Label: Amplify records
Catalog#: AMP003
Format: File, Mp3, Wav

The formation of Kόκκινο Σίδερο arose from live improvisation sessions between electronic and electro-acoustic music composer Anastasios Kokkinidis (aka Emdy) and clarinetist Thanos Sideris. The duo, with a studio album already to their credit, primarily crafts a blend of experimental bass clarinet and live electronics. Returning to Amplify, they present audio evidence from their 2018 performance at the Endorphin festival, an annual outdoor music event that originated in 2007 as a DIY techno party under a concrete bridge next to a stream in the area of Mount Olympus.
A pulsating, slow, hypnotic four-on-the floor beat opens the album as high pitched clarinet overtones enter the audio spectrum. A leading note along with a distorted synth bass line prepares us for what is going to follow. 
The second track unfolds in a looped drone on top with fast-paced clarinet passages. The upbeat muffled kick drum resolves into a shuffling groove, which builds up only to reveal a growling, ever-changing frequency oscillation. Battling snares lock the groove, leading to a full-range kick double-time inferno. Repeating virtuosic clarinet runs are taking us to a wooshy acid warfare, where the composition resolves into a single tone. 
Someone would predict an equivalent transposition into a harder-sounding third passage. The surprise, though, is that this time Kokkinidis and Sideris introduce an ongoing polyrhythmic stutter. Bashing metallic percussion brings to mind a mutated Gamelan orchestra. The extremely fast clarinet solos, with high-pitched bending microtones, blend seamlessly with the pounding drums, creating a shamanic ritual—an ideal backdrop for a rural all-nighter.
The concluding segment of this improvisational work showcases the duo's remarkable flexibility, suggesting a dynamic call-and-response interplay. The clarinet undergoes diverse variations, producing bright, piercing high overtones, bordering on the alienated and estranged. The drums ebb and flow in various iterations, accompanied by swarms of wobbling synth modulations. The performance concludes with a fusion of clarinet high-pitched trills, overdriven synth arpeggios, and persistent percussive bashing, culminating in a liberating applause. As the leading note lingers and dissipates slowly, it triggers endorphin release, allowing the mind and body to wander untethered in the realms of transcendence.

Endorphin Live 4

Endorphin Live 3

Endorphin Live 2

Label: Amplify records
Catalog#: AMP003
Format: File, Mp3, Wav

The formation of Kόκκινο Σίδερο arose from live improvisation sessions between electronic and electro-acoustic music composer Anastasios Kokkinidis (aka Emdy) and clarinetist Thanos Sideris. The duo, with a studio album already to their credit, primarily crafts a blend of experimental bass clarinet and live electronics. Returning to Amplify, they present audio evidence from their 2018 performance at the Endorphin festival, an annual outdoor music event that originated in 2007 as a DIY techno party under a concrete bridge next to a stream in the area of Mount Olympus.
A pulsating, slow, hypnotic four-on-the floor beat opens the album as high pitched clarinet overtones enter the audio spectrum. A leading note along with a distorted synth bass line prepares us for what is going to follow.
The second track unfolds in a looped drone on top with fast-paced clarinet passages. The upbeat muffled kick drum resolves into a shuffling groove, which builds up only to reveal a growling, ever-changing frequency oscillation. Battling snares lock the groove, leading to a full-range kick double-time inferno. Repeating virtuosic clarinet runs are taking us to a wooshy acid warfare, where the composition resolves into a single tone.
Someone would predict an equivalent transposition into a harder-sounding third passage. The surprise, though, is that this time Kokkinidis and Sideris introduce an ongoing polyrhythmic stutter. Bashing metallic percussion brings to mind a mutated Gamelan orchestra. The extremely fast clarinet solos, with high-pitched bending microtones, blend seamlessly with the pounding drums, creating a shamanic ritual—an ideal backdrop for a rural all-nighter.
The concluding segment of this improvisational work showcases the duo's remarkable flexibility, suggesting a dynamic call-and-response interplay. The clarinet undergoes diverse variations, producing bright, piercing high overtones, bordering on the alienated and estranged. The drums ebb and flow in various iterations, accompanied by swarms of wobbling synth modulations. The performance concludes with a fusion of clarinet high-pitched trills, overdriven synth arpeggios, and persistent percussive bashing, culminating in a liberating applause. As the leading note lingers and dissipates slowly, it triggers endorphin release, allowing the mind and body to wander untethered in the realms of transcendence.

Endorphin Live 1

Amplify records is the after effect of various events and parties that were held by a group of electronic music enthusiasts.

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