Electronic music

The duo Kohma, consisting of Giorgos Mizithras (MIZI) on electronics and Giorgos Kokkinaris on double bass, will perform at the TV Control Center (91A Kiprou) on December 4. Kohma's improvised compositions blend acoustic and electronic sounds. Tickets cost 10 euros at more.com.

Electronic music prodigy Armen Miran will perform on the rooftop of the Selina Hotel (8 Theatrou) in a sunset party on June 30. Get ready to dance to his unique sounds, which blend electronic music with Middle Eastern influences. Tickets cost 18 euros at more.com.

A two-day open-air music celebration in downtown Athens' Santaroza Square (5 Santaroza). Featuring avant-pop acts including Athens electronic duo Lip Forensics and DJ Mr.Z on May 18 and Belfast-based DJ David Holmes' eclectic set of electronic, trip hop, krautrock and house on May 19. Free admission.

Greek sound artists Mr Clarinet and Echo Canyon blend ambient and destructive dub at the TV Control Center (91A Kyprou) on March 22. This electrifying showcase promises to narrate a story of madness, longing for freedom and unadulterated joy through experimental electronic sounds. Tickets cost 8 euros. 

Electrical engineer Nebil Haluk Uçak, a resident of the western province of İzmir, who struggles with both Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD) and cancer, donates a room full of electronic gadgets and devices he had accumulated during his 50-year career to vocational high school students.

The Ostomachion Sessions aim to blur the line between acoustic and electronic music in unique performances at the Underflow Record Store and Gallery (39 Kallirois). The idea is that two improvisers will interact with an electronic musician who will process live acoustic instruments by taking sound fragments and transforming them using contemporary digital or analog technology.

Laser beams illuminate a darkened restaurant turned dance hall in Cairo as revelers move to thumping beats from female DJs - part of a generation of women shaking up Egypt's underground electronic music scene.

"All my life, I've seen men behind the decks," said party-goer Menna Shanab, 26, as psychedelic visuals reflected off the waters at the Nile-side venue.

Genes and a dash of humility are the secrets of longevity for one of France's biggest music stars, Jean-Michel Jarre, the septuagenarian electronic music pioneer who's sold over 80 million records and is still going strong.

Innovative Greek trip-hop, downtempo and freestyle DJ and composer Giorgos Bratanis, aka Cayetano, will perform at the Zappeion Hall in the heart of Athens, accompanied by Nikos Bartzokas on percussion and Resoloot on electric guitar, on Friday, January 31, as part of the St Paul's Sessions series of live events organized by Groove Productions.

Innovative Greek trip-hop, downtempo and freestyle DJ and composer Giorgos Bratanis, aka Cayetano, returns to the St Paul's Sessions roster of pioneering musicians with a new project that will be presented to the public for the first time, hot on the heels of his last studio release, "Melanie." Cayetano and a group of talented associates will perform at Zappeion Hall on Friday, January 31.