Stephanos Chytiris is α drummer and improviser based in Athens Greece. He has worked on a wide range of projects from avant-garde jazz and techno to contemporary classical music. Keeping the balance between tradition and modernism on drums and cymbals, his projects function as a free base for musicians to explore and interact with personal and collective unconscious, aiming to reach a cathartic experience. He has studied sound art, at Dartigton college of arts (England) and trained in Long Island University (New York) under the tutelage of Sam Newsome and renowned drummer, Michael Carvin. Since then he he has collaborated and developed projects such as Flux Project with Bram De Looze and Luca Rosenfeld with Pyrin (2014) being the first album of the trio featuring Daniel Carter, Todd Neufeld and greek actress Calliroee Myriagou. “Egata” is his large ensemble unit with Ingrid Laubrock, Todd Neufeld, Pascal Niggenkemper, Lester St. Louis and Joe Moffett. He has performed with Tony Malaby for several concerts in Greece and many more artists and musician from Athens creative scene.