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Vassiłina (GR)

Lilli Lou — Tue, 21 Apr 2026 09:35:55 +0000

Avant-pop rebel VASSIŁINA is a dynamic addition to the KIKI MUSIC roster. Through musical experimentation, she transforms mainstream pop into something deeply introspective, drawing listeners closer to their inner selves. Femininity, collective power, guilt, liberation, and their internal transfiguration are recurring threads throughout her discography, from her debut album “FRAGMENTS” to her latest LP “i.par.ksia.ko”.

Armed with a theatrical, ethereal presence and bold avant-garde fashion, she has headlined shows across Greece, the U.K., and Europe.

She was featured on the cover of Rolling Stone and sat down for a candid conversation about her artistic vision in Metal Mag.

This unconventional artist has already collaborated with iconic figures of the Greek electronic music scene, including Die Arkitekt, Bonebrokk, NTENTENIS & Metaman. Her long-term collaboration with Pan Pan is a driving force in her latest career footsteps.

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Elizabete Balcus (LV)

admino — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:53:24 +0000

ELIZABETE BALČUS is a Latvian musician and performance artist who creates neo-psychedelic dream pop from surprising, collaged, genre juxtapositions that is simultaneously melodic and experimental. She works with a strong visual aesthetic that draws upon modern surrealism, contemporary fashion and geometric imagery. Elizabete attended Latvian Academy of Music in order to study classical and jazz flute, plus opera vocal in Rome’s Santa Cecilia Academy. Anything is permitted in her musical cosmos: looping flute and voice, clicking electro pop beats and playing vegetables as a synthesizer, leaving the listener in a blissed out trance like state, somewhere between the waking and sleeping. Live performances engage the audience with a psychedelic and theatrical situation that is as befuddling as it is mesmerising.

ALL LINKS: https://linktr.ee/elizabetebalcus

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IOTA PHI (GR)

admino — Thu, 19 May 2022 09:16:32 +0000

IOTA PHI aka Ilia Darlin is a Greek singer, songwriter, record producer and award-winning director. Born in Athens, she started her career in London and spent many years in Los Angeles.

Inspired by ideas of identity, post humanism and Greek mythology, her sound is an amalgam of pop, experimental electronic, R&B, choral and traditional elements.

She has opened for artists with the likes of Katy B, Florence and the Machine, Orbital, Schiller, Marina and the Diamonds, Muse.

Her first studio work was released by EMI Greece (Universal) and was licensed in 21 countries.Her collaborators include Golden Globe nominee Daniel Heath (Lana Del Rey, Grammy-nominated Billy Mann (Robyn, John Legend, Celine Dion), Chris Bolden (En Vogue) and many more.

Her debut album, which has produced entirely herself with the help of Mikael Delta (Stereo Nova), will be released in September of 2022.

“The queen of avant-garde pop” – Esquire
“Stunningly emotive vocals…atmospheric soundscapes” – Rolling Stone India –

Website | Spotify | YouTube | Facebook | Instagram

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