Manos Milonakis's 'Festen' album out now !

Listen/Buy : modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/festen

Original Score for a theatrical adaptation of Thomas Vinterberg’s “Festen”, the first dogma ’95 film. Directed for the National Theatre of Northern Greece by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos - Premiered 18 November 2016. 

All music composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis at -1 Studio. 
Additional recordings and mixing by Tasos Karadedos at Stereotype Studio. 

All instruments performed by Manos Milonakis except: 
Violin: Christina Georgeli, Viktor Orri Árnason 
Viola: Viktor Orri Árnason 
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou, Sebastian Selke 
Guitar: George Papadopoulos 

big thank you to: 
Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, N.T.N.G., all actors and contributors, Évolène, Nick, Sophie, Kostas, Elisso, George, Thodoris, Christina, Viktor, Sebastian, Tasos, Dimitris, my family. 

www.manosmilonakismusic.com 
www.modernarecords.com

Artwork by Tilman (geometrydaily.tumblr.com) 
Layout by Nicolas Hyatt

Festen (album excerpt)

Manos Milonakis's 'The Seagull' album out on 13.03.20 !

Stream/Buy : https://fanlink.to/the-seagull

Recorded and mixed by Manos Milonakis and Ed Carlsen between Thessaloniki and Kongens Lyngby. 

Mastered by Manos Milonakis at -1 Studio. 

All instruments performed by Manos Milonakis except: 
Violin: Christina Georgeli, David Bogorad 
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou 

Big thanks to Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, T.N.M.S Craiova-Romania, all actors and contributors, Sergio, Ed, Eirini, Mihalis, Etten, The Salonico String Quartet, my friends and family.

www.manosmilonakismusic.com
www.pianoandcoffeerecords.com

Artwork by Jordan Amy Lee 
Layout by Rita Silva

The Seagull (album excerpt)

Happy Piano Day!

88th day of the year again today, same as the number of the keys on a piano, and the pandemic is still a reality! Piano Day was invented to let likeminded people, piano lovers, piano players, tuners, builders, movers and of course, listeners, communicate with each other. But more importantly, to spread a message of hope and a proof that we can still celebrate life, and escape whenever we want into the safe universe of music.

www.pianoday.org

“Celestial” is my contribution for this year’s piano celebration! Being filmed on “Spring Equinox”, the first day of astronomical spring (aka the moment the Sun crosses the celestial equator), in a one-shot camera circular movement, reminiscent of a planet’s orbit…Do you think we are important? Do you think covid19 is worth the hype? Let’s take a step back and realize the impact that planetary movements have to human-scale reality. Just the right tilt, in the right time, and we have this orchard of blooming beauty.

video:
https://youtu.be/7xFd-VOqtmA

shot by: Eirini Karavangeli 
peach orchard by: Evans Karaindros 
ac power in the middle of nowhere by: Fotis Zannos 
- thank you all so much 🙏✨-

"Celestial" will be soon available as a digital release, so stay tuned ;)

Celestial

Celestial (Piano Day 2021)

With the occasion of the re-release of his original score for the theatrical play "Zyklon", Manos Milonakis finds himself in Kópavogur, Iceland and together with violinist Björk Óskarsdóttir they record an outdoor live version of the "La Forza del Destino", based on the original theme by Giuseppe Verdi.

Single to be included in "Zyklon" OST, coming out later in 2023.

Stream/Download/Buy:
https://bfan.link/la-forza-del-destino-live-in-kopavogur-iceland

video by: Eirini Karavangeli
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVwrmA78kC0

La Forza Del Destino (Live In Kópavogur, Iceland)

Stream/Download/Watch

La Forza Del Destino (Live in Kópavogur, Iceland)

Sólfar

The Compass

Quiet Grey

Towards The Setting Sun

Original music for Lena Athanasopoulou's documentary "Drink and be merry" firstly screened at 17th Thessalonki International Documentary Festival, March 2015.

Director - Script: Lena Athanasopoulou / Research: Lena Athanasopoulou, Maria Samou, Eli Ioannidou / Editorial: Lena Athanasopoulou / Director of Photography: Kalesis Theodoros / Editing: Giannis Andrias / Production Manager: Stavroula Dimitriadou / Music: Manos Milonakis / Producer: Peirama Polychoros / Poster Design: Fotini Filoxenidou

Drink And Be Merry - Theme Variation 01

Drink And Be Merry - Main Theme

Third and concluding theme for Beforelight's mini documentary presenting "Urban Lightscapes", a series of workshops, lectures and urban light interventions held in Athens, Barcelona and Maastricht. Video directed by Eirini Steirou of Beforelight.

Urban Lightscapes Theme III

Second theme for Beforelight's mini documentary presenting "Urban Lightscapes", a series of workshops, lectures and urban light interventions held in Athens, Barcelona and Maastricht. Video directed by Eirini Steirou of Beforelight.

Urban Lightscapes Theme II

Original folk theme for Beforelight's mini documentary presenting "Urban Lightscapes", a series of workshops, lectures and urban light interventions held in Athens, Barcelona and Maastricht. Video directed by Eirini Steirou of Beforelight.

Urban Lightscapes Theme I

Concluding "Hope" theme for the mini documentary "A Neighborhood At The Limit", commissioned by Parallaxi, realised by DesTV, directed by Giorgos Skandalaris. Screened at Olympion / Thessaloniki / 10 June 2015.

- This track was later on expanded and adapted to the 8.1 surround system of "Start Fellowship Celebration" held in Labattoir, Thessaloniki, May 12 2016. Photo by Angelos Zymaras

Special thanks to Elisso Papastrati (violin) and Charalambos Papadopoulos (Cello)!

A Neighborhood At The Limit - Hope Theme (extended)

"Night" theme for the mini documentary "A Neighborhood At The Limit", commissioned by Parallaxi, realised by DesTV, directed by Giorgos Skandalaris. Screened at Olympion / Thessaloniki / 10 June 2015.

A Neighborhood At The Limit - Night Theme

"Reality" theme for the mini documentary "A Neighborhood At The Limit", commissioned by Parallaxi, realised by DesTV, directed by Giorgos Skandalaris. Screened at Olympion / Thessaloniki / 10 June 2015.

A Neighborhood At The Limit - Reality Theme

Introductory "Day" theme for the mini documentary "A Neighborhood At The Limit", commissioned by Parallaxi, realised by DesTV, directed by Giorgos Skandalaris. Screened at Olympion / Thessaloniki / 10 June 2015.

A Neighborhood At The Limit - Day Theme

Original music for the video presentation and interview of "Beetroot" Design Studio, directed and produced by Eirini Steirou. Video soon available on greektv.com.

GreekTV Doc - Beetroot Theme

Second cover of Vassilis Tsitsanis’ “Kathe Vradi Panta Lipimeni (Κάθε Βράδυ Πάντα Λυπημένη)” for the theatrical play M.A.I.R.O.U.L.A. (Μ.Α.Ι.Ρ.Ο.Υ.Λ.Α.) directed by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos. This comeback of the theatrical group “Nees Morfes” premiered on February 12th 2016 at “T Theatre (Θέατρο Τ)”, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kathe Vradi Panta Lipimeni ΙI (Tsitsanis cover)

First cover of Vassilis Tsitsanis’ “Kathe Vradi Panta Lipimeni (Κάθε Βράδυ Πάντα Λυπημένη)” for the theatrical play M.A.I.R.O.U.L.A. (Μ.Α.Ι.Ρ.Ο.Υ.Λ.Α.) directed by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos. This comeback of the theatrical group “Nees Morfes” premiered on February 12th 2016 at “T Theatre (Θέατρο Τ)”, Thessaloniki, Greece.

Kathe Vradi Panta Lipimeni Ι (Tsitsanis cover)

A collaborative jam with @Dimitris-Tasoudis (prepared grand piano) and myself (wurlizer 206a). Specially conceived and recorded for Nils Frahm’s #pianoday 2016.

Be Prepared (for Piano Day 2016) / a collaboration w Dimitris Tasoudis

Fifth track of Manos Milonakis's remix release "Sólfar Reworked" by:

Ed Carlsen (www.edcarlsenmusic.com , @edcarlsen) : 

Ed Carlsen is an Italian-born composer/producer based in Copenhagen. He has been making music for 20+ years, first through classical piano lessons in his early childhood and subsequently as a guitarist interested 
in rock, reggae, prog and classical. He studied the guitar at CPM Milano. Seeking to marry his musical knowledge with production techniques, Carlsen pursued studies in Music Technology at the London College of Music. There he gained an interest in sound design and making music for film and visual media. After a long break from playing, in 2015 he once again took up the piano, but with a different approach: rather than learning through the study of other artists, he set to further his development through writing his own songs. This, combined with his newfound interests in sound design, led to his vision for The Journey Tapes.

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Celebrating Record Store Day and given the occasion of Sólfar EP’s 1st anniversary, Manos Milonakis invites friends, composers and producers to rethink-reimagine its’ 5 tracks. Sólfar EP was Manos’s second solo release, after Your Hand in Mine, which he recorded in Iceland with contribution of local musicians.

The 5 pieces of Sólfar EP have been reworked by:
Steve Gibbs, Fragile Balloon, Luke Howard, Hior Chronik, Ed Carlsen.

Sólfar Reworked is out worldwide on 22/04/2017, Record Store Day 2017, in limited handmade CD edition and digital.

You can find it at:
Thessaloniki: Lotus, Noise, Stereodisc
Athens: Underflow
Worldwide: www.manosmilonakismusic.com
Digital release: https://manosmilonakismusic.bandcamp.com

Sólfar Reworked

Sólfar (Ed Carlsen Rework)

Fourth track of Manos Milonakis's remix release "Sólfar Reworked" by:

Hior Chronik (www.soundcloud.com/hiorchronik) : 

Based in Berlin, Hior Chronik was born in Athens in 1974. His relationship with music started when he was working as a radio producer for Jazz fm in the early 90s’ and as a columnist for various music magazines. He began creating music about 7 years ago and today his focus is on minimal ambient based mainly on piano. His debut album entitled “I’m a tree”" was released from Enregistrements Variables label in 2010.His 2nd solo album, entitled “Unspoken Words” was released by mü-nest in November of 2011. Last year he released "Taking the veil" for Kitchen.Label with many collaborations with Sophie Hutchings, Field Rotation, Halo etc. and "In Between" together with Arovane for ASIP. 
Before the end of the year is gonna be released his solo piano album for Kitchen.Label.

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Celebrating Record Store Day and given the occasion of Sólfar EP’s 1st anniversary, Manos Milonakis invites friends, composers and producers to rethink-reimagine its’ 5 tracks. Sólfar EP was Manos’s second solo release, after Your Hand in Mine, which he recorded in Iceland with contribution of local musicians.

The 5 pieces of Sólfar EP have been reworked by:
Steve Gibbs, Fragile Balloon, Luke Howard, Hior Chronik, Ed Carlsen.

Sólfar Reworked is out worldwide on 22/04/2017, Record Store Day 2017, in limited handmade CD edition and digital.

You can find it at:
Thessaloniki: Lotus, Noise, Stereodisc
Athens: Underflow
Worldwide: www.manosmilonakismusic.com
Digital release: https://manosmilonakismusic.bandcamp.com

Quiet Grey (Hior Chronik Rework)

Third track of Manos Milonakis's remix release "Sólfar Reworked" by:

Luke Howard (www.lukehoward.com , @lukehoward) : 

Australian Music Prize-nominated composer Luke Howard has been described as “absolutely heavenly” (Mary Anne Hobbs, BBC Radio 6) and his music as “an ambient masterclass” (Musos’ Guide), but no words can fully capture the potency of Howard’s enthralling compositions. A pianist since childhood, Howard has scored films and performed with artists as diverse as Lior and Jeff Mills, capturing audiences with contemporary classical arrangements that curl and twist around the boundaries of a particular emotion. Though wordless, Howard’s songs perform a function unique to music as a medium – that of evoking without describing, bringing listeners to a feeling which defies articulating. 

Now signed to UK label Mercury KX (Lambert, Olafur Arnalds, Solomon Grey) and joined live by drummer and collaborator Daniel Farrugia, 2017 has Howard working across several projects: arranging the keyboard works of photographer William Eggleston, a pioneer of colour photography; a European tour beginning in the UK and ending with a performance at Germany’s legendary Elbphilharmonie; and a new record. 

Howard is one of Australia’s foremost practitioners of contemporary classical music. Having already accomplished so much and with more on the horizon, he is set to captivate audiences worldwide.

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Celebrating Record Store Day and given the occasion of Sólfar EP’s 1st anniversary, Manos Milonakis invites friends, composers and producers to rethink-reimagine its’ 5 tracks. Sólfar EP was Manos’s second solo release, after Your Hand in Mine, which he recorded in Iceland with contribution of local musicians.

The 5 pieces of Sólfar EP have been reworked by:
Steve Gibbs, Fragile Balloon, Luke Howard, Hior Chronik, Ed Carlsen.

Sólfar Reworked is out worldwide on 22/04/2017, Record Store Day 2017, in limited handmade CD edition and digital.

You can find it at:
Thessaloniki: Lotus, Noise, Stereodisc
Athens: Underflow
Worldwide: www.manosmilonakismusic.com
Digital release: https://manosmilonakismusic.bandcamp.com

Ten (Luke Howard Rework)

Second track of Manos Milonakis's remix release "Sólfar Reworked" by:

Fragile Balloon (www.soundcloud.com/fragile-balloon) : 

Fragile Balloon is the alias of Giorgos Kontogiannidis. His origins are from Edessa, municipality of Pella (Greece) and has studied music technology in Thessaloniki. He composes his music in an experimental-electronic style since 2007. He was one of the founding members of “Coo” team (cooradio, coorecords) and columnist for the music online magazine "breakaplate.com". Since 2014, running his own label, Numb Capsule Records.

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Celebrating Record Store Day and given the occasion of Sólfar EP’s 1st anniversary, Manos Milonakis invites friends, composers and producers to rethink-reimagine its’ 5 tracks. Sólfar EP was Manos’s second solo release, after Your Hand in Mine, which he recorded in Iceland with contribution of local musicians.

The 5 pieces of Sólfar EP have been reworked by:
Steve Gibbs, Fragile Balloon, Luke Howard, Hior Chronik, Ed Carlsen.

Sólfar Reworked is out worldwide on 22/04/2017, Record Store Day 2017, in limited handmade CD edition and digital.

You can find it at:
Thessaloniki: Lotus, Noise, Stereodisc
Athens: Underflow
Worldwide: www.manosmilonakismusic.com
Digital release: https://manosmilonakismusic.bandcamp.com

Towards The Setting Sun (Fragile Balloon Rework)

First track of Manos Milonakis's remix release "Sólfar Reworked" by:

Steve Gibbs (www.stevegibbsmusic.com , @stevegibbs) : 

Steve Gibbs is a British modern classical/ambient musician and composer for Film & TV, whose sound has been described as "cinematic" and "ethereal".  
Drawing on influences from classical, ambient, post-rock and electronic music, he produces piano-driven compositions, often accompanied by string arrangements, ambient textures and subtle electronics.  
2013 saw the release of 'In Passing', written in collaboration with American composer Cyrus Reynolds and his debut solo release 'Adrift' was released in 2014. His music is available for licensing and also composes original scores for a variety of media projects. His work has previously appeared in advertising campaigns, TV idents, short films, documentaries, art installations and choreographed for dance. 
His debut album ’Adrift’ has been remastered and due to be released on vinyl and digital by Injazero Records on April 28th 2017.

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Celebrating Record Store Day and given the occasion of Sólfar EP’s 1st anniversary, Manos Milonakis invites friends, composers and producers to rethink-reimagine its’ 5 tracks. Sólfar EP was Manos’s second solo release, after Your Hand in Mine, which he recorded in Iceland with contribution of local musicians.

The 5 pieces of Sólfar EP have been reworked by:
Steve Gibbs, Fragile Balloon, Luke Howard, Hior Chronik, Ed Carlsen.

Sólfar Reworked is out worldwide on 22/04/2017, Record Store Day 2017, in limited handmade CD edition and digital.

You can find it at:
Thessaloniki: Lotus, Noise, Stereodisc
Athens: Underflow
Worldwide: www.manosmilonakismusic.com
Digital release: https://manosmilonakismusic.bandcamp.com

The Compass (Steve Gibbs Rework)

from 'Manos Milonakis - Festen' released May 26th 2017

CD/Digital: https://tinyurl.com/y8o8x7gw
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkvgyw
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yben3owk

Composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis (@manosmilonakismusic) at -1 Studio.

Piano, synth : Manos Milonakis
Violin: Christina Georgeli, Viktor Orri Árnason
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou

Artwork by Tilman (http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com)
www.manosmilonakismusic.com

Festen

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Manos Milonakis - Dressing

from 'Manos Milonakis - Festen' released May 26th 2017

CD/Digital: https://tinyurl.com/y8o8x7gw
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkvgyw
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yben3owk

Composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis (@manosmilonakismusic) at -1 Studio.

Synth, wurlitzer piano : Manos Milonakis
Violin : Christina Georgeli
Cello : Thodoris Papadimitriou

Artwork by Tilman http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com
www.manosmilonakismusic.com

Manos Milonakis - Festen Theme

from 'Manos Milonakis - Festen' released May 26th 2017

CD/Digital: https://tinyurl.com/y8o8x7gw
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkvgyw
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yben3owk

Composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis (@manosmilonakismusic) at -1 Studio.

Wurlitzer piano, synths, processing : Manos Milonakis
Violin, Viola : Viktor Orri Árnason
Cello : Sebastian Selke

Artwork by Tilman http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com
www.manosmilonakismusic.com

Manos Milonakis - Scrubber

from 'Manos Milonakis - Festen' released May 26th 2017

CD/Digital: https://tinyurl.com/y8o8x7gw
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkvgyw
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yben3owk

Composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis (@manosmilonakismusic) at -1 Studio.

Piano, synth : Manos Milonakis
Violin : Viktor Orri Árnason
Viola : Viktor Orri Árnason
Cello : Sebastian Selke, Thodoris Papadimitriou

Artwork by Tilman  http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com
www.manosmilonakismusic.com

Manos Milonakis - Father's Theme

from 'Manos Milonakis - Festen' released May 26th 2017

CD/Digital: https://tinyurl.com/y8o8x7gw
Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/y8jkvgyw
iTunes: https://tinyurl.com/yben3owk

Composed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Manos Milonakis (@manosmilonakismusic) at -1 Studio.

piano: Manos Milonakis
Violin : Christina Georgeli 
Violin & Viola : Viktor Orri Árnason

Artwork by Tilman http://geometrydaily.tumblr.com
www.manosmilonakismusic.com

Buy CD/Digital

Manos Milonakis - Lobster Soup

Original music and sound design composed for a dance performance for the "Researcher's Night 2017" of EKETA. Presented at Thessaloniki Concert Hall, 29.09.2017
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www.researchersnight.gr
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Direction: Nikos Kapelios
Dance: Rhiannon Elena Morgan
Make Up: Lida Dalla
Einstein Act: Kostas Kafantaris

Time

Wormhole

Entropy

Margarette II 

composed, performed, produced by: Manos Milonakis

A pianistic venture based on "Margarette" (a track for Piano Day 2018, part of "Intervals" compilation by Moderna Records: download/buy: modernarecords.bandcamp.com/album/intervals)

www.manosmilonakismusic.com
www.pianoday.org

Margarette II

Margarette II (Piano Day 2019)

Thessaloniki-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Manos Milonakis debuts on piano and coffee records with "The Seagull", a synopsis of his original score for Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov’s play of the same name, directed by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos for theatres of Greece and Romania.

The first musical lines of this project were drawn while in Romania, where together with the director, Milonakis travelled to prepare a show for Craiova’s National Theatre. The post-communist atmosphere, the humid streets, the sense of modern balkan darkness contrasting with incredibly vivid painted walls, strong flavors, smells, and amazingly passionate and friendly people would be decoded into music for the classic Russian play. The thirteen tracks in "The Seagull" blend melancholic piano melodies, soaring strings, gentle electronics, atmospheric haze, and evocative soundscapes. Sometimes discreet and others at the forefront of a strong narrative, each piece pours itself into the other like communicating vessels, coexisting with romantic encounters, philosophical arguments, family quarrels and a series of unanticipated arrivals and departures. Piece by piece, Milonakis masterfully introduces us into a world of frustrated lives and unrequited love.

Even though "The Seagull" was composed in 2015, a year before his previous release, "Festen", it took Milonakis significantly more time to decide it was the right moment to release it. “During these years and working in-between other projects”, he says, “I sometimes looked back in my hardrives and these recordings always resonated inside my heart. Having performed the music extensively in concerts was also revealing an urge to me: that I should probably share this stuff with the world”. This brought him to Denmark, where he had the pleasure to have some piano re-recorded and the full album freshly re-mixed by Ed Carlsen at his studio in Kongens Lyngby.

"The Seagull" releases on 13 March 2020 via piano and coffee records worldwide, and is available on limited edition CD and digital formats, with artwork by London-based illustrator Jordan Amy Lee.

Credits:

Recorded and mixed by Manos Milonakis and Ed Carlsen between Thessaloniki and Kongens Lyngby.

Mastered by Manos Milonakis at -1 Studio.

All instruments performed by Manos Milonakis except:
Violin: Christina Georgeli, David Bogorad
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou

Artwork by Jordan Amy Lee
Layout by Rita Silva

Big thanks to Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, T.N.M.S Craiova-Romania, all actors and contributors, Sergio, Ed, Eirini, Mihalis, Etten, The Salonico String Quartet, my friends and family.

Manos Milonakis - Treplev's Waltz

Manos Milonakis - Treplev's Song

Hello,

Today marks the 88th day of the year, same number as the keys of the piano and likeminded piano people from all over the world, fight the recent health crisis by continuing to live their lives and by celebrating their beloved instrument. Many piano shows cancelled (mine included), many composers, tuners, movers, struggle to make ends meet, but "Piano Day" is here again, to keep the spirits up, and spread a message of hope. After all, music will never be quarantined! ;)
 
www.pianoday.org

This year I contribute with "The Treeman", my latest composition which I composed, performed & recorded only yesterday, at home. It is about this strange isolation, of not being able to move, like if we voluntarily grew roots on our feet, against our social nature. Like trees trapped away from their forest.

Stream / listen / watch / support  "The Treeman", here:

https://fanlink.to/the-treeman

artwork: Hvass & Hannibal (www.hvasshannibal.dk)

The Treeman

The Treeman (Piano Day 2020)

Soundcloud music library of Manos Milonakis // composer, performer, architect, former member of the band "Your Hand in Mine".

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