BEAT RIDE A.K.A ANTIGONI KOSTALA WAS BORN AND RAISED IN ATHENS, GREECE. SHE BEGAN PIANO LESSONS AT THE AGE OF EIGHT, COMPOSING HER FIRST PIECE FOR CLASSICAL MUSIC AT THE AGE OF NINE. IN ADDITION TO PIANO AND MUSIC THEORY STUDY, ANTIGONI COMPLETED HER DEGREE IN “INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN STUDIES” AT PANTEION UNIVERSITY IN ATHENS. CURRENTLY SHE IS INVOLVED WITH BUSINESS MUSIC, IN STORE AND RADIO SPOTS PRODUCTIONS AND VOICEOVER SERVICES. SHE HAS PARTICIPATED IN VARIOUS ALBUMS AND COMPILATIONS AS A VOCALIST AND WORKED ON TELEVISION SHOWS.

Her music is inspired by various music genres, a mixture of sounds and styles, moving from ambient to electronica. Her signature is the combination of instruments from strings, brass and flutes to sitar, electric guitars and electronic sounds, blending classical, soul, jazz and rock melodic lines.

RELEASES :

Ε.P. BEAT RIDE - NO MOVIE SOUNDTRACK (KRAAK RECORDS 2009)
Track 1 : Play (remix)
Track 2 : Play
Track 3 : What U Call Life (remix)
Track 4 : What U Call Life
Track 5 : Nature Symphony

REMIXES :
ΑLBUM : LEGO BOY - BLACK BOX FROM YOUR PLANE The remixes (KRAAK RECORDS 2011)
Track 1 : Lego Boy feat Olga K - Alone Again (Beat Ride remix)

VOCALS & CO-PRODUCTION

1 Album THE 5th GALAXY ORRCHESTRA - MECHRI TO TELOS TOU ORIZONDA (BMG 2001)
vocals & co-production on “Ola thymizoun esena”
Vocals on “To psema pou afinei I siopi”

2 Compilation ISLAND VOL 2 (WARNER MUSIC 2002)
Vocals and co-production on THE FIFTH GALAXY ORCHESTRA - Angel

3 Album KATERINA DINOU – SE ONIRO ZO (MBI 2004)
Backing Vocals on ‘Tosi Agapi”, “Feugo kai tipota”. “Taksidi ap to balkoni”, “Tosi agapi (acoustic version)”

4 Compilation AROUND THE WORLD & BACK A TRIBUTE TO DEPECHE MODE (KLIK RECORDS/UNDO RECORDS 2005)
Vocals on DEPECHE MODE-In Your Room covered by The 5th Galaxy Orchestra

5 Compilation RADIO-ENERGIA (MBI 2005)
Vocals and co-production on PANDIGO-Mia nea archi

6 Compilation CAFÉ.GR (NRG RECORDS/UNIVERSAL 2005)
Vocals on PANDIGO -Diafani agapi

7 E.P. MEDRAS - I AM BACK (TIMEWARP MUSIC 2008)
Vocals on “I am back”

8 Album TΗΕ 5th GALAXY ORCHESTRA - MUSIC THROUGH THE YEARS (SUNSET ROUGE MUSIC 2008)
-Vocals on “Sea Shell”
-String arrangement on ‘World in a dream”

TV
1 OLA8 ANT1 2007
2. GEIA SOU DARVINE ANT1 2008
Sound design / remixing of well known songs
3 LOVE BITES ANT1 2010
Opening theme