Robert Sin
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 Robert Sin & The Huckleberries live @After Dark 2016-12-05 | |
| Background information | |
| Genres | Americana, Alt-Country, Rock |
| Instrument(s) | Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Bass Guitar, Harmonica |
| Members | Stelios Habipis, Evi Hassapides Watson, Thodoris "Theo" Karampalis, Dimitris Bouroussas |
Robert Sin (born 14 January 1993) is a Greek singer and songwriter.
Biography
Robert Sin was born and raised in Arta, Greece. He started playing the piano at the age of six and later he picked up the guitar. He started writing songs and recording them in his bedroom studio since he was 14 years old.
Robert Sin & The Sinners
In 2013 he recorded his first EP "Death & Other Misdemeanors" with the help of some friends and well established members of the Greek underground rock community, a band known as "The Sinners".
The EP was released in 2014 in digital form.[1] Vassilis Bas Athanassiadis played the guitar (el:No Man's Land, Terrapin), George Papageorgiadis the bass (No Man's Land, Terrapin), Evi Hassapides Watson sang some backing vocals (No Man's Land, el:Echo Tattoo, She Tames Chaos), Panos Kourtsounis Ganas played the lead guitar in the song "Stella" (Echo Tattoo, Apagorevmeno Dassos), George Tzivas (Terrapin) and Agis Gritzios-Fouskas (Hungry Dukes) played the drums and Stavros Parginos (Opera Chaotique) the Cello on "Stella" and Robert Sin played the guitar, keyboards and sung the songs. Dimitris Misirlis recorded and mixed the record at Matrix Studios Athens. After a few shows the Sinners broke up.
Robert Sin & The Huckleberries
In 2014 Robert Sin moved to Athens, were he played some solo shows[2] and joined a band named "She Tames Chaos" as a guitar player. In January 2015 he created a new band "The Huckleberries". The band consists of Stelios Habipis on guitar and Dimitris Bouroussas on drums, both known for playing in the underground Greek band Libido Blume, Thodoris "Theo" Karampalis on keys, Evi Hassapides Watson (the Queen of the Greek music scene known as the lead singer of No Man’s Land, Echo Tattoo and She Tames Chaos) on bass and Robert Sin on vocals and guitars. The band went into the studio on June 2015 and recorded some songs with the help of recording engineer Kostis Raisis. The album was mixed by Robert Sin. These songs released in April 2016 on CD in collaboration with G.O.D. Records, distributed in every major online store too.[3] The album is called "… And The Ghosts In Between" and it has gained some good reviews. [4][5][6] The band keeps playing shows as much as possible.[7]
Discography
The Sinners
- 2014 Death & Other Misdemeanors (EP)
The Huckleberries
- 2016 ... And The Ghosts In Between
References
- ^ "Death & Other Misdemeanors | Robert Sin". robertsin.bandcamp.com. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ^ "No Man's Land + Robert Sin". avopolis.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ^ "Amazon.co.uk: Robert Sin & The Huckleberries: Digital Music". amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ^ http://www.rocknrollmonuments.gr/magazine/album-reviews/blues-rock/item/796-robert-sin-and-the-huckleberries-and-the-ghosts-in-between-g-o-d-records.html
- ^ "Γιατί διάφορα ελληνικά συγκροτήματα επενδύουν τον τελευταίο καιρό στους ήχους τής americana; | Μουσική | ΘΕΜΑΤΑ | LiFO". lifo.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
- ^ http://www.avopolis.gr/albums/greek-albums/57609-robert-sin-huckleberries-ghosts
- ^ "She Tames Chaos, Robert Sin & The Huckleberries". ns2.avopolis.gr. Retrieved 2016-09-01.