Ethan Syann

"Farewell To the Night" is the result of a dialogue between the photographer Yorgos Yatromanolakis and the music artist Ethan Syann, initiated by IIKKI, between June 2024 and September 2025.

the complete project works in two physical imprints:
a book and a disc (vinyl/cd)
it should be experienced in different ways :
the book read alone
the disc listened to alone
the book and the disc read and listened to together.

We know almost nothing about the music artist Ethan Syann. It's a choice from the musician behind his sounds to stay anonymous and far away from the lights. We don't know if he's behind some other projects or monikers. The only thing we know is that we discovered his works over a decade ago, via Soundcloud. At that time, the quality of the works, the unpredictable range of sounds and atmospheres gave his own imprint to Ethan Syann and the reason to have him on board at a point. It was an obvious fact to put the light on his first and only tracks, recorded between 2013 and 2015. Today, he seems to come back in the area, and started again to record recently for some future projects to come. Yorgos Yatromanolakis choose his works between some various musicians propositions by us, and it has been the perfect match for IIKKI. This is his first release.

Yorgos Yatromanolakis was born (1986) in Zaros, Crete. He lives and works between Athens and Crete. He studied Informatics at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Photography at Stereosis School, and is currently attending the MA program Photography: Research and Methodology at the Department of Photography and Audiovisual Arts, University of West Attica. He is co-founder of artist-run space Zoetrope, in Athens and contributor editor of Phases Magazine.

His artistic practice unfolds around experimental photography techniques, analog printing processes, artists’ books and audiovisual installations. He undertakes long-term photographic projects that he edits, combining storytelling, materials and design.