Spyros Polychronopoulos | solo for blindfolded audience
Spyros Polychronopoulos (Spyweirdos) presents an unpublished work which will be released in February 2025 by the Australian label Room40. This famous label counts major releases from Keiji Haino, William Hooker & Phill Niblock, Ken Ikeda, Chris Abrahams, David Toop, Norman Westberg, Chihei Hatakeyama, Janek Schaefer, John Chantler, David Shea, Ross Manning, Tim Hecker, as well as by its founder, Lawrence English, and recently published the original album and interactive music box by Spyros Polychronopoulos and Jannis Anastasakis entitled “Nyfida”.
As in the previous two solo performances of Polychronopoulos at KET, the audience receives at the entrance black masks that allow them to listen to the concert blindfolded.
The work is presented in a quadraphonic system: coming from four directions, the sounds compose a multidimensional sound experience that is enhanced by the fact that the audience cannot see.
The audience will also receive free Bandcamp codes to download and listen to this new release.
“Working on this album was an exploration of merging high-end audio precision within narrow frequency bands, where the excluded frequencies form the void itself. From this void, new sounds are born, filling the frequency gaps and shifting to form yet another void in other frequencies. These transitions form my sonic journey into the hidden layers of sound. This project emerged from a fascination with minimalism and a curiosity about what’s possible within narrow frequency bands. I wanted to see how much depth I could reveal from sounds that, on the surface, may seem almost invisible. Each tone here holds something restrained yet powerful, allowing me to uncover delicate details and textures that might otherwise be missed. I found myself drawn to tones that twist and sway, yearning to break free, yet remain tethered to the confines of the crafted void. This album pulses with a tension between control and release, immersion and isolation. Depth, patience, and curiosity guide the way as each layer peels back, revealing something both grounded and almost ethereal.” – S.P.