KOSTA X HAS RECENTLY FOUND HIS NICHE WITHIN THE ELECTRONIC MUSIC SCENE. ALTHOUGH YOUNG AT THE AGE OF 22, HE HAS SHOWN RAPID PROGRESS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY.
IN 1998, THE CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA (USA) NATIVE GOT HIS FIRST TASTE OF TRANCE MUSIC WHILE VISITING FAMILY IN NEW YORK. AFTER A FULFILLING TRIP TO KARPENISI, GREECE (HIS FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE), HE BEGAN TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE HOUSE MUSIC. HE REALIZED THAT HOUSE MUSIC WAS SLOWER THAN TRANCE, AND REFLECTED THE GREEK'S LAID-BACK LIFESTYLE.
MOTIVATED AND INFLUENCED, HE TAUGHT HIMSELF HOW TO DJ AFTER RETURNING TO THE STATES IN THE SUMMER OF 2003. HE THEN BECAME A REGULAR CUSTOMER AT A LOCAL RECORD STORE (CENTRAL RECORDS - WWW.CENTRALRECORDSNC.COM), WHERE HE BEGAN BUILDING HIS COLLECTION. IN 2005 HE LANDED A JOB AT THE STORE, AND IT REMAINS ONE OF HIS CURRENT JOBS TO THIS DAY.
IN LATE 2005, KOSTA X ATTENDED A WORKSHOP SPONSORED BY RED BULL KNOWN AS RED BULL MUSIC LABS(WWW.REDBULLMUSICLABS.COM). HE WAS ONE OF 10 APPLICANTS OUT OF 100 THAT WERE CHOSEN TO ATTEND A MUSIC PRODUCTION WORKSHOP. UNDER THE INSTRUCTION OF INDUSTRY LEADING PROFESSIONALS, INCLUDING TEMPO-SHIFTING BREAKBEAT DJ/PRODUCER LORIN ASHTON AKA BASSNECTAR, THE FOUNDATION FOR KOSTA X'S PRODUCTION WORK WAS BUILT.
WITH THE NEWLY ACQUIRED SKILLS, HE BEGAN COLLABORATING WITH LIKE-MINDED FRIEND AND DJ, JOSEPH RHEUMA. SINCE THEN, THE DUO IMMERSED THEMSELVES IN THE WORLD OF MUSIC PRODUCTION, WORKING ON PROJECTS TOGETHER AND INDIVIDUALLY. THEIR ORIGINAL TRACKS HAVE FOUND THEIR WAY INTO THEIR DJ SETS, CREATING A TRUELY UNIQUE EXPERIENCE.
2007 IS KOSTA X'S YEAR OF REBIRTH, LED BY HIS NEW SOUND OF DEEP, FUNKY, ELECTRO, TECH HOUSE WITH TOUCHES OF ETHNIC TRIBAL, PROGRESSIVE, AND MINIMAL HOUSE THROWN IN FOR GOOD MEASURE.
HIS STYLE HAS EVOLVED FROM HIS LIFE'S EXPERIENCES INTO WHAT HE SINCERELY BELIEVES IS THE UNIVERSAL BODY LANGUAGE. A LANGUAGE THAT CAN BE SPOKEN BY ANYONE IF EMBRACED AND EXPERIENCED FIRST HAND. ONE THING IS CERTAIN, BE PREPARED FOR A FOOT-TAPPING, HEAD-BOBBING, BODY-JACKING NIGHT OF AURAL SATISFACTION.