In December I had a real fun time recording for the remake of Aladdin by Disney, at British Grove Studios, the recording studio that is owned by Mark Knopfler. An amazing studio, needless to say. Great times, a lot of drums and great to work with Paul Clarvis, Frank...

In 2018 I had the honour of playing six shows with Yazz Ahmed and her Hafla Band. I must admit I was a little sceptical about doing any type of session work (still am) but when I listened to some of the links that Yazz sent me, from her then...

  This June from the 18th to the 22nd, Monday to Friday from 6-8 pm I will be participating in the SOAS Music Summer School with my Elements of Rhythm workshop. It gives me great pleasure to prepare and teach this course. Rhythm in its various expressions as it is...

I am very happy that I will be playing with XAOS this summer at Charlton Park for WOMAD. I will play drums, percussion, guitar, keyboards and electronics XAOS’ debut album was ten years in the making and it still is the best album I have recorded by far (and the...

This June from the 19th to the 23rd I will be teaching at SOAS for the Music Summer School for the 5th year in a row. The course I will be teaching is called Elements of Rhythm and it comprises an introduction at some of the rhythmic styles, devices and...

I started working on Kalia’s debut record at the end of August. I had worked on a couple of arrangements for the live shows previous to that, wanting to expand the sound of the band. I had some ideas for a couple of songs and I liked the result. I...

SOAS Summer Music School 2016 Elements of Rhythm with Vasilis Sarikis An overview of how rhythm works in musical styles from around the world. The course focuses on rhythm in a broader sense and is open to all musicians that would like to know a bit more about how rhythm...

http://www.npr.org/2015/12/07/458447213/npr-musics-50-favorite-albums-of-2015   The XAOS album which I provided some booms, pams, and clongs have been selected in NRP Music’s 50 Favorite Albums for 2015.   XAOS – xaos To be Greek means to be part of a people whose collective identity often seems to exist, for better or worse, in...

  With a few exceptions, I don’t listen to the recordings I have made. I think that happens naturally after weeks or months of hearing the material, rehearsing it, dealing with overdubs and  going through the mixing stage, it can be a long process. For this album, things were different...

Dear friends This summer I am running a 5 day workshop on frame drums for the SOAS Music Summer School, from the 16th to the 20th of June. Below you can find some information on the course. If you have anymore questions please do not hesitate to contact me at...

This was (probably0 the last concert in a three-year run with Khyam around many countries and playing music to wonderful audiences. I have worked with many cool people over the years but some are special. Khyam always treated me with respect and in a professional way and his deep love...

A great pleasure and an honour to record at Abbey Road Studios for Gabriel Yared. Great music and vibes ! Looking forward to the movie!

CaLoms Seminar in Spain   Sweet memories coming back…from November in Catalonia. Missing you Efren and Christo ! If you would like to watch the video please click on the link Peace Vasilis

More than happy to be recording this coming week at Abbey Road Studio 1 !

At the end of this month I will be performing with Natacha Atlas at the legendary Ronnie Scott’s jazz club in Soho. It will be great to see you there, this is going to be a special night ! http://www.ronniescotts.co.uk/scheduledaily/2014/March/30

Dear friends, colleagues and fans It has been quite some time since I posted something or updated my website The reason for this was mainly time, but it is not anymore, since I found my self sometime with a coffee by my computer. Now I can update you on a few of the things I have been doing since December up to now and what is in store for the next few months.   Once I came back from Catalonia in December and with the great experiences I had there with Efren, Christos, Miriam and all the wonderful people I met, it was time for a holiday in Morocco. Part of January was spent in the studio, building up a new exciting solo project which is still in the making. From the end of January it was time to hit the road with Natacha Atlas, Kalia, Cidgem Aslan. I love...

On the train from Sant Seloni to Barcelona Airport, with the Catalonian mountainsides to my right and left, I have just finished a ten day stay in Catalonia and travelling back to London. The series of events went a bit like this: I was invited a few months back from...

More than happy to announce a trip to Spain, Catalunia in November for a 24 hour concert in Barcelona and a percussion seminar in Gerona both with Efren Lopez and Christos Barbas   The 24 hour concert, on the 23rd/24th of November   will be broadcasted world wide and will...

Greetings to everyone The autumn season finds me tired from summer touring and deep into creativity, composing music for my upcoming solo album (upcoming meaning sometime this year) featuring musicians that inspire me to write something for them. It is a fun process, actually most of the writing happens on...

  A few words on the frame drum course that took place at the end of June 2013 at SOAS university. It was a real pleasure to have such an enthusiastic group of students, eager and full of questions and a desire to learn. I was real happy to see...

Skype lessons   Hi everyone, If you are interested in learning with me but location, traveling or time is an issue, you now can have classes on Skype   What can I learn? Konnakol, a fantastic, multi-purpose rhythmic system, the basis of the Carnatic classical music, transferrable to any style,...

  SOAS Frame Drum Course 24-29 June   More info on the poster, get in touch for any further enquiries       What am I going to learn?       Basic and intermediate technique that will give you a good sound on the frame drum, both in standing...

Recently I was in France promoting Natacha Atlas’ new live album Impressions, recorded live in Toulouse in a collaboration with the Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse and Natacha’s killer 8 piece band. You can get a taste in the link below: http://www.france2.fr/emissions/des-mots-de-minuit/les-lives-musicaux/live-natacha-atlas_53709   And if you like it, you can get...

May has been mostly spent time preparing for summer concerts with the various artists I work with as well my week long workshop on frame drumming for the SOAS Summer School Music courses. A special post on this will follow in due time but if you are interested you can...

Very happy to the upcoming concerts in Berlin and Brussels with Khyam Allami to present Resonance/Dissonance. Travelling with Khyam is also something to be looking forward to ! Hopefully see you there ! Here you can find details for the concert in Berlin: CTM.13 › SUNN O))), Khyam Allami with Vasilis...

2012 has been a great year in many ways and a difficult one in many ways too but as usually happens, and even more so now with the social networks ethos I will focus on why my life has been amazing in the year that just passed. I genuinely hope...

  Hi everyone September has been a blast, with so much happening   Have spent the first week of September in the amazing city of Istanbul, a mad and wonderful place, hooked up with some excellent musicians for lessons and to jam and equipped my self with some real nice...

  This August I am taking most off the month of work, with the exception of one concert in Berlin with Cigdem Aslan and one concert in Malmo with Natacha Atlas. In between that, visiting David Roman in Berlin to discuss frame drums and possible ideas (there is something cool...

July is already underway, dark and rainy and this is not just in the UK…   Music can take you out of the horrible weather, that is if you don’t have to carry your gear through the mud between tents in outdoors festivals   Anyway the days are longer and...

  Have just returned from France in Toulouse where an exciting collaboration took place between Natacha Atlas and the Chamber Orchestra of Toulouse.   The rehearsals and the concert took place in the National Theatre of Toulouse, a really cool venue.   The performance was a great success and was...

Dear friends and colleagues this is an update of a verrrry (Sean Connery or Ewan Mc Gregor pretending to be the former) hectic schedule during the end of February and the whole of March.   Sometimes it is easy to whinge, I know: hem, not enough time, i am tired,...

Well, that was a great trip ! A lot of studying and practising, playing music with some amazing musicians and attending very inspiring concerts (Srinivas !!!!!!!!!!!!!!)   The presentantion at the Chennai Music Academy went down a storm as well as the concert on the 25th of December, which was...

In mid December I will be travelling to Chennai in South India to study with the renowned master percussionist Ghatam Suresh.   And as if that wasn’t enough, Suresh arranged for me to participate in a number of musical workshops demonstrating the application of konnakol on frame drums along side...

Just returned from a tour of Sweden with Natacha Atlas and her super band: Samy Bishai on musical direction, violin and electronics, Loaui Al Henawi on nay and vocals, Alcyona Mick on piano, Ivan Hussey on cello, Andy Hamill on bass, melodica, harmonica and of course the citizen of the...