Dear friends,
One year ago, in January 2012, I went to Greece for the first time with my friend Stephane C. to begin a new film / music related project (more news about this -check Oiseaux-Tempête website- will come soon...).
We performed two concerts, one in Athens at Six Dogs and one in Thessaloniki at Protos Orofos. The idea was simple: a screening of photographic slideshows by Stéphane C. and Michaël Ackerman, and me improvising in front of these with the help of talented Greek musicians May Roosevelt, Mihalis Vrettas and Stavros Parginos. For each show the entrance was free, and the experience warm and cosy. I remember Thessaloniki quite well, the perfume of Tsipouro, the night lights of the Port, the old fort overlooking the City, the barking dogs, the smell of incense and the amazing food. It was an intense psychogeographical adventure. I remember the beautiful people we met there, Sotiris, Yiannis, Filiou, Tania, Eleni, the wild bunch at Point Blank and of course May and Mihalis. I miss you guys.
This was a very special moment and I'm so happy to see it released on Protos Orofos' fantastic annual compilation. You can listen to it on soundcloud and download it HERE for free.
The cd was released in November 2012 and the 1000 copies were distributed for free. If you live outside Thessaloniki -and even outside Greece- and want to get it, send an e-mail to PROTOS OROFOS with your address and they will send it to you by post. I told you, those guys are great...
Merry X-Mas you all,
F. xo
One year ago, in January 2012, I went to Greece for the first time with my friend Stephane C. to begin a new film / music related project (more news about this -check Oiseaux-Tempête website- will come soon...).
We performed two concerts, one in Athens at Six Dogs and one in Thessaloniki at Protos Orofos. The idea was simple: a screening of photographic slideshows by Stéphane C. and Michaël Ackerman, and me improvising in front of these with the help of talented Greek musicians May Roosevelt, Mihalis Vrettas and Stavros Parginos. For each show the entrance was free, and the experience warm and cosy. I remember Thessaloniki quite well, the perfume of Tsipouro, the night lights of the Port, the old fort overlooking the City, the barking dogs, the smell of incense and the amazing food. It was an intense psychogeographical adventure. I remember the beautiful people we met there, Sotiris, Yiannis, Filiou, Tania, Eleni, the wild bunch at Point Blank and of course May and Mihalis. I miss you guys.
This was a very special moment and I'm so happy to see it released on Protos Orofos' fantastic annual compilation. You can listen to it on soundcloud and download it HERE for free.
The cd was released in November 2012 and the 1000 copies were distributed for free. If you live outside Thessaloniki -and even outside Greece- and want to get it, send an e-mail to PROTOS OROFOS with your address and they will send it to you by post. I told you, those guys are great...
Merry X-Mas you all,
F. xo
Frédéric D. Oberland, May Roosevelt, Mihalis Vrettas
Performing in front of slideshows by Stéphane C. & Michael Ackerman
Live at Protos Orofos, Thessaloniki, January 7th 2012
Frédéric D. Oberland : electric guitar, bowed glockenspiel
May Roosevelt : theremin
Mihalis Vrettas : electric viola
Performing in front of slideshows by Stéphane C. & Michael Ackerman
Live at Protos Orofos, Thessaloniki, January 7th 2012
Frédéric D. Oberland : electric guitar, bowed glockenspiel
May Roosevelt : theremin
Mihalis Vrettas : electric viola
