Mikro is a Greek band based in

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. It was formed in 1998 and was named after the Greek word ''micro'' used in metric measuring systems. Their main focus is electronic music. In their releases they initially used an all-caps Greek spelling of their name (ΜΙΚΡΟ), however in their latest releases ("''Restart''", "''Download''", "''Upload''") they have switched to a non all-caps spelling, transliterated to the Latin Alphabet (Mikro). The members are: *Nikos Bitzenis (Nikonn) (programming, loops, synths, vocals) *Chloe Ann (vocals, synths) *Yiannis Lefkaditis (John-John; guitar) *5irc (drums, loops, Vpads)

History

Nikos Bitzenis and Yiannis Leucaditis began experimenting with

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music in the late 1990s having influences of the 1980s era such as

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, New Order and

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. Later, Panos Tolios (of the Greek band

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), George Costopoulos and Ria Mazine enter the group and their EP ''Stagones'' (Σταγόνες, Drops) goes out in 1998. After the production of the single ''Aspri Sokolata'' (Άσπρη Σοκολάτα, White Chocolate), Panos Tolios and George Costopoulos leave the group and Stelios Emmanuelidis gets in, forming Mikro as of today.

Discography

*To Telos tou Kosmou (Το Τέλος Του Κόσμου, The End of the World) 1999 *E-mail (Original soundtrack for the Greek movie of the same name) 2001 *Tronik*plasma (Tronik*πλάσμα) 2003 *Only the Best (Best of) 2004 *180 Mires (180 Μοίρες, 180 Degrees/Destinies) 2004 *Restart 2007 *Download 2009 *Upload 2009 *New 2014 They also released singles by the above albums, some of which being: Stagones (Σταγόνες, Drops), Aspri Sokolata (Άσπρη Σοκολάτα, White Chocolate), Domatio (Δωμάτιο, Room) and Netrino.

Solo works

Nikos Bitzenis' solo album was released in 2006 by the name Poladroid. It has a

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tone in contrast to the band's groovy and

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style. ''Sunday'', a single of ''Poladroid'' was used in the 9th edition of Buddha Bar's compilation albums.

Internet

Mikro has spread over the internet in various ways; They have a myspace profile and made available to the public their videoclips via their

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user account.

External links

Official website

Mikro's Youtube profile

Undo Records website

Mikro's Facebook site
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