Song from Epirus, Greece from album Abundance:

https://sophiefetokaki.bandcamp.com/releases
https://open.spotify.com/album/0xpDjdfPMfgxmvv1W3S9TI?si=JzWvbzgAThStyNt8jM71hA

Sophie Fetokaki - vocals
Lefteris Moumtzis - guitars, vocals
Fred Thomas - bass
Andreas Trachonitis - drums
Vassilis Philipou - vocals 

Recorded and mixed by Andreas Trachonitis at Studio eleven63, Nicosia, Cyprus. Mastered by Yiannis Christodoulatos at Sweetspot productions.

Lyrics

Ήρθ' ο καιρός να φύγουμε

Ήρθ' ο καιρός να φύγουμε, ροδιά μου, ροδιά μου
στα σπίτια μας να πάμε, μικρή ροδακινιά μου

Και πάλι θ' ανταμώσουμε, ροδιά μου, ροδιά μου
στης νύφης τα πιστρόφια, μικρή ροδακινιά μου

Αρνιά θα ψήσουμε παιδιά, ροδιά μου, ροδιά μου
θα φάμε και θα πιούμε και θα σας ευχηθούμε

The time has come to leave

The time has come to leave, fruit of my heart,
we are heading home, little fruit of my heart

We will meet again, fruit of my heart,
we will dine in the house of the bride, little fruit of my heart

We will roast lambs, fruit of my heart,
we will eat and drink, and wish you well

Ηρθε ο Καιρός να Φύγουμε / Irthe O Kairos Na Figoume

The first track of my debut release Abundance is a traditional Appalachian folk hymn, recorded here with multiple vocal layers and double bass accompaniment. I used to sing this to myself when I was going through hard times, to remind myself that pain is also a kind of daybreak of the soul.

Bright Morning Stars are Rising

From my solo debut Abundance, Bist du bei mir is a boundary-traversing, gospel-infused reworking of a baroque aria from the notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach.  With ECM artist Fred Thomas https://fred-thomas.co.uk/

Bist Du Bei Mir

A funeral lament for Alkēstis, the heroine of Euripides’ eponymous tragedy. The piece plays with the sonic equivalent of erasure, or blackout poetry; the chorus’ lamentations are distorted almost beyond audibility, serving as rhythmic punctuation for an improvised (live) lament. The text of the lament is taken from the syllabic vocalisms that the tragic poets used to indicate grief:AI AI; E E; IO GONAI; IO MOI MOI; OTOTOTOTOTOI.

Composition and voice by Sophie Fetokaki
Text by Euripides 
Cello samples from Brice Catherin
Lament recorded live at Perdu, Amsterdam, on Sept 21st, 2018

Epilogue (and Moirológhi For Alkēstis)

Cucurrucucu paloma (Tomás Méndez)

https://sophiefetokaki.com/Song-Cycles

Further information:
http://xarkis.org
http://xarkis.org/2018/08/08/2008/
https://www.xarkisfestival.org

Xarkis Songs

music for a disappearing piano

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sophiefetokaki.com/meta-morphe

Aria, Goldberg Variations / Bach / Day 12

improvisation / music for a disappearing piano

with Þráinn Hjálmarsson, Brynjar Sigurðarson, Veronika Sedlmair, Sophie Fetokaki, Björg Brjánsdóttir,  Melkorka Ólafsdóttir, Steinunn Vala Pálsdóttir and Berglind María Tómasdóttir

Excerpt I of Hringflautan - Circleflute

Excerpt II of Hringflautan - Circleflute

Smidgens of music and sound explorations old and new. Folk + experimental + contemporary classical + a Netflix theme song that lots of people seemed to like very much. I recently released "Abundance", an album of traditionals, original songs, and a couple of reimagined classical pieces that I am interminably getting out of my system.

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