About Albert Panagiotopoulos

Albert Panagiotopoulos is a well known Athens based drummer with musical studies in “The Drummers Collective” of New York and a remarkable career as a session musician with top Greek artists (Yiannis Spanos, Yiorgos Hatzinassios-Michalis Hatziyiannis, Marios Frangoulis, C-real, Lakis Papadopoulos, among others) with Rock and Jazz groups too, playing in top venues of the country (Half note, Lycabettus theater etc.) He has also taught drumming in various music schools in the greater Athens area (N. Touliato’s “Music Praxis”, Municipal music schools, Cholargos Ethniko conservatory) and in private. His book entitled “Complete Drum Method” was published in 2001 by F. Nakas, the most prestigious music publishing company in Greece and it has made a hit (its digital English version is been distributed by bookbaby). He is the representative of “The Collective” NY in Greece, he has cooperated with London College of Music (LCM), used to be a featured columnist for the “Soundmaker” magazine and has performed in many tv shows. He has a University of Patras diploma in Physics and he was the drummer of the Greek air forces band.

Albert has created two excellent albums called: “Visionary World” and “Hyperfly”, as a composer and an arranger. These particular works contain glimpses of the Mediterranean, the Middle Eastern culture, the Balkans, the Greek folk music, the Blues and the Afro Cuban heritage. All these in a fresh Jazz – Rock – New Age style. It’s a musical panorama, an amazing journey through many parts of the globe. The cd`s are now distributed by MLK (Irida music). The musicians appearing on the albums are also top notch (V. Rakopoulos, A. Ladopoulos, G. Kiourtsoglou, M. Loutas, A. Orfanos, Y. Zevgolis, M. Theodosakis and more) and have contributed to amalgamate the numerous musical currents into a unified whole. The resulting music is a chant for global peace and self development. Radio producers, newspaper and magazine columnists have welcome these works on many articles and interviews. Tunes from the cds have been included in compilations and been heard in tv shows and Metro stations. “Albert band” was the vehicle that carried these works to the public in live performances. 

Albert is the founder of Pop-Rock group ALTRIBE and he has cooperated with Nikos Antypas (Socrates, Sting, Haris Alexiou, Alkistis Protopsalti, etc.)

Latest news: SPACESHIP are a Jazz Rock trio, formed by drummer Albert Panagiotopoulos, guitarist Nickos Demosthenous and bassist Dimitris Billias in 2023. They perform songs from Albert cd’s “Visionary World” & “Hyperfly”, in a new dynamic way, plus some covers. They started performing live shows, at “Poetry Bar” in Athens-Greece, in front of an enthusiastic audience.

https://www.facebook.com/spaceshiptrio

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=spaceship+trio