Sokratis Malamas (Greek: Σωκράτης Μάλαμας) (born September 29, 1957) is a Greek singer and songwriter.
Biography
Sokratis Malamas was born on September 29, 1957, in
Sykia in
Chalkidiki
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, Greece. His family moved to
Stuttgart
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, Germany for a few years, he later moved to
Thessaloniki
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. There, he sang bouzouki songs and he learned from his father about his music. At age thirteen, he bought his first guitar and practiced for his presentations at school works and when he was seventeen, he followed his guitar studies at the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki (''Μακεδονικό Ωδείο Θεσσαλονίκης'' = ''Makedoniko Odeio Thessalonikis''). He returned to Germany after he finished school and later went to the Stuttgart Odeon. In one difficult period of his life, he came back to Greece and attended studies at the
National Conservatory of Athens (''Εθνικό Ωδείο Αθηνών'' = ''Ethniko Odeio Athinon''). He was taught by
Vangelis Assimakopoulos and
Notis Mavroudis
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. At 23, he began his professional career, worked as a guitar teacher and a singer in some public shops. Before he continued into his personal way, he was a guitarist at the orchestra of
Nikos Papazoglou
Nikolaos "Nikos" Papazoglou (in Greek: Νίκος Παπάζογλου; 20 March 1948 – 17 April 2011) was a Greek singer-songwriter, musician, and producer from Thessaloniki.
Papazoglou began performing in a number of Greek local groups in th ...
.
He continued to play music in public shops, he tried and put his songs on programs. Not until the time that Nikos Papazoglou made him enter the studio and began his first album ''Aspromavres Istories'' in 1989. Sokratis Malamas wrote songs for theatrical releases and made his performance in the odeon. His direction of his works was better known and loved his charts.
He performed with famous musicians including
Manolis Rasoulis
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Rasoulis was born in 1945 in Heraklion, ...
, composers including
Nikos Xydakis, singer
Melina Kana, singer-songwriter
Thanasis Papakonstantinou
Athanasios "Thanasis" Papakonstantinou ( el, Αθανάσιος (Θανάσης) Παπακωνσταντίνου; born 26 April 1959) is a Greek singer-songwriter.
Short biography
He is married, with two children. Papakonstantinou studied mecha ...
and cooperated with other lyricists and musicians including
Giannis Tsatsopoulos,
Giorgos Athanassopoulos,
Alkis Alkaiou,
Fotini Lambridis,
Thodoros Gonis,
Michalis Gkanas and
Odysseas Ioannou. He also participated in works of other musicians including
Dionyssis Tsaknis,
Maria Thoidou,
B.D. Foxmoor and
Sadahzinia (of
Active Member
Active may refer to:
Music
* ''Active'' (album), a 1992 album by Casiopea
* Active Records, a record label
Ships
* ''Active'' (ship), several commercial ships by that name
* HMS ''Active'', the name of various ships of the British Royal ...
),
Eleftheria Arvanitaki
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,
Thanos Mikroutsikos
Athanasios "Thanos" Mikroutsikos ( el, Αθανάσιος (Θάνος) Μικρούτσικος; 13 April 1947 – 28 December 2019) was a Greek composer and politician. He is considered one of the most important composers of the recent Greek mu ...
,
Michalis Siganidis,
Takis Vouis,
Maria Papanikolaou Alkinoos Ioannidis
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He was born in Nicosia on 19 September 1969. His artistic family, with a painter father and p ...
,
Haris Alexiou
Haris Alexiou ( el, Χάρις Αλεξίου, ; born 27 December 1950 in Thebes, Greece as Hariklia Roupaka, el, Χαρίκλεια Ρουπάκα, ) is a Greek singer. She is considered one of the most popular singers in Greece and has been co ...
and others.
Malamas also wrote songs and featured them in movies including ''
To Kynigi To Lagou'' (''Το Κυνήγι του Λαγού''
and interpreted a song called ''
To Chrono na Lavoso'' (''Το χρόνο να λαβώσω'') in a short-length film ''Ypsoma 33'' (''Ύψωμα 33''
Discography
* Aspromavres Istories – Ασπρόμαυρες Ιστορίες
tories in Black and White(1989)
* Paramithia – Παραμύθια
ables(1991)
* Tis Meras kai tis Nixtas – Της Μέρας και της Νύχτας
f Day and Night(1992)
* Kyklos – Κύκλος
ircle(1993)
* Lavyrinthos – Λαβύρινθος
abyrinth(1996)
* 13.000 Meres – 13.000 Μέρες
3.000 Days(1998)
* O Fylakas kai o Vasilias – Ο Φύλακας και ο Βασιλιάς
he Guardian and the King(2000)
* Ena – Ένα
ne(2002)
* Adeio Domatio – Άδειο
mpty Room(2005)
* Dromi – Δρόμοι
athways(2007)
* Ekso – Έξω
utside(2010)
* Perasma – Πέρασμα
assage(2010)
* Hartis – Χάρτης
ap(2014)
* Me stoma pou gela – Με στόμα που γελά (2018)
Productions
*1994 – ''To Fantasma Apo to Parelthon'' (''Το φάντασμα από το παρελθόν'') (
Akti)
*1995 – ''Stin Andromeda Kai Sti Gi'' (''Στην Ανδρομέδα και στη Γη'' = ''On Andromeda And On Earth'') (Lyra)
*1997 – ''I Gynaika Kai To Milo'' (''Η γυναίκα και το μήλο'') (
Mylos)
*1997 – ''Pyli Tis Ammou'' (''Πύλη της άμμου'' = ''Sand Gate'') (Mylos)
*1997 – ''San Petalouda'' (''Σαν πεταλούδα'' = ''Like A Butterfly'')
Virgin
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*1999 – ''Me tin Plati ston Ticho (''Με την πλάτη στον τοίχο'' = ''With The Back on the Wall'')
*1999 – ''Mikres Angelies'' (''Μικρές αγγελίες'' = ''Little Tidings'')
* 2006 – Plano Eksodou (Πλάνο Εξόδου = Exit Plan)
References
External links
Official artist page.*http://perso.wanadoo.fr/ilios/musique/malamas.htm – French
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1957 births
Living people
People from Chalkidiki
Greek Macedonians
Greek male singer-songwriters
Greek singer-songwriters
21st-century Greek male singers
Greek entehno singers
20th-century Greek male singers