Vasileios Nektarios Sagonas (Greek: Βασίλειος Νεκτάριος Σαγώνας; born 28 January 1983) known professionally as V-Sag is a Greek music producer, pianist, DJ and music teacher.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

V-Sag
Vasileios Nektarios Sagonas
Βασίλειος Νεκτάριος Σαγώνας
V-Sag at Larissa, 2021
Born (1983-01-28) 28 January 1983 (age 41)
Larissa, Greece
Notable workFeather (2008), Lonely (2017)
StyleElectronica, Progressive House, Downtempo
Websitewww.v-sag.com

Early life

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Sagonas learned how to use computers at an early age, and learned to compose music using Digital Audio Workstations.[5] He came out as gay to his friends and family on his early teens and as a shy person he started expressing his feelings through music.[5][7]

Career

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In 2006, Sagonas released a single Fossil[8] at Pure Substance record label and started touring around the world. The same year, Hernan Cattaneo picked Sagonas' single I Wasn't Impressed Enough[9] as one of his favorites which was released on Dave Seaman's record label, Audio Therapy (record label). In 2008, he collaborated with the record labels Armada Music, EMI and Universal and gained significance success with his release Feather. In the same year he composed the titles music of the soundtrack of the movie Alter Ego starring the Greek singer Sakis Rouvas. Quinlan Road, the record label of the singer Loreena Mckennitt signed V-Sag and released his remix of the song Marrakesh Nigh Market. He then recreated a version of I Totally Miss You of the 80s band Bad Boys Blue and included it on his album Feather with the official license of their label Universal Music Group. He composed the albums Heartfeels, Out Of My Way and Emotions.[citation needed]

In 2013 he performed live at Athens Concert Hall with Alexandra McKay [10] and in 2017 with his release Lonely, gained attention of the Greek music industry,[2][11] which was included as soundtrack at MEGA Channel Cinema prime advertisement spot and trended #1 on Greek Shazam and YouTube.[5]

As of 2021, V-Sag collaborated with Shaya (singer)[12][13] and has released 8 albums by The Sound Of Everything UK in collaboration with The Orchard and Sony Music. His latest album Offline has been characterised as innovating by being the first Dolby Atmos production that has been composed by a Greek music producer.[14]

Discography

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Studio Albums
Year Title Record Label
2006 Fantasy Era The Sound Of Everything UK
2007 Shakesperean Love The Sound Of Everything UK
2008 Feather The Sound Of Everything UK
2010 Heartfeels The Sound Of Everything UK
2013 Out Of My Way The Sound Of Everything UK
2014 Emotions The Sound Of Everything UK
2021 Honestly I'm Dreaming The Sound Of Everything UK
2022 Offline The Sound Of Everything UK
Singles
Year Title Record Label
2006 Fossil Pure Substance Records
2006 A Morning After Swift Records
2006 Thespian Vapour Recordings
2006 I Wasn't Impressed Enough feat. Ilias T Audiotherapy
2008 Feather feat. Alexandra McKay The Sound Of Everything, Universal
2008 Remember Us (as Motehra) Armada Music
2010 Sea Through (in collaboration with DJ Tarkan) No Smoking Recordings
2016 Paragalo (in collaboration with DJ Tarkan) No Smoking Recordings
2017 Lonely feat. Alexandra McKay Zero10 Records
2021 Stranger (in collaboration with Shaya) Swift Records
2021 Gravity (in collaboration with Shaya) The Sound Of Everything UK
2021 10.000 Whispers At Night The Sound Of Everything UK
2021 Sea Waves The Sound Of Everything UK
2021 We Are The Same (in collaboration with Shaya) The Sound Of Everything UK
2021 Freak (in collaboration with Shaya) The Sound Of Everything UK

References

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  1. ^ "V-SAG – Music Producer". Retrieved 2021-10-29.
  2. ^ a b "V-Sag, an artist with passion for music". MUSICA RADIO (in Greek). 2021-09-27. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  3. ^ "V-Sag". Clubber.gr. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  4. ^ "V-Sag & Anduze – "Weakness" | Νέο τραγούδι" (in Greek). 2013-09-25. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  5. ^ a b c d Karatzoglou, Stella (July 20, 2021). "V-Sag, The Music Producer from Larissa with the International Career". iLarissa.
  6. ^ "V-Sag · Artist ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
  7. ^ "Out & Proud: Zώντας ανοιχτά και περήφανα ως LGBT στην Ελλάδα". Gay Life!. 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2021-09-28.
  8. ^ "V-Sag & Andrew K – Fossil · Single Review ⟋ RA". Resident Advisor. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  9. ^ "HERNAN CATTANEO CHART : MARCH 2005". higher-frequency.com. Retrieved 2021-09-27.
  10. ^ ""In-House" / Ηouse μουσική στο Μέγαρο Μουσικής Αθηνών | LiFO". www.lifo.gr (in Greek). 2013-11-27. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  11. ^ larisaevents.gr (2017-02-13). "V-Sag | Ο Λαρισαίος μουσικός παραγωγός διεθνούς φήμης". Λάρισα | larisaevents.gr – Όλη η Λάρισα σε μια σελίδα (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  12. ^ "V-Sag + Shaya – Stranger". MUSICA RADIO (in Greek). 2021-02-02. Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  13. ^ Goniotakis, Michalis (2021-03-14). "V-Sag & Shaya "Gravity" Video Clip". Polis Magazino (in Greek). Retrieved 2021-09-22.
  14. ^ March, Neil (2022-05-22). "Edition 68". Trust The Doc. Retrieved 2022-09-14.