Yannatou Savina / Almeida Goncalo / Drygianakis Costis
Independent / Interdependent
Label: Defkaz
Genre: Jazz / Avant Garde
Availability
- LP 180gr €24.99 In Stock
Recorded live at the Take 2 Festival, Mikri Skini, Thessaloniki, in March 2025, the album captures a unique performance where each musician interacts freely, blending acoustic and electronic textures. Extended vocal techniques, bowed double bass, and deep electronic processing create a dark, immersive sound world.
The music explores the balance between independence and interaction, separation and connection, letting sound develop organically through collaboration and experimentation.
Independent / Interdependent is a record about listening, responding, and the dynamic space between musicians, where structure and tension emerge naturally from the performance.
Savina Yannatou is a distinctive voice in contemporary improvised music, celebrated for her vocal flexibility and use of extended techniques. Rooted in Mediterranean traditions yet moving beyond them, she blends folk, avant-garde, and free improvisation in a highly personal language. A long-time collaborator with Primavera en Salonico, she has performed internationally, redefining the voice as an instrument of boundless expressive potential.
Gonçalo Almeida is a prominent figure in the European improvised music scene, known for his powerful double bass presence and exploratory approach. Blending free improvisation with elements of jazz, rock, and experimental music, he creates highly dynamic and textural soundscapes.Active in numerous international collaborations, he has established a strong voice as both a performer and composer, pushing the boundaries of the bass in contemporary music.
Costis Drygianakis is a pioneering figure in experimental and electroacoustic music, known for his work with field recordings, tape manipulation, and sound collage. His practice moves between composition and improvisation, creating immersive sonic environments that blur the line between structured and spontaneous sound.Active both as a solo artist and collaborator, he has contributed significantly to the development of contemporary sound art, exploring the expressive potential of recorded and transformed audio.
''Somehow, Yannatou, Almeida, and Drygianakis connect in unpredictable ways, offering nuanced, dark, but quite immersive sonic rituals, or opinionated yet deep listening arguments. Yannatou leads the trio and acts as a vocal magician-poet who tells complex but wordless stories with great pathos, operatic vocals, and an immediate emotional impact. Almedia (who also mixed the album) introduces a free concept of time with his inventive extended bowing techniques, which fit Yannatou's timeless vocalizations perfectly. Drygianakis adds a futurist, experimental dimension with his clever, precise interventions. This performance ends too soon and leaves you hoping that it was not a one-off, and this trio will find more opportunities to spread its magics.''
by Eyal Hareuveni - Percorsi Musicali
Lucky unique color vinyl.