About us

Aerakis - Cretan Musical Workshop & Seistron is the oldest and the largest record label company specialized on Cretan traditional music

Stelios Aerakis, was raised with the principles of the genuine traditional music of Anogeia and generally of Crete. As far as Cretan music and record industry are concerned, he played the laouto and he cooperated with Nikos Xylouris, Psarantonis, Vasilis Skoulas and many other significant Cretan grand masters of the 20th century. In 1974, he established the first record store in Heraklion, while, at the same time, he was the exclusive authorized representative of Columbia Music Records in Crete. In 1976, he created the “Aerakis-Cretan Music Company” record company which evolved into the “Aerakis-Cretan Musical Workshop” record company, sealing the whole record evolution of Cretan music with the quality and the innovation of that time. Stelios Aerakis along with Michalis Aerakis’s cooperation, who is his brother, forged their own path and they created, beyond doubt, a bright name in the field of Cretan music publication and production.

Eventually, deploying his experience and knowledge, Michalis Aerakis created the highly recognized “Seistron Music Editions” in 2001, combining different discrete elements, old and new, words and notes, music and books. He did his part in building the glorious castle of our tradition. In 2010 the two companies join forces to create a company named "AERAKIS - CRETAN MUSICAL WORKSHOP & SEISTRON". Andreas M. Aerakis is the producer till now.

 

MUSIC PRODUCTIONS – RELEASES

Unique and unrepeatable seen by the public and professionals the 500 music productions made by Cretan musical workshop until today. The main life work was an initiative registration and a complete authentic series of ten distinct musical works, titled: "OI PROTOMASTORES TIS KRITIKIS MOUSIKIS (FIRST MASTERS OF CRETAN MUSIC 1920-1955) milestone In our musical history and valuable material for scholars of the future generation. Also important the: "Oi Koryfaioi 1955-1995" (The top artists of Cretan music 1955-1995), Cretan saints, Thanasis Skordalos 1920-1998, Stelios Foustalieris 1911-1992, Kostas Mountakis rare live recordings, Ta radiofonika (Radio stations 1960-70), Cretan epic, Arkadi epic.

It is worth to say that the Aerakis - Cretan musical workshop & Seistron  is the only regional record company that is a member of the Association of Greek Producers (IFPI)

 

TARGETS

Our target is to support  the tradition and constantly propose new productions mainly from the Cretan musical tradition and poetry as well as other species of tropical music world.

 

ARTISTS

Our catalog has the most important names/artist of Cretan music such as: Psarantonis, Vasilis Skoulas, Vasilis Stavrakakis, Ross Daly, Giorgos Xylouris (Psarogiorgis), Yannis Xylouris (Psarogiannis), Haralabos Garganourakis, Alexandros Papadakis, Antonis Martsakis, Iakovos Paterakis, Dimitris Vakakis, Zaharias Spyridakis, Dimitris Sgouros, Nikiforos Aerakis, Paris Perysinakis, Stelios Petrakis and many others.  Our company has also worked with numerous public agencies and non (Municipalities, Prefectures, Cultural Associations), to issue various notable productions with great success!

 

SERVICES

"Aerakis - Cretan Musical Workshop & Seistron raises even more the Cretan music all over the world, created the online store www.aerakis.net. The online music store is here! Through our website, can anyone from any part of the world to hear local music, but also to order what he likes cd’s, dvds, books, musical instruments e.t.c.

 

DIGITAL SALES

Our catalog are based digitally on the biggest brand names worldwide like (iTunes, amazonmp3, emusic, 24/7 e.t.c) Anyone lover of our music can download everything he/she likes by 0.99€ each song, 8,99€ each simple album, 18,99€ double album. We hope in the future making an app and from there having aggregate all products.

 

WHOLESALES

Our company makes wholesale sales of our tourist season in Greece. Also with each order we have a stand for better viewing and promote our products in your area. We have placed our products such as Hotels,…..

 

EXPORTS

Our company is doing exporting all over the world: USA, Australia, Canada, Cyprus, quickly and safely. The order can be either electronically through our music store or by phone. The  order shipped in the same day that would make.

 

OUTLETS/PARTNERS

All our productions can be purchased from the music store, located at Heraklion Korai 14 and is close to you offering  friendly services. We work with music stores all over Crete (Heraklion, Rethymnon, Chania, Agios Nikolaos, Moires, Anogia, Ierapetra) and Greece (Athens, Thessaloniki, Patras, Rhodes).

 

CUSTOMERS

Our aim is to "bring to your ears" that you really deserve to hear. Treat music as a gift: One of the few gifts that stand the test of time! The trust placed in us by the people for years now makes us strive to make our day to day better. When people come to thank us for what we proposed to hear, this is our greatest satisfaction. We have regular customers who visit our store from all over the world and want to eagerly recommend them again music deserve!

 

RURAL RECORD STORE

In Sisarcha, a small village at the foothills of Psiloritis, near Anogeia, within the Milopotamos’s vicinity, this old stone-built coffee house, which was built stone-by-stone and established by my grandfather Andreas Aerakis (a.k.a. Ninandreas) and my grandmother Eleni Kouvidi, was the nascence of our family, our life and our record career…

Stelios Aerakis, the eldest son of my grandfather, was raised with the principles of the genuine traditional music of Anogeia and generally of Crete. As far as Cretan music and record industry are concerned, he played the laouto and he cooperated with Nikos Xylouris, Psarantonis, Vasilis Skoulas and many other significant Cretan grand masters of the 20th century. In 1974, he established the first record store in Heraklion, while, at the same time, he was the exclusive authorized representative of Columbia Music Records in Crete. In 1976, he created the “Aerakis-Cretan Music Company” record company which evolved into the “Aerakis-Cretan Musical Workshop” record company, sealing the whole record evolution of Cretan music with the quality and the innovation of that time. Stelios Aerakis along with Michalis Aerakis’s cooperation, who is his brother and my father as well, forged their own path and they created, beyond doubt, a bright name in the field of Cretan music publication and production.

Eventually, deploying his experience and knowledge, Michalis Aerakis created the highly recognized “Seistron Music Editions” in 2001, combining different discrete elements, old and new, words and notes, music and books. He did his part in building the glorious castle of our tradition. Consequently, in my turn, I picked up the torch passed to me from my family, and I started taking steps little by little into the field of music record industry, in the hope of elevating it to new heights.

Preserving this precious cultural heritage of this field since 2009, I decided to give life back to my grandfather’s coffee house and name it “Rural Record Store”, in order to unite all the experiences I gained as a child and as a teenager, as well as to marry the sensations of the traditional coffee house with the music productions which we have in our track record since 1975. Furthermore, this will be the place where our work will be exhibited and various record and book presentations will be hosted. Also, our guests and visitors will have the opportunity to become familiar with the Cretan music and hospitality through our vivid tradition and the flavors of the seasonal local viands, so that the real core of Cretan lifestyle will be revealed to them.     

 

Future is something from the past.

A.A

 

Aerakis - Cretan Musical Workshop & Seistron

14 Korai Sq. 71202

Heraklion Crete - Greece

Tel./Fax: (+30) 2810 225758

Mail: aaerakis@gmail.com

Web: www.aerakis.net

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