"Piranhas" from the new album "7FISH"
The album is available at CDbaby
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kellythoma12
and as physical cd at:
http://www.kellythoma.com/discography.php

www.kellythoma.com
 

Eight new compositions by Kelly Thoma rising from the depths of the ocean of music.
Influenced by various modal traditions, Kelly and eleven exceptional musicians interpret her compositions as well as improvise with virtuosity and sensitivity. 
Each composition is named after a specific fish and the last piece called "S", which reveals the movement of the fish, seeks to take the listener to the most profound recesses of his personal ocean.

Ross Daly: lyra , saz , tarhu , nak tarhu
Zohar Fresco: bendir
Pedram Khavar Zamini: tombak
Giorgos Manolakis: cumbus 
Efrén López: saz , daoul 
Aris Kornelakis: lyra 
Sofia Efkleidou: cello
Taxiarhis Georgoulis: oud , yali tanbur
Pavlos Spyropoulos: double bass 
Giannis  Papatzanis:  small daoul 
Μiriam Encinas Laffite: bendir 
Kelly Thoma : lyra, soprano lyra, bendir 

TRACK LIST
1.Piranhas
2.Salahi 
3.Melanouri 
4.Lychnos
5.Hamsi
6.Dolphins
7.Atherina            
8.S


Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio Vasmaris, Heraklion, Crete
www.studiovasmaris.gr
Recorded by: Vaggelis Apostolou
Mixed and mastered by: Efrén López 
 

Piranhas

“Dolphins" from the new album “7FISH”
Featuring:
Kelly Thoma: lyra, soprano lyra
Pavlos Spyropoulos: double bass

The album is available at CDbaby
www.cdbaby.com/cd/kellythoma12
and as physical cd at:
www.kellythoma.com/discography.php

www.kellythoma.com

Eight new compositions by Kelly Thoma rising from the depths of the ocean of music.
Influenced by various modal traditions, Kelly and eleven exceptional musicians interpret her compositions as well as improvise with virtuosity and sensitivity. 
Each composition is named after a specific fish and the last piece called "S", which reveals the movement of the fish, seeks to take the listener to the most profound recesses of his personal ocean.

Ross Daly: lyra , saz , tarhu , nak tarhu
Zohar Fresco: bendir
Pedramkhavar Zamini: tombak
Giorgos Manolakis: cumbus 
Efrén López: saz , daoul 
Aris Kornelakis: lyra 
Sofia Efkleidou: cello
Taxiarhis Georgoulis: oud , yali tanbur
Pavlos Spyropoulos: double bass 
Giannis Papatzanis: small daoul 
Μiriam Encinas Laffite: bendir 
Kelly Thoma : lyra, soprano lyra, bendir

TRACK LIST
1.Piranhas
2.Salahi 
3.Melanouri 
4.Lychnos
5.Hamsi
6.Dolphins
7.Atherina 
8.S

Recorded, mixed and mastered at Studio Vasmaris, Heraklion, Crete
www.studiovasmaris.gr
Recorded by: Vaggelis Apostolou
Mixed and mastered by: Efrén López

Dolphins - 7Fish - Kelly Thoma

“Hamsi" is one of 8 tracks of the cd “7Fish" which is on sale at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/kellythoma12, www.kellythoma.com, as well as on iTunes and Amazon

The musicians on this track:

Kelly Thoma : soprano lyra
Pedram Khavarzamini: tombak
Efren Lopez: divan saz
Ross Daly: saz

http://www.kellythoma.com/

Hamsi

“Melanouri" is one of 8 tracks of the cd “7Fish" which is on sale at www.cdbaby.com/cd/kellythoma12, www.kellythoma.com, as well as on iTunes and Amazon

The musicians on this track:

Kelly Thoma : lyra
Aris Kornelakis: lyra
Efren Lopez: daoul

www.kellythoma.com/

Melanouri

Kelly Thoma's debut album.

The word Anamkhara derives from the Irish Gaelic language and means "friend of the soul".

All of the tracks on the CD are composed and arranged by Kelly Thoma, who is one of the core members of Ross Daly's "Labyrinth" ensemble for the past ten years. Her chosen instrument is the Cretan lyra which she plays in her own unique way, reflecting the rich experience which she has gained in Labyrinth through her collaborations with master musicians from various countries. Her compositions reveal a rich imagination and a wise and mature balance between the indispensable discipline and austerity which characterize the traditions she has studied, and the creative expression, free of dogmatic attitudes, which is the fundamental need of any young artist. The sound of many bowed instruments in combination with the exceptional percussion work of Zohar Fresco is the hallmark of the album.

Four other significant musicians of international stature participate on the album, Efrén López on the vielle a roué, Pedram Khavar Zamini on the Iranian tombak, Ahmet Erdoğdular with a vocal improvisation in the Turkish gazel style, and Ross Daly on the tarhu and Cretan lyra.

01 Star Anise

02 Ice Tree

03 Giouchtas

04 Bir Tel

05 Flutter

06 Anamkhara

07 Dancing Owl

Kelly Thoma was born in Piraeus in 1978. Since 1995, she has been studying the lyra with Ross Daly and three years later  started travelling with him and his group, “Labyrinth”, participating in concerts in Europe, Asia, Australia and the U.S. She has taken part in many projects with musicians from various different traditions from other countries.
Being a member of "Labyrinth" and Labyrinth Musical Workshop she has  had the chance to meet many important musicians such as the Trio Chemirani, Omer Erdogdular, Derya Turkan, Zohar Fresco, Pedram Khavar Zamini, Dhruba Ghosh, Ballake Sissoko, Erdal Erzincan, Mehmet Erenler, Hossein Arman,Yurdal Tokcan, Ustad Mohammed Rahim Khushnawaz and many more. She participates in many of Ross Daly's projects : Ross Daly Quartet, Seyir, Iris, White Dragon (...) as well as in TOKSO string quartet, (with Anne Hytta, Sigrun Eng and Eleonore Billy).She has  graduated from the English Literature department of the Athens University as well as from the ”Rallou Manou” Dance School.
Her first album titled Anamkhara was released in 2009. It is comprised of seven of her own compositions with the participation of great masters Zohar Fresco, Efren Lopez, Pedram Khavar Zamini, Ahmet Erdogdular and Ross Daly.
The term "contemporary modal music" has been created by Ross Daly and describes the sum total of contemporary compositions created today by musicians working within various modal traditions. This music is the continuation of the procedure of modal composing through a very free perspective and is not at all connected with the goal of "preserving traditions". It is the contemporary expression of the beauty of modality (phrase-orientated non-harmonic music which often employs non-tempered intervals).
Kelly's lyras are made by Stelios Petrakis and Leonidas Spanos.
The design of this type of lyra was created by Ross Daly in 1991. The first one was constructed in Athens by Nikos Bras. This lyra has three playing strings (A-D-G) and 12 to 22 sympathetic strings.

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