Giannis Aggelakas (Greek: Γιάννης Αγγελάκας) is a Greek singer, songwriter, and poet. Best known as the former lead singer of the Greek rock band

Trypes Trypes (Greek language, Greek: Τρύπες), which translates in English as "Holes" were a highly influential and acclaimed Greek rock band, originating from Thessaloniki, Greece. Their unique sound emerged mainly from the combination of vocalist ...

, he maintains a productive solo career since 2000 having experimented with

Greek folk music Greek traditional music (Greek: παραδοσιακή μουσική, "traditional music"; also δημοτικά τραγούδια, "folk songs") includes a variety of Greek styles played by ethnic Greeks in Greece, Cyprus, Australia, the Un ...

and collaborated with artists like Thanassis Papakonstantinou and

Psarantonis Antonis Xylouris ( el, Αντώνης Ξυλούρης; born September 6, 1937), nicknamed Psarantonis ( el, Ψαραντώνης), is a Greek composer, singer and performer of lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular survivin ...

. From 2004 onwards, he maintains his own record label, ''All together Now'' releasing his personal albums from there.

Discography

For Giannis Aggelakas' releases with the rock group Trypes, see Trypes#Discography *1993 Υπέροχο τίποτα (Beautiful Nothing), (Virgin) *2000 Χώμα & νερό (Earth & Water) *2003 Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα (''

The Loser Takes It All ''The Loser Takes It All'' ( el, Ο χαμένος τα παίρνει όλα, translit=O chamenos ta pairnei ola, italic=yes) is a 2002 Greek dramatic experimental independent underground art film, the seventh feature film directed by Nikos Niko ...

'') (soundtrack), Hitch Hyke Records, All Together Now (reissue) *2005 Οι ανάσες των λύκων (The Breaths of the wolves), All Together Now *2005 Από 'δω και πάνω (From now on), All Together Now *2007 Πότε θα φτάσουμε εδώ (When are we getting here), All Together Now *2009 Ψυχή Βαθιά (Soul Deep), (soundtrack) All Together Now *2013 Η Γελαστή Ανηφόρα (The smiling uphill), All Together Now

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Aggelakas, Giannis 1959 births Living people Greek songwriters 20th-century Greek male singers 21st-century Greek male singers Musicians from Thessaloniki