Athenian Primitivism by Christos Chondropoulos

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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Tracklist

1.	Desire As Love	7:05

2.	Disco Veduno	2:20

3.	Maternal	4:32

4.	The Turkish Bath	3:47

5.	Smile Again	5:08

6.	Future Basin	6:57

7.	Disco Bwaba	3:33

8.	Blue Skin Dancer	5:20

9.	Oaks	8:23

10.	Abstraction	1:20

11.	The Remainder Of Abstraction	1:43

12.	Beneath The Statue	1:52

13.	Lullaby	3:57

14.	The Most Peculiar Acquisition Of The Insects	5:10

15.	Letter To Mother	2:06

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released April 16, 2021

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