{"id":2696,"date":"2025-01-03T01:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T23:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.debonos.gr\/?p=2696"},"modified":"2026-10-02T11:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T08:27:07","slug":"grief-by-farwest-mandolinistic-orchestra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/debonos.gr\/en\/grief-by-farwest-mandolinistic-orchestra\/","title":{"rendered":"CD “Grief” by Farwest Mandolinistic Orchestra"},"content":{"rendered":"

At it\u2019s very core, \u201cGrief\u201d 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.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cGrief\u201d is the sophomore album of Farwest Mandolinistic Orchestra, that with their eclectic instrumentation paint a dark, brutal, unforgiving sonic landscape that could remove the listener from its geographic equation at any single moment\u2019s notice.<\/span><\/p>\n

The tranquil, aching beauty of the album lingers all over the place and evokes the warm texture of a twisted mandolin ensemble with hints of twentieth century avant-gardism.<\/span><\/p>\n

The whole atmosphere is breathing a somber air, with moody keys and electric custom mandolin creating a cloud of ambient melancholy that drifts hazily through to the back of your mind while the instruments absorb your attention greedily, and deservingly so.<\/span><\/p>\n

Strangely beautiful and above all adequately introspective \u201cGrief\u201d is a superb sonic adventure featuring a few threatening passages, made of soft industrial-noise use of electric guitar, with the addition of a prepared piano, live electronics, and insistent sound drones. It is solemn build up from a darker mood into something that could be perceived more tripping, yet it still carries a heavy burden that brings it down once again. Not always a happy experience, but certainly, a mesmerizing one.<\/span><\/p>\n

Sotiris Debonos – midi mandolin and guitar, loops<\/span>
\nStathis Ioannou – acoustic guitar<\/span>
\nKonstantinos Tsiolis – prepared piano, viola, synths<\/span>
\nManolis Aggelakis – electric guitar<\/span><\/p>\n

Recorded by FA.M.OR.<\/span>
\nMixed by Manolis Aggelakis<\/span>
\nMastered by Giannis Christodoulatos at Sweetspot Mastering<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/samedifferencerecords.bandcamp.com\/<\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

On line order\u00a0for audio CD, digital CD and individual tracks:<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

https:\/\/farwestmandolinisticorchestra.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span>

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