Οι  δύο καλλιτέχνες εμφανίζονται απόψε στην επετειακή εκδήλωση του πολυχώρου αρχαίας ελληνικής μουσικής και οργάνων Seikilo απόψε στο Μπενσουσάν Χαν.

Zωντανά στο στούντιο με τον Θεόδωρο Κουμαρτζή, αρχαία λύρα και την Γαλλίδα Sandy Mango, handpan.

Khruangbin are the Texas based three-piece that make psychedelic, acid jazz infused Thai funk music. Oh yes. Comprised of Laura Lee, Mark Speer and Donald Johnson, the trio have supported Bonobo across his USA tour and even had a track included in his Late Night Tales mix last year.LNT's artist label Night Time Stories subsequently signed them up, with single 'A Calf Born In Winter' released 19th May and an album in the works. Providing the soundtrack to your dreams and entering i-D's mid-week wind down session for their first ever mix, these are the psychedelic sounds of Khruangbin. Drift off.
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"This is our very first mix tape. As such, we wanted to draw on original inspirations to each of us individually in the band, as well as together. In this we pull on Acid Jazz, Gospel, Brazilian Funk and Psych, Thai & Japanese Pop/Rock, "farm rock", Dub, Funk, and R&B to hopefully create a mix that is varied in style yet cohesive in feel. We hope you all enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it."

Tracklist:
1. "Pharoah's Tune (The Journey)" by Leon Thomas 
2. "Liquid Love", Roy Ayers
3. "Onda", Cassiano
4. "Soo Kwarm Rak Khorng Phom Doo", Jackatchan
5. "The Sicilian Plan", Khruangbin
6. "Dedicada A Ela", Arthur Verocai
7. "Lord Help Me" (Mono Single), Donny Hathaway
8. "Baby", Donnie & Joe Emerson
9. "Tell Me More", Tempters
10. "Candlelight Dub", The Skatalites meet King Tubby
11. "Funkentelechy", Parliament
12. "You Got the Stuff", Bill Withers

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Slumber Session: Khruangbin

Taken from their forthcoming mini-album 'Ellis' out July 8 on Erased Tapes.

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For the first half of the twentieth century, Ellis Island stood as the gateway to America. For some twelve million people, it was their first encounter with the land they hoped to call home. 

Directed by acclaimed artist JR, ELLIS tells the story of one such migrant. Starring Robert De Niro, the film winds its way through the crumbling hallways of the abandoned Ellis Island hospital complex, now home to JR’s Unframed art installation. It’s a place that reverberates with the hopes and fears of those who passed through it, the echoes especially resonant today.

Entwined with the narrative is a score composed by Woodkid, performed and co-written by Nils Frahm. The delicate piano motifs of Winter Morning I culminate in a crescendo of strings, while the harmonium swells on the B-side are the foundation for De Niro’s narration: an encomium for those who shaped modern America. 

There’s perhaps never been a more fitting time for this story, with all the proceeds going to the Sea Watch initiative, a non-profit charity dedicated to the protection and rescue of civilian refugees. 

Following a screening as part of Nils’s Barbican Weekender, the ELLIS score will be out July 8th, the same week as America’s great federal holiday. It will be available via Erased Tapes as a mini album on CD, vinyl and in digital format containing a 12-page picture booklet.


IN THE ARTISTS’ OWN WORDS:

Nils Frahm: ‘The opportunity to work on JR´s fantastic short film ELLIS came through my good friend Yoann aka Woodkid. We agreed on recording the piano parts in my studio in Berlin and so it happened that JR and Woodkid were guests at Durton studio on a wonderful late summer day in 2015. We managed to record all the crucial elements that day. The music fell in our laps and melted with the images: a wonderful experience. The film has stuck in my head ever since; it moved my heart and changed my soul.

A couple of weeks later I had to cancel a trip to Brussels because of a terror warning; all events got cancelled and I stayed home, having an unexpected day off. I felt rather depressed that day, thinking that the Europe I knew was already gone. I sat down at the harmonium, listened to Robert De Niro’s voice and played for the rest of the day. The result is ‘Winter Morning II,’ the B-side of the ELLIS soundtrack release.

Robert says it all in 17 minutes. We are not facing a refugee crisis. We are facing a crisis because we do not embrace, we do not sympathise and we cannot give up fear. Art can encourage so I hope this project will help fight the fear in all of us.’

Yoann Lemoine, aka Woodkid:  ‘Ellis is my second collaboration with JR after the New York City Ballet piece for Les Bosquets. I initially wanted this piece to sound like it was recorded on an old piano that we found in the ruins of Ellis Island, in the restricted area that is not open to the public, where JR pasted the pictures on the walls for the film Ellis.

I had worked with Nils before and I wanted him to create a sound for this piano part that I composed that was extremely gentle and organic. I wanted the listener to hear the mechanisms, the breathing of the instrument. I wanted it to be imperfect, to sound like a ruin, a trace, an echo, the way the pastings on the walls seem to be ghosts, almost imperceptible.

After a few rehearsals, Nils stripped down my piano parts and we removed almost all orchestration around the piano. He then worked on the extended version that is his interpretation of my piece, with Robert de Niro’s vocals.

Because this film and this recording is historically meaningful, it was important for us to create this piece as an echo to the immigration situation in Europe, and decided to release it in support of Sea Watch.’

Ellis

Winter Morning I

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ambient chillout dub demo to play along the yoga lessons

yoga demo

We are delighted to present "Aura" a remarkable release by the Argentine producer Andres Oddone inspired by his two trips to the country. "Aura" is a sonic interpretation of Andres´ time in India, like a musical photograph - fusing the music, life, culture and people he met and was exposed to during his time there. 

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Aura LP

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Happiness is a side effect

IMAGINED  BY CARLITO DALCEGGIO , CREATED WITH JEFFREY CONNORS- /  WITH THE VOICE OF GOLSHIFTEH FARAHANI,  LOOPS OF CRISTOFORO GAETANI, 
FEATURING the song MOJADA, by LUM,  the song LAILA by ARIANA VAFADARI, 
(original and LUM remix),  
aria no.5 by HEITOR VILLA LOBOS AND BOLERO BY RAVEL  were deconstructed . All live instruments were played by Jeffrey Connors and all poetry was written by Carlito Dalceggio

∞ Mythologia Libre ∞

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Beatport : www.beatport.com/release/midnight…e-darbar/2891655
Bandcamp: kosha.bandcamp.com/album/midnight-in-the-darbar
Release Info-
ARTIST: Majal, Stevin McNamara
TITLE: Midnight in the Darbar
FORMAT: MP3/WAV
LABEL: KOSA RECORDS
CAT. No: KOSA18
RELEASE DATE: March 18th
GENRE: Spiritual Deeptech/Downtempo
COVER DESIGN: Kosa.designs

EP-
Majal - The Polarity Of Things
Stevin McNamara - Midnight In The Darbar (Majal Remix)
Stevin McNmara - Aubade (Majal Remix)

ABOUT EP-
The EP Midnight In The Darbar is the sonic merging between Majal and raga musician Stevin McNamara. With mystical melodies and flow activating rhythms, the songs have a way of transmitting a feeling of mysterious, curious unfolding.. Entering a desertic, truth revealing reality. Atmospheres travel smoothly, taking the listener into a blissful experience. Stevin’s beautifully composed guitar give great character and allow for a truly unique combination of sound.

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EP release date:
18th march 2020

Stevin McNamara - Aubade (Majal Remix)

On the Roof of Imagination is a Sound Healing Journey that I originally created to be performed as a meditation at the end of Ecstatic Dances. This time I performed it as a meditation in itself to celebrate the Winter Solstice, Christmas, and the beginning of a new year for my good friends at Imagination Hostel in Arambol, Goa, India.

Check out the video of my performance on Youtube!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyc5LN_904c&feature=youtu.be

The ambiences you hear during the journey are a collection of recordings that I've gathered over the last 2 years while traveling.  Each holds the energy of a powerful place or moment.  You can hear birds at sunrise on a lake in the mountains of Canada, Argan seeds in my hands in the south of Morocco, gentle waves under the full moon from the Indian Ocean in Kerela and more.  You can also hear clips of the Sasak villagers of Lombok, Indonesia, singing and laughing, as well as parts of the traditional sunset ceremony at the Uluwatu temple in Bali.  I've blended together all of these elements to create an ambience that captures and emanates a part of what I have experienced on my journey.

Everything about this performance is completely improvised... I take in the energy of the moment and my surroundings and channel it directly into the music.

The native flute I play in the beginning and the end was handmade by friend @masterskayfleit (you can find him and his epic flutes on Instagram!)

If you ever come to Arambol, be sure to check out the Imagination Hostel, it's one of the most special hostels I've stayed in since I started traveling over 3 years ago: 

www.imaginationarambol.com

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On the Roof of Imagination: A Live Improvised Sound Journey

Kelly Thoma - composition / lyra 
Mayu Shviro - cello
Pavlos Spyropoulos - double bass
Kirill Osherov - tombak
Jerry Summers - recording and mixing
Supported by Labyrinth Musical Workshop 
Picture - Sofia Shamhalova

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Lychnos - Kelly Thoma quartet (live in Crete)

An albatross can travel thousands of miles using minimal effort, soaring along wind currents, rising and diving without ever flapping its wings. The albatross is a symbol of perfect, effortless symbiosis with nature. The name albatross is derived from the Latin for white, albus, and from the Arabic for a diver, Alcatraz. Like the albatross’ name, the music of RP is multicultural in its origin, merging numerous traditions to create something entirely new with the participation of the legendary Grammy awarded Bulgarian pianist Milcho Leviev and a relative music documentary about this beautiful collaboration is expected to be screened during 2020.

Violin: Marios Podaras
Melodica: Milcho Leviev
Duduk, Baritone, bagpipes &
Soprano Sax: Sokratis Votskos
Baglama, Charango, Tzouras,
Ukulele: Theodoros Koumartzis
Acoustic Guitar: Linos Tzelos
Double Bass: Danis Koumartzis
Percussions: Nikos Varelas

Recordings were made at
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Recording Studios & Analogio Music Studio
Production by Reggetiko Project
Mix & Mastering by Linos Tzelos
Cover design by Dimitris Ikonomou
Layout design by Nikolaos Koumartzis

Afroots

Project Reggetiko is a musical meeting between people with very different creative roots, who share the same love for creative improvisation and direct musical interaction. The two main pillars of the musical stimuli are acoustic Reggae and Rembetiko. 

The result is an experimental, collective form of expression that treats music and improvisation as a way of communication between people. Our philosophy is that simple or complex, music making should always be characterized by mutual respect and honesty.

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