Akis Katsoupakis
Akis Katsoupakis is a Greek musician, arranger and record producer.
His most commercially acclaimed album is Sokratis Malamas's "O Fylakas ki o Vasilias" .
His work includes arranging for multi-platinum albums –
Biography
Born and raised in Thessaloniki Greece, he studied piano, classical harmony, and counterpoint. Later he took lessons in jazz theory and jazz piano and also seminars on electronic music. Katsoupakis has been working as a professional keyboard player since 1989. After playing with several bands, in 1994 he joined the band Maskes, which turned out to be one of the bands that formed the so-called indie rock scene of Thessaloniki.Since 1997 he has carried out orchestration and production for studio recordings and live concerts working with many of the industry's big names.
He also appears as a String Section arranger, a sound engineer, programmer, mixer and mastering engineer.
His debut studio album as an arranger and producer was "Zilion".
Discography arranged by Akis Katsoupakis
- Pes to pali agapi mou – :el: Πασχάλης Αρβανιτίδης|Paschalis Arvanitides: Arrangement for track #2
- Zilion – Zilion: Whole album arrangement
- Klis' ta matia sou ke kita – :el: Δημήτρης Ζερβουδάκης|Dimitris Zervoudakis: Whole album arrangement
- Krypse kati n' agapiso – :el:Μάνθος Αρμπελιάς|Manthos Arbelias: Whole album arrangement
- Zoi - Erasitehnes Erastes: Whole EP arrangement
- Kathe deytero lepto – :el:Μάσκες|Maskes Whole album arrangement
- Ypoprtos Kosmos – Theodosia Tsatsou: Whole album arrangement
- 21os Akatallilos – Sakis Rouvas: Arrangement & Production for track #4 "Kanoume Onira"
- Vary fortio – :el:Ευγένιος Δερμιτάσογλου|Eugene Dermitassoglou: Whole album production
- Shedio me vrohi – :el:Μάσκες|Maskes: Whole EP arrangement and production
- O fylakas ki o vasilias – Sokratis Malamas: Whole album arrangement and co-production
- "Ston P" Afieroma ston Pavlo Sidiropoulo - Various Artists: Arrangement for track #4 "Pes Mou An Thelis Kati" performed by :el:Μάσκες|Maskes
- Taste of sea – Iris Mavraki: Whole EP arrangement
- Gefires stis taratses – :el:Μάσκες|Maskes: Whole album arrangement
- Fones – Nikos Portokaloglou Arrangement and production for track #12 "De meno pia edo remix 2003"
- Os Tin Akri Tou Ouranou Sou – Haris Alexiou: Arrangement for tracks: #4, 5, 8
- Sto diastima drapetes - Zak Stefanou: Whole album Co-Arrangement
- Dipsa - Nikos Portokaloglou: Arrangements for String Section, and co-arrangements for the whole album
- Three Songs – Eleftheria Arvanitaki: Main EP arranger
- Ola sto fos – Eleftheria Arvanitaki: Whole album arrangement
- Sta tragoudia pou sou grafo – George Dalaras: Main album arranger
- :el:Μην Πεις Ποτέ|Min Pis Pote – Andriana Babali: Whole album arrangement and production
- Kathe telos ki arhi – :el:Ελένη Τσαλιγοπούλου|Eleni Tsaligopoulou: Arrangement for tracks: #4 , #5 , #7
- Fyra - Nikos Ioakimidis: Arranged track #2 "Chronia Polla"
- To leoforio tis stigmis – Kostas Antypas: Whole album arrangement
- San Psemata – Eleni Tsaligopoulou: Arrangement for tracks: #2, #12
- Pandos itan nychta - La Pouppé – Stella Gadedi: Whole album arrangement
- Isalos Grammi - Yorgos Kazantzis: Arrangement for track #6 "Me Ena Zepelin"
- Ki alli mera perase – :el:Κώστας Τριανταφυλλίδης|Kostas Triantafyllides: Whole EP arrangement
- Kratisou Ap' Ti Stachti - Kostas Livadas: Arrangement for track #10 "Antio Agapi Mou Palia"
- Mona Lisa – Stella Gadedi featuring :el:Αντιγόνη Μπούνα|Antigone Buna: Whole album arrangement
- :el:Ο Τζον Τζον Ζει|O Tzon Tzon Zi – Andriana Babali: Whole album production and arrangement
- Ta Tzitzikia Tou Himona - Trifono: Arrangement for tracks: #7 "Ena Thelo Mono" & #9 "Thelo Na Me Thes"
- Mesa vrehei - Kostas Antypas: Whole album Production & Arrangement
- Bras de fer – Giorgos Astritis: Whole album Production and Arrangement
- To mystiko tou kosmou - Dimitris Livanos: Arrangement for tracks: #4 "To Omorfotero Louloudi" and #10 "Pes Mou Pos"
- Ta ylika ton mystikon – Zacharias Karounis Album production and arrangement
- To Mazi Einai Dromos – Andriana Babali: Whole album production and arrangement
- Paragelia Best Of - Lavrentis Machairitsas & Yiannis Kotsiras: Arrangements for all album, recorded live
- Oute Gi'Asteio - Andriana Babali & :el:Γιώργος Ρους|Rous: Single Production & Arrangement
- Ston Aera Tou Melodia - Various Artists: Arrangement for track #26 "Mia Agapi Mikri"
- To S'agapo - Adam Tsarouchis: Single Production & Arrangement
- Treis Epohes – George Kiriakos: Whole album production and arrangement
- Menexedes Kai Zouboulia - Konstantina Tsirimona: Single Production and Arrangement
- Ellines Filellines – Stamatis Chatziefstathiou: Whole album production and arrangement
- FC Spot - Kirsten: Single Production and Arrangement
- Spell - Andriana Babali: Single Production and Arrangement
- Sou Krivo Thn Agapi Mou - Manos Pyrovolakis: Single Production and Arrangement
- Alla Logia - Yanna Vasileiou: Single Production and Arrangement
- Theli I Nyhta Paramithia - Evi Siamanta: Single Production and Arrangement
- Sopainontas - Evi Siamanta: Single Production and Arrangement
- Lathos - Evi Siamanta: Single Production and Arrangement
- Grecospectiva 90s - Various Artists: Production & Arrangement for track #12 "La Plage De Saint Tropez"
- Ta Potamia - Georgia Dagaki: Single Production and Arrangement
- San Prigipessa - Evi Mazi: Single Arrangement
- Gialinos Kosmos - Nikos Kouroupakis: Single Production and Arrangement
- L' Amour - Andriana Babali: Single Production and Arrangement
Arrangements for live shows
- 2004 – 2005 Haris Alexiou – Eleftheria Arvanitaki live shows across Greece.
- 2005 Eleftheria Arvanitaki live tour in Spain
- 2006 Eleni Tsaligopoulou - Andriana Babali - Rallia Christidou Summer tour across Greece.
- 2006 – 2007 :el:Ορφέας Περίδης|Orpheas Peridis-Georgia Dagaki Tour across Greece
- 2007 Andriana Babali – :el:Γιώργης Χριστοδούλου|Giorgis Christodoulou "In the kitschen" Tour across Greece
- 2007 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – :el:Γιάννης Κότσιρας|Yiannis Kotsiras Summer tour
- 2008 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Andriana Babali – :el:Γιώτα Νέγκα|Giota Nega : "Tis Gynekas i Kardia"
- 2009 Eleni Tsaligopoulou – Glykeria – Trifono Concerts in Athens
- 2011 Stella Gadedi "Stis Paryfes tis polis" concert in Athens Concert Hall
- 2013 – 2014 :el:Γιάννης Κότσιρας|Yiannis Kotsiras – Thanos Mikroutsikos live shows across Greece and Cyprus
- 2013 – 2017 :el:Γιάννης Κότσιρας|Yiannis Kotsiras live shows across Greece and International
- 2015 – 2016 :el:Γιάννης Κότσιρας|Yiannis Kotsiras – Lavrentis Machairitsas live shows across Greece and Cyprus
- 2016 – 2018 Babis Stokas live shows across Greece and Cyprus
- 2016 - Present Andriana Babali Quarderinas Quartet live shows across Greece and Cyprus
- 2017 - 2018 "Ellines Filellines in Concert" with Pandelis Thalassinos Dimitris Kataleifos Giannis Kotsiras Stavros Zalmas Stamatis Chatziefstathiou Lina Nikolakopoulou :el:Βασίλης Λέκκας|Vassilis Lekkas :el:Δέσποινα Μπεμπεδέλη|Despina Bempedeli Andriana Babali Aris Lembesopoulos
- 2019 Vicky Karatzoglou Concerts in Athens
Collaborations
- Andriana Babali
- Sokratis Malamas
- Dionysis Savvopoulos
- Thanos Mikroutsikos
- Lavrentis Machairitsas
- Maria Voumvaki
- :tr:Petros Gaitanos|Petros Gaitanos
- Dimitris Zervoudakis
- Nikos Portokaloglou
- Eleftheria Arvanitaki
- Tania Tsanaklidou
- :el:Ορφέας Περίδης|Orpheas Peridis
- George Dalaras
- Haris Alexiou
- Dimitris Mitropanos
- Eleni Tsaligopoulou
- Yiannis Kotsiras
- Stathis Drogosis
- Theodosia Tsatsou
- Dimitris Bassis
- Cayetano
- Babis Stokas