''StringLESS'' is a vocal group of five women singers of Bulgarian, Albanian and Greek origin. The name StringLESS is a word pun on the English word meaning ''without strings'' and the Greek onomatopoeic word meaning ''shrews'', mythical creatures of the Greek folk tradition. The repertoire is based on Greek folk songs from Epirus, Pontus, and Macedonia, on the early urban tradition of Smyrna -the so called retro songs of 30's- and the rembetiko of Piraeus. Along these lines, our repertoire includes songs stemming from the Balkan, Gaelic, Cuban, Gospel and Corse tradition, all orchestrated in a polyphonic mode. The group’s objective is a polyphonic orchestration, even when in comes to inherently non-polyphonic songs. All orchestrations are devised by the group, transforming a well-known song into a totally new and diverse music proposal, or transcribing the sound of musical instruments into a sound produced by the human body, as if it were a wind or percussion instrument.

Lakis Tzimka’s new personal cd is the result of his collaboration with Mark Whitfield, one of the most important and influential jazz musicians in the 90’s. The trio is Mark Whitfield on guitar, Lakis Tzimkas on double bass and Christos Yermenoglou on drums. All the compositions, three of which are for solo double bass, were written for the trio by Lakis Tzimkas. It is a blend of mainstream and modern jazz with influences from jazz greats, such as Wes Montgomery, Wayne Shorter, Pat Martino and Charles Mingus.

Spooky RedRum were first formed in Corfu in 2009 from Nefeli Stamatogiannopoulou, who is the songwriter of the band. Collaborating with the most talented people on the island, she composed the first songs until 2011 when she moved to Athens. A small break followed but in 2015 the vision of Spooky RedRum took shape again and thus the debut “The Illusion of Time” was recorded. Based on the themed concept of Time and consisting of songs / themed sections, each one telling a separate story but together composing a main idea, The Illusion of Time incorporates all the band’s influences, from Burzum to Alfred Schnittke. Nick Cave, Leonard Cohen, Patti Smith, Morphine (band), Bjork, Massive Attack and many others have left their mark on the music of Spooky RedRum thus contributing to this admirable first project which brings together the love for rock and new wave with the experimental and Avant Garde mood.