Eleni Era 'Not Her' - New Single and Album Pre-Order
- by Louvana Records
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- 23 Jan, 2019
Opening up about the song, Eleni Era states: “It’s one of my most personal songs on the album. The song talks about the dilemma of personal identity. It’s about not feeling comfortable in one’s skin, losing the person that you once were and missing them at the same time. Even though the song is already recorded, in a way I feel that it is unfinished, because this process is still ongoing.”
“A lot of these songs have been written during sleepless nights. I find salvation in heading to the piano, humming through a yet unborn melody at 3am, waiting for the exact words to come out so that I can listen to what they have to say. It helps me understand myself and I heal in the process. This process is also what the album is about.”
In Rise Love, Eleni Era’s songs surge together, inviting listeners to contemplate on their own experiences of facing life's challenges and hardships, when it seems that there is no one else to share them with, and allowing oneself to be vulnerable enough to let others into their life. Eleni Era sings in both English and her native Greek and brings forth equal grace and conviction. The songs showcase her on vocals, piano, and synths. Long-time friends and fellow artists, Lefteris Moumtzis (Freedom Candlemaker) and Andreas Trachonitis are on production duties, and Moumtzis is also on most of the accompaniment (electric guitars, bass and drums).
Originally from a small village on the mediterranean island, Cyprus, Eleni Era was trained as a classical concert pianist and has won various distinctions. Since her teen years she has been working as a musician in local bars and hotels. From the age of 18, she continued her training in her current base in Berlin, performing in concert halls around Germany and in venues like the Konzerthaus Berlin and the Kammersaal der Philharmonie Berline, before conducting the junior groups of the Berlin State Choir for girls. The changing musical landscape of her native Cyprus, with artists beginning to push boundaries and experimenting both with tradition and their experiences in other countries is apparent in Eleni Era’s artistry in Rise Love.
Once in a lifetime, you’ll experience a pandemic. Once in a blue moon, you’ll have a chance to escape to a secluded island. Once on a red Thursday, as the local saying in Cyprus goes, you’ll be in a situation with a group of complete strangers, fully immersed in the sparks of creation flying forth. On A Red Thursday (9 March) is the product of just such a gathering of musicians from a multitude of backgrounds, journeys, skills and preferences. Their first single, ‘ Until We Meet Again’ , performed by Eurotoire team members Panayi and Jolien marks the beginning of sharing their experiences of stepping outside their comfort zones with the world. Following this first offering is alternative RnB number ‘ So Lonely ’ (3 February) performed by Maris Pihlap. ‘ Figures ’ (25 February) is the final single before the album’s release and sees Raveloe and Tamara van Esch punk out in a commentary on obstacles womxn face.
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In a songwriting programme piloted by Cypriot label, Louvana Records called Eurotoire, songwriters, producers, and session musicians from ten countries were invited to gather in Cyprus to test their limits, trust strangers, and allow their artistry to merge. Their initial week-long meeting began on a Thursday in June at Studio eleven63 in the island’s capital of Nicosia and blossomed into fifteen demos. After another two writing and recording sessions in July and September, the tracks bloomed into the Eurotoire team members’ fully-fledged album. Now they’re using On A Red Thursday to spread the word about the power of surrendering to creative instinct and collaborating with the unknown. On 13 February, the Louvana Records YouTube channel premiered a short documentary created by all eighteen artists with a single camera shared between them. Clips shot by the artists were edited together by videographer Antonis Pouliasis to depict their journey from complete strangers to collaborators as they untie forces to create an album together.