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The midnight multitrack recording had a subtle sense of fluidity.
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Fresh espresso. A handful of notes drifting by.
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Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Ktima Kir-Yianni (Amyntaio, Florina).
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The music found a place inside the story.
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One scene remained silent. A single sustained note changed its weight.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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The sound moved beyond the edges of the image. For a moment, the space felt larger.
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An instrumental track found its scene. It carried the right kind of darkness.
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Music and sound emerged. Their boundary gently disappeared.
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Unique gifts sent to the first 20 people who bought the album Dolphin Dreams, released on 3 July 2006.
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Sounds appeared where the screen could not reach.
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An unfinished scene received at dawn. The music found something inside it.
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Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Ktima Kir-Yianni (Yianakohori, Naoussa).
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The music traveled without borders.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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A short film gently opened the door to the studio.
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An instrumental track met another film.
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A documentary with a sensitive story. The music kept the pulse.
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Another cue sheet completed. Every track had a name.
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A rough cut received. A sound appeared.
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The location became part of the score.
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The silences suggested where the music might enter.
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A fresh film cut arrived overnight. By morning, the music was different.
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A track from an album crossed another border.
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A sound emerged from where the scene took place. It became part of the score.
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A note filled the headphones late in the evening. The story stretched far beyond the room.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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A few seconds revealed an entire atmosphere.
DJ set -
Czech Jazz at Ham on Rye (Klisovis 12, Athens).
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By the end of the night, the multitrack mix became one sound.
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Silence came first. Then the places where sound could breathe.
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One scene ended. Another had not yet begun. Sound crossed the distance.
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The place itself became an instrument. The location left fingerprints.
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Concrete, footsteps and distance entered the score.
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The last sound disappeared into the picture. For a moment, neither separated from the other.
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The distance between Athens and elsewhere disappeared inside a live session.
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Unique gifts sent to the first 8 people who bought the album Observation Point, released on 8 September 2017.
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Not every scene needed music. Sometimes the empty space became the score.
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The fretless electric bass carried something of the human voice.
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A location left its trace on the recording. The room became part of the sound.
DJ set -
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Ktima Kir-Yianni (Yianakohori, Naoussa).
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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The music and picture felt as though they belonged to the same world.
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Some pieces took days to find their shape. Others appeared almost immediately.
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Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Ktima Kir-Yianni (Amyntaio, Florina).
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Certain spaces offered more than silence between the notes.
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A short image carried a long shadow. Music followed the duration.
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At the end, the many sound layers became one experience.
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The music followed the scene into another room.
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A film arrived without dialogue. Texture and movement carried the story.
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The first musical idea appeared before the call ended.
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A single note changed the temperature.
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The voice remained in the light. Music stayed just behind it.
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A low vibration stayed with the scene long after it ended.
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The score started to feel like a memory rather than an explanation.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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The music began somewhere beyond the frame.
DJ set -
Czech Jazz at Ham on Rye (Klisovis 12, Athens).
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The picture found more room to breathe.
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The silence between the sounds became part of the score.
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The first take carried a strange kind of truth.
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An old track played beside a new picture. Something in the two suddenly aligned.
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Rhythms, repetitions and silences became musical clues.
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By the end, it was difficult to tell where the sound had begun.
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Czech Jazz at Ktima Kir-Yianni (Yianakohori, Naoussa).
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The quieter the scene became, the more there was to hear.
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The picture carried its own rhythm.
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An instrumental track changed the entire balance of a scene.
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A message arrived late at night. It contained a photo, a story and a question.
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Across time zones. With espresso. No clock.
DJ set -
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Ktima Kir-Yianni (Yianakohori, Naoussa).
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The same scene returned with a different angle. The music moved with it.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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A thirty-second commercial. Three long notes.
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The music followed a slower clock.
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43.479280° N, 6.042402° E
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The rhythm was revealed through the footsteps before it appeared in the score.
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A gentle note from the fretless electric bass changed the meaning of the lighting.
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The music followed the actress’s gaze instead of her movement.
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The harmony unfolded slowly, as if recalling a memory.
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The sound touched the image and immediately withdrew.
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The musical theme carried the secret of the story without revealing it.
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Two low notes beneath a smile changed everything.
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The fretless electric bass sounded like warm light through silken curtains.
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The silence before the scene was already telling the story.
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The music made its entrance like a thought that had been there all along.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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The soft melody arrived late and somehow knew exactly where to go.
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Every movement created a different echo.
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The microphones stood like birds on the riverbank.
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The first notes slowly emerged.
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A soft electrical hum echoed through the empty set.
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Every small sound was vivid.
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Rome wondered, with a touch of charm, if thirty seconds of dark melody on fretless electric bass might be possible.
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A worldwide synchronization license made its way into the morning e-mail. The track seemed eager to travel.
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Strings, breath, and fingers became part of the room.
DJ set -
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Ktima Kir-Yianni (Yianakohori, Naoussa).
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The electronics grew rougher around the edges, then strangely beautiful.
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The gear continued to glow softly in the darkness while the music slowly settled into the room.
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The fretless electric bass settled into the picture instead of floating above it.
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An instrumental track, recorded live from start to finish, found its way to Madrid.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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A pair of microphones looked toward the forest.
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Early in the morning, the live recording acquired a softer kind of density.
DJ set -
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Olympias Rooftop Bar (Athinas 57, 6th floor, Athens).
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The melody, played with the fretless electric bass, found a place between intimacy and distance.
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The first note inside the old hotel.
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The live multitrack mix sounded warmer and richer.
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The instrumental track acquired a quiet sense of glue.
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The silence grew delicately detailed.
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Two microphones waited beneath the old staircase. Wood made a soft click somewhere in the dark.
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One tender note returned softly.
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The rain-dark city outside the studio was still asleep.
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The mix felt open and airy. The darker sounds still carried weight.
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The recording felt almost physical. The attack, body, and tail of the sound each retained their own character.
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Birds sounded as though they were almost within breathing distance.
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London received all the tracks just before the rain began. Some cities know how to set the mood.
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The recording had a subtle color to it.
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The music for the scene found a warmth, without giving up its solitude.
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The live electronics settled into the fragile spaces between the images.
Mail -
Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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Ten delicate notes across three minutes. Yet they were never the same.
DJ set -
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Olympias Rooftop Bar (Athinas 57, 6th floor, Athens).
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Berlin liked that the track kept the emotion just close enough to leave a little tension in the air.
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One microphone faced the narrow corridor. Pipes murmured behind the walls.
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The harmony moved like misty rain through the transitional sequence.
DJ set -
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Olympias Rooftop Bar (Athinas 57, 6th floor, Athens).
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The score followed the absence rather than the action, through live electronics.
Concert -
Ippokratous at Fournos Theatre (Athens).
Concert -
Ippokratous at Fournos Theatre (Athens).
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The dusk recording had warmth and silken definition.
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Sydney chose the track with the syncopated rhythm. It felt like a choice made with a soft smile.
DJ set -
Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Olympias Rooftop Bar (Athinas 57, 6th floor, Athens).
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Early in the morning, the distance between the instrumental sound and the picture had by then softened.
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The room microphones picked up the velvety reflection of the movement.
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The melody remained elusive as it was processed through the live electronics.
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Musique francophone au coucher du soleil at Olympias Rooftop Bar (Athinas 57, 6th floor, Athens).
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In the low afternoon light, a little more air found its place between the notes.
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The mix settled into a comfortable balance. The espresso was good.
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The fretless electric bass and the wooden-walled room began to sound like one instrument.
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Prague chose the track with the slowly rising mix, drawn to its nocturnal atmosphere.
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The score found intimacy in the close-framed scene.
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A miniature microphone rested beneath the table. Espresso cups became percussion.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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In the afternoon, the fretless electric bass sound gained a faint sheen while the notes followed the moving image.
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A chord lingered inside the live electronics like a distant thought.
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Vienna chose the track with the allusive ending that was like an opaque curtain drifting in front of the music.
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A deep sound waited patiently beneath the calm.
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Microphones waited on the bookshelf as the room slowly filled with footsteps and rustling fabric.
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The fretless electric bass and the live electronics moved behind the scene like a night train.
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The early morning stereo recording for the production breathed with quiet clarity.
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The minute tonal nuances became more buoyant as the evening approached beneath a rain-laden cloud.
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Special gifts sent to letters and postcards received at the P.O. Box in Athens.
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The live electronics whispered imperceptibly around the characters, without touching them.
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Late at night, the instrumental track grew more kinetic through the shifting of the filters.
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Copenhagen was drawn to the track with the fretless electric bass, where the melody danced gracefully through the scene.
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The winter morning was swept by the waves trailing behind the live recording.
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The stereo image of the live improvisation gained more depth than width, as the frame of the scene tightened.