AWE (δέος) Solo Music Album by Anna Stereopoulou
Music for Installations, Performances, Art Radio/Podcasts
A cinematic initiatory approach to social-cultural topics, from antiquity to the present, and for future needs.
Information & Further Analysis (.pdf):
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Acousmatic /Psycho-acoustic, Avant-garde, Minimalism, Sound Art, Cosmic Music
Available in Digital (Tracks 1-9) & Physical formats: CD (Tracks 1-7), Cassette Tape (Tracks 8-9)
Deep Listening, preferably, with Closed Type headphones
“Dedicated to my father, Nikos Stereopoulos (journalist, author, researcher)” – Anna Stereopoulou, 4 June 2023
BEST GREEK MUSIC ALBUM 2023 – as selected by Phontas Troussas, "For the composer’s overall view on Sound and its relation to Science." (19 December 2023)
• Amongst the '20 Best Greek Music Albums 2023' | Athinorama - Charis Symvoulidis (31 December 2023)
• Amongst the '6+1 Best Greek Music Albums 2023' | LiFO - Phontas Troussas (1 January 2024)
awe [aw]
n., v. awed, aw•ing. n. [1]
1. an overwhelming feeling of reverence, admiration, fear, or wonder produced by that which is grand, sublime, extremely powerful, etc.
2. Archaic. power to inspire fear or reverence.
From ancient Greek (aw- / awe- / awed- / awer-)
ἄω (to blow, to speak, to sing); [2] | ἀάω; to satisfy, to sat(iat)e [2]
The sound of breath caused by the pronunciation of the vowels Ah! (ἆ - ἅ - ἅ – ἅ!) and Oh! (ὤ – ὦ!), as interjections, expressing a feeling;
Related to (the Flow of) Water (ὕδωρ), Light (Eos / ἠώς, ἐώα, ἡ), Wind (air / ἀήρ) and God (Dias, Zeus), as Cosmos – Nature early worships on Earth; first forms (shouts) of human communication. [3]
Sources:
[1] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
[2] Professor Charalambos Spyrides
[3] Georg Autenrieth, A Homeric Dictionary
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“AWE” is inspired by Archaeology & Modern Media, while studying and expressing the fusion of Nature & Technology, having Speech as their dominant element. Acoustic (musical) instruments, analogue synthesizers, field recordings, pulses and ‘glitches’, blossom through various orbits and musical geographies (Acoustic /Psycho-acoustic, Avant-garde, Minimalism, Sound Art, Cosmic Music), and with Cinema & Ancient Drama as their core.
The album, with a total duration of 90 minutes, includes nine compositions by Anna Stereopoulou, as she created them for different collaborations in Film & Video Art, Art Radio /Podcasts, Visuals /Installations, etc., in Greece and abroad (2020-2022). “AWE” concludes with her Diptych Sound-Work, based on Mathematics, Code/s, Linguistics, Psychology, Architecture, Noise, Astrophysics / Astromythology and Pre-History (Cretan / Minoan – Aegean – Near Eastern civilizations).
The goal of “AWE” is the Highlighting and Deep & Active Listening of Sound, in Art and everyday life, but also the ‘amplifying’ of Listenings and Sound Installations, in Greece.
released June 4, 2023
Music (Composed, Orchestrated, Performed, Mixed, Produced)
and Research by Anna Stereopoulou
Release: 4 June 2023 | Production: Independent
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Analogue Synthesizers (Korg microKORG, Korg Volca Kick, Yamaha PSR 200), Organ (Yamaha P60), Percussion (Bendir, Arbani, Shell in Eb), Celtic Lyre, Vocals, Software Synthesizers: Anna Stereopoulou
Singing, Vocals: Irene Makri (Track 2)
Narrations: Penelope's Web (Track 2)
Violoncello: Elsa Papeli (Track 8)
Recordings / Field Recordings: Anna Stereopoulou
Additional Recordings: Irene Makri (Track 2), Penelope's Web (Track 2), Nikos Stereopoulos (Track 8)
Poetry - Texts: Anna Stereopoulou, Angelos Sikelianos, Lia Papadaki, Dr. Jack Dempsey, Orphic Hymns, Aeschylus
Video-Art DoP (Track 1): Dionysia Kopana
Album Artwork & Texts: Anna Stereopoulou
Cover Photography: Thracian Satyr; Ceramic Ancient Greek Drama Mask (family replica souvenir from Calabria)