Akis Katsoupakis Explained

Akis Katsoupakis
Birth Name:	Theodosios Katsoupakis
Alias:	akicats, Akis-cats-Katsoupakis
Birth Date:	1972 10, df=yes
Origin:	Thessaloniki, Greece
Instrument:	Piano, keyboard
Genre:	Alternative pop
Occupation:	Arranger, producer, keyboardist
Years Active:	1989–present
Website:	Facebook profile

Akis Katsoupakis (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Άκης Κατσουπάκης) is a Greek musician, arranger and record producer.
His most commercially acclaimed album (arranged and co-produced) is Sokratis Malamas's (2000) which includes the classic Prigkipesa.^{[1] [2] [3]}

His work includes arranging for multi-platinum albums (Eleftheria Arvanitaki – Ola Sto Fos)^{[4] [5] [6]} – (George Dalaras –)^{[7] [8]}

Biography

Born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece, he studied piano, classical harmony, and counterpoint. Later on, he took lessons in jazz theory and jazz piano and also seminars on electronic music (ICMC '97).^[9] Katsoupakis has been working as a professional keyboard player^[10] since 1989. After playing with several bands, in 1994 he joined the band Maskes,^[11] which turned out to be one of the bands that formed the so-called indie rock scene of Thessaloniki.^{[12] [13]}

Since 1997 he has carried out orchestration and production for studio recordings and live concerts^{[14] [15]} working with many of the industry's big names.^{[16] [17]}
He also appears as a string section arranger,^{[18] [19]} a sound engineer,^[20] programmer,^[21] mixer^[22] and mastering engineer.^[23]
His debut studio album as an arranger and producer was "Zilion" (1997).^[24]

Discography arranged by Akis Katsoupakis

• – Paschalis Arvanitides: Arrangement for track #2: Palia Mou Gitonia (1995, EMI SA)
• – Zilion: Whole album arrangement (1997, Ano Kato Records)^[25]
• – Dimitris Zervoudakis: Whole album arrangement (1998, Minos EMI)^[26]
• – Manthos Arbelias: Whole album arrangement (1998, Mylos Records)^[27]
• - Erasitehnes Erastes: Whole EP arrangement (1998, Ano Kato Records)
• – Maskes Whole album arrangement (1998, Ano Kato Records)^[28]
• – Theodosia Tsatsou: Whole album arrangement (1999, Minos EMI)^[29]
• – Sakis Rouvas: Arrangement and production for track #4: Kanoume Onira^[30] (2000, Minos EMI)
• – Eugene Dermitassoglou: Whole album production (2000, Mylos Records)^[31]
• – Maskes: Whole EP arrangement and production (2000, Minos EMI)^[32]
• – Sokratis Malamas: Whole album arrangement and co-production (2000, Lyra)^[33]
• Pavlo Sidiropoulo - Various Artists: Arrangement for track #4: performed by Maskes (2000 Minos EMI)
• – Iris Mavraki: Whole EP arrangement (2001, Fm Records)^[34]
• – Maskes: Whole album arrangement (2002, Minos EMI)^[35]
• (Remastered) – Nikos Portokaloglou Arrangement and production for track #12: (2003, Minos EMI)^[36]
• – Haris Alexiou: Arrangement for tracks: #4:, #5:, #8: (2003, Minos EMI)^[37]
• - Zak Stefanou: Whole album co-arrangement (2003 Sony Music)
• - Nikos Portokaloglou: Arrangements for String section, and Co-arrangements for the whole album (2003 Merury Universal)
• Three Songs – Eleftheria Arvanitaki: Main EP arranger (2004, Universal)^[38]
• – Eleftheria Arvanitaki: Whole album arrangement (2004, Universal)^[39]
• – George Dalaras: Main album arranger (2005, Minos EMI)^[40]
• – Andriana Babali: Whole album arrangement and production (2005, Minos EMI)^[41]
• – Eleni Tsaligopoulou:^[42] Arrangement for tracks: #4:, #5:, #7: (2005, Sony Music)
• - Nikos Ioakimidis: Arranged track #2: (2006, Universal)
• – Kostas Antypas: Whole album arrangement (2007, Protasis)^[43]
• – Eleni Tsaligopoulou: Arrangement for tracks: #2:, #12: (2008, Sony music)^[44]
• - La Pouppé – Stella Gadedi: Whole album arrangement (2008, Lyra)^[45]
• - Yorgos Kazantzis: Arrangement for track #6: (2008, Polytropon)
• – Kostas Triantafyllides: Whole EP arrangement (2009, Music Post)^[46]
• - Kostas Livadas: Arrangement for track #10 (2010, Melody Maker Single Member P.C.)
• Mona Lisa – Stella Gadedi featuring Antigone Buna: Whole album arrangement (2010, Lyra)^[47]
• – Andriana Babali: Whole album production and arrangement (2010, Minos EMI)^[48]
• - Trifono: Arrangement for tracks: #7: & #9: (2010 Trifono)
• - Kostas Antypas: Whole album Production & Arrangement (2012, Prospero)
• Bras De Fer – Giorgos Astritis: Whole album Production and Arrangement (2013 – Mikros Heros)^[49]
• - Dimitris Livanos: Arrangement for tracks: #4: and #10: (2013 Music Links Knowledge)
• – Zacharias Karounis Album (7 tracks) production and arrangement (2013 – Mikri Arktos)^[50]
• – Andriana Babali: Whole album production and arrangement (2014, Feelgood Records)^[51]
• - Lavrentis Machairitsas & Yannis Kotsiras: Arrangements for all album, recorded live (2016, Minos EMI)^[52]
• - Andriana Babali & Rous: Single Production & Arrangement (2016, Feelgood Records)
• - Various Artists: Arrangement for track #26: (2016, Feelgood Records)
• - Adam Tsarouchis: Single Production & Arrangement (2017 Hidden Track Records)
• – George Kiriakos: Whole album Production and Arrangement (2017 – Panik Records)^[53]
• - Konstantina Tsirimona: Single Production and Arrangement (2017, Hidden Track Records)
• – Stamatis Chatziefstathiou: Whole album Production and Arrangement (2017, Technis Politeia)^[54]
• FC Spot - Kirsten: Single Production and Arrangement (2017, Voice Entertainment)
• Spell - Andriana Babali: Single Production and Arrangement (2018, Minos EMI)
• - Manos Pirovolakis: Single Production and Arrangement (2019, Mikros Heros)
• - Yanna Vasileiou: Single Production and Arrangement (2019, Panik Oxygen)
• - Evi Siamanta: Single Production and Arrangement (2019, Heaven Music)
• - Evi Siamanta: Single Production and Arrangement (2019, Heaven Music)
• - Evi Siamanta: Single Production and Arrangement (2019, Heaven Music)
• Grecospectiva 90s - Various Artists: Production & Arrangement for track #12: (2019 Amour Records)
• - Georgia Dagaki: Single Production and Arrangement (2020, Panik Oxygen)
• - Evi Mazi: Single Arrangement (2020, Mikros Heros)
• - Nikos Kouroupakis: Single Production and Arrangement (2020, Music Links Knowledge)
• - Andriana Babali: Single Production and Arrangement (2020, Minos EMI)
• - Andriana Babali: Single Production and Arrangement (2020, Minos EMI)
• - Various Artists: Single Production and Arrangement (2020, Ogdoo Music Group)
• - Rahil Tselepidou: Single Production and Arrangement (2021, Heaven Music)
• - Georgia Dagaki: Main album Arranger (2021, Georgia Dagaki)
• - Rahil Tselepidou: Single Production and Arrangement (2021, Heaven Music)
• - Manos Pirovolakis: Single Production and Arrangement (2021, Ogdoo Music Group)
• Apanemistas - Various Artists: Album Arrangement (2021, Apanemistas)
• Carol Of The Jingle Bells - Fortissimo: Single Production and Arrangement (2021, Fortissimo)
• - Andriana Babali: Single Production and Arrangement (2022, bbli)
• - Andriana Babali: Single Production and Arrangement (2022, Minos EMI)

Arrangements for live shows

• 2004 – 2005 Haris Alexiou – Eleftheria Arvanitaki live shows across Greece.^[55]
• 2005 (Summer) Eleftheria Arvanitaki live tour in Spain^[56]
• 2006 Eleni Tsaligopoulou - Andriana Babali - Rallia Christidou Summer tour across Greece.
• 2006 – 2007 Orpheas Peridis - Georgia Dagaki Tour across Greece^[57]
• 2007 Andriana Babali – "In the kitschen" Tour across Greece
• 2007 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Yannis Kotsiras Summer tour
• 2008 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Andriana Babali – Giota Nega : ^[58]
• 2009 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Glykeria – Trifono Concerts in Athens
• 2011 Stella Gadedi concert in Athens Concert Hall^{[59] [60] [61]}
• 2013 – 2014 Yannis Kotsiras – Thanos Mikroutsikos live shows across Greece and Cyprus^[62]
• 2013 – 2017 Yannis Kotsiras live shows across Greece and internationally ^{[63] [64] [65] [66]}
• 2015 – 2016 Yannis Kotsiras – Lavrentis Machairitsas live shows across Greece and Cyprus^[67]
• 2016 – 2018 Babis Stokas live shows across Greece and Cyprus
• 2016 – Present Andriana Babali Quarderinas Quartet live shows across Greece^[68] and Cyprus^[69]
• 2017 - 2018 " in Concert" with Pandelis Thalassinos, Dimitris Kataleifos, Giannis Kotsiras, Stavros Zalmas, Stamatis Chatziefstathiou, Lina Nikolakopoulou, Vasilis Lekkas, Despina Bempedeli, Andriana Babali, Aris Lembesopoulos^[70]
• 2019 Vicky Karatzoglou Concerts in Athens^[71]
• 2022 Stamatis Chatziefstathiou concerts across Greece.

Collaborations

• Haris Alexiou
• Eleftheria Arvanitaki
• Andriana Babali
• Dimitris Bassis
• Cayetano^{[72] [73]}
• George Dalaras
• Stathis Drogosis
• Petros Gaitanos
• Yannis Kotsiras
• Lavrentis Machairitsas
• Sokratis Malamas
• Thanos Mikroutsikos
• Dimitris Mitropanos^[74]
  • Nikos Portokaloglou
• Dionysis Savvopoulos^[75]
• Babis Stokas
• Eleni Tsaligopoulou
• Tania Tsanaklidou^[76]
• Theodosia Tsatsou
• Maria Voumvaki^[77]
• Dimitris Zervoudakis

External links

• http://musicbrainz.org/show/artist/appears-on.html?artistid=671674
• http://www.discogs.com/artist/Άκης+Κατσουπάκης
• http://www.facebook.com/pages/akicats

Notes and References

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3. Web site: Review "Fylakas" on Mad Tv . www.mad.tv . 2011-03-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005044911/http://www.madgreekz.gr/main.php?folder=news&page=new&id=1192 . 5 October 2011 .
4. Web site: Eleftheria Arvanitaki "Ola Sto Fos" album on PLAY store . 2016-05-11.
5. Web site: Eleftheria Arvanitaki "Ola Sto Fos" Platinum cd sales celebration covering . arvanitaki.gr . Greek . 2016-05-11 . 5 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605061610/http://arvanitaki.gr/website/gr/press/2013-01-23-11-40-29/item/185-allow-phonetic-typing-a-magical-platinum-night-full-of-light-with-eleftheria-arvanitaki.html . dead .
6. Web site: Eleftheria Arvanitaki "Ola Sto Fos" Platinum cd sales, covering . www.arvanitaki.gr . Greek . 2016-05-11 . 5 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160605052758/http://arvanitaki.gr/website/gr/component/k2/item/265-55.html . dead .
7. Web site: George Dalaras "Sta tragoudia pou sou grafo" . www.musiccorner.gr . 2016-05-11.
8. Web site: Dalaras "Sta Tragoudia pou sou grafo" Platinum sales . www.dalaras.com . Greek . 2016-05-11.
9. Web site: International Computer Music Conference '97 . columbia.edu . 2011-03-05.
10. Web site: as a musician . www.youtube.com . 2011-04-09.
11. Web site: Maskes Gefyres cd . boutique.info-grece.com . 2011-04-09.
12. Web site: Maskes "Gefyres stis taratses" Review . www.avopolis.gr . Greek . 2011-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080404162652/http://www.avopolis.gr/greviews/default.asp?ID=965 . 4 April 2008 .
13. Web site: Maskes: Aroma . https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/FzJNgCFkI-k . 2021-12-21 . live. www.youtube.com . 26 May 2008. 2010-07-27.
14. Web site: Yiannis Kotsiras arrangement mention . www.discoogle.com . 2011-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111005154432/http://www.discoogle.com/wiki/Kotsiras,_Yiannis . 5 October 2011 .
15. Web site: 4tissimo arrangement mention . www.discoogle.com . 2011-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120322125940/http://www.rhodes.com.gr/festival/2009/greek/4tissimo.php . 22 March 2012 .
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23. Web site: "Mastering ref" . www.musiccorner.gr . 9 January 2020. 2020-05-26.
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25. Web site: Zilion . www.anokato.gr . 2022-09-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310040915/http://www.anokato.gr/albums/ak_iwakeimidis_zhlion.htm . 10 March 2012 .
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28. Web site: Kathe deytero lepto . www.studio52.gr . 2014-04-09.
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30. Web site: Kanoume onira . www.apple.com . 2014-04-09.
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36. Book: De meno pia edo . .
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41. Web site: Min Pis Pote . www.napster.com . 2014-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140529224752/http://gr.napster.com/artist/andriana-babali/album/min-pis-pote . 29 May 2014 .
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43. Web site: To leoforio tis stigmis . www.musiccorner.gr . 2014-05-29.
44. Web site: San psemata . www.apple.com . 2014-05-29.
45. Web site: Pandos itan nychta – La Pouppé . www.e-go.gr . 2014-05-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140529224936/http://www.e-go.gr/music/article.asp?catid=17547&subid=2&pubid=2083371 . 29 May 2014 .
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47. Web site: Mona Lisa . https://archive.today/20140529194748/http://www.archambault.ca/mp3/stella-gadedi-adigoni-bouna-mona-lisa-ZIK1790812-fr-pr . 2014-05-29 . www.archambault.ca . 2014-05-29 .
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50. Web site: Z. Karounis Ta Ylika Ton Mystikon . www.mikri-arktos.gr . 2014-04-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161006084153/http://www.mikri-arktos.gr/work/%CF%84%CE%B1-%CF%85%CE%BB%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1-%CF%84%CF%89%CE%BD-%CE%BC%CF%85%CF%83%CF%84%CE%B9%CE%BA%CF%89%CE%BD/ . 6 October 2016 .
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52. Web site: Paragelia Best Of . www.hit-channel.com . 2020-05-26.
53. Web site: Treis Epohes . www.panikrecords.gr . 2018-01-02.
54. Web site: Treis Epohes . www.amazon.com . 2019-07-21.
55. Web site: Alexiou-Arvanitaki 2004–2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091003165721/http://www.arvanitaki.gr/main.cfm?module=press&page=oldpress&ne_id=79 . 2009-10-03 . www.arvanitaki.gr . 2019-07-28 .
56. Web site: Arvanitaki in Barcelona . www.barcelona.cat . es . 2019-07-28.
57. Web site: Peridis 2006-2007 . www.papandreou.gr . 2019-07-28.
58. Web site: Tis Gynekas I Kardia . www.musiccorner.gr . Greek . 2019-07-28.
59. Web site: Stella Gadedi interview . www.megaron.gr . 2019-07-28.
60. Web site: Stella Gadedi Interview 2 . www.enet.gr . 2011-03-03.
61. Web site: Stella Gadedi Interview 3 . www.avgi.gr . 2011-03-03.
62. Web site: Mikroutsikos-Kotsiras Winter 2013–2014 . www.apn.gr . 2014-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140401051952/http://www.stn.gr/stavros-tou-notou-kentriki-skini/403-mikrou-kotsiras-antonopoulou . 1 April 2014 .
63. Web site: Kotsiras Summer 2013 . www.apn.gr . 2013-09-12.
64. Web site: Kotsiras "2 hours out of playlist" . www.xity.de . 2014-04-09.
65. Web site: Kotsiras "USA 2015" . usa.greekreporter . 2016-05-11.
66. Web site: Kotsiras "USA 2015b" . mangplay.net . 2016-05-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160610200037/http://www.mangoplay.net/view.asp?id=EtH_2BYJ8c8 . 10 June 2016 . dmy-all .
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69. Web site: Quarderinas Quartet in Cyprus . www.cyprusevents.net . en . 2019-07-21.
70. Web site: Ellines Filellines Athens Concert Hall . www.in.gr . el . 21 June 2017. 2019-07-21.
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72. Web site: 22 November 2010. Cayetano review. www.twistedjazz.blogspot.com. 2011-04-09.
73. Web site: Cayetano cd. www.epm-music.com. 2011-04-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20101215070339/http://epm-music.com/component/fabrik/details/21/1163.html. 15 December 2010.
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75. Web site: Savvopoulos_Pallace_2009 . www.ellthea.gr . 2012-10-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120510215036/http://ellthea.gr/index.php?module=news&newsid=71&lang=el . 10 May 2012 .
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77. Web site: 18 April 2008. Maria Voumvaki video. https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/-NCjUXS8EyU . 2021-12-21 . live. www.youtube.com. 2011-04-09.