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At it’s very core, “Grief” stands out as a lonely, isolating experience in a strange land, sometimes meditative, but gently building and falling with every step into a world of emotions. … Continue reading…CD “Grief” by Farwest Mandolinistic Orchestra
“Grief” is “heavy”, labyrinthine, suggestive, insidious, noisy, experimental, avant, “hard” ambient, meditative, dark, improv … Continue reading…Reviews for CD “Grief”
Farwest Mandolinistic Orchestra is a quartet of contemporary experimental music. They combine traditional, classical, electric and electronic instruments as sources, they employ the technique of live looping and they move between deliberate synthesis and improvisation. … Continue reading…CD : Farwest Mandolinistic Orchestra (Fa.M.Or)
Photos from studio and live performances … Continue reading…Farwest Mandolinistic Orchestra : Photos
Farwest Mandolinistic Orchestra is improvising from our homes, during coronavirus lock down. Video created by guitarist Stathis Ioannou
Daily newspaper “Kathimerini”-Athens .”..in «Far West» …mandolin orchestras meet Tom Waits and NickCave…” www. raporto.gr “…S. Debonos is attempting what did Moby at “Play” with the help of samplers…. one of the most interesting contemporary sounds of the season, an original fusion of tradition and avant-garde, for open minds and senses. ” “Athinorama” weekly magazine “…a concept
Monthly music magazine “Difono” … “Ourakas” is the only Greek collection of songs, which have a chracteristic local and romantic color and, at the same time, they suggest a modern
…This is no exaggeration: this is the revenge of independent productions. Argyris Zilos “DIFONO”magazine (GR), May 1997
