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Αλέξης Μπάιτελμαν (Alexis Baytelman/ Alexis Baitelman)
Ο Αλέξης Μπάιτελμαν γεννήθηκε στη Χάγη της Ολλανδίας στις 24 Νοεμβρίου του 1983. Σε ηλικία δύο χρόνων ήρθε στην Κύπρο με την οικογένειά του όπου το 2001 αποφοίτησε από το Λύκειο Δασούπολης στη Λευκωσία.
Σπούδασε Βιολογία στο Humboldt Universität zu Berlin Γερμανίας, όπου ακολούθως έκανε μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στο Ινστιτούτο Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Institut für Biologie του ίδιου πανεπιστημίου. Τίτλος της ερευνητικής του εργασίας είναι: Analysis of the swimming behaviour of common carp under the influence of different stressors.
Επιπλέον, έκανε μεταπτυχιακές σπουδές στην Parexel Academy Berlin Γερμανίας, όπου ειδικεύθηκε σε θέματα που αφορούν Clinical Monitoring, Clinical Trial Management, Clinical trial logistics, Electronic data capture, validation and medical coding και άλλα.
Εργάστηκε σε μεγάλες διεθνείς ερευνητικές φαρμακευτικές εταιρίες (Prothya Biosolutions, Sanquin, Takeda Vienna, GXP brain GmbH) ως Automation & CSV Specialist. Παράλληλα, υπήρξε συν-ιδρυτής της Start up “Trifor“. Trifor είναι ένας clinical trial supply simulator, στοχεύοντας να υποστηρίξει τους επαγγελματίες κλινικών προμηθειών για θέματα που αφορούν στην πρόβλεψη και τη βελτιστοποίηση του έργου τους.
Επιπρόσθετα με την επιστημονική του ενασχόληση, ο Αλέξης ασχολήθηκε έντονα και με τη μουσική, χρησιμοποιώντας τα καλλιτεχνικά ονόματα Alexis Phase, B-Man και Teknon Brutus. Μελέτησε σε βάθος μουσική τεχνολογία και αφιέρωσε μεγάλο μέρος της ζωής του στην ηλεκτρονική μουσική ως DJ, μουσικός παραγωγός, συνθέτης και διοργανωτής μουσικών εκδηλώσεων.
Στο πλαίσιο της εικοσάχρονής του εμπειρίας ως DJ, μουσικός παραγωγός και διοργανωτής σημαντικών μουσικών εκδηλώσεων κυρίως στη Γερμανία, την Ολλανδία και την Κύπρο είχε την ευκαιρία να παρουσιάσει τη μουσική προσέγγιση του και το έργο του όσον αφορά την ηλεκτρονική μουσική, συνεργαζόμενος με σημαντικούς διεθνείς DJs και μουσικούς παραγωγούς.
Υπήρξε υποστηρικτής του Mutant Dance, και υπηρέτησε με σεβασμό και αγάπη το δικό του όραμα για τη μελλοντική ηλεκτρονική μουσική. Στα σετ του, συνυφαίνει επιδέξια στοιχεία και στυλ που διασταυρώνουν τα είδη EBM, Industrial, New Beat, Wave No Wave, Acid, & Electro, μεταξύ άλλων, όλα προερχόμενα από μια εκτεταμένη συλλογή βινιλίων και ψηφιακών κυκλοφοριών.
Στην Ολλανδία ο Αλέξης είχε επίσης τη γενική επιμέλεια και παρουσίαση του “Future Electronic Music” (F.E.M), μιας μηνιαίας εκπομπής στο Operator Radio του Ρότερνταμ, χρησιμοποιώντας το καλλιτεχνικό όνομα Alexis Phase. Το F.E.M καλεί τους καλλιτέχνες να παίξουν μουσική με μια ασυμβίβαστη προσέγγιση, να λυγίσουν τα είδη, να σπάσουν τα όρια στον ήχο και να καινοτομήσουν την ηλεκτρο-βιομηχανική χορευτική μουσική, διατηρώντας πάντα την ιερότητα της πίστας.
Το 2022, ο Αλέξης παρουσίασε για πρώτη φορά τη δική του δισκογραφική εταιρεία “Phases Records”. Η πρώτη κυκλοφορία του label είναι ένα προσεκτικά επιμελημένο V.A. με μουσική που στρέφεται προς διάφορα είδη, προερχώμενα από έξι διαφορετικούς καλλιτέχνες, συμπεριλαμβανομένων ονομάτων όπως ο Adam X και ο Alessandro Adriani.
Ο Αλέξης μιλούσε αγγλικά, γερμανικά, ελληνικά, ισπανικά, ολλανδικά και είχε, επίσης, βασική γνώση της ιταλικής γλώσσας.
Ο Αλέξης απεβίωσε στις 16 Μαρτίου 2023 από Περιτονίτιδα στην Αθήνα.
Biography
Alexis Baytelman (Alexis Baitelman) was born in The Hague, The Netherlands, on the 24 November 1983. At the age of two years he and his Family moved to Cyprus where in 2001 he graduated from Dasoupolis High School in Nicosia.
He studied Biology at the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin in Germany, where he subsequently, did postgraduate studies at the Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät Institut für Biologie in Berlin Germany. Title of his research work is: Analysis of the swimming behavior of common carp under the influence of different stressors. In addition, he did postgraduate studies at Parexel Academy Berlin in Germany, where he was specialized in Clinical Monitoring, Clinical Trial Management, Clinical trial logistics, Electronic data capture, validation and medical coding etc.
He worked in large international research pharmaceutical companies (Prothya Biosolutions, Sanquin, Takeda Vienna, GXP brain GmbH) as Automation & CSV Specialist. At the same time he co-founded the start up Trifor. Trifor is a clinical trial supply simulator aiming to assist clinical supplies professionals with forecasting and optimization.
Alongside his scientific work, Alexis was also very involved in music using the artistic names Alexis Phase, B-Man and Teknon Brutus. He developed a deep insight into music technology and dedicated a large part of his life to electronic music as a DJ, music producer and composer. With over 20 years of experience as a DJ and producer, Alexis has presented his narrative of electronic music also as a promoter through his infamous “Phase” parties at Griessmühle Berlin. He was a proponent of the Mutant Dance, and served his own vision of future electronic music. In his sets, he skilfully weaved cross genre elements and styles. EBM, Industrial, New Beat, Wave No Wave, Acid, & Electro, just to name a few, all coming from an extensive collection of vinyl and digital releases.
In 2022 Alexis had been busy launching his own label “Phases Records”. The label’s first release is a carefully curated V.A. with genre-bending music from six different artists including names such as Adam X and Alessandro Adriani among others. Additionally, he hosted “Future Electronic Music” (F.E.M) which is a monthly show at Rotterdam’s Operator Radio using the artistic name “Alexis Phase”. He called for artists to play music with an uncompromising approach, bending genres, breaking boundaries in sound and innovating electro-industrial dance music genres, always keeping the sanctity of the dance floor.
Alexis was a Greek and Spanish native speaker and fluent in German, Englisch and Dutch. He also had built some basic knowledge in Italian.
Alexis passed away on the 16th of March 2023 due to Peritonitis in Athens.
I‘m so happy to see this brilliant archive for our dear Alexis. It‘s amazing how many projects he was involved in over the years.
I miss him very very much. His infectious smile, enthusiasm for life and his unique energy will stay with me forever! X
Alexis virtues and achievements inspire and illuminate the hearts all of us who knew and loved him. His authenticity and charisma, as well as his enthusiasm for life and deep respect for others will accompany us forever. He was an admirable world citizen!
It is almost a year now that our dear Alexis is gone. Time flew by and at the same time almost froze, it’s a strange feeling.
We met thanks to work, and from the very beginning we got along (since the job interview actually!).
Alexis was a smart man, a fun guy, a passionate human being with a broad culture and an appetite for knowledge.
Oh boy, I do miss our long and fervent discussions!
His legacy remains with us, and this biography and music archive is a beautiful tool to stay connected to him!
Today, it’s a year ago that Alexis died and i am still walking in the streets of Berlin having very often the feeling that i see him. There is a huge luggage of memories of him , of his humor, his intelligence, his pranks, his enthusiasm , laughs, fun and vacations that we shared. But i regret that i missed many of these, that turned to be his last years. i always had for granted that with Alexis we will meet again.
It is so heavy to lose a friend in such an unfair way. In any way…
He will always be remembered. miss you Baytelman!
Forever!
I don’t even know where to start. I’ve been thinking about you week in, week out, every time I listen to a song that no-one else would appreciate but you. I was thinking of various things to go off on, as an invite of others to what our energetic alignment was but I decided to keep all that private because each one of us had something special with you. I used to always say that I don’t like djs cause they’re all conceited but the ones that are artists, I respect. For that reason, I would always tell you that you are the only person I’d learn to dj from, hence I’ll keep it to your biggest love. Beyond the sadness and the yearning, I’ll just always remember the morning I showed you Nomalizo and how we had it on repeat for an hour. That afternoon you bought that Gloria Estefan vinyl and we were just stuck on the B-sides for hours talking about white people and their inability to understand and embody fuego. The look of pride and honor in your face when I told you that whenever I want a background for sex I’d put on your set for Pag. The energy and willingness to dive out of boredom that Friday night cause I was putting on Gloria Gaynor which ended up in the sickest gay disco party at yours. That first time we actually interacted when you were behind the booth in Sousami, right before you moved to Amsterdam and instantly became friends cause you were the only dj in that place that actually put on some hardcore shit that reminds people why we love partying in the first place. Honestly, I can go on on and elaborate with poetics about the loss and gap you have left in my (and our) life (ves), and ask how can scenes keep on pulsating as if nothing happened, and how can music or a dancefloor feel the same again, but I’ll skip the sentimentalities cause we all feel them too much and I’ll just keep it cute and simple and use the same words as Letta Mbulu “Give me that old time feeling”. I miss you.
It was always going to be a good time if Alexi was around. I looked up to him from when we first met, when I was probably around 13-14. He was the only person I knew who was pretty much doing anything with electronic music, not least making a name for himself in the subculture of a big city: Berlin. When I was studying in London in the mid-2000s, and although we still weren’t that close, I went to visit him with a friend and he looked after us better than we could ever have imagined, showing two naive 18 year-olds what a Berlin rave was and always ensuring we were OK and having fun. After that, we were friends. Alexi would again show selfless patience and openness to me when he got me my first gig at Sousami in Limassol, sometime around 2014 – even though I wasn’t very good, I remember him saying that he liked the tracks I was playing and that was enough. I made frequent visits to Berlin each year after that, always travelling there with the excitement of knowing that I would be meeting Alexi, a master of having fun who always made them trips to remember. I wish I could have had the chance to repay all this generosity and hospitality with him visiting me one day in Vietnam. The last time we spoke, we said that that would need to happen soon.
It feels surreal and unfair that we can’t have that chance – or more laughs on walks through Berlin, or a late afternoon margherita and shrimp taco on a hot late afternoon in Meneou. I’ll keep your sense of humour, intelligence and above all realness with me as inspiration and ammunition to move through life with as much lightness and fun as possible, as you did.
Rest in power brother, will miss you always,
Daniel