Tasos Stamou - D.A.D (2019) [Hi-Res]
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BAND/ARTIST: Tasos Stamou
- Title: D.A.D
- Year Of Release: 2019
- Label: Discrepant
- Genre: World Music; Electronic; Ambiant
- Quality: 16-bit/44.1kHz FLAC; 24-bit/44.1 kHz FLAC
- Total Time: 39:31 min
- Total Size: 233; 434 MB
- WebSite: Album Preview
Greek-in-London, Tasos Stamou forges a beguiling and charmingly playful crossroads of traditional tunes and electronic abstraction in his 2nd side (in 2 years) for the wonderful Discrepant label. A massive tip to fans of Dariush Dolat-Shahi and Sote!
Riffing on ideas of provenance, ontology, and the nature of ancient and modern languages, Stamou’s ‘D-A-D’ is a fascinating exploration of roots and futurism written between 2015-2018 in homage to his father. As such, it’s wittily titled ‘D-A-D’ as a nod to both the commonly-used tuning of Greek Bouzoukis and his pops, and incorporates the instrument in a range of ways, from mesmerising acoustic recordings to electronically aided abstractions that recall Dariush Dolat-Shahi’s masterful mix of Sehtar and modular synth for Folkways in 1985 (as reissued by Dead-Cert Home Ents in 2015).
Unfolding in two seamless, side-long parts, Stamou is literally and figuratively stripped to the bare essense of what he considers important. Aye, that’s him starkers, clutching a Bouzouki on the back cover and also standing proudly in the buff on the inner sleeve. And they’re canny visual metaphors for the music, which Stamou playfully gathers from a mix of field recordings made at his Uncles’ house parties, in a Thessaloniki thrift shop, and at a “Gipsy clearance service” (whatever that is), and a Greek Orthodox mass, before adding disorienting layers of synthesis and electronic process in order to access and inhabit the recordings with his mischievous/savant spirit.
In his hands, the everyday and prosaic become illuminated as supernatural, and ancient tunings and tunes are subtly reanimated with extra, irisdescent, inter-dimensional layers. The mix of realism and hyperrealism is just deeply intoxicating to our ears, and perhaps most subtly and vitally revealing his musical sense of self as a product of environment and generative nurture.
Tracklist:
01. Tasos Stamou - Drama (7:24)
02. Tasos Stamou - Svedas (4:36)
03. Tasos Stamou - I Don't Want You Anymore (5:04)
04. Tasos Stamou - Taximi #01 (2:34)
05. Tasos Stamou - Marko's dream (4:02)
06. Tasos Stamou - Laterna (1:48)
07. Tasos Stamou - Inside Your Kingdom (5:22)
08. Tasos Stamou - Taximi #02 (5:34)
09. Tasos Stamou - Throwing Dice (3:07)
Riffing on ideas of provenance, ontology, and the nature of ancient and modern languages, Stamou’s ‘D-A-D’ is a fascinating exploration of roots and futurism written between 2015-2018 in homage to his father. As such, it’s wittily titled ‘D-A-D’ as a nod to both the commonly-used tuning of Greek Bouzoukis and his pops, and incorporates the instrument in a range of ways, from mesmerising acoustic recordings to electronically aided abstractions that recall Dariush Dolat-Shahi’s masterful mix of Sehtar and modular synth for Folkways in 1985 (as reissued by Dead-Cert Home Ents in 2015).
Unfolding in two seamless, side-long parts, Stamou is literally and figuratively stripped to the bare essense of what he considers important. Aye, that’s him starkers, clutching a Bouzouki on the back cover and also standing proudly in the buff on the inner sleeve. And they’re canny visual metaphors for the music, which Stamou playfully gathers from a mix of field recordings made at his Uncles’ house parties, in a Thessaloniki thrift shop, and at a “Gipsy clearance service” (whatever that is), and a Greek Orthodox mass, before adding disorienting layers of synthesis and electronic process in order to access and inhabit the recordings with his mischievous/savant spirit.
In his hands, the everyday and prosaic become illuminated as supernatural, and ancient tunings and tunes are subtly reanimated with extra, irisdescent, inter-dimensional layers. The mix of realism and hyperrealism is just deeply intoxicating to our ears, and perhaps most subtly and vitally revealing his musical sense of self as a product of environment and generative nurture.
Tracklist:
01. Tasos Stamou - Drama (7:24)
02. Tasos Stamou - Svedas (4:36)
03. Tasos Stamou - I Don't Want You Anymore (5:04)
04. Tasos Stamou - Taximi #01 (2:34)
05. Tasos Stamou - Marko's dream (4:02)
06. Tasos Stamou - Laterna (1:48)
07. Tasos Stamou - Inside Your Kingdom (5:22)
08. Tasos Stamou - Taximi #02 (5:34)
09. Tasos Stamou - Throwing Dice (3:07)
Year 2019 | World | Electronic | FLAC / APE | HD & Vinyl
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