Heading back to my beloved Crete. Hence the theme. This time made a point to drive to Knossos. To see the remnants of hypothetic Daedalus labyrinth. Some historians think these were dancing grounds where the chosen Athenian youths - King Minos's sacrificial tributes for the Minotaur - were offered their final chance to shine through plastic arts. How morbid! A few scholars suggest that the labyrinth itself was built as a system of dancefloors. Supposedly implied by the outline of the palace's ruins. Proto-Ibiza? Bull dances and geranos (crane dance) would be the types performed.

In this double-decked issue I'm suggesting the imaginary repertoire of such recitals. Actual Greek/Cretan dance tunes (Kritikos, Hellispontos) as well as recreations based on surviving Ancient Greek musical notation (Atrium Musicae's transcription of Æschylus' Ajax) are included. Plus, detours into Mediterranean avant jazz (Sakis Papadimitriou); rebetika and Hellenic electronics (Lena Platonos, Dimitris Petsetakis & Vangelis Katsoulis). The rest is music inspired by the Greek mythology. Including Haruomi Hosono's drift on the Aegean Sea; Photek taming the Minotaur; The Black Dog's visions of Sparta; Neil Ardley jazzing Greek Variations and Donato Dozzy exiting the Acropolis. There's even Gail Laughton's harp fantasias conjuring Crete circa 1400 B.C. It will suffice for a 2hr-drive from Chania to Heraklion. 

Full tracklist at:
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Hermetic Journals: Into The Labyrinth (Sacrificial Dances Of Knossos)(May-June 2023)

Transmissions to the aether • des bruits colorés
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New tracks tagged #Cretan Labyrinth