Dalot

Aquarium

Label: Same Difference Music

Genre: Electronica / Ambient / Experimental

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‘Aquarium’ tells the story of a lionfish who lives inside a fish tank of an aquarium. A microcosm is opened up through sounds and music so we can all give a closer listen to its routine as it unravels within its confinement: repetition, cohabitation, competition, survival and reflection.

What do we hear? How can our hero survive and keep up with the life inside the fish tank after a magnetic and imposing jellyfish called Medusa makes its appearance? Medusa dances and hypnotises all the fish and is a glowing underwater symbol of water pollution, of the degradation of marine life due to climate change and of human presence.

The musical tableau inside “Aquarium” draws from a variety of influences including Greek kid’s tv shows from the 80s and early 90s as well as more contemporary influences often encountered in the sound of Dalot leaning towards more minimalist, electronic and experimental sounds.

The music featured in the album is an adaptation of the original soundtrack composed for the dance performance for children titled “Aquarium” by Caterini Dinopoulou commissioned by the Municipality of Chania and KEPPEDIH-KAM presented as part of the “Open Sails” Festival 2021.