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Antaeus, born and reared in Greece, immigrated to the United States at 17 and in 1986 graduated from California State University, Dominguez Hills, with a Bachelor of Science in Music Industry. During the 1992 Winter Music Conference, Antaeus received the "Best Disc-Jockey" in Los Angeles award. That year he also became a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the governing body for the GRAMMY awards. Since 1989 he has been involved in recording, remixing or production for a diverse selection of artists such as Young M.C., Falco, Lonnie Gordon, Def Jef, Malcolm McLaren, Yanni, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Herbert Gronemayer and Earth Wind and Fire. Antaeus remixes for The Boys and the Rolling Stones have respectively earned him platinum and multi-platinum plaques. Additional gold and platinum awards came from work associated with Janet Jackson, Crystal Waters and Heavy D. His club-oriented projects, under the names Jeek!, Aar and Beat Pulse Mecca, were released by Tribal/IRS and ZOO/RCA records. In the mid-90's Antaeus returned to Greece. Influenced by ancient Greek and Byzantine Music, he worked on a personal album titled "Byzantine Meditation". The chill-out soundscape that he created fuses voices, traditional instruments and electronica, hip-hop and drum 'n' bass. "Byzantine Meditation" was released in Greece in 1997 and it remained top-5 on the official Greek sales chart for several months. Over the next two years it successfully sold in many territories around the world and the title track was used in Jacob's coffee TV commercials. In 2000 Antaeus released "World Prayer", his second album. The Virgin Megastore official magazine raved: Few Greeks up to now have been able to make their presence felt in the international music world. One of them is Antaeus who... after the success of "Byzantine Meditation" in 1997, is back with "World Prayer". Sources of inspiration this time are religious from around the world, always with the enchanting atmosphere that Antaeus creates..." In 2003 "Byzantine Meditation" was re-released in Greece. A re-mastered version of that album,-with four additional tracks- hit the U.S. market June of 2004 (Monom Records). In August Monom Records released the single "Victory" b/w "Olympic Anthem". "Victory" and "Olympic Anthem" will be included in "zero4", Antaeus' highly anticipated album of brand new material, out on Monom Records December 2004. Check out the artist's website: http://www.monomrecords.com Track List: 1. Kyrie 2. Mama 3. Black Athena 4. Byzantine Meditation 5. Delfic Gong Seven 6. Orestes 7. Hicaaz 8. Byzantine Meditation (drum 'n' bass remix) 9. Epilogue 10. Byzantine Meditation (dark drum mix) 11. Byzantine Meditation (urban mix) 12. Kyrie (urban wind mix) 13. Kyrie (ambient mix) Suggested CDs:Other Genres:
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