::G Pal
George Pallikaris
originally hails from Thessaloniki, one of the largest
cities in northern Greece. George was first introduced to
music at a very young age. By the age of 4 he was already
training to play the piano. Although he was studying the
likes of Jean Michelle Jarre and Vangelis he was also
composing music on his first synthesizer. Once George
reached his teen years, he got very involved with early
dance music buying house and techno records and playing them
for his friends. After graduating from high school, G. Pal
stepped in a direction away from music for about 4 years. So
instead, he chose to pursue the subject of physics. While in
the University, G. Pal slowly drifted back to his true
passion, musical production. If it wasn’t for this almost
complete musical void G. Pal may never have gotten so
determined to earn a living producing music.
After a few years of developing his skills composing and
producing tracks, G. Pal decided to move to New York City so
that he could pursue a degree in music technology. According
to G. Pal, he would have stayed in Greece, but not one of
the schools offered a degree similar to the one available
through NYU. And frankly, it is tough to argue with George’s
thinking. After all, there can’t be a better time to get a
degree in music technology. This educational experience,
combined with his own interest in studio gear, hardware and
software puts George way ahead of your average dance music
producer. While attending NYU, George started shopping his
tracks around the end of 1997. About a year later, a decent
amount of respectable labels were knocking on his door. Soon
after his first commercial record release, a double pack on
the UK’s prestigious Low Pressings label, he started
preparing material for labels. On a cold night in November
at Mike Bryant’s Friday night party, GPal brought a demo
down for Plastic City A+R Rick Salzer. After some small
discussions, both parties agreed that G. Pal should join the
UCMG NY artist roster. Since then he released many singles
for Plastic City and the critically acclaimed album ‘Life by
G.Pal’.
George had to leave New York City after six years of
studying at NYU, to join the Greek military force for two
years. At that time Swift recordings was founded as a joint
effort by him and UCMGNY as an outlet for his club-minded
tribal and progressive productions. Since it’s inception,
Swift has streadily gained momentum and created quite a buzz
within the dance music community. There has been four
releases in the Swift stable and several waiting for
release. This accomplishment seems even greater when one
considers that the label’s founder and principle artist
served in the Greek military from Spring of 2001 until
December of 2002. Even though he was limited in his civilian
capacities, George still managed to produce a weekly 2 –hour
mix for a large radio station (www.bestradio.gr) in Greece
and organize a regular Swift night at Athens’ premiere
nightclub +Soda. Because of military restrictions though,
George was not allowed to leave the country and play in
clubs around the world.
Now that George is released from the army, initially his
focus will be on building Swift into the label he has
envisioned all along. Swift records will no longer be a part
of UCMGNY, as George decided to run the label by himself
from his own country Greece. Swift will be globally
distributed by Intergroove UK. In Greece it will be
represented by KLIK records. Concerning his productions and
remixes, George will start to work at his studio full time
again. Expect remixes and productions from labels such as
Yoshitoshi, Shinichi, Low Pressings, Addictive & many more.
With sales steadily increasing and licenses coming in from
Deep Dish and Steve Lawler for their Global Underground mix
albums as well as DJ mixes from David Duriez, Terry Lee
Brown Jr., Oscar G. for the Space club compilation, Tim
Fielding for JDJ, Hardy Heller, Pascal Feos, and Steve Bug
to name just a few, expect big things from G.Pal and Swift
in the near future.
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