LP / Eirikti Records / 2013
lim. edition 321 copies
Sitting
on stools, knocking doors on roofless
coffeehousesWaiting
without memory for the next day within formalin
preys
Sounds and/in Kefalaio 24: A group of artful
(non)secretive peculiarities. A group of (un)covered
polysemous sound
deviations as those gather and scatter forming a vibrant
artistic exquisite corpse
for the participating listeners. Emersions and submersions
of sound whirls
impregnated with an unexpectedly intimate and intimately
unexpected surrealistic
versification and all this… placed within a broader
context of obscure
electronic and new wave reality. A band formed in
1982 in Ioannina (a city
situated in the north-east part of Greece),
Kefalaio 24 (a.k.a.
Chapter 24), first depicted their deviating approach
in 1985 through
their participation in the “0651”
music collection. In this collection, released by the
short-lived
Ioannina-based tape label Βάρκα Tapes,
Kefalaio 24
participated with the tracks “Στη
σήραγγα” (i.e., In
the
tunnel), “Μία
μάζα”
(i.e., A mass) και
“Η μυστηριώδης εξαφάνιση
του Ερμή” (i.e., Hermes’
mysterious disappearance), three mysterious and
sacramentally delirious
compositions. More specifically, minimalistic electronic
(among others)
compositions that not only differentiated the group within
the Greek
underground scene of that era, but also contributed to the
gradual formulation of
a special sound-genre in the north-east part of the country
(Ioannina,
Epirus).
A
few months later, Βάρκα Tapes released
the group’s same-titled tape “Kefalaio
24” comprised of the
compositions titled: “Μέρες
αργίας”
(i.e., vacation
days), “Η
άποψη του
καθρέπτη” (i.e.,
mirror’s
perspective) και “Περιορισμένη ορατότητα” (i.e.,
limited
visibility). Three tracks in
total that cleverly demonstrate the group’s dark-oriented
special
direction. It would approximately take
three years (1988) till the band finally released its first
full work titled
“Tin Invaders”. Two additional albums are to follow in
the next two decades. In
particular, the album titled “Το
ευρετήριο των
συμπτώσεων”
(i.e., The index of coincidences) was released
in 1995 while in 2006 the “Drop in / Drop out”
work
was released. Finally, in 2011 the group in
collaboration with the musician
Philippe Petit will release a further
musical work titled “The red giant meets the white
dwarf”. The
present edition accumulates Kefalaio 24’s early
compositions which are especially significant from a
historical and an
inspirational standpoint. Furthermore, two additional
previously unreleased
tracks “Ο Μάης
δεν θα’ρθει” (i.e., May will
not come) και
“Φυτώριο
κεραιών”(i.e.,
Antennas
nursery) are included which actually see the light of
day for the first
time almost three decades after their conception. In fact,
those tracks in a
masterful and instrumentally sound manner depict the
group’s additional aspects,
as flash touches in an overall atmospheric musical horizon.
Comes in a limited
edition of 321 numbered blue
transparent-colored vinyl
copies.