Mikro is a Greek band based in
Thessaloniki
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,
Greece
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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
electropop
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music in the late 1990s having influences of the 1980s era such as
Depeche Mode
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,
Erasure,
New Order and
Duran Duran
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.
Later, Panos Tolios (of the Greek band
Xylina Spathia ), 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)
*''Superiroes'' (''Σουπερήρωες'', ''Superheroes'') (2024)
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
chill out tone in contrast to the band's groovy and
uptempo 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
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profile and made available to the public their videoclips via their
YouTube
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user account.
External links
Official websiteMikro's Youtube profileUndo Records websiteMikro's Facebook site
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Greek pop music groups
Greek electronic music groups
Musical groups from Thessaloniki