Label: 12th Isle – ISLE011 Format: 2 x Vinyl, LP Country: UK Released: 2021 Genre: Electronic, Folk, World, & Country Style: Experimental, Éntekhno, African, Big Beat
ISLE011 is a collection of cassette recordings made in Athens by Christos Chondropoulos over the last five years. Coming from an avant-garde percussion background, Christos calls upon themes of ancient Greek folklore and musical tradition through a futurist lens depicting robotic societies in post-human harmony. He constructs worlds reminiscent of Marcello Giombini’s Mondial Folk series or Umiliani’s exoticised Omicron outings. By looking to the future rather than the far-off past, he builds upon these early instances of technologically charged cultural geography and presents an authentically Greek reading of a parallel Athenian basin. Where his last work for 12th Isle explored once-forbidden tunings and unplaceable tonalities, these recordings further expand on the artist’s simultaneous concern for heritage and imaginary projection. Across the final Side D, Chondropoulos explores themes of maternal love present across the album by working with local singer Sofia Sarri to record six piercing, beautiful acapella phrases.... (Mint / New)
Tracklist A1 Desire As Love A2 Disco Veduno A3 Maternal B1 The Turkish Bath B2 Smile Again B3 Future Basin C1 Disco Bwaba C2 Blue Skin Dancer C3 Oaks D1 Abstraction D2 The Remainder Of Abstraction D3 Beneath The Statue D4 Lullaby D5 The Most Peculiar Acquisition Of The Insects D6 Letter To Mother