Monsieur Minimal was born and raised in Greece. He has been writing and producing music as Monsieur Minimal for the last 5 years. He was one of the most talented and successful competitors of the Coca-Cola Sound Wave festival in 2007 with his songs ”Silk” and ”Love Is A Circle”.His first official release was in the City Campers compilation (The Sound Of Everything) in 2008. He was the artist that received the biggest attention from this project.
His debut album, titled ”Lollipop”, was released in 2008 by The Sound Of Everything and received impressive reviews from press and radio, while it soon became a best seller of the local indie scene. His music can be defined as mainly indie pop but with a lot of electronic influences and elements. But the key to his success are the simple, beautiful melodies and sweet pop vocals, which made this album a hit across a wide range of radio and tv stations in Greece. Following the success of his album, Status magazine, one of the most popular male magazines in Greece, voted him in category of the “face of the year 2009″.
MTV USA has also licensed his album for possible use in forthcoming shows.
French-German channel “Arte TV” invited him in order to present his debut album.
His song “Love Story” is a hit in Turkey and has remained for many weeks in the charts, as it was a part of the biggest Turkish compilation. Check it here!
Citroen Hellas used the same song “Smile” for their TV campaign in Greece.
The Greek National Tourism Organization used his song “Lollipop” for their campaign in U.S.A. Watch it here!
He also took part at TEDx Athens 2010 speaking about his music and playing live some of his songs.
One of his most successful live concerts was at Reworks Festival 2010 ,the biggest electronic Festival in Greece.
Most of the Greek radio and TV stations are using his music in their play lists and trailers of their shows and his music has appeared on numerous compilations.
Monsieur Minimal is touring all over Greece promoting his music trying to make people smile, feel happy and fall in love. He appears on stage with a laptop, guitars [acoustic, electric] a vibraphone and his own voice. monsieurminimal.com