn more about MIKRO and their impact at MIKRO’s myspace profile: www.myspace.com/mikrospace/
In August 2005 with the group “Demonia Nymphi†(approach of ancient Greek music with copies of ancient musical organs) and in collaboration with the Greek Ministry of Culture, we arranged 6 concerts in known archaeological places of Greece, with particular success.
Since 2000 Shake hand Prod organized a separate department, that deals with traditional music (ethnic), children's theatre, musicals and puppet shows.
Contact ShakeHand Productions
Tel..fax:0030 2310 286540 –0030 2310 257191
Tel: 0030 2310 933487
mobile: 0030 6944 548120
e-mail : [email protected] , [email protected]
MIKRO: www.mikro.gr
MIKRO myspace: www.myspace.com/mikrospace/