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{{Short description|Greek hip hop group}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Active Member
| name = Active Member
|caption = Active Member
| caption = Active Member
| origin = [[Perama]], [[Athens Urban Area]], [[Greece]]
|background = group_or_band
|origin = [[Perama]] [[Piraeus]], [[Greece]]
| genre = [[Low Bap]]
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| years_active = 1992–present
|genre = [[Low bap]]
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| label = Warner, 8ctagon, Imantas
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|years_active = 1992–2015, 2017-present
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| current_members = [[B.D. Foxmoor]], [[Λόγος Έργου Σκιά aka Ramon - leskaramon]]
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|label = Warner, 8ctagon, Imantas
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| past_members = DJ Booker, DJ MCD, Real D, Xray, DJ Smartie Al, Sadahzinia
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|current_members = [[B.D.Foxmoor]], [[Sadahzinia]]
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|past_members = DJ Booker, DJ MCD, Real D, Xray, DJ Smartie Al
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'''Active Member''' is a [[Greece|Greek]] [[Hip hop music|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).
'''Active Member''' is a [[Greece|Greek]] [[Hip hop music|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).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://cultureisathens.gr/en/event/active-member-texnopoli-50/ | title=Active Member Full Band Live - Culture is Athens | date=17 May 2022 }}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==


=== History<!--'Freestyle Productions' redirects here--> ===
=== Background ===
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.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mic.gr/thema/active-member-viografiko | title=Active Member - Βιογραφικό &#91;ΘΕΜΑ&#93; }}</ref>
Until the early 90s, one in Greece - especially in Europe and worldwide not imagine that in a few years everyone will be talking about a new music scene for a new makeshift formation - social and musical - to be heard Low Bap in the name and linking so many people together. No one imagined what was to be born in Perama, a seaside suburb of Piraeus Labour and Western Attica.


== Freestyle productions ==
Perama was always considered to be underdeveloped. This is partly due to the fact that the first inhabitants of Perama, in the early 20s, were refugees from Asia Minor. The residents fought for years with unemployment and the conflicting interests around the ship repair zone - a key center for the local economy. In such a place, it is common for young talented people to be forced to give up their dreams, their studies and their career for a job in the boats. All of the above tortured the mind of young Michael Mytakidis, who lived there.


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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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Active Member |url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/146479-Active-Member |website=www.discogs.com}}</ref>
=== Early years ===


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== Members ==
Mytakidis (or BDFoxmoor) was following the hip hop music and its evolution since 1979. In an effort to make hip hop better known in Greece, he searched, found and brought together a core of people with common concerns. Then, having a few financial and technical resources, these people put a common goal, to build the foundation for a conscious music scene in Greece.
And the built ...
They made it.

The principle

In June 1992, the BDFoxmoor (Michael Mytakidis) with Dj MCD (Dimitris Kritikos), he founded the first{{source}} Greek hip hop music group, named Active Member. The people associated with this effort then created the independent record label Freestyle Productions. The Freestyle Productions has since been the production team through which they released the first two albums of Active Member, and other two LPs (a personal record of BDFoxmoor and a collection of patterns that existed then) and a maxi single.

In 1995, hip hop music was still virtually unknown in Greece. She, therefore, the time of the Active Member drew the attention of record companies in the course of a live in a large concert hall in Athens. The lyrics, their stage presence and contact with the public played a crucial role. So for the first time in the country, a group of hip hop music, has signed a contract with a multinational company, Warner. Things began to get their way and within a few months to release a third album titled "The Big Bay", which made them widely known.

In that drive, Active Member, decided to make a call it over and over again in hip hop as hitherto understood them, and tell Low Bap.

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As mentioned earlier, in 1993 released his first album of Active Member and the second followed in 1994; both were independent productions, the group itself. In 1995 started the collaboration with Warner and released his third of the disc. In 1996 came the fourth album of Active Member and after two years, in 1998 the fifth. Things, however, did not stop there. During the three years from 1996 until the end of 1999, the Freestyle Productions has released three albums collections, two personal albums of members of the Active Member, a tray for Djs and five other chores Low Bap forms and artists. Some of them were independent productions, and some were released in conjunction with the Warner and EMI. At the same time, maintained a radio broadcast to a large Athenian station.

== Influence in the greek hip hop scene ==

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 (sound)|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.

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==Members==
'''Current members'''
'''Current members'''


* B.D. Foxmoor (1992-present)
* [[B.D. Foxmoor]] (1992–present)
* [[lesakaramon]] (2022–present)
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* Sadahzinia (2003-present)


'''Past members'''
'''Past members'''


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


==Discography==
== Discography ==


'''LPs'''
'''LPs'''
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#''Ston vouvon tin eschatia'' (At the extreme end of the mutes) (Imantas, CD, 2011)
#''Ston vouvon tin eschatia'' (At the extreme end of the mutes) (Imantas, CD, 2011)
#''Arsenali'' (simple edition) (Imantas, 2CD, 2012)
#''Arsenali'' (simple edition) (Imantas, 2CD, 2012)
#''Cosmos Alivas'' (Self-released, 2LP, 2014)
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''CD Singles''
#''Zaliki'' (Talkback, 2CD, 2017)
#''Friktoria'' (Talkback, 2020)

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'''CD singles'''
#''Akou Mana'' (Listen Up, Mother) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1995)
#''Akou Mana'' (Listen Up, Mother) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1995)
#''Prosfigas'' (Refugee) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1996)
#''Prosfigas'' (Refugee) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1996)
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#''Hreose ta sti fotia/Hreose ta ki afta sti fotia'' (7" vinyl, 2007)
#''Hreose ta sti fotia/Hreose ta ki afta sti fotia'' (7" vinyl, 2007)
#''Fysaei kontra'' (7" vinyl, 2008)
#''Fysaei kontra'' (7" vinyl, 2008)

==References==
<references />


==External links==
==External links==
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Latest revision as of 21:24, 3 September 2024

Active Member
OriginPerama, Athens Urban Area, Greece
GenresLow Bap
Years active1992–present
LabelsWarner, 8ctagon, Imantas
MembersB.D. Foxmoor, Λόγος Έργου Σκιά aka Ramon - leskaramon
Past membersDJ 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).[1]

History

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History

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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.[2]

Freestyle productions

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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.[3]

Members

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Current members

Past members

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

Discography

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LPs

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

CD singles

  1. Akou Mana (Listen Up, Mother) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1995)
  2. Prosfigas (Refugee) (Warner, promo maxi 12",1996)
  3. Gia Ta Aderfia Pou Hathikane Noris (Dedicated to the Lost Brothers) (Warner, CD single, 1997)
  4. 2/12/2002 (Warner, CD single, 2002)
  5. Hreose ta sti fotia/Hreose ta ki afta sti fotia (7" vinyl, 2007)
  6. Fysaei kontra (7" vinyl, 2008)

References

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  1. ^ "Active Member Full Band Live - Culture is Athens". 17 May 2022.
  2. ^ "Active Member - Βιογραφικό [ΘΕΜΑ]".
  3. ^ "Active Member". www.discogs.com.
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