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Full Collection (7 Ancient World Music Albums)

Original price was: 140.00 €.Current price is: 112.00 €.

The seven-string lyre was the «national» instrument of the ancient Greeks for more than a millennium. (8th BC – 4th century AD). The “method of learning ancient Greek seven-string lyre” was based: on the use of a faithfully reconstructed instrument, on the study of all kinds of archaeological and literary sources, but mainly on the experience of the professional musician, on the basis of which we rediscovered the sound and the technical and interpretative possibilities of the lyre.

The Full Collection includes 7 premium music albums with 64 songs in total (and 20% off!), featuring dozens of the greatest ancient world music artists.

 

_Music Album 1: Ancient World Music (Compilation One) 

In the rhythm of music, a secret is hidden. — Jelaleddin Rumi

Ancient World Music (One) is SEIKILO’s first compilation ever, with eight remarkable songs performed by an amazing team of affiliate artists, including some of the greatest lyres players. This line-up is out of this world and is undoubtedly the best that SEIKILO Ancient World Music Channel had to offer at the time of this music album’s launch!

The music album includes folk songs, modern melodies, and genuine compositions, all with an ancient twist and performed on the ancient Greek lyre.

Songs’ list // one_ Upon the Rose Tree two_ The Oracles of Mesopotamia three_ Ainur (on the ancient pandura) four_ Anthemousa five_ Theogonies six_ Wayfaring Stranger seven_ Cuatro Vientos eight_ L’Heptade

 

_Music Album 2: AURORA by Lina Palera

Blushing Aurora; celestial light that beams on the world. — Orphic Hymn to Adonis

AURORA is the dawn, the sacred wanderer who travels from the east to the west announcing the coming of the sun. On her, the great Homer lavishes his most beautiful epithets such as “rosy-fingered” and “saffron-cloaked”. She is the sister of the Sun and Moon, and the mother of the Morning Star. Today, you can see her in Aurora Borealis; the unique arches of light appearing on the earth’s magnetic field. This album is dedicated to her; the dawn, the messenger, the guide, the traveler, the crier of the light. Lina Palera is a world-renowned lyre player with live performances at numerous concert halls, museums, international conferences, et cetera, such as the Greek Museum of Byzantine Culture and the Frankfurt MusicMesse. She has an extensive discography as a guitar player and a vocalist. “Aurora” is her first music album dedicated solely to the ancient lyre and the emotions it can evoke. She loves teaching adults and children how to play the ancient lyre, and this is why she co-founded and serves as the Head of Music Programs at the Lyre Academy.

Songs’ list // one_ Syzygy two_ Une Mélodie d’Alger three_ Echo four_ Adonis five_ Beam of Light six_ Siren’s Call seven_ Nyx eight_ Ethereal Dance nine_ Siren’s Call (urban remix) ten_ Adonis (in modern Greek)

 

_Music Album 3: PAUSIS Debut Album

In the Silence, the Universe Answers

This is the highly anticipated Debut Album of the PAUSIS, a music collective featuring ancient and modern musical instruments performing original compositions inspired by our share ancient world music heritage. The band features the ancient lyre as its main instrument, masterfully framed by outstanding female vocalists and soundscapes straight out of the greatest ancient civilizations of the Mediterranean Sea.

PAUSIS’s music is a meeting point of Ancient World Music with contemporary Fusion and a cinematic narrative mood with original compositions by its members. Formed in 2017, PAUSIS performed live at prominent music festivals in Greece and abroad. They call their music “a secret form of communication,” i.e., a parallel and unobserved form of expression behind the obvious. Pausis is the unseen point at which all obvious forms of communication (dialogue, sounds, gestures, writing) converge to express something higher than their sum.

Songs’ list // one_ belenus two_ almanecer three_ boundaries four_ journey five_ metamorphosis six_ are mou rindineddha seven_ campanas eight_ awake

 

_Music Album 4: Sacred Harmony

Sacred Harmony features original compositions written for the ancient lyre, a music album full of healing music for Mother Nature. The album was recorded over the course of two weeks in Aegina Island, Greece, during which some of the greatest SEIKILO affiliate artists came together to create soothing music. Thanasis Kleopas, the Wandering Melodist, meets Theodore Koumartzis on the ancient lyre and Jordan Koumartzis on the upright electric bass to improvise & compose music to soothe the human soul.

Songs’ list // one_ Evageras two_ Dayiaho three_ Vacania four_ The Foreign Lands of Love five_The Wolf six_ A Sufi’s Dream

 

_Music Album 5: Healing Music with the Lyre _ÍASIS

Gentle Asclepius, the godlike healer of all mortal sickness

Pindar, Pythian Ode 3 (5th century BCE) ÍASIS music album features healing music based on the ancient Greek modes and inspired by the long-forgotten knowledge of the ancient Greeks to soothe the human soul (psychē) and heal our bodies. Under the art direction of Nikolaos Koumartzis, SEIKILO affiliate artists Lina Palera & Evagoras Bekiaris joined forces to produce something truly unique.

Songs’ list // one_ íasis, the Healing Process (in Dorian mode) two_ Asclepius, the God of Medicine (in Aeolian mode) three_ Hygieia (in Phrygian mode) four_ Aceso (in Lydian mode) five_ Aegle (in Aeolian mode) six_ Panacea (in Aeolian & Mixolydian mode) seven_ Vediovis, the Etruscan (in Hypolydian mode) eight_ Imhotep, the Egyptian (in Lydian mode) nine_ Paean, the Healer (in Aeolian mode) ten_ Ophiuchus, the Serpent Holder (in Hypodorian mode) eleven_ Psychē (in Minor Harmonic Scale) twelve_ Mother Coronis (in Hypophrygian mode)

 

_Music Album 6: PANDORA by Lina Palera

All the Gods who dwelt on Mountain Olympos gave her a gift — Hesiod, Theogony and Works & Days, 7th and 6th century BCE

PANDORA music album by Lina Palera is a musical journey to the creation of the first woman on earth, one of the oldest myths of the ancient world: Pandora’s myth. An amazing collaboration between SEIKILO affiliate artists—Lina Palera, the virtuoso lyre player, brings together a group of exceptional musicians to accompany her on an attempt to musically explore an everlasting theodicy.

Songs’ list // one_ lux two_ metavasis three_ valorous four_ pandora five_ mummer’s dance six_ aide mousa seven_ kalliopeia sofa eight_ agápē bonus track_ marco polo (Tracks six and seven are ancient evocations to the Muse and to Apollo & Calliope, respectively, written by Mesomedes of Crete in the 2nd century CE, with music composed by Lina Palera. Track five and the bonus track are covers of Loreena McKennitt’s Mummer’s Dance and Marco Polo.)

 

_Music Album 7: ODYSSEY Ancient World Music (Compilation Two)

If we are to preserve culture, we must continue to create it.

ODYSSEY music album is the 2nd compilation by SEIKILO Ancient World Music Channel, featuring an amazing team of affiliate artists including Loudovikos ton Anogeion, Thanasis Kleopas, Shingo Ali Masuda, Lina Palera, Yannis Pantazis, Theodoros Koumartzis, Giorgio Sancristoforo, Evagoras Bekiaris, Thanos Stavridis, Lorena Atrakzy, Claire Fontanille, Dimitra Kandia, Angela Monaco, Saraï O’gara, Johanna Schlottke, and Artemis Agathopoulou.

Songs’ list // one_ Spark two_ Odyssey three_ Cursed four_ Perperúna five_ Pendulum six_ What is the Colour of Love? seven_ Autumn Leaves eight_ Hroes nine_ Harmonia Radiorum ten_ Toxicity (covering System of a Down)

 

_Production team
Art Direction Nikolaos Koumartzis
Production, Mixing, Mastering Evagoras Bekiaris
Supported by LUTHIEROS Musical Instruments
Special thanks to SEIKILO Ancient World Music Channel

_ancient world music _contemporary fusion _lyre improvisations _ethnic tones _cinematic music narrative _soothing _calming _lyre compositions

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All the myths and stories you heard during your visit to the SEIKILO Museum are but a mere fragment of what was written. Explore the legacy of the lyre through SEIKILO museum-quality books!

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The Museum runs interactive tours & visits thrice per week & strictly upon reservation!

All our tours are guided by a professional lyre player who performs live for you.

Available time slots highly depend on the season. Please reach out for details.

The cost is 15 € per person with special discounts for groups & families.