During the summer, after our first filming experiences for ‘Polemos’, we decided we want to release the Δystopian_Farmer tracks one by one if possible each with a video. We had the story for a second song called ‘Arid 2053’ and … Continue reading →
Yiannis is a gifted guitar player from our hometown Arta, but due to circumstances we never met: He moved to Holland to study Jazz Guitar in Amsterdam and later Rotterdam, just in the early years when we had moved to … Continue reading →
It’s not often you find gold right under your nose, in your garden, but this is pretty much what happened to us with Elias Filos. Elias has been a part time musician all his life, had many experiences in the … Continue reading →
Nikos is a well known traditional singer from the island Mitilini. He teaches Lafta and music theory at the Ioannina University and got the gang of Urban Modal to accompany him on a new original song. Recording went great, and … Continue reading →
Urban Modal, the fantastic Anatolian world music band who came in January 2024 to the studio for a demo (check that one out here), are preparing an album. They came recently to our studio for the first recording session. The … Continue reading →
The Nafas Ensemble from Switzerland is making an album, and the production is being done at Epirus Music Lab. Nafas is an initiative of percussionist and composer Noredinne El Mrabti (originally from Morocco). The album features compositions by Noreddine and … Continue reading →
For our first release we planned to make a music video for one of the three songs. The idea is to move away from the typical band-playing-in-the-studio type video’s and take inspiration from video’s like Michel Gondry’s work with Bjork … Continue reading →
Saxophone / Clarinet player and composer Gerwil Kusters, came up with a project involving some musicians from Western Europe with experience in ‘old music’, and some musicians from Greece who have experience with traditional and Byzantine music. He intended the … Continue reading →
For the 2023 edition of the Dancing Strings Festival in Holland, in collaboration with Marmoucha Orchestra, Michiel was invited to create 3 pieces based on Greek music, and come to play these pieces on the Laouto during 3 live shows. … Continue reading →
In January 2024 we ran a promotion for demo’s with the idea of introducing the studio to local musicians, aiming mainly at kids with bands. To our surprise no kids showed up, but some professional musicians did come for a … Continue reading →