Exarchos was born in 1978 in Piraeus, Greece to a Greek father and Croatian mother from Rijeka.

In the next four years, he obtained two degrees, Bachelor of Music Technology and Master on Sound Production.

[citation needed] During his studies, Exarchos worked as a sound producer at Vault Recording Studios in Hackney, London, where he worked with several British hip hop artists, including Klashnekoff, Bury Crew, Skinnyman, Taskforce, Iceberg Slimm, Mike GLC and JMC.

Within two years, he composed and produced his debut album, while accepting a post-graduate lecturing position at London's University of Westminster in music production.

Stereo Mike subsequently signed to Minos EMI for his second album titled XLI3H, which is leet for the Greek word Εξέλιξη, meaning "evolution".