Next month we will be putting out a new album by a Greek producer Mikael Delta. It's going to be full of excellent dub techno productions, combined with some unexpected sounds, and includes one beautiful collaboration. All of that will be revealed on June 6, next Monday! 

Cold Tear Records
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Music by Mikael Delta
Track 4 Vocals by IOTAPHI
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D-Version Music Publishing
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A New Beginning (Album Preview)

Liuos seemed to arrive on the dub techno scene all at once with Terms EP, his strong debut on Cold Tear Records, but this was the culmination of two decades of experimentation and discipline. A unique mix of power and spaciousness, of both longing and will, Liuos’ work stands out for its clarity and expansiveness. Working steadily from his modest studio in Finland, Liuos has quietly become a respected name in the world of dub techno, with releases on Cold Tear, Lucidflow, and spclnch, and remixes for Superordinate Dub Waves and Off Records (Belgium).

Andrej Ziberna, a DJ and music enthusiast from Belgrade. He has a music education and plays piano.

He started discovering electronic music in the late 80s and beginning of the 90s, with the acts like MARRS, The KLF and The Prodigy, to name a few. With the rise of dance music movement in Europe, he discovered alternative view at the scene in the music of Enigma, Robert Miles, Everything but the Girl and Massive Attack. Later, he got completely spelled when house music evolved into a deeper sound that progress. He started djing inspired by pioneers like Sasha, Digweed, Warren, Seaman and Deep Dish. In his sets, he mostly plays progressive house with deep elements. He doesn’t like stereotypes and always attempts to make his mixes sound different than others and special in their own way. He is influenced by many genres, from classical and opera to various types of electronic music. He is a diehard devoted audio fan, collects CDs and vinyls.

Alongside with DJ duo Eastbound, Andrey is hosting monthly radio show called Pulseone Sessions, with guest appearances from the best underground DJs from all over the world: Kintar, Marcelo Vasami, John Creamer, Matteo Monero, Frangellico, Oliver Morgenroth, CJ Art, Cid Inc, Progress Inn, Cream, V-Sag and many more. Beside that, he played on many global radio stations and shows, including Artist of the Week on Frisky radio, Featured Artist on Proton and Mix of the Week on InsomniaFM.

Andrey is resident at club Wats in Belgrade since 2015, where he’s doing a live broadcast of Pulseone Sessions show, with guest appearances from international and local DJs.

Mikael  Delta

Mikael Delta is one of the most prolific and influential artists in Greece in the past decade and one of the few who managed to become household names internationally. With releases in France, Belgium, Germany and the U.K., this talented musician took foreign media by surprise by simply declaring his origin. Today’s booming Greek electronica scene owes a lot to this true pioneer and all around great guy!
Mikael Delta began his career as a co founder of the band Stereo Nova who caught MTV Europe’s attention immediately. His first solo release came in 1994 entitled “The Picture”, under Belgian techno label R &S Records. The British Music Press gave him rave reviews on his second album “Blue Emotions”, released in 1999 by Glasgow Underground Records. In 2001, under the French label Distance Records he released “Halcyon Days”, an album that ended up in DJ magazine’s best albums of the year list and made him widely known as a producer. In 2002 he released the album “Vulnerable”, under the same label, featuring the German electro–diva Billie Ray Martin and producing the hit single “I Am Not Keen”. In 2004 he signed with the Greek electronica label Klik Records, releasing three albums “Dancing with an angel” (2004), “Deep inside” (2005) and “Timeless beauty” (2006). You’ll find his name on several remixes on labels such as Atal music &amp; Defected and among them the memorable “Mikael Delta's Electronized Mix” on Timewriter’s “Room Of A Million Rainbows” for Plastic City.
In 2007 Mikael Delta released Forbidden Poetry (EMI Greece). “Forbidden Poetry” received brilliant reviews by the Greek press and was hailed as the best album of his career so far. At present, Mikael Delta is working on his new album, outtakes of which have already received outstanding reviews.
In 2010 he released by Klik Records his latest album “Tech me away”. This is a project with reference to Techno and Pop. In fact there was a collaboration with Billie Ray Martin and Etten.
In 2011-2013 he released by the German label Young Society Records a Techno e.p. (High Voltage) under the name Aron Breathe and “Walking naked” e.p. as Mikael Delta. In 2013 “Buddha Bar” released a CD compilation including “The last storm of words” song.
In March 2012 OnePush Recordings  released the 12inch “For those who have been chosen” remixed by Redondo and Jay Tripwire.
Next e.p. “Save the blues”  came out by Michalis Safras label,Tuna Recordings in 2013. In March 2014 Mikael released “Staunch Hearts” by the Bristish House label Seamless Recordings and in April the Oldschool Techno e.p. “Emphasis” (Young Society Records).The same year “Café Del Mar” included “Water Mirroring” track in it’s CD Compilation series.
Mikael’s latest album titled “Inner City Light” released in March 2015 by the Lithuanian label Cold Tear Records. The album charted on the 2nd place of bestselling Techno albums on Juno Techno Charts.
In October 2015 and November 2019 his album titled “Life Is Now” and “Elation” released by Inner Ear Records, received tremendous feedback, great reviews both in the music press and 
online and also had a huge support from Berlin’s Radio Stations.
As a matter of fact, apart from music production he has composed music for films and theatrical performances. The most recent film he composed the music for is “Strella” by Panos X. Koutras which met a great recognition in various film festivals all over the world (Panorama Berlin). In 2015 Mikael Delta is collaborated with Dimitris Papaioannou for the European Games Ceremony  at Azerbaijan’s capital Baku. email: mikaeldelta@gmail.com

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IOTA PHI aka Ilia Darlin is a Greek singer, songwriter, director and record producer.

Her music is inspired by ideas of identity, post humanism and greek mythology. 
While living in London her first studio work was released by EMI Greece, topped the Greek charts and was licensed in 21 countries. She has enjoyed major support from Spin Media, Popjustice, Earmilk, Videostatic and many more tastemaker sites.
Before forming IOTA PHI, Ilia Darlin “with a larger than life stage presence” (Greek Hollywood Reporter), has appeared with artists with the likes of Katy B, Florence and the Machine, Orbital, Schiller, Marina and the Diamonds and many more, to go on as IOTA PHI and open for Muse at the Ejekt Festival in Athens.
Between Los Angeles and Ibiza IOTA PHI was born. An all encompassing art project, which set the beginning of a new chapter in her musical career.
The debut EP KLOUDLAND, produced by Francesco IX, featuring Daniel Heath (Lana Del Rey Blue Jeans, Ultraviolence…) as a producer of track Hypertopos, set the tone for her upcoming EP “Homo Pauperis”.
The now independent project, got 20,000 stream plays in the first week of its release, earned plays at the most eclectic radio stations of Athens (Best Radio 92,6, En Lefko 87,7) and attracted listeners from 65 countries around the world.
Volotea Airlines introduced her to their passengers as one of the most interesting projects coming out of Greece. (Local Heroes)
The video for Kids Of Chaos, which was shot with athletes with Down Syndrome of the Down Syndrome Association of Greece, was nominated at the Berlin Music Video Awards amongst James Blake, Alt-j, Bjork and many more, was awarded at the Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Festival of Belarus and won the Athens Short Film Festival and RODI Festival.
Ilia is now about to release the sophomore EP as IOTA PHI - “Homo Pauperis, written, performed and for the first time produced by herself with the help of Mikael Delta (Stereo Nova).

IOTA PHI Quotes/Press Reviews:
" Ilia Darlin performt auf der Bühne, als wäre das Panda Theater die Hollywood Bowl. Vielleicht muss man es genau so machen." Musikexpress - Pop-Kultur Berlin

“Ilia has perfected a performative style like no other in the local music industry…she gradually shed her layers as she shuffled into a hypnotic and futuristic goth-pop that took a mystical turn with the use of the traditional organ of santour, creating a perfectly orchestrated musical chaos.” Maro Angelopoulou - Europavox

“Exceptional work” –Dimitris Papaspiropoulos Best Radio 92,6


Nominations:
“International Woman”,  Greek “Women’s Awards”
 Berlin Music Video Awards, 
Cinema Perpetuum Mobile Festival, 
Belarus, International Film Festival "Cinema and You" Mariupol, Ukraine
 LA Cinefest, USA

Awards: Athens Short Film Festival, Greece  
RODI FESTIVAL, Greece

"XtraChill": Der deutsche Podcast für Musik aus den Bereichen Downtempo, Chillout, Ambient, Lounge, Dub, Minimal Techno und allen Spielarten der Electronica. Moderiert von Andreas J. Schneider! Alle 14 Tage, am 01. und 15. eines Monats, erscheint eine neue Ausgabe mit frischer, podsafer Musik. "XtraChill" ist NICHT kommerziell und GRATIS über Apple Music und andere Plattformen abonnierbar.

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Cold Tear Records is an underground electronic music label, based in Lithuania. Releasing mostly dub techno, ambient, electronica.

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