“Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain” – presentation and concert
The independent publishing house and music label FLEE presents its latest release, “Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain” at two venues in Kypseli: at the bookstore “O Meteoritis” and, later that evening, at KET.
• 19:00 | presentation of the artbook at “Meteoritis” | free entrance
Discussion with contributors and authors about the process of creating the work.
• 21:00 | concert with Jay Glass Dubs & Daniel Paleodimos at ΚΕΤ | 10€
The artists will present specially crafted live sets inspired by the musical landscape of Athos.
“Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain” focuses on the vocal tradition of the monks of Mount Athos, inviting contemporary artists and researchers to approach and revisit its contemporary implications. Authentic recordings made in the monasteries of Athos are presented alongside contemporary compositions inspired by this tradition.
Between documentation and review, the FLEE label counts important releases dedicated to the Circassian tradition, to the musical heritage of fishermen searching for pearls in the Gulf waters, to Pichika, ancient and therapeutic music from southern Italy, to Benga, a typical Kenyan musical genre, or to the processions of Portuguese fishermen.
Approaching each musical genre with a new and innovative perspective, each issue is a visual and aural tribute to the tradition in question. The project “Athos: Echoes from the Holy Mountain” includes a double vinyl album (2xLP) and an art book in English, Greek and French.
Founded by Olivier Duport, Alan Marzo and Carl Åhnebrink, FLEE is an independent publishing house, record label and curatorial platform dedicated to the documentation and artistic reinterpretation of hybrid cultural phenomena. Defending a transdisciplinary practice, the platform explores and creatively highlights the contours of globalization from a historical and critical perspective. Oscillating between different subjects and disciplines, from music to architecture, the collective pursues an inclusive working method, privileging diverse and varied points of view.
Dimitris Papadatos is a composer, musician and sound artist. He deals with issues such as copyright, spirituality and originality. His project Jay Glass Dubs is an exercise in style that focuses on a contradictory historical approach to dub music, reduced to its basic form (drum/bass/vox/effects). His work has been presented at Berlin Atonal, Meakusma Festival, documenta14, Terraforma, and at venues such as Macao (Milan), Portikus (Frankfurt), Kraftwerk, HkW (Berlin), Cafe OTO and Corsica Studios (London).
Daniel Paleodimos’s drumming cosmos is found at the intersection of jazz and eastern music, rooted firmly in a background of improvisation whilst drawing from a wide pallet of global rhythms and grooves.
His introduction to music came at age 12, via his first involvement with local punk rock bands and studies that later followed at music schools such as Nakas Music Conservatory. Later moving to London for an undergraduate degree in music, Daniel sought to expand his musical horizons by joining Tomorrow’s Warriors, a music workshop largely responsible for the UK’s ongoing resurgence in jazz. This led to a stint in both session work for other artists as well as being a part of the contemporary jazz circuit in London. Currently, Daniel is based in Athens and is involved in various projects and collaborations that combine both performance and production elements. More recently, he has joined the touring band for the pop artist Σtella, and has released his own EP under the moniker El Din.