Athos: Echoes from the Holy Greek Mountain by Various Artists

Trans-disciplinary, this effort of documentation comprehends an artistic re-interpretation aspect inviting contemporary Greek and foreign artists to reflect on the subject. A musical compilation which captures original field recordings from the 1960s and from today capturing the essence of liturgical music on Mount Athos, but also new compositions inspired by them by artists such as Holy Tongue (UK), Jay Glass Dubs (GR), Prins Emanuel & Inre Kresten Grupp (SWE), Jimi Tenor (FI), Gilb’r (FR), Daniel Paleodimos (GR), Esma & Murat Ertel (TUR) and Organza Ray (GR/US). Here they turn their attention to Mount Athos, a central part of the Orthodox imagination and home to a hive of monks from many Orthodox traditions.
While the first disc of this release features contemporary musicians’ interpretations, the second contains performances of various unembellished chants by a chorus or individual above a drone; the centuries have honed these melodies,