Background
Exarhos was born in 1978 in Piraeus, Greece to a Greek father and Croatian mother from Rijeka.
lecturer producer singer songwriter
Exarhos was born in 1978 in Piraeus, Greece to a Greek father and Croatian mother from Rijeka.
In the next four years he obtained two degrees, Bachelor of Music Technology and Master on Sound Production.
Stereo Mike represented Greece in the alongside the singer Loucas Yiorkas with the song "Watch My Dance", placing seventh with 120 points. At the age of 18, his musical interest brought him to the United Kingdom for education in the field at the universities of Leeds Metropolitan University and University of Westminster. During his studies, Exarhos worked as a sound producer at Vault Recording Studios in Hackney, London, where he worked with several British hip hop artists, including Klashnekoff, Bury Crew, Skinnyman, Taskforce, Iceberg Slim, Mike Greater London Council and JMC. Exarhos also worked as a producer at AMG Records, which led him to his first recording contract as "Stereo Mike" with AMG"s hip-hop sub-label Mo" Money Recording$.
Within two years he composed and produced his debut album, while accepting a postgraduate lecturing position at London"s University of Westminster in music production.
He released his debut album in Greece titled Satirical Nomads by Mo" Money Recording$ under license to Universal Music Greece. The album"s singles included the anti-racism anthem "O Allos Babis" and the remix "I Polis".
Stereo Mike subsequently signed to Minos Electric and Music Industries for his second album titled XLI3H, which is leet for the Greek word Εξέλιξη, meaning evolution. He is concurrently doing research work toward a Doctor of Philosophy in music
He was also nominated for Greece in the category of Europe"s Favourite Acting for 2008.
Stereo Mike with Loucas Yiorkas represented Greece in the in Germany with the song "Watch My Dance".
He is the first Music Television European Medicines Agency Award winner in the "Best Greek Acting" category. Stereo Mike was nominated at the Mad Video Music Awards in 2005 for "Best Hip-Hop Video Clip" and in 2008 for "Best Hip-Hop Video Clip" and for "Video Clip Of The Year". Stereo Mike is the first Music Television European Medicines Agency Award winner in the "Best Greek Acting" category, which came into effect with Music Television"s 2008 regional launch in Greece.
