Yannis Philippakis is a singer of the alternative indie and dance punk band Foals. He is of Greek

Greeks

The Greeks, also known as the Hellenes , are a nation and ethnic group native to Greece, Cyprus and neighboring regions. They also form a significant diaspora, with Greek communities established around the world....

 and South African Jewish

South African Jews

The history of the Jews in South Africa mainly begins with the general European settlement in the 19th century. The early patterns of Jewish South African history are almost identical with the history of the Jews in the United States but on a much smaller scale, including the period of early...

 descent. He left Greece with his mother when he was five years old. His father taught him to dance the folk traditional songs and sing. Philippakis attended Magdalen College School

Magdalen College School, Oxford

Magdalen College School is an independent school for boys aged 7 to 18 and girls in the sixth form, located on The Plain in Oxford, England. It was founded as part of Magdalen College, Oxford by William Waynflete in 1480....

 and St John's College

St John's College, Oxford

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, Oxford

University of Oxford

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, dropping out after his first year to pursue music. He performed as an actor in an adaptation of Marguerite Duras'

Marguerite Duras

Marguerite Donnadieu, better known as Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.-Background:...

 Moderato Cantabile

Moderato Cantabile

Moderato Cantabile is a novel by Marguerite Duras. It was very popular, selling half a million copies and being the initial source of Duras's fame.-Plot:...

 directed by Alexander Zeldin

Alexander Zeldin

Alexander Zeldin is a British theatre and opera director. His most high profile productions to date have been a re-staging of Tsypin and Gergiev's production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Royal Opera House, London, in July 2009, as well as the Russian premiere of Powder Her Face by Thomas...

.

In a BBC 6 hub session interview Philippakis expressed his desire to write 'Ballet with beats'.

He will be touring Foals' second album Total Life Forever

Total Life Forever

Total Life Forever is the second studio album by British indie rock band Foals, released on 10 May 2010 through Transgressive Records. Prior to the album's release, the band described it as souding "like the dream of an eagle dying". It was produced by Luke Smith, and was recorded at Svenska...

. Intentions to develop his Bins Are For Bombs project with former Foals and Youthmovies

Youthmovies

Youthmovies were an English rock quintet, comprising Andrew Mears , Al English , Graeme Murray , Stephen Hammond and Sam Scott...

 member Andrew Mears appear static, but may be rekindled at some point in the near future.

Philippakis also appeared on Series 21 of BBC's Never Mind The Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a comedy panel game television show with a pop music theme, currently without a permanent presenter. It stars Phill Jupitus and Noel Fielding as team captains. The show is produced by Talkback Thames for the BBC, and is usually aired on BBC Two...

, on 24 January 2008.

Yannis produced Trophy Wife's latest song 'Wolf'.

With Foals

• Later... with Jools Holland

• Skins
  Skins (TV series)
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  (Released as a MySpace
  MySpace
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   exclusive, then aired by E4)

• The Culture Show
  The Culture Show
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• T-Mobile
  T-Mobile
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  's Transmission

• The Album Chart Show

• Barclaycard Mercury Prize Sessions

External links

• Official website
• Foals Fansite
• A Band That Cradles Its Rock, Even Under All Those Layers of Expectations, New York Times
• Music Review: Foals, BBC Norfolk – 2008
• Music Review: Foals, Knockout Music Blog – 2008
• Foals reviewed on The Mag
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2810109/, Yannis Philippakis on imdb