Artists

Angelos Polychronou

percussion

Angelos Polychronou was born in Athens in 1977. He started studying classical piano and music theory and graduated the Music School of Pallini. At the age of 17 he chose the percussion as his main instrument, with Vagelis Karipis as his teacher.

He has been working professionally since 1995. From 1997 to 2005 he was a member of the group Mode Plagal. He has organized or participated in many workshops with acclamed musicians, such as Glen Velez, Cabello και Ruven Ruppik. He has performed at many venues and festivals in Greece and abroad and he has collaborated with popoular artists such as Alkinoos Ioannidis, Dionysis Savvopoulos and Eleftheria Arvanitaki.

He was a founding member and teacher of the group samba reggae - samba afro and in 2014 he formed the Bloco Swingueira.

Discography

With Local Heroes
Local Heroes

Self released

2024

With Mode Plagal
As a sideman
Orchestra (Live at Orfeas)

self-published

2025

Taha Mu

Self released

2025

Free Spirit

Self released

2023

ciel

Self released

2023

The visitor from Armenia

Self released

2023

Sonance

Deep Soul Space

2022

Kaua'i 'ō'ō

Fortune Cut Records

2021

Flea Market

Self-released

2021

The meaning of life

Self-released

2020

Idyllwild suite

Self-released

2020

Sleepwalker

Puzzlemusic

2019

Parenthesis

Re-Define Productions

2017

Haunted Poems

Puzzlemusik

2017

Afreekanism

Self-released

2017

Μυστικός Ευφράτης

Piano Plus festival

2015

Urban Jazz

Puzzlemusik

2012

Percussion Pictures

Antart productions

2011

GoJam Group

Μελωδικό Καράβι

2009

Κυκνοστάλαγμα

Ankh Productions

2006

Tales Of The Holy

Track7 Music

2006

Άγιος Χρόνος

Legend Recordings

2000

In compilations
Groups
Bloco Swingueira