Michael ADAMIS
“A selection of electroacoustic works 1964 – 1977”

Michael Adamis (1929 – 2013). “Absolutely essential release of one of the most prominent personalities in the music world. Michael Adamis was recognised as a pioneering composer who created a contemporary musical genre upon the Greek tradition. He has managed to create an original electroacoustic soundscape, leaving a clear aesthetic mark among contemporary and Byzantine music. These works offer a remarkable example of his pioneering and diverse creative course, revealing a search for new means of expression. Tape, voice, distortion, concrete and electronic sounds, use of early synths. For the first time a Super Deluxe 2 CD & Booklet edition is released with a selection of previously unreleased electroacoustic works from the 1964-1977 period.” “Minyrismos” (1966) for tape, “Glaros II” (1977-2006) for flute and tape, “Piece one” (1964) for tape, “Piece two” (1964) for tape, “Lament” (1970) for two psaltes, two isokrates, percussion and tape, “Kratema” (1971) for psaltis, oboe, tuba and electroacoustic. “Proschemata” (1964) for tape, “Endon” (2001) for alto saxophone and electroacoustic, “Paegma” (1976) for tape, “Iphigenia in Aulis” (1970) for tape, “Kraterna” (2001) for psaltis, oboe, tuba and electroacoustic.