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PAUSIS debut album
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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.
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.
_In a nutshell _ancient world music _contemporary fusion _ethnic tones _cinematic music narrative
_Songs’ list one_ belenus two_ almanecer three_ boundaries four_ journey five_ metamorphosis six_ are mou rindineddha seven_ campanas eight_ awake
_Artists Theodoros Koumartzis Ancient Lyre Evagoras Bekiaris Electronics, Piano (5),Beats (5, 6, 7) Sokrates Votskos Duduk (3) Yael Schonzeit Vocals (4) Nikos Varelas Percussion (2, 4) Linos Tzelos Sitar (7) Ariana Vafadari Vocals (2) Marios Podaras Violin (1, 5, 6, 8) Eljona Eleni Sinjari Vocals (1, 6) Manos Stratis Piano (1), Double Bass (6)
_Production team
Production, Mixing, Mastering Evagoras Bekiaris
Art Direction Nikolaos Koumartzis
Original compositions by Theodoros Koumartzis
Supported by LUTHIEROS Musical Instruments
Special thanks to SEIKILO Ancient World Music Channel
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— Lucian, 2nd c. CE
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