Akis Katsoupakis

Akis Katsoupakis
In London, 2011.
Background information
Birth name	Theodosios Katsoupakis
Also known as	akicats , Akis-cats-Katsoupakis
Born	3 October 1972
Origin	Thessaloniki, Greece
Genres	Alternative Pop
Occupation(s)	Arranger, producer, keyboardist
Instruments	Piano, keyboard
Years active	1989–present
Website	Facebook profile

Akis Katsoupakis (Greek : Άκης Κατσουπάκης) is a Greek musician, arranger and record producer.^[1]
His most commercially acclaimed album (arranged and co-produced) is Sokratis Malamas's "O Fylakas ki o Vasilias" (2000) (including the classic Prigipessa).^[2][3][4]

His work includes arranging for multi-platinum albums (Eleftheria Arvanitaki – Ola Sto Fos)^[5][6][7] – (George Dalaras – Sta tragoudia pou sou grafo)^[8][9]

Biography

Born and raised in Thessaloniki Greece, he studied piano, classical harmony, and counterpoint. Later he took lessons in jazz theory and jazz piano and also seminars on electronic music (ICMC '97).^[10] Katsoupakis has been working as a professional keyboard player^[11] since 1989. After playing with several bands, in 1994 he joined the band Maskes,^[12] which turned out to be one of the bands that formed the so-called indie rock scene of Thessaloniki.^[13][14]

Since 1997 he has carried out orchestration and production for studio recordings and live concerts^[15][16] working with many of the industry's big names.^[17][18] He also appears as a String Section arranger,^[19][20] a sound engineer,^[21] and a programmer.^[22]
His debut studio album as an arranger and producer was "Zilion" (1997).^[23]

Albums arranged by Akis Katsoupakis

• Pes to pali agapi mou – Paschalis Arvanitides Arrangement track 2 (1995 – Minos EMI)^[24]
• Zilion – Zilion Whole album arrangement (1997 – Ano Kato Records)^[25]
• Klis' ta matia sou ke kita – Dimitris Zervoudakis Whole album arrangement (1998 – Minos EMI)^[26]
• Krypse kati n' agapiso – Manthos Arbelias Whole album arrangement (1998 – Mylos Records)^[27]
• Kathe deytero lepto – Maskes Whole album arrangement (1998 – Ano Kato Records)^[28]
• Ypoprtos Kosmos – Theodosia Tsatsou Whole album arrangement (1999 – Minos EMI)^[29]
• 21os Akatallilos – Sakis Rouvas Arrangement & Production for track 4 "Kanoume Onira"^[30] (2000 Minos EMI)
• Vary fortio – Eugene Dermitassoglou Whole album production (2000 – Mylos Records)^[31]
• Shedio me vrohi – Maskes Whole EP arrangement and production (2000 – Minos EMI)^[32]
• O fylakas ki o vasilias – Sokratis Malamas Whole album arrangement and co-production (2000 – Lyra)^[33]
• Taste of sea – Iris Mavraki Whole EP arrangement (2001 – Fm Records)^[34]
• Gefires stis taratses – Maskes Whole album arrangement (2002 – Minos EMI)^[35]
• Fones (Remasters) – Nikos Portokaloglou Arrangement track 12: "De meno pia edo remix 2003" (2003 – Minos EMI)^[36]
• Os Tin Akri Tou Ouranou Sou – Haris Alexiou Arrangement tracks: 4 (To Poly Mazi Skotoni), 5 (Esi Me Xeris Pio Poli), 8 (Ola Ine Sto Myalo) (2003 – Minos EMI)^[37]
• Three Songs – Eleftheria Arvanitaki Main EP arranger (2004 – Universal)^[38]
• Ola sto fos – Eleftheria Arvanitaki Whole album arrangement (2004 – Universal)^[39]
• Sta tragoudia pou sou grafo – George Dalaras Main album arranger (2005 – Minos EMI)^[40]
• Kathe telos ki arhi – Eleni Tsaligopoulou^[41] Arrangement tracks: 4 "Opia zoi ke na zisis", 5 "Mazi os to ximeroma", 7 "Den tha figo apo do" (2005 – Sony music)
• Min Pis Pote – Andriana Babali Whole album arrangement (2005 – EMI)^[42]
• To leoforio tis stigmis – Kostas Antypas. Whole album arrangement (2007 – Protasis)^[43]
• Pandos itan nychta – La Pouppé – Stella Gadedi Whole album arrangement (2008 – Lyra)^[44]
• San Psemata – Eleni Tsaligopoulou Arrangement tracks: 2, 12 "Mazi os to ximeroma" (2008 – Sony music)^[45]
• Ki alli mera perase – Kostas Triantafyllides Whole cd single arrangement (2009 – Music Post)^[46]
• Mona Lisa – Stella Gadedi (featuring Antigone Buna) Whole album arrangement (2010 – Lyra)^[47]
• O Tzon Tzon Zi – Andriana Babali. Whole album production and arrangement (2010 – EMI)^[48]
• Bras de fer – Giorgos Astritis. Whole album production and arrangement (2013 – Mikros Heros)^[49]
• Ta Ylika Ton Mystikon – Zacharias Karounis Album (7 tracks) production and arrangement (2013 – Mikri Arktos)^[50]
• To Mazi Einai Dromos - Andriana Babali. Whole album production and arrangement (2014 – Feelgood Records)^[51]

Arrangements for live shows

• 2004–2005 Haris Alexiou – Eleftheria Arvanitaki^[52]
• 2006 Eleni Tsaligopoulou-Andriana Babali-Rallia Christidou Summer tour
• 2006–2007 Orpheas Peridis-Georgia Dagaki Tour^[53]
• 2007 Andriana Babali – Giorgis Christodoulou "In the kitschen"
• 2007 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Yiannis Kotsiras Summer tour
• 2008 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Andriana Babali – Giota Nega : "Tis Gynekas i Kardia"^[54]
• 2009 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Glykeria – Trifono Winter tour
• 2011 Stella Gadedi "Stis Paryfes tis polis" in Athens Concert Hall^[55][56][57]
• 2013 – 2014 Yiannis Kotsiras – Thanos Mikroutsikos live shows across Greece and Cyprus^[58]
• 2013 – Present Yiannis Kotsiras live shows across Greece and International ^{[59][60][61][62]}
• 2015 - Present Yiannis Kotsiras – Lavrentis Machairitsas live shows across Greece and Cyprus^[63]

Collaborations

• Andriana Babali
• Sokratis Malamas
• Dionysis Savvopoulos^[64]
• Thanos Mikroutsikos
• Lavrentis Machairitsas
• Maria Voumvaki^[65]
• Petros Gaitanos
• Dimitris Zervoudakis
• Nikos Portokaloglou
• Eleftheria Arvanitaki
• Tania Tsanaklidou^[66]
• Orpheas Peridis
• George Dalaras
• Haris Alexiou
• Dimitris Mitropanos^[67]
• Eleni Tsaligopoulou
• Yiannis Kotsiras
• Stathis Drogosis
• Theodosia Tsatsou
• Dimitris Bassis
• Cayetano^[68][69]

References

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4. "Review "Fylakas" on Mad Tv". www.mad.tv. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
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34. "Taste of sea". www.myspace.com. Retrieved 2014-05-03.
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50. "Z. Karounis Ta Ylika Ton Mystikon". www.mikri-arktos.gr. Retrieved 2014-04-08.
51. "To Mazi Einai Dromos". www.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
52. "Alexiou-Arvanitaki 2004–2005". www.arvanitaki.gr. Retrieved 2010-07-27.
53. "Peridis 2006 2007". www.papandreou.gr. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
54. "Tis Gynekas I Kardia" (in Greek). www.musiccorner.gr. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
55. "Stella Gadedi interview". www.kathimerini.gr. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
56. "Stella Gadedi Interview 2". www.enet.gr. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
57. "Stella Gadedi Interview 3". www.avgi.gr. Retrieved 2011-03-03.
58. "Mikroutsikos-Kotsiras Winter 2013–2014". www.apn.gr. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
59. "Kotsiras Summer 2013". www.apn.gr. Retrieved 2013-09-12.
60. "Kotsiras "2 hours out of playlist"". www.xity.de. Retrieved 2014-04-09.
61. "Kotsiras "USA 2015"". usa.greekreporter. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
62. "Kotsiras "USA 2015b"". mangplay.net. Retrieved 2016-05-11.
63. "Machairitsas - Kotsiras". www.star.gr. Retrieved 2015-09-16.
64. "Savvopoulos_Pallace_2009". www.ellthea.gr. Retrieved 2012-10-10.
65. "Maria Voumvaki video". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
66. "Tania Tsanaklidou live mention". www.kathimerini.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
67. "Dimitris Mitropanos Live Review live mention". www.musiccorner.gr. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
68. "Cayetano review". www.twistedjazz.blogspot.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
69. "Cayetano cd". www.epm-music.com. Retrieved 2011-04-09.

External links

• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Άκης+Κατσουπάκης
• http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/appears-on.html?artistid=671674
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/akicats