Spyros Roumeliotis music for original play "LAZARUS 2.0" by Gary Borland.

Performed, Produced, Recorded & Mixed by Spyros Roumeliotis at the RoumTone Studio, Crete

Cover: Maria Diamantaki

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LAZARUS 2.0 | Original Theatre Soundtrack

Bathysphere is about exploring the deep and discovering treasures.. Beyond the depths of water, or the depths of sound, this journey may reflect other metaphors of our existence: the inner self, the soul, the hidden universe… or any depth we wish to explore and submerse to, through listening.
The composition is based on recordings of water, combined and transformed: a river, a cave, a waterfall. The idea came from an underwater recording/performance, which was used as the basic material: while swimming in river waters on the mountains of Epirus, I thought of recording the experience of submersion through an air container, like a little “submarine” carrying my ears below the water. For this purpose I constructed a glass case, waterproof , placed a handheld recorder inside and experimented with the sound effects produced by drifting the device below water surface, or by moving it in and out of the water. At a later stage, I visited a cave and a waterfall on the island of Corfu, where I recorded different sounds: water dripping into the reverberant cave, and granular noise produced by the intense flux of the waterfall. At the stage of composition I chose the basic recordings to combine, and simultaneously brought together the inspirational experiences and memories of the spaces in which the recordings were made, and created a musical environment of the deep... This work was created as part of the Erasmus+ programme "the soundscape we live in" in 2019.

Apostolos Loufopoulos studied music at the Ionian University, Greece (Music Degree) and at City University, London (PhD in Music). His work is mainly focused on the composition of electroacoustic music and nature, but also in the inter -contextual approach to music and the convergence of musical genres. His music has been performed internationally in renown festivals of contemporary music (such as ICMC, Synthese, L’Espace Du Son and others) and has received a number of awards at international competitions such as Αrs Electronica (Austria), Bourges (France), Noroit (France), Metamorphoses (Belgium), Space of Sound (Belgium), Franco Evangelisti (Italy), Musica Nova (Czech Republic). Discography includes collections by INA-GRM, Musiques & Recherches, Ionian University, CyberArts, Touch Records and a personal release (CD-baby). His scores have been published by S. Zerboni (Milano) and Just Flutes (London). At a research level, he has participated in international programmes related to the study of the natural environment (Pythagoras, optic-acoustic ecology), at a post doctora level, materializing essays and papers on the artistic exploration and utilizarion of the natural world. He has been organizing member for national and international conferences and festivals on contemporary music and technology (ICMC, Days of Electroacoustic Music, conference on acoustic ecology, audiovisual arts festival and others). Since 2014 he is Assistant Professor at the Ionian University, Department of Audio & Visual Arts. He has also taught at the TEI of Ionian Islands (2006-2014) and the TEI of Epirus. He is a founding member of HELMCA (Greek Union of Composers of Electroacoustic Music) and the Greek Society for Acoustic Ecology. In parallel, he is music producer and director at Studio RED (Athens), specializing in the areas of recording, sampling orchestration and mixing, on various musical styles. 
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU5Pfg1dOiOnz6hSVfs918g,       https://soundcloud.com/apostolosloufopoulos https://ionio.academia.edu/ApostolosLoufopoulo, https://ionio.academia.edu/ApostolosLoufopoulos

Apostolos Loufopoulos - Bathysphere (2019)

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Nightmare

Future

Penguins

Goldfish

Mother

Intro

تک نوازی قیچک باس در کنسرت گروه عارف

Monajatnameh  - سیامک آقایی - مناجات نامه

Εγώ. Στην ακτή τούτη -αδύνατο σημείο- εγώ/
Πώς βρέθηκα μόνος; Εγώ /
Κι εσείς απέναντι -απάντηση καμία-/
Περιμένοντας -εγώ διψώ- /
Πέρασαν χρόνοι -διψώ-/
Της θάλασσας τα κύματα/
νερό καθάριο που δεν πίνεται-αδύνατο σημείο-/
-Εγώ αδύνατο σημείο-περιμένοντας/
Εγώ, αρμενίζοντας/
Εγώ, λέω και ξαναλέω/
-Εγώ, αδύνατο σημείο-στην τρικυμία να ξεδιψάσω

(κείμενο: Βασιλική Μάκου)
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Me. On this coast -a weak spot-. Me
How did I find myself alone? Me
All you, on the opposite coast -no answer-
Waiting - me I'm thirsty-
Years have gone by - I'm thirsty -
Sea's waves
Clearwater no drinkable-weak spot-
-Me, a weak spot- waiting
Me, I say again and again
-Me a weak spot- the storm to quench my thirst.

(text by Vasiliki Makou)
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Μυστική Ακτή: ηχοτοπίο - ηλεκτροακουστική μουσική (ηχητικό μέρος οπτικοακουστικής παράστασης, σωματική κίνηση: Βασιλική Μάκου, video effects: Μάρθα Γωγάκου)

η "Μυστική Ακτή", ως ηχητικός κόσμος, είναι μία συνεχής μετάβαση από το πραγματικό στο μη πραγματικό και αντίστροφα, μία "υπνωτική" κατάσταση μεταξύ ονείρου και πραγματικότητας, μία αλληλουχία διαφορετικών τόπων και χρονικών στιγμών. Η έννοια της "ακτής" είναι μεταφορική: είναι η διαχωριστική γραμμή μεταξύ του πραγματικού (γη) και του ονειρικού / μη πραγματικού (θάλασσα/βυθός) κόσμου, το σημείο όπου σταματά η πραγματικότητα και ξεκινά η φαντασία.
Στη Μυστική Ακτή -όπως και στην ανθρώπινη φαντασία-πολλά είναι πιθανά: Τοπία της φύσης αποκαλύπτονται και σταδιακά μεταμορφώνονται σε εξωπραγματικά, αφηρημένα περιβάλλοντα, κατακλυσμένα από άγνωστες, ανεξήγητες συμπεριφορές, αρμονίες μυστήριο, συναισθήματα. Μέσα στο παραπάνω ηχητικό περιβάλλον συχνά εμφανίζεται ο παράγοντας "άνθρωπος" άλλοτε ως παρατηρητής του φυσικού κόσμου και άλλοτε ως υποκινητής της ηχητικής δράσης.

Δημιουργηθηκε στα πλαισια μεταδιδακτορικης ερευνας για το ερευνητικό προγραμμα: ΠΕΡΙΒΑΛΛΟΝ ΠΥΘΑΓΟΡΑΣ ΙΙ –  Μελετη και αποτυπωση Επιλεγμενων Ελληνικων Ηχοτοπιων - Ιόνιο Πανεπιστήμιο - Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Δια Βίου Μάθησης και Θρησκευμάτων.

Διακριθηκε με Ευφημο Μνεια στον διεθνη διαγωνισμο σύνθεσης BOURGES 2009, Bourges, Γαλλια

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Secret Coast: soundscape - electroacoustic music (standalone work, and part of audiovisual performance with vasiliki Makou, physical theatre, and Martha Gogakou, video effects)

"Secret Coast", as a sound world, is a continuous transition from real to unreal and vice versa, a "hypnotic" state between dream and reality, a sequence of different places and times. The concept of "coast" is metaphorical: it is the dividing line between the real (earth) and the dream / non-real (sea / seabed) world, the point where reality stops and the imagination starts.
In Secret Coast - as in human imagination - there are many possibilities: Natural landscapes that are revealed and gradually are transformed into unreal, abstract environments flooded by unknown, unexplained behaviors, mystery harmonies, emotions. In the above sound environment, the human factor often appears as an observer of the physical world and sometimes as a promoter of sound action.

Composed as part of a research project (Pythagoras II - Ionian University - Ministry of Education - Study and recording of selected Greek Soundscapes).

Awarded a honorary Mention @ Bourges 2009 International Composition Competition, Bourges, France

Secret Coast (Μυστική Ακτή)

Test recording cycling with a spaced pair of Rode NT55 mics (with omni caps) in a Rode blimp on a vertical boom pole. Not a cool look or, more to the point, a good way of capturing moving ambiences...

Cycling with spaced pair test

Audio Engineer MSc | Sound Designer

Spyros Roumeliotis works as a freelance Audio Engineer, creates edit and mix original sound elements and musical tracks. Specialises in Audio Post Production, Location Sound & Field Recording.

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