Stereo Mike

Mihalis Exarhos Greek Μιχάλης Έξαρχος Known Professionally By His Stage Name Stereo Mike Is An MTV EMA Award Winning Greek Hip-Hop/Rap Artist For Best Greek Act. He Is The First MTV EMA Winner In The New Category Of Best Greek Act Which Came Into Affect With MTV's 2008 Regional Launch In Greece. The MTV EMAs Also Nominated Him For Greece In The Category Of Europe's Favourite Act For 2008.
Exarhos Was Born In 1978 In Piraeus Greece. At 18 His Music Interest Brought Him To London For Education In The Field. In The Next Four Years He Managed To Obtain Two Degrees Bachelor Of Music Technology And Master On Sound Production. During His Studies Exarhos Worked As A Sound Producer At Vault Recording Studios In Hackney London Where He Worked With Top British Hip Hop Artists Like Klashnekoff Bury Crew Skinnyman Taskforce Iceberg Slim Mike GLC And JMC. Exarhos Also Worked As Producer At British AMG Records Which Led Him To His First Recording Contract As "Stereo Mike" With AMG's Hip-Hop Sub Label Mo' Money Recording$. Within Two Years He Composed And Produced His Debut Album While Accepting A Postgraduate Lecturing Position At London's University Of Westminster Teaching Music Production. He Released His Debut Album In Greece Titled Satirical Nomads By Mo' Money Recording$ Under License To Universal Music Greece. The Album Produced The Anti-Racism Hip-Hop Anthem "O Allos Babis" And Groundbreaking Remix "I Polis". He Then Signed To Minos EMI For His Second Album Titled XLI3H Which Is Leet For The Greek Word "Εξέλιξη" Meaning Evolution. He Is Concurrently Doing Research Work Toward A PhD In Music. Stereo Mike Has Also Been Nominated At The Mad Video Music Awards In 2005 For Best Hip-Hop Video Clip And In 2008 For Best Hip-Hop Video Clip And For Video Clip Of The Year. read less