ANO KATO 2005

THE ARROW OF TIME
Floridis - Zingaro - Montera - Lovens

Preis / Price : 15.08 €
Bestell-Nr. / P/O No. : ANO KATO Rec. rei 2005

Floros Floridis

clarinets

Carlos Zingaro

violin

Jean-Marc Montera

electric/electronic guitar

Paul Lovens

percussion

and others

01.

Solid (be)cause (1989) (Floros Floridis (AEIII))

22:09

Dimitris Polizoidis

violin

Dimitris Magriotis

cello

Yannis Mourtzopoulos

electronics

Mihalis Lapidakis

piano

Mihalis Siganidis

double bass

Floros Floridis

alto sax bass clarinet

02.

Silence I (1990) (Floros Floridis (AEIII))

18:03

Roula Pateraki

text adaptation and recitation of an essay by Edgar Allen Poe

Floros Floridis

clarinets

Yannis Mourtzopoulos

electronics

03.

Silence II (1990) (Floros Floridis (AEIII))

09:20

Roula Pateraki

text adaptation and recitation of an essay by Edgar Allen Poe

Floros Floridis

clarinets

Yannis Mourtzopoulos

electronics

04.

Bloody foreigners (1992) (Carlos Zingaro, Floros Floridis )

09:57

Carlos Zingaro

violin

Floros Floridis

Bbclarinet

05.

Splendour I (1993) (Jean-Marc Montera, Floros Floridis, Paul Lovens )

12:50

Jean-Marc Montera

electric/electronic guitar

Floros Floridis

Bbclarinet

Paul Lovens

percussion

Total time:

72:19

Track # 1 recorded by Yannis Abatzoglou (# 1) at ‚Studio Agrotikon';
track # 2 + 3 recorded by Yannis Siglettos at ‚Silence's Studio';
track # 4 recorded live at ‚Forum', Wuppertal (Germany);
track # 5 recorded live at ‚Aegli',Thessaloniki (Greece)
Produced by Floros Floridis - ANO KATO Records (Greece)
Cover design and artwork: Floros Floridis

Collected works by the noted Greek improvising musician Floros Floridis, spanning a period between 1989 and 1991. Half the tracks on the album are actually more organised compositions rather than improvisations. Two among them are based on ´Silence´ by Edgar Allan Poe, where Floridis builds up a brooding atmosphere on assorted clarinets and electronics while the well-known actress and director Roula Pateraki reads her adaption of the original text in Greek.

The improvisational pieces contain some of the best music of its kind ever recorded here: a duet with Carlos Zingaro, a trio piece with Paul Lovens and Jean-Marc Montera, and a sextet with locals Michalis Siganidis (double bass), Michalis Lapidakis (piano), Dimitris Polyzoidis (violin), Yiannis Mourtzopoulos (electronics) and Dimitris Magriotis (cello). Floros on alto sax and bass clarinet helps to shape the inventive and imaginative climate that prevails throughout.

Production note