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Thanos Chrysakis’ output consists of composition, performance, and installation. He was born in Athens in 1971, residing for the last ten years in the UK. His work has appeared on various independent labels, and events in various countries. He composes for electronics, acoustic instruments and environmental sounds, focusing on the structural and aesthetic capacity of sonic matter. His work “Inscape 5” was amongst the selected works at the International Competition de Musique et d'Art Sonore Electroacoustiques de Bourges 2005, in the category œuvre d'art sonore électroacoustique, while “Nekyomanteion” received an honorary mention at the 7th International Electroacoustic Competition Musica Viva in Lisbon. Recent compositions include: A Scar In The Air (Aural Terrains 2008), “Threadshelters” for prepared piano + harpsichord (for Kate Ryder and Jane Chapman, 2007), and “Passage Dangereux” for prepared and toy piano, soundscape + video (for Kate Ryder, 2008). In addition to his compositional activities he has recorded/performed with Dario Bernal-Villegas, Wade Matthews, Oli Mayne, James O’Sullivan, Jerry Wigens among others. Since 2007 has been running the label Aural Terrains.

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