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ARTIST
MIKHAIL
TITLE
Xenofonia
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
SUB ROSA
CATALOG #
SR 338CD
SR 338CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
7/17/2012
The sound universe of
Xenofonia
has operatic dimensions and continues
Mikhail
's exploration of the musical fault-line between Middle Eastern and Western sound. Commenting on his intentions behind the album, Mikhail explains that "until a century ago, all Greek music was folk music with irregular scales and no polyphony. Greece's lengthy enslavement meant that Western musical and cultural developments of the Renaissance, Baroque and Classical eras left the country virtually untouched. I wanted
Xenofonia
to be about finding a contemporary Greek voice which wakes up to the 'alien' sounds of European instruments; a voice which is at times angry, and split between the West and the East, the past and the present." Citing rembetika,
Xenakis
and
J. P. Rameau
's dramatic works as inspirations, on this album, Mikhail's vocals are colored by his Anatolian heritage and meet electronica, avant-garde and baroque music.
Xenofonia
combines choir, harpsichord, percussion, glitch and environmental recordings. Migrating bird-calls and human voices play a central role heard a cappella or accompanied. Singing often ventures beyond the limits of language. The formidable choral force of ex-miners
Snowdown Colliery Male Voice Choir
, the intimate voice of
Matthias Grübel
from German duo
Phon°noir
, British vocal trio
Juice Vocal Ensemble
, and background vocals by
Elaine Mitchener
and
Jade Pybus
are heard in Mikhail's compositions alongside his wide vocal range of operatic falsetto, bass-baritone, raw shrieks and growls.
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