xato (est. 2018) is the moniker of the Greek, Vienna-based artist, producer, audio engineer and label owner of ‘evo-natura’ Ioannis Nafpliotis (b. 2000).
With a diverse palette of sounds, he debuted in 2020 with “State of Dismay”, an ambient/drone EP released on Himera’s boutique collective, “GoodbyeForever”.

During 2024, he released 4 EPs, all high-end produced projects covering the club, rap/hip-hop, bass, drone and experimental spectrum. A club essential EP “Emotional Burner” on DJ LOSER’s label “Magdalena’s Apathy”, featuring Atlanta’s finest 645AR, his anticipated drone EP “Irrational Fear” via “evo-natura”, featuring bod [包家巷] on the spoken words, the catastrophic bass / leftfield EP “Stories with no fairy tales” via “xyx”, featuring Klahrk and the 6-track collab heater EP with 645AR on the raps, featuring tracks with Ludwig Wandinger and BloodzBoi’s side alias, yy02, via “xyx”.
His DJ and Live sets are both skillfully performed, with both improvisation and DJ sets being fully adaptive to the audience’s energy, making them one of its kind experiences.