Basement Freaks - Artist Bio
Basement Freaks
The Basement Freaks project started in 2005 by George Fotiadis, a self-taught multi-instrumentalist from Thessaloniki/Greece. George has been around the local scene from early 90’s where he was the songwriter & guitarist of an indie rock band. He also played with many other local bands and worked as a P.A engineer. After many years working in the studio he finally started composing & producing the Basement Freaks sound in 2005. His debut cd album “Urban Jungle” was released by Music Kitchen Records, a label based in Thessaloniki, Greece. The album got positive feedback from some great producers in the scene such as Stereo Mcs & Kraak n Smaak.
Remixing various artists like Chris Joss/Rephrase/Ed Royal for some very well known labels as ESL music (U.S.A), Knowfool Records (AUSTRALIA), Invision Records (AUSTRIA), the Basement Freaks sound is firmly in the global underground Funky Breakbeat scene. Feedback has been fantastic from producers like: A.Skillz, Flow Dynamics, A.G.F.A, Smoove, Q Dup Foundation, Fort Knox Five,Valique who support the Basement Freaks tunes!
His 1st vinyl E.P was released by “South City Recordings” a label from Atlanda/U.S.A in Oct 2007. In late 2007, Basement Freaks meets Quasamodo to collaborate on the track Move Sucka, which was released on Goodgroove Records.
George Fotiadis & Dimitris Nassios formed a new avant-guard cinematic & nujazz project called Smokey Bandits. In late 2007, George moved to Athens for recording with his partner on the Smokey Bandits project Dimitri@Quasamodo!
In 2008, Basement Freaks entered with a new project with Kosta Kostov: the Balkan Express Sound Systema, where Greece meets Bulgaria and the Balkan meets all the nice flavas. You can expect a diverse sound from this collaboration… everything from Dub & Reggae and Funk & Breaks to Breakbeat & Drum ‘n’ Bass.
After moving in November 2008 from Thessaloniki to Cologne, George started working with Kosta Kostov on the bXp Soundsystema LIVE. Keep on the lookout for bXp at clubs & festivals around the world very soon.
2008 was a very productive year for the Basement Freaks project. Many tracks were released, and there are also lots of unreleased tracks in the pipeline in 2009 for labels such as Goodgroove/Wack/Super Hifi/Sunsetsoul/Aniligital/Manmade.
www.myspace.com/basementfreaks
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