Active Member

Active Member
Active Member
Origin	Perama, Athens Urban Area, Greece
Genres	Low Bap
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Warner, 8ctagon, Imantas
Members	B.D. Foxmoor, Λόγος Έργου Σκιά aka Ramon - leskaramon
Past members	DJ Booker, DJ MCD, Real D, Xray, DJ Smartie Al, Sadahzinia

Active Member is a Greek hip-hop/low bap group, founded in 1992 by Michalis Mitakidis (a.k.a. B.D. Foxmoor) and Dimitris Kritikos (a.k.a. DJ MCD).

History

In June 1992, B.D. Foxmoor (Michael Mytakidis) met DJ MCD (Dimitris Kritikos) at a Public Enemy concert, and then founded Active Member, and released their first album in 1993; a second album followed in 1994.^{[citation needed]}

Influence

Being the first Greek low bap group to release an album, Active Member had dominated the hip-hop scene in Greece for many years. Although the genre had already existed for more than a decade, it was still unknown to the majority of Greeks in the early 90s. However, the group redefined their music in 1995 with the release of the record To Megalo Kolpo (The Big Trick). Their newly founded subgenre has since then been called Low Bap and it is characterized by the slow bass, rhythm, and the emphasis on lyrics.

Presently, the group is one of the most widely recognized in Greece, staying away from the rest of the Greek hip-hop scene though. They are deeply involved in the music industry and community, organizing events such as the annual Low Bap Festival in Athens. They also encourage the youth to enter the scene. Additionally, they have released records comprised by demo songs sent to them by new performers.

Freestyle Productions

In 1996 they released their fourth, and in 1998 their fifth album. From 1996 until the end of 1999, Freestyle Productions had released three album collections, two personal albums of members of the Active Member, a tray for DJs and five other low bap works. Some of them were independent productions, and some were released in conjunction with Warner Music and EMI. At the same time, the company maintained a radio broadcast to a large Athenian station.

Members

Current members

B.D. Foxmoor (1992–present)
lesakaramon (2022–present)

Past members

DJ MCD (1992-1996)
X-Ray (1993-2002)
Real-D (1993-1997)
DJ Booker (2002-2006)
Sadahzinia (2004-2022)

Discography

LPs

Diamartyria (Protest) (Freestyle Productions, LP 1993)
Stin Ora Ton Skion (In the Hour of the Shadows) (Freestyle Productions, LP, 1994)
To Megalo Kolpo (The Big Game) (Warner, CD/LP, 1995)
Apo Ton Topo Tis Fygis (From Run Away Land) (Warner, CD/2LP, 1996
Mythoi Tou Valtou (Myths from the Moor) (Warner, CD/2LP, 1998)
Meres Paraxenes, Thavmasies Meres (Weird Days, Beautiful Days) (Warner, CD, 2000)
Live/Remix (Warner, 2CD, 2000)
Ston Kairo tou Allokotou Fovou (In Times of Weird Fear) (Warner, CD/2LP, 2001)
Perasma sto akroneiro (Passage to the Edge of a Dream) (Warner, CD, 2002)
Fiera (Warner, CD, 2004)
Ap' to Megalo Kolpo sti Fiera (From Big Game to Fiera) (Warner, CD, 2005)
Blah-Blasphemy (8ctagon, CD+DVD, 2005)
Klassika ki agapimena (live hxografisi apo no sponsors jam) (CD, 2007)
Skieratsa (Shadow-race) [including: Blah-Blasphemy 2, Bathiskiota (Deep Shadowed), Apnoia (Calm) (8ctagon, 3CD, 2006)
Ap'tis ftiaxis mas ta lathia ( Ep1, Ep2, Ep3, diplo CD kai DVD, apli kai syllektiki ekdosi) (8ctagon, 2009)
Ston vouvon tin eschatia (At the extreme end of the mutes) (Imantas, CD, 2011)
Arsenali (simple edition) (Imantas, 2CD, 2012)
Cosmos Alivas (Self-released, 2LP, 2014)
Zaliki (Talkback, 2CD, 2017)
Friktoria (Talkback, 2020)

CD singles

Akou Mana (Listen Up, Mother) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1995)
Prosfigas (Refugee) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1996)
Gia Ta Aderfia Pou Hathikane Noris (Dedicated to the Lost Brothers) (Warner, CD single, 1997)
2/12/2002 (Warner, CD single, 2002)
Hreose ta sti fotia/Hreose ta ki afta sti fotia (7" vinyl, 2007)
Fysaei kontra (7" vinyl, 2008)

External links

Low bap Website
Active Member discography at MusicBrainz