one more drive w/ Savvas Metaxas - 2nd October 2025
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Seeing NTS's call to create a mix with music that describes our roots, the place we come from and most likely the place we tend to return to, I immediately thought how difficult and challenging that could be. I remembered Winnicott's saying that 'Home is where we start from' and automatically went back in time and wondered what music was playing and continues to play in my head over time. Adding to this thought a kind of musical genealogy and a sense of nostalgia, I created this mix during a period when I was quite a few miles away from home.
The beginning and end are dedicated to family. Music of the people of Pontus and the Black Sea (father) and music with clarinets and mountain laments (mother). From there on, the first half of the mix is Greek. With Thessaloniki being the place where I... Find the full tracklist and related episodes on NTS: https://www.nts.live/shows/roots-2025/episodes/roots-2025-savvas-metaxas-2nd-october-2025
