Name: Lounging w/ Josh - September 2020 by Balamii in Lounging with Josh Banfield
Duration: 2 h 22 s
Description: Josh delivers yet another two hours of easy listening blues from the likes of Fenton Robinson and JJ Cale - smooth downtempo and electronica with a hint of funk and hip hop all coming up.

Lounging with Josh Banfield

Across the endless canvas of still moments, velvet echoes unfold like whispered secrets beneath a twilight sky. Each fragment of sound bears the imprint of a soul: fragile, luminous, and ever-changing. Serenity lingers in the fading light as memories blur, and the language of silence smolders gently in the unspoken spaces. This is a journey through the subtle textures of being, where each breath traces the delicate balance between what is remembered and what quietly fades.

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PETROS SKOUTARIS — Tropika EP
Format: 12"/Digital
Cat.No: ITL012
Release Date: June 2020

Tracklist:
A1. Tropika - 5:08
A2. Attica - 4:02

B1. Yusurum - Part I (ft. Manos Skaramagkas) - 6:58 
B2. Yusurum - Part II (ft. Manos Skaramagkas)- 7:14

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Last year Into The Light delved deep into the unreleased archives of Free Level, a collaborative project between Greek composers George Theodorakis and the late Petros Skoutaris. Now the label presents a blissfully sunny and gorgeously life-affirming EP of rare solo tracks from Skoutaris that were recently discovered on a forgotten CD-R.

Petros Skoutaris first rose to prominence in 1981 when the band he formed, new wave and ska fusionists Sharp Ties, sold 50,000 copies of their debut album “Get That Beat” on the back of the title track becoming a hit single all over Europe. A year later he quit the band, re-emerging in 1984 as the co-owner of now legendary Athens nightclub “Graffiti’’. Up until his unexpected death in 2004, Skoutaris appeared as a guest guitarist on a wide range of records – Pavlos Sidiropoulos’ classic album “Zorba The Freak” included, while also pursuing collaborative projects such as 667, Dubient and Free Level.

The tracks featured on this posthumous solo release were recorded in 2000 and were originally intended to appear on an album that never materialized. They offer a neat snapshot of Skoutaris’ chameleon-like musical nature and the layered melodic intricacy of his trademark guitar playing. This latter feature is particularly evident on “Tropika”, a dreamy but up-tempo affair that sits somewhere between Pat Metheny’s breeziest moments and mid-1980s alternative synth-pop, and the becalmed, Flamenco-influenced sunset bliss of “Attica”. 

Skoutaris’ life-long love affair with reggae culture comes to the fore on the two-part “Yusurum”, a wonderfully intoxicating, NYC dub-funk influenced affair that was written, arranged and co-performed by his friend and fellow Athens synth-wave scene survivor Manos Skaramagkas. Like Bill Laswell’s work as Material, both versions of “Yusurum” incorporate extensive use of Indian style percussion and instrumentation, as well as hallucinatory effects and some of the warmest, weightiest bass known to humankind. It’s a mind-altering trip from an overlooked, little-known Greek master and his equally talented mate.

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A1, A2 composed and performed by Petros Skoutaris
B1, B2 composed by Manos Skaramagkas and performed by Manos Skaramagkas and Petros Skoutaris.
Recorded at the Doc's studio in Athens around 2000
Mastered by Marco Pellegrino at Analogcut 
Back cover art by Petros Skoutaris
Licensed by Akis Skoutaris
Worldwide distribution by Rush Hour

© INTO THE LIGHT 2020
intothelightrecords.gr/

PETROS SKOUTARIS — Tropika (ITL012)

New to Balamii - Lounging with Josh provided slow and laid back ambience, downtempo and electronica. Whoozy synths and lo-fi drum tracks throughout.

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This recording feels like it would pair well with an Isaac Asimov novel - think space stations, eerie transmissions and 'the ether.'

Good for stargazing, pondering existence, or slowing a racing mind.
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the enlightenment - Reload - A Collection Of Short Stories [1993]
Blue Calx - Blue Calx - The Philosophy Of Sound And Machine [1992]
Aspirin (Global Communication remix) - Sensorama	76-14 [1994]
Chai - Deep Space Network & Higher Intelligence Agency [1996]
M+T=E - The Higher Intelligence Agency - Colourform [1993]
Linienbusse - Studio Pankow - opensource.code [2002]
Voice of the Earth - Spacetime Continuum - Sea Biscuit [1994]	
Day World - The Other World Collective - Artificial World [1993]
Flux	 - Young American Primitive [1993]
Floatilla - Spacetime Continuum - Sea Biscuit [1994]
1700 - Placid Angles - First Blue Sky [2019]	
La Nuit (Slumber mix)	Bochum Welt - R.O.B. (Robotic Operating Buddy)[1997/2008]
Daintree	 - Electric Hand - Terra Australis [1987] {AU}
Phoenix At Desert - Akio - Scratches [1996]
Laconic Track 1 (Tom Thiel Remix) - Alex Cortex -opensource.code [2002] Come Out (Ken Ishii Remix) - Steve Reich - Reich Remixed [1999]
La Cathédrale Engloutie - Sora - Re.sort	
Meanwhile (Rm Xb Yb Rothomstates) - Lackluster - R U Oho? (deFocus FOC354) [2000]
Mini Puzzle - Ruxpin - Radio [1999]
John Elder –Somewhere Else In The Far South - Antarctica  [1987] {AU}
3 AM Cityscape - Takashi Wada - Meguro [2004]
Next - Skylab - Skylab #1 [1994	]
Crystal Mist - Prism -Fallen Angel [1997]
Kobresia	 - Biosphere - Substrata [1997]

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cue: space stations & soothing vibrations (stargazing mix)

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Cellar dwelling shite rock and idiot box boogie bop

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MIchael LeGrand - The Summer Knows
Mike Moss - Astral Blue
Mel Ellison - A Forest Glade
The Grab Bag - We Can Fly
Spiritbourne - It Should Have Been Me
Dynamic Arena - Liberated Woman
OMD - 4-Neu
Peter Johnson - Snowblind
Jan Yrssen - Dominique Des Tropics
Alberto Fortis - Il Duomo
Stefano Ruffini - Mary Maria
Martynya Jakubowiccz - Baby
Concrete Blonde - True II
Timex Social Club - Rumors
Voggue -Sun Struck Lover
Steps - Your Burning Love
Benaiah - Love By You
Emeline Michel - Amoure Amer
Ras Shorty - Lamentations
Jungle Partners - Hot Summer Piano
Alien - Cosmic Fantasy Interlude
Blues & Bronco - All My Life
Carlito - Fellowship Part1
London Elektricity & Robert Owens - My Dreams (Total Science remix)
Dope Skillz - Random Waves
Q-Project - Champion Sounds

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Lounging w/ Josh - September 2020

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