Fotis Tsolis

Fotis Tsolis was born in 1996 in Athens. He began studying music at the age of 10 and is a guitarist and composer. He has performed in dozens of cities across Greece and Europe, collaborating with rap, rock, and metal acts. He has composed music for short films featured at international festivals and performs with artists from the Greek hip-hop scene, such as Το Σφάλμα, Frank the Zapper, and Drugitiz. He is also a director and screenwriter, having worked on two prime-time Greek television series, as well as short films and documentaries.

EDUCATION
Lab Music Education Professional Program / Pop Department (2019–2022)
Lab Music Education – Personal Program (2014–2019)
Private lessons with Alex Flouros, Grigoris Danis, and Giorgos Dafnos
Private lessons with Dimitris Fragkiskatos, graduate of Berklee College of Music (2009–2014)
National Conservatory (2006–2009)
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, MEng (2014–2020). Completed a diploma research thesis titled “Correlation Between Emotional Response and Analog Synthesizer Timbre Waveforms,” focusing on psychoacoustics and its application in film and television music.

COLLABORATIONS
Το Σφάλμα
Rosadenia
Frank the Zapper
Drugitiz

PERSONAL PROJECTS
Composer for the soundtrack of the film Camera Obscura (2020), officially selected at the Thessaloniki International Short Film Festival and many others (Flickfair, SHORT to the Point ISFF, Bucharest ShortCut CineFest, etc.)
Composer for the soundtrack of The Subtle Art (of Going Insane) (2018)
Guitarist, composer, and lyricist for the progressive metal band Glass Eye Filter
DISCOGRAPHY
Το Σφάλμα - Live Fullband
Camera Obscura OST
The Subtle Art (of Going Insane) OST
Glass Eye Filter - An Arboreal Shrine (EP)
Participation in the LP Η Τζαμάικα των Βαλκανίων, as well as singles by Το Σφάλμα, Lap, and Drugitiz.