Chromata - Chromata [Coo, 2009]

Chromata were formed in 2006 by Eva and Fil Ieropoulos, who are sister and brother from the north of Greece. Eva has been composing music for children for years and Fil was always interested in micro-electronica, so the marriage of the two seemed inevitable in the form of child-like bitter-sweet electronic compositions. Their common love for Manos Hadjidakis led to the name ‘Chromata’ [colours], but the name was soon considered appropriate beyond this reference, as the music was described by many people as strongly cinematic. The band has released their first album at the beginning of 2009 on CooRecords.

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Info - We Choose The Moon [Klik/VIM, 2009]

On the 26th of October 2009 Klik Records in cooperation with Vim Records presented Info's third album titled 'We Choose The Moon'. Yeap Info chose the moon. There, they made their small disco/karaoke/studio, they sang their memories from earth and they finished their third album. Their singing is leisured, sometimes deep and dark and others sweet and playful, just like space is supposed to be. They experiment with melodic guitars, house beats, electronica sounds and improvisations from processed vocals. The result is an amazing electronic collage of poetry, melody and dynamic rhythmical explosions that peak and fade in their broad, starry time and space. Active musicians and djs, Petros Magganaris (Echonomist) and Panagiotis Loukoumas (Mr. Lookman) a.k.a Info, present the contemporary electronic music with 5 musicians on stage: Despina Terzidou (Vocals), Panagiotis Loukoumas (Guitar), Petros Magganaris (Synth & Loops), Dj Booker (Scratch, turntables), Haris Kapetanakis (Sax) offering a unique electronic and sometimes dance music experience in every live, that combined to their always sweet melancholic aura, their cinematic element and their eroticism leads to something really outstanding. Their music of course has a platform that has it's base in the electronic music, but the tracks hide an always instrumental aspect.

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Pan Pan - Koon [self-released, 2009]

Pan Pan (which stands for Panayiotis Pandazis) writes and draws comics and makes music about living in Athens (and about all the Athens he hasn’t visited yet).

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Dread Astaire - Playstation [Backstage, 2009]

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Blend aka Mishkin - Sudden Death (A Field Guide To) [Cast-a-Blast, 2009]

Blend (also known as Mishkin), ends up locking himself in the studio for three months with his mpc sampler, a big stack of records, loads of spoken words on vinyl (in fact this album is a paradise for the spoken word nerd), a turntable, a microphone…and in come the mc’s: BNC (Jeff Gonzalez), Elephant Phinix followed by The Kidd and Taki Tsan to add a personal spirit to his music! Other collaborations in the album include vocalist & keyboardist Serotone of Duke Abduction, guitarist Kill Emil of Cinecod, human beatbox Bitman, mythical punk rocker Stink, producer Strider and keyboardist Yiannis Dimitriadis of the Happy dog project. The beats are created by chopping a vast collection of sounds and music from vinyls and other external sources such as a casio 20 euro keybord, sirens, generators and music toys. Much detail is put by cutting, scratching and mixing bits of live shows, spoken words, comedy, horror and cartoons. The result is surely mindblowing with a flowing tracklist which sequels as if to tell a story. Sudden Death is an album with the philosophy of a mixtape, which was Blends idea in the first place, but manages to leave a complete musical stigma which is sure to hook its listeners up.

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Fingers Crossed - Hopscotch [self-released, 2008]

Fingers Crossed are Dimitris Geronikolas (vocals), Yannos Paramythiotis (guitars), Minas Liakos (guitars), Viron Theodoropoulos (bass) and Serafeim Giannakopoulos (drums). Formed in 2002 the band resides in Athens, Greece. Their music could be described as highly energetic, melodic post-punk, indie rock ‘n roll with a subtle influence from the dj and electronic culture. In 2004 they released a split ep called “Enough for today”, with fellow band Intwoscars which was distributed by Ride ‘n Crush records. “Enough for today” is now out of print having sold 1000 units. In 2006 they contributed two of their songs, “Electrocult” and “Maybe”, to the soundtrack of the movie “EDUART”, a film by highly acclaimed greek director Angeliki Antoniou. “EDUART” won 9 awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival, including one for Best Music, participated in every major film festival around the world scoring praising reviews and was the official Greek selection for the Oscars. “EDUART’S” soundtrack was released by EMI Greece and “Electrocult’s” video clip received great airplay from Greece’s music channel MAD making Fingers Crossed the first band to enjoy such success without having a record deal. Two of their songs, “Winter” and “A minor”, have been included at the Spinalonga Records compilations, “In the junkyard vol.1 and 2”, which also have gone out of print having sold 1000 units each. Having toured extensively around Greece, playing in every venue imaginable, sharing the stage with notable Greek and international artists Fingers Crossed release their first full length album “Hopscotch” in October 2008 which is available for free download directly from their site www.fingerscrossed.gr, including music, artwork, lyrics and a story written by the band, describing the process of making an album in such a manner.


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Exposed By Observers - Secondhand Youth [Sonic Playground, 2009]

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Larry Gus - Iasmos [Oko, 2009]

We were scratching our heads of what the hell to set up for orion’s 2nd birthday… almost no idea was coming ’till accidentally Chris Carras dropped the name of "Larry Gus". He was doing back then his military service in Xanthi and was already a name in the greek electronica scene. Without 2nd thoughts we asked him for a live set at the party and mix his sounds with children’s and our sounds. Without hesitation agreed. Did a lovely set but an evil eye managed to erase almost all of the recordings from our machines but an hour’s field recording set done via another machine. The 3rd birthday was near too, any kind of magic we performed couldn’t restore the erased digital files so larry spent less than 24 hours locked in his studio working on new material and using part of that field recording document of the party. The result is an 18 track cdr of fresh, joyous sounds where larry’s ideas & tracks and field recordings extracts are mixed in a blend of a gorgeous electronica! Taste it!

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Egg Hell - Egg Hell EP [self-released, 2009]

Egg Hell is a place where eggs go when they die. It is also the petite “musical project” of one Jef Maarawi. A singer/songwriter from Athens, Greece. He was born in 1990 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, records his music at home, and is influenced by artists such as Radiohead, Elliott Smith, Nirvana, Daniel Johnston, and the Tiger Lillies.

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Eventless Plot - Ikon [Granny, 2009]

Ikon is the latest work by Eventless Plot, following up their split album with Good Luck Mr Gorsky (granny02, 2008). In this album Eventless Plot approach an electro-acoustic sound using clarinet, piano, melodica and guitars blended with sampled recordings and processed electronics. As a result there is a complex ambience of sounds which provides the structure of the songs. Warm feedbacks, microsounds and rhythmic pulses create a jazz aesthetic which characterizes Ikon's sound. This is Eventless Plot's first full length album to date.

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