The Amalgamation Choir “Live At The Library”
- by Louvana Records
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- 01 Mar, 2016
Mini – live concert released on video
Τhe Amalgamation Choir
was spawned from the workshop
“The power of your voice” by Vasiliki Anastasiou, which took place at Fengaros Music Village 2014 and
2015. It is a group of voices that performs original
compositions with traditional-music influences as well as re-arranged songs
from the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Vasiliki Anastasiou conducts the choir
and Andreas Panteli has helped on the arrangements.
In the 2nd series Live At The Library (the 1st one being J. Kriste, Master of Disguise – Live at the Library) four songs performed live by the choir have been recorded and captured on video at the Cyprus Library, a beautiful space with acoustics that compliment the group’s harmonies. The videos, directed by Michalis Kalopedis (Zedem Media) and produced by Andreas Trachonitis, are going to be released on the first day of March 2016 on the Louvana Records website, as well as Louvana’s YouTube and Vimeo channels. The audio tracks will also be available as digital downloads on iΤunes, Amazon and other online digital stores.
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.
DOUBLE LP, DIGITAL ALBUM -
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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.