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Various Artists

Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Greece

Label: Unexplained Sounds Group

Format: CD

Genre: Library/Soundtracks

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*In process of stocking. Limited edition of 200 copies.* In ancient Greece, music played a central role in all areas of life, both public and private. We can only imagine how this music sounded. But there are many visual sources that can tell us who was playing which instruments and in which settings, as well as showing us that there were often people dancing together. Listening to "The M. band" by Pina Bounce, one seems to perceive a sonic glimpse into those ancient times, reverberating through the long notes of the trumpet and filtered by the distortions of the electrical equipment. Grim Machines' "Sparagmos" showcases primitive noise rituals, combining analog equipment and amplified built instruments, thus creating music informed by a creative blend of ethnological study and ancient culture. "Luc" by epavlispavlakis and Nicolas Malevitsis sounds like a requiem played in an abandoned Arcadian monastery. These are some examples of music which, alongside the abstract minimalism and the electronic and electroacoustic experimentation of Costis Drygianakis, Michalis Paraskakis, melophobia, Meteoros Meteor, Savvas Metaxas, Dimitris Savva, and many other talented musicians, can testify to how tradition and innovation, past and present, history and future are in a constant dialectical relationship; and how, incredibly, music in Greece is still flourishing through its youth, despite the millennia of culture behind it. - Raffaele Pezzella

Details
Cat. number: USG078
Year: 2022

Format

Published by ©Unexplained Sounds Group

Curated and mastered by Raffaele Pezzella (Sonologyst)

Cover image “Dyonisus on a boat”, 550-540 BC.

Release notes

200 copies limited edition. Special thanks for their precious collaboration to Nicolas Malevitsis, Ion Christodoulidis, Dimitris Tsironis.

Tracklist
1Sparagmos4:02
2Disruption 57:32
3The M. Band5:14
4Meres5:18
5Kiz Taram Ram4:26
6χρονοθυρίδα (ευρωπαϊκή πολεμική άνοιξη)4:24
7Luc5:13
8Lost Years And Beyond4:47
9Linia5:23
10Fata Morgana4:46
11Endothelial Bronze Ensemble3:34
12Untitled4:37
13Cycnus5:10
14Compact4:58
15For Us Who Never Smiled [Take Dwa Sunrising Trick]5:00
Credits
Raffaele Pezzella
Curated By, Mastered By
SONOLOGYST
Mastered By

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