Vassilis Lazouras

I got involved with music at young age in Cyprus by having lessons under the guidance of the well respected bassist Omiros Andreou (Zilla Project) and guitarist Manolis Vourakis (Blues Wire). I am now working in London as a professional musician and a freelance bassist, after graduating from the Institute of Contemporary Music Performance. Over the last years I played live in many different venues in London such as the 100 Club, the O2 Kentish Town, the Brixton Jamm and many more. By recording and playing with many artists I became able to adopt in a variety of different styles of music. Most recently I had the opportunity to work with well known music producers/engineers such as Sam Miller (Paloma Faith, Christina Aguilera, PJ Harvey, The Temperance Movement, One Direction, Razorlight, The Magic Numbers) and Steve Lyon (Depeche Mode, The Cure, Paul McCartney, George Best, Laura Pausini) and to perform next to great musicians such as the L.A. based jazz singer Tricia Tahara (Patrice Rushen, Alphonso Johnson, Lenny White, Nungu Chancler) and guitarist Tolis Zavaliaris (Pete Lockett, Laurence Cottle, Neil Angilley, Vanessa Mae). In addition, I also had the chance to open for artists such as Steve Cradock (Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene) and Finley Quaye. At the moment I am involved with many original and cover bands and I am playing in a lot of functions. I have also done a fair amount of studio work and I appeared in music videos as well. Most recently, my original project called ‘Rival Karma’ had the song called ‘Lies’ being used on the commercial for the worldwide campaign of Maybelline New York called ‘Rock Nudes’.

I am now continuing to work in London as a professional musician and my aim is to become a versatile bassist and to gain as much experience as possible.