Optiki Mousiki - Tomos 2From 1984 until 1987, Greek artist Costis Drygianakis and a ramshackle assembly of friends and collaborators produced a slew of recordings under the name Optiki Mousiki, or Optical Musics. Their first full length "Tomos 1" was released in 1987 and documented a prolific early period, combining grizzly industrial noise elements with dizzying electro acoustic experiments and wild instrumental stings. "Tomos 2" is a collection of work taken from the

Performed by pianist and New York Times chief classical critic Anthony Tommasini

as well as choral conducting with Hans Gillesberger and orchestral conducting with Hans Swarovsky

and pop songs to which the winners of the 2017 A Cappella Contest Leipzig give their own unique coloring

and is an Iris Collective Resident Ensemble

" whose quartet version is presented here for the first time on disc

"Vesennjaja" (spring)

Agranovich is active member of various professional music organizations

Then along comes "Washboard Mama"

Recorded 27-28 January 2013

Verdi/ Toscanini/ Pertusi - Don Carlo

"The Verdict"

The innovative and creative use of keyboards was the element gave the band their distinctive sound