Thanos Chrysakis


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Thanos Chrysakis is a Greek composer, musician, producer and sound-artist. He is best known for his work in electronic and contemporary music, improvisation, and electro-acoustic music.

With several albums to his name his work has appeared in festivals and events in numerous countries, including CYNETart Festival, Festspielhaus Hellerau - Dresden, Artus Contemporary Arts Studio – Budapest, CRUCE Gallery – Madrid, Fylkingen – Stockholm, Relative (Cross) Hearings festival – Budapest, Festival Futura – Crest - Drôme, FACT Centre – Liverpool, Association Ryoanji – Ahun - Creuse, The Center for Advanced Musical Studies at Chosen Vale — Hanover - New Hampshire, Areté Gallery — Brooklyn - New York, UC San Diego – California - San Diego, Berner Münster – Bern, Fabbrica del Vapore – Milan, Grünewaldsalen – Svensk Musikvår — Stockholm, Splendor – Amsterdam, Logos Foundation – Ghent, Palacio de Bellas Artes – Mexico City, Műcsarnok Kunsthalle – Budapest, Spektrum – Berlin, Susikirtimai X – Vilnius, Festival del Bosque GERMINAL – Mexico City, ДОМ – Moscow, Oosterkerk – Amsterdam, KLANG ! – Montpellier, Alexandrinsky Theatre – St. Petersburg, Nádor Terem – Budapest, Utzon Centre – Aalborg, Center for New Music – San Francisco, Västerås Konstmuseum – Västerås, Störung festival – Barcelona, BMIC Cutting Edge concert series at The Warehouse – London.
His music was among the selected works at the International Competition de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges 2005, in the category oeuvre d'art sonore électroacoustique, while received an honorary mention in 2006 at the 7th International Electroacoustic Competition Musica Viva in Lisbon (the jury was constituted by Morton Subotnick (USA), François Bayle (France), and Miguel Azguime (Portugal).
 
He operates the Aural Terrains record label since 2007 where he has released part of his work until now, alongside releases by Kim Cascone, Franscisco López, Tomas Phillips, Dan Warburton, Szilárd Mezei, Michael Edwards, Wade Matthews, Dganit Elyakim, Edith Alonso, Luis Tabuenca, Jeff Gburek, Philippe Petit, Steve Noble, Milo Fine, Liam Hockley, and David Ryan among others.
 
He has written music for musicians of the Hyperion Ensemble, the Stockholm Saxophone Quartet, the Hermes Ensemble, Nemø Ensemble, the Konus Saxophone Quartett, the Égide Duo as well as the Shadanga Duo among others. Close collaborations with Tim Hodgkinson, Vincent Royer, Chris Cundy, Yoni Silver, Lori Freedman, Jason Alder, Julie Kjaer, Henriette Jensen, Karin de Fleyt, William Lang, Wilfrido Terrazas, Thórgunnur Anna Örnólfsdóttir, Philippe Brunet, Wade Matthews, Ernesto Rodrigues, and Ove Volquartz to name but a few.


ALBUMS


Jason Alder, Thanos Chrysakis, Charlotte Keeffe, James O'Sullivan
Inward Traces Outward Edges
2025, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Liam Hockley, Ana-Maria Avram, Iancu Dumitrescu, Thanos Chrysakis, Horatiu Radulescu
PULSE TIDE
2024, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
John Cage, Gérard Grisey, Thanos Chrysakis, Giacinto Scelsi, Julie Kjær, Tim Hodgkinson
Music for Trumpets, Bass Clarinets & Saxophones
2024, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis
Manifold Vista
2023, CD, Album, Auf Abwegen
Franco Donatoni, Iannis Xenakis, Xavier Bonfill, Thanos Chrysakis, Tim Hodgkinson
Music For Trombones, Bass Clarinets & Horn
2023, CD, Album, Aural Terrains, ,
Contemporary
Thanos Chrysakis, Chris Cundy, Peer Schlechta, Ove Volquartz
Archangel
2023, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Jason Alder
Milieu Interieur
2022, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Vincent Royer, Jill Valentine, Jason Alder, Chris Cundy, Tim Hodgkinson, Yoni Silver, Lori Freedman, Carla Rees, Karin De Fleyt, Katrina Lauder, Thanos Chrysakis
Music for Violas, Bass Clarinets & Flutes
2021, CD, Album, Aural Terrains, ,
Contemporary
Thanos Chrysakis, Dawid Frydryk, Edward Lucas, Sue Lynch, Adrian Northover
Five Shards
2021, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Chris Cundy
A Certain Slant of Light
2020, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis
ΕΛΥΤΡΑ
2020, CD, Album, Auf Abwegen
Chris Cundy, Cornelius Cardew, Ton De Leeuw, Thanos Chrysakis, John Cage
MOUNTAINS
2020, CD, Album, Aural Terrains, ,
Contemporary/Modern
Jason Alder, Thanos Chrysakis, Caroline Kraabel, Yoni Silver
Music for Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinets & Electronics
2019, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Jason Alder, Chris Cundy, Tim Hodgkinson, Heather Roche, Yoni Silver, Shadanga Duo, Thanos Chrysakis
Music for Bass Clarinets
2019, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Chris Cundy, Peer Schlechta, Ove Volquartz
Music for Two Organs & Two Bass Clarinets
2018, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Sue Lynch, James O'Sullivan, Joe Wright
Iridescent Strand
2018, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Kurt Liedwart, Nuno Torres, Ernesto Rodrigues
Σκιαγραφία / Skiagraphía
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources
Thanos Chrysakis, Ernesto Rodrigues, Guilherme Rodrigues, Abdul Moimême, Miguel Mira
Micrographía = Μικρογραφία
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources
Thanos Chrysakis
EQUINOX
2017, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Christian Kobi, Christian Skjødt, Zsolt Sőrés
Carved Water
2016, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Ernesto Rodrigues, Abdul Moimême, Guilherme Rodrigues, Miguel Mira
Εξαíφνης
2015, CD, Album, Ltd, Creative Sources
Thanos Chrysakis
Above The Hidden Track An Endless Blaze
2015, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis, Chris Cundy
Music for Chamber Organ & Contra Bass Clarinet
2015, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Chris Cundy / James O'Sullivan
Asphodels Abide
2014, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Ken Slaven / James O'Sullivan / Jerry Wigens
Zafiros En El Barro
2013, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Wade Matthews / Javier Pedreira
Garnet Skein
2013, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Wade Matthews
Numen
2012, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Sébastien Branche, Thanos Chrysakis, Tom Soloveitzik, James O'Sullivan, Artur Vidal, Jerry Wigens
Magnetic River
2012, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / James O'Sullivan / Jerry Wigens
SYNEUMA
2012, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis
ΕΚΝΗΨΙΣ
2012, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Wade Matthews / Dario Bernal-Villegas
ΠΑΡΑΛΛΑΞΙΣ / Parállaxis
2011, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Oli Mayne / Zsolt Sőrés / Jerry Wigens
VERTEX
2011, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Philip Somervell
Knotted Alembic
2011, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis
ΜΑΓΜΑ / MAGMA
2011, CD, Album, Monochrome Vision
Thanos Chrysakis
Subterranean Sky
2010, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / James O'Sullivan / Dario Bernal-Villegas / Oli Mayne / Jerry Wigens
Instant-Cascade-Distant
2009, CD, Album, Aural Terrains, ,
Abstract/Experimental/Free Improvisation
ENANTIO_ΔΡΟΜΙΑ* : Thanos Chrysakis / Wade Matthews / Dario Bernal-Villegas
ENANTIO_ΔΡΟΜΙΑ
2009, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis / Oli Mayne / Dario Bernal-Villegas
Palimpsesto
2008, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis
A Scar In The Air
2008, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Thanos Chrysakis
Klage
2007, CD, Album, Aural Terrains
Various
Ohrmong
2007, DVD-V, Comp, Chmafu Nocords

APPEARANCES +


Thanos Chrysakis
Is There, Is There Not?
2006, 8xFile, MP3, VBR, Alg-a
Thanos Chrysakis
Inscapes
2005, 3xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, CONV
Thanos Chrysakis
Errant Waves
2005, 7xFile, MP3, Album, VBR, Test Tube
Thanos Chrysakis
Enchanted Mountains
2005, 3xFile, MP3, EP, Stasisfield
Thanos Chrysakis
Transparent Geometries & Close-Ups
2003, 3xFile, MP3, EP, Stasisfield
Steve Noble, Yoni Silver
Home
2017, CD, Album, Aural Terrains, ,
Free Improvisation/Abstract
Eventless Plot
Recon
2012, CD, Album, Ltd, Aural Terrains
Enantio Dromia
Live
2010, 3xFile, MP3, Album, 192, Audition Records
Various
MV X: Monochrome Visions 2004 - 2014
2014, 3xCD, Comp, Ltd, Monochrome Vision, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Drone/Experimental/Industrial/Minimal/Musique Concrète/Noise
Various
The Marvellous Transatlantic
2013, CD, Album, Ápice
Various
Störung V.3.0
2008, CDr, Comp, störung
Various
Explorations In Sound Vol 3 - Music Of Sound
2008, 8xFile, MP3, Comp, 256, Furthernoise
Various
Translations Of Opacity - For Michelangelo Antonioni
2008, 23x File 160 kbps, ,
Field Recording/Experimental
Various
Alg-Label Compilatorio #2
2007, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Alg-a
Various
Hmmm Remix Compilation
2007, CD, Comp, Ltd, Le Son 666
Various
Drift: Resonant Cities
2007, 2xCD, Comp, New Media Scotland
Various
Test Tube Collected Works 001 ~ 075
2007, DVDr, DVD-D, Comp, Test Tube, ,
Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/Glitch/IDM/Illbient/Minimal/Noise/Acoustic/Post Rock/Drone
Various
Belly Of The Whale (Digital Music Made From The Sounds Of Marine Animals)
2006, CD, Important Records (2), ,
Experimental/Field Recording/Noise
Various
Bend It Like Beckett (Sound Works)
2006, CD, Comp, ArtTrail
Various
Far Afield: A Webbed Hand Compilation
2005, 32xFile, MP3, Comp, 192, Webbed Hand Records
Various
Poetry And Chaos
2004, CDr, Comp, Chmafu Nocords
Various
Sonority#1
2003, CDr, Comp, Arrêt Arrêt Recordings
Various
The Pi Project
2003, File, MP3, microsound.org
Various
City Of The Future
2003, File, MP3, microsound.org
Various
Stone And Ripple
2003, 40xFile, MP3, Comp, microsound.org
Various
Sound Comp
2003, CDr, Comp, Porousher
Various
Diagram 3.6
2003, 16xFile, MP3, Comp, Diagram (4), ,
Abstract
Various
Madrid
2003, 26xFile, MP3, Comp, microsound.org