Christos Chondropoulos
Athenian Primitivism

Athenian Primitivism
Athenian PrimitivismAthenian Primitivism

Catno

ISLE011

Formats

2x Vinyl LP

Country

UK

Release date

Jan 1, 2021

ISLE011 is a collection of cassette recordings made in Athens by Christos Chondropoulos over the last five years.

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.

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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

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