Music:
Member Since: 4/27/2008
Band Website: kafetzopoulosharris.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Harris Kafetzopoulos
Bio:
Born in Athens - Hellas.
His first contact with the music was his 8 year professional employment as a DJ in a Rock club in the city of Athens. He began to write poems and lyrics for songs in 1980 and in 1986 he collaborated for his first time with the composer Nikos Ventouratos.
In 1989, he collaborated with the composer and guitarist Antonis Mitzelos, a member of the famous Greek Rock band “Termitesâ€.
He wrote the lyrics of two songs (“Take me away from here, Queen of silence†and “Goddess of Darknessâ€) of the band’s last record named “Waiting for the rainâ€. The song “Take me away from here, Queen of silence†is considered one of the band’s greatest hits till today.
By that time, he also worked as a record producer in the “Industry records Co - PolyGramâ€. In 1986 he collaborated on behalf of “Industry records†and “Falling Goose Rec.†with “Emi Records†and “Ricordi Rec.†of Milan , Italy. At the same time, he had a major part in annotating and criticizing new songs and record arrivals in music magazines, while in association with the director of foreigner repertory of PolyGram, Mr. Basos Tsimidopoulos, they published the music magazine “Kou Kouâ€.
He was also the producer and the presenter of the radio emission “radio show†in the radio stations of “Hellas fmâ€, “ERT’s 2nd radio program†and “Athens 9.84 fmâ€.
In addition, he was the presenter of the television emission “Ihodromioâ€
of the Greek National TV Channel “ET2†and “Mikto Likio†of the Greek National TV Channel “ET1â€.
He worked in the independent record company “Pandora Rec.†that promoted mainly independent productions of the rock - metal and alternative underground scene.
He was one of the three major shareholders of “Blue Studio ltd. Post productionâ€, with his activities expanding mainly in musically video clips and documentaries on behalf of the Greek Association of Tourism (ELOT).
The music enhancement of several TV documentaries on behalf of ELOT was under the editorship of Mr Harris Kafetzopoulos.
One of his finest works was the documentary of the Olympic Games anniversary of their 100 years since their commencement, in 1996.
The latter, was followed by an Olympic advertising spot named “Pigasosâ€, with music from the famous Greek composer Vangelis Papathanasiou, and was shared in 136 different countries.
In 1994, he released his first Poetic Collection “Aesthetic Enjoyment Of Fable†and in 2008 the second Poetic Collection “The Color Of The Moon Is Byzantineâ€
He has also written the lyrics of the songs of a television program in Mega Channel, named “Tzivaeriâ€, as well as the lyrics of the songs of famous Greek artists.These songs are: “If you love me†- “I find You†- “Ritmo Latino†- “I was lost in your stain†- “Little jewel†- “Reigned castles†- “Harri’s song†- “Pirate or a God†- “Goddess of darkness†- “Take me away from here Queen of silence†- “What to do?†- “Plaza de Toro’s†- “My peddle and wave†- “Sleeping beauty†- “My friend Yannis†- “My Treasureâ€, etc
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He has collaborated with a lot of composers, such as: Antonis Mitzelos, R. Persi, Akis Triantafillou, Lavrentis Macheritsas, S. Previstri, Dimitris Zervoudakis, T. Depiscopo, Niko Bentourato, Gianni Pario, Christina Maragozi, Peny Xenaki, Konstantinos M., Pashalis, N. Novice, Taki Basalaki, etc.
His upcoming musical activities include the following:
The Rock opera “Exodus†that will be released on winter of 2009 in the theater,
his collaboration with the rock band “1550†, and his record collaborations
with Antonis Mitzelos and Dimitris Zervoudakis.
Harris lives and works as Marketing Director in Athens.
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