"What a stunning recording! It Captures the essence of the solo acoustic bass" - Owen Mc Kern (Delivery 3RRR FM)

Work for solo double bass..."I suppose this is what you may well call a 'rant' - at least as close as you can get to a rant on the bass." NT

"Their surprising, beautiful, somewhat mysterious music is often, simultaneously, ancient, modern, intricately constructed & improvisatory. ... Ananke is the Greek word for necessity. It's also a wide-open, occasional trio of Achilles Yiangoulli, Nick Tsiavos & Anthony Schulz - respectively, a fine singer & bouzouki player, a double bassist whose mastery of the bow reminds you that his instrument is a bass violin, & a virtuoso accordionist." - comment by Doug Spencer, The Planet, ABC Radio National

"... surprising, beautiful, somewhat mysterious music... often, simultaneously, ancient, modern, intricately constructed & improvisatory."Doug Spencer, The Planet. Eurotrash Taksim is a Melbourne based sextet. Core members Achilles Yiangoulli, Nick Tsiavos & Anthony Schulz - respectively, a fine singer & bouzouki player, a double bassist whose mastery of the bow reminds you that his instrument is a bass violin, & a virtuoso accordionist also play as an occasional trip. They're also one half of the sextet, Eurotrash Taksim, with soprano Deborah Kayser, percussionist Peter Neville & reeds player Tim O'Dwyer. To a large part derived from traditional Greek sources, this music is open, exploratory and unusual.

(re-issue coming soon)

The Akathistos Hymn, an intensely beautiful set of melismatic chant sung in praise of the Virgin Mary, is one of the high points of Byzantine art. The hymns' various texts are multilayered in meaning and rich with cascades of rapturous imagery. This recording is the performers' homage to this sacred and potent text, as well as a critical and questioning engagement with it.

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