χρόνια πολλά, τόμας. 

voice, words: emma collier
piano: antonis tsikandilakis
for: tomas estes and phil bayly



Brother is what you are

that home so long ago made,
its velocity
the great change necessary
to carry our untidy heroic acts
all over the planet,
install them in the life force
we come to name agave love.

Our story begins with a palm tree

an invitation to accommodate
a little more poetry into everything
that I couldn’t refuse

once I saw what that
that open sea was capable of
it became a door I walked through
and never looked back.

To be hope

rode freely through
loose and curious chapters,

both mountains and monsters
flickering our pages

this is the one thing we have
always agreed on

so that the history
we make
dream after dream,
that motley group of desires
set in
motion &
bathed in exaggerated light,
will have never been
for our satisfaction
alone.

I write this for the moment
we celebrate our return to the world
our first evening back in Mexico
as it begins to blush into morning
when we’ve only just begun
raising all the glasses we have
to raise
to this whole kinetic affair

the birth of a book,
now a living creature,
who carries with it
all these tall tales of mischief
that fell over the earth,

all those things we hummed
into magic
from somewhere deep within
the interior,

the fabric of this familiar place
where our bodies labor to trick more
laughter into everything,
anchoring into our restless future,
the one that looms brighter
with each hungry hour

every single time
we climb inside
an unknown vehicle
and just drive.

brothers agave

Project Nascence is the beginning of my artistic and creative career.
Eight tracks that have been recorded from March 2022 to March 2024.
This project is a personal attemp to break all the academic, musical and social stereotypes that I have.
A project that talks about Feminicides (Fanatismeni den ime/ No Es Que Quiera Obsesionarme a poem by Pilar Rodríguez Aranda, Translation: Elena Stagkouraki), about the stages of grief (dedicated to the train accident that took place in Greece on February 2023) etc.

Project Nascence is seperated in two different parts, first part is the solo section played by Nicky Kokkoli with saxophone, electronics, vinyls etc while the second part was recorded by a sextet.

Artwork: Chrysanthi Matsagka

Musicians:
Nicky Kokkoli - Saxophone, Fx, Turntable, Bass.
Dimitris Ventourakis - Keys (tracks 2,4,6)
Giannis Arapis - El. Guitar (tracks 2,4,6)
Mizi - Augmented Turntable (tracks 2,4,6)
Dimitris Kapoulas - Bass (tracks 2,4,6)
Simos Riniotis - Drums (tracks 2,4,6)

Tracks 1,3,5,7,8 recorded and mixed by Nicky Kokkoli, additional mixing by Stelios Mihas
Tracks 2,4,6 recorded, mixed and masterd by Stelios Mihas
All tracks mastered by Stelios Mihas

Track 6 poem by Pilar Rodriguez Aranda, translated by Elena Stagkouraki

Sincere thanks to Stelios Mihas, Dimitris Ventourakis, Giannis Arapis, Simos Riniotis, Dimitris Kapoulas, Mizi, Chrysanthi Matsagka, Pilar Rodriguez Aranda, Elena Stagkouraki, moment creative (Constantina Georgiou), Jazz Solidarity Network, Alex Zethson, Manthos Giourtzoglou and my family.

brothers agave

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