Isikawa Ko / Sidirokastritis Nikos / Varoutas Giorgos / Lambrakis Giorgos / Lambrakis Harris / Linardou Anna
The Depths Above
Label: Underflow
Genre: Jazz / Avant Garde
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Al. Papadiamandis
This excerpt from Alexandros Papadiamantis's novel “The Rose-tinted Shores” sums up the aesthetic experience of the album “The Depths Above”.
Ko Ishikawa, Nikos Sidirokastritis, Giorgos Varoutas, Harris Lambrakis and Anna Linardou interpret the ecstasy of nature, wandering between ancient memory and imagination.
Ancient instruments, such as the Japanese shō and the Middle Eastern ney, a piece of acacia wood and a voice, combined with electroacoustic guitar, electronic sound and live sampling, reflect a poetic contemplation of the human condition between the sea and the depths of the sky.
The album was recorded in Athens on January 17, 2019, at the Underflow Record Store and Art Gallery, which was arranged accordingly for the project's audio and video recording needs.
The release includes 2 CDs: the first is the recording of the quintet Ishikawa-Sidirokastritis-Varoutas-Lambrakis-Linardou, and the second the recording of the trio Ishikawa-Sidirokastritis-Varoutas. The interior of the 6-panel digipak is decorated with engravings by Dimitris Sidirokastritis.
credits
Ko Isikawa: shō
Harris Lambrakis: ney
Anna Linardou: voice
Nikos Sidirokastritis: wood, floor tom, cymbal
Giorgos Varoutas: ac.guitar, electronics, objects, live sampling
Recorder by: Gustav Penka
Mixed by: Giorgos Varoutas, Gustav Penka
Mastered by: Taylor Deupree
Artwork by: Dimitris Sidirokastritis
Graphic Design by: No Más / No More Studio