Elpis means hope in greek (hellenic).
I begun creating sketches of Elpis as part of an acoustic-electronic collaboration with AnantaSound, at the beginning of summer. As the days went by, I found myself getting immersed in the motifs that sprung. I tried to keep the piano track relatively airy so additional sound could fill up the space. By the end of summer, a friend of mine and exceptional violinist, offered to record a few tracks. So this is an acoustic version of Elpis. I hope you enjoy it!

Violin: Thanos Anagnostopoulos
Backing vocals: @Faerytale
Photo: Small chapel in the countryside, Limnos, Greece

[ Part of a charity/fundraising album launching the coming months. All proceeds will be given to people challenged by the depressing economy, in Greece. Anyone in the audio/visual arts, willing to be part of this, is welcome to use his/her creative forces! Just drop a note! ]

Elpis

Dedicated to my aunt who passed away a few years ago. Based on a poem, I wrote back then.

"Musical sounds vibrate the loneliness of my heart.
Pulsating shapes search for her body.
Melancholic tranquility, total memory loss, in the abyss of a mind that stopped talking about simplicity and harmony.
Her glow will always guide me.
Her voice reflects in me:“Love each other, forever”.

I am sorry not being there for you till the end.
You loved me as if I was your own child.
You filled my life with unattached images.
I thank you. I think of you. I love you."

I really wanna thank Jens Felger who collaborated with me in this track. His guitar performance speaked so deeply in me. Especially for this track, he created a deep emotional space. His work and interests move across and beyond various genres of music. You can access him @Jens-felger.

Original track: https://soundcloud.com/paradisenauts/ode-to-olympia

Ode to Olympia - featuring Jens Felger

This was a music entry to the 2017 International Animated Film Music Competition, organised by the Athens Concert Hall. Each contestant had to provide original music for the award winning short animation “The leaf of the poplar” by Eirini Vianelli.

The cues of music that were provided were based around piano and simple vocals lines. For the creation of the sound design specific audio was recorded and samples from the collaborative database freesound.org were used.

The video with the music can be found here https://youtu.be/8qDNBtJAi8k

The leaf of the poplar - Music re-score

This is part of the music composed for the short film Patterntastic. (created as a final master’s course project). It was my first work in which I had the chance to go through the creative stages of screenwriting, directing, film scoring, editing and producing. Happy listening!

Patterntastic - Finale

Patterntastic - About Plato

Patterntastic - Dream

Patterntastic - Uplifting

Patterntastic - Energetic Search

Dedicated to my aunt who passed away a few years ago. Based on a poem, I wrote back then.

Ode to Olympia

An isolated and almost unknown beach to most of citizens/travellers, on the coastline of Kavala city. The tranquil recording of the sea was made using an LS11 and primo mics, about 2m away from the seashore.

Equipment: LS11 & Primo mics in AB

Kavala Soundscape

Calm 3pm 11/11 - Beach500

A bit on the energetic side after days of rain and north winds.

Equipment: LS11 & Primo mics in AB

Light Breeze 3pm 24/11 - Beach500

An early morning blissful bird singing, in an isolated small forest by the sea (recording of a natural soundscape).

time: 6:00am
date: 1st May 2013
place: New Skiti, Holy Mount Athos, Greece
recorder: Olympus LS-11

Easter birds recording - Holy Mount Athos

"We should learn to love and not ask the others to love us". St. Porfyrios

I Constantinos, work as a high school physicist, because I love inspiring students to understand the essence of science. Teaching is not my only passion, though. I like creating things and composing music. Paradisenauts grew out of my desire to write music with meaning, both in the music itself and in the causes the music supports.

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