Sadahzinia
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Sadahzinia is a Greek rapper, regarded by many as the first woman that entered the hip-hop scene in Greece
. Her name is a made up play on the words: "sad" + "jah"+ the flower "zinia". Since 1994 she had been working in the studio and live shows in Greece and Europe with the successful hip-hop/low bap
group Active Member
. In 2002 she officially became member of the group.
In 1999 she took her degree of English Literature, Philosophical Faculty Athens.
She has played keyboards and percussions for a short while both in shows and in the studio, but in the last years she is more focused on her rap and on writing lyrics.
These past years she has worked either in the studio or on the stage with several artists both from abroad and from Greece, such as Waldemar Bastos
, Sokratis Malamas
, Rodney P
, Skitz, Killa Kela
, Mixologists, Adam Fuest, Winston Irie, Chris Hall, Oliver Wilson, Dynamo Dresden, Extremists and more… Also, she has often performed in London, Wales and Germany.
In 2003 Sadahzinia and B.D.Foxmoor
found “8ctagon”, their own label.
In addition, she is a writer and translator. She writes her own fairy tales for children and translates well-known and appreciable books. She was writing recipes for children in the children's newspaper Researchers for four years, while for two years she was collaborating with a Greek magazine, where she was writing theatrical work for children. With regard to the presentation of her fairy tales, she has organised a line of events in various spaces (bookshops, schools, in the children's museum, in cultural spaces, in libraries etc.) where she presents theatrical works written by her, with big attendance of children. She also has her own whole page column in a newspaper.
Discography
1998 - Allo ena psema
2000 - Asimenia akri
2002 - Sto xroma tis staxtis
2003 - I voui kai ta kamomata
2005 - Mixtape (97' - 04')
2006 - Petranasa
2010 - Sarma
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Her name is a made up play on the words: "sad" + "jah"+ the flower "zinia". Since 1994 she had been working in the studio and live shows in Greece and Europe with the successful hip-hop/low bap
Low Bap
Low Bap is a sub-genre of the Greek hip hop music scene, that emerged in the mid-1990s as the sound of the prominent Greek hip hop group Active Member. It's characterized by slower tempo and rapping than usual, often combined with lyrics of political content...
group Active Member
Active Member
Active Member is a Greek hip-hop/low bap group, founded in 1992 by Michalis Mitakidis ,Nikitas Klint and Dimitris Kritikos .-History:...
. In 2002 she officially became member of the group.
In 1999 she took her degree of English Literature, Philosophical Faculty Athens.
She has played keyboards and percussions for a short while both in shows and in the studio, but in the last years she is more focused on her rap and on writing lyrics.
These past years she has worked either in the studio or on the stage with several artists both from abroad and from Greece, such as Waldemar Bastos
Waldemar Bastos
Waldemar dos Santos Alonso de Almeida Bastos is an Angolan musician who combines Afropop, Portuguese , and Brazilian influences.- History :...
, Sokratis Malamas
Sokratis Malamas
Sokratis Malamas is a Greek singer and songwriter.One of the great songwriters of his generation with a very personal and identifiable musical style in his narrative songs....
, Rodney P
Rodney P
Rodney P is an English MC who entered the UK hip hop scene in the 1980s. He started out as a member of the London Posse, one of the UK's first home grown hip hop acts who were highly influential in the development of the genre. Rodney P has had one of the longest and most respected careers in UK...
, Skitz, Killa Kela
Killa Kela
Killa Kela is an English beatboxer from West Sussex.-Biography:Kela began beatboxing in his teens with the 360 Physicals crew. He was discovered by DJ Vadim when he sent a tape of his beatboxing to Vadim's now defunct label Jazz Fudge...
, Mixologists, Adam Fuest, Winston Irie, Chris Hall, Oliver Wilson, Dynamo Dresden, Extremists and more… Also, she has often performed in London, Wales and Germany.
In 2003 Sadahzinia and B.D.Foxmoor
B.D.Foxmoor
B.D. Foxmoor is a Greek rapper and hip hop producer. In 1992 he founded Active Member and released the first Greek hip hop album, Diamartyria , in 1993. In 1995 when Active Member signed to a major label, Warner, and released To megalo kolpo, B.D. Foxmoor started referring to his music as low bap...
found “8ctagon”, their own label.
In addition, she is a writer and translator. She writes her own fairy tales for children and translates well-known and appreciable books. She was writing recipes for children in the children's newspaper Researchers for four years, while for two years she was collaborating with a Greek magazine, where she was writing theatrical work for children. With regard to the presentation of her fairy tales, she has organised a line of events in various spaces (bookshops, schools, in the children's museum, in cultural spaces, in libraries etc.) where she presents theatrical works written by her, with big attendance of children. She also has her own whole page column in a newspaper.
Discography
1998 - Allo ena psema
2000 - Asimenia akri
2002 - Sto xroma tis staxtis
2003 - I voui kai ta kamomata
2005 - Mixtape (97' - 04')
2006 - Petranasa
2010 - Sarma