Early Life
Born to Greek father and a South African Jewish mother of Ukrainian descent (maiden name Hirschon), Philippakis left Greece with his mother when he was five years old. His father taught him to dance the folk traditional songs and sing. He grew up in Oxford, and attended Magdalen College School and St John's College, Oxford where he studied English Literature for a year before dropping out to pursue music.
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