Secular
1. Inre Kretsen Grupp & Prins Emanuel - Volta Semantron 04:05
2. Holy Tongue - Athos Dub 06:33
3. Murat & Esma Ertel - Garden of Kibele 03:39
4. Daniel Paleodimos - Doxology 02:44
5. Jimi Tenor - Idan Kuoromiehet 03:57
6. Jay Glass Dubs - Synaptic Riddles 06:01
7. Gilb'r - L'île météore 03:18
8. Organza Ray - I Swim in your Dreams 08:40
Liturgical
9. Gregoriou Monastery - Vatopedi Semantron Vespers 00:21
10. Daniilaioi Brotherhood Choir - Axion Estin 03:53
11. Daniilaioi Brotherhood Choir - Christos Anesti 02:48
12. Daniilaioi Brotherhood Choir - Theoteke Parthene 05:39
13. Daniilaioi Brotherhood Choir - Doxologia Chourmouzioy 04:16
14. Daniilaioi Brotherhood Choir - Osoi Eis Christon 02:54
15. Daniilaioi Brotherhood Choir - Tas Esperinas Manouel Chrysafis 03:42
16. Father Lazaros of Grigoriou Monastery - Doxastikon Idiomelon, Mode Plagal A 04:02
17. Father Germanos of Vatopedi Monastery - Anoixantos Sou, Koukouzelis, Mode Plagal D 03:29
18. Iviron Monastery - Cherouvical Hymn, Third Mode 05:22
19. Father Antypas - Axion Estin, Seventh Mode 03:54
20. Simonopetra Monastery - Koinonikon, Mode Plagal A 03:54
Mount Athos, known as the «Holy Mountain,» is a monastic peninsula in northeastern Greece, central to Eastern Orthodox monasticism for over a millennium. Its twenty monasteries house around 2,000 monks dedicated to prayer and worship, which songs have echoed across the Aegean Sea for centuries, heard only by visiting pilgrims, isolated from conventional time and global events.
After several years of research, and several visits to the retired community, we are happy to present our new project «Athos : Echoes from the Holy Mountain» dedicated to this liturgic music and repertoire that seems to be evolving outside the usual boundaries of time and space. Rooted in Byzantine chant, this a cappella tradition essential to monastic life featuring intricate yet serene melodies designed to facilitate prayer and contemplation, using a system of modes and scales to create a meditative atmosphere.
Trans-disciplinary, this effort of documentation also 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).
A trilingual book in English, Greek and French, featuring essays, articles, photographs and artistic comissions reflecting around the theme giving a voice to contributors such as , Stratos Kalafatis, Theodore Psychoyos, Tefra90, Father Damaskinos Ulkinuora, Prof. Thomas Apostolopoulos, Makar Tereshin, Phaedra Douzina-Bakalaki, Michelangelo Paganopoulos and Alberto Cameroni.
The release of the book and the record will be followed by a cycle of exhibitions and conferences, deploying FLEE’s year-long research on Mount Athos, as well as its numerous commissioned artworks.