Valano aka valantis likostratis, was born in Thessaloniki where he lives. Since 2000 he was attending events in clubs-bars listening to some significant names of dance electronic scene. He has played music in several places in Thessaloniki. In 2006 he co-operated with Ampm team in Thessaloniki and together they were organizing various events in bars and clubs and along with that they also invited many djs from abroad, such as Aril Brikha, Kabane und Liebe, Kreon, Lemos, Masomenos, Mr Statik, Funk n Void, Corrie, Mekka, Havana Boys and many others. At the same time he was occupied with producing music. In 2007 he became A and R manager in solid fabric records which is based in Thessaloniki. After continuing parties with guest djs like Argy, Alex Celler and others in 2009 he also became a radio producer in a radio station in Thessaloniki occupying a two-hours show every Friday midnight with a guests hour full of names from abroad and not only, such as Echonomist, Nikola Gala, Mihali Safr
