GravitySays_i: The Roughest Sea 2007 + The Figures Of Enormous Grey And The patterns Of Fraud 2011

 

Gravitysays_i was created in March 2003 by Manos Paterakis and Nikos Retsos in Piraeus.
                                   

Their maiden appearance on the discography, entitled "The Roughest Sea" (2007), was released by

Sirios, the company founded by Manos Hadjidakis. It consists of nine pieces inspired by the selfishness, vanity, and isolation of modern man. It is a continuous flow concept album, where the electronic element meets the traditional instruments, while the minimalist forms follow the general pop-rock mood.
                                

2011 was followed by "The Figures Of Enormous Gray And The Patterns Of Fraud" (Restless Wind)

which changes topics, re-examining social values, institutions and ethics as an extension of individual and collective consciousness. Their sound, electrified, at the same time follows more traditional / Mediterranean sounds, while, at the same time, the dark, atmospheric elements become even more intense.
                                         

Simultaneously, with the release of their second album, Gravitysays_i transgresses from a studio project

to a live performance group, bringing to life its compositions with the help of additional musicians.
                            

Last but not least, Gravitysays_i perform, for their first time in their history, a series of 4 consecutive

concerts in March 2011, at the Screening Room of NIXON, a venue at the center of Athens. There performances also include rich visual material projections.
                                

In 2016, after a period of abstinence from the concert venues, they return to present live their new work

"Quantum Unknown" which will be released within the year by Inner Ear. This time, thematically, Gravitysays_i play with the shape of every scientist, in an attempt to liberate themselves from the human gaze. Musically, the experimental and electronic element replaces the electrified outbursts of their previous work.
                                             

Οι Gravitysays_i δημιουργήθηκαν τον Μάρτιο του 2003 από το Μάνο Πατεράκη και το Νίκο Ρέτσο στον Πειραιά.
                                  

Η παρθενική τους εμφάνιση στη δισκογραφία, με τίτλο «The Roughest Sea» (2007), κυκλοφόρησε από

το Σείριο, την εταιρεία που ίδρυσε ο Μάνος Χατζιδάκις. Αποτελείται από εννέα κομμάτια εμπνευσμένα από τον εγωισμό, τη ματαιοδοξία, και την απομόνωση του σύγχρονου ανθρώπου. Πρόκειται για ένα concept album συνεχούς ροής, όπου το ηλεκτρονικό στοιχείο συναντά τα παραδοσιακά όργανα, ενώ οι μινιμαλιστικές φόρμες ακολουθούν τη γενική pop-rock διάθεση.
                                       

To 2011 ακολούθησε το «The Figures Of Enormous Grey And The Patterns Of Fraud» (Restless Wind)

το οποίο αλλάζει θεματολογία, επανεξετάζοντας τις κοινωνικές αξίες, τους θεσμούς και την ηθική ως προέκταση της ατομικής αλλά και της συλλογικής συνείδησης. Ο ήχος τους, ηλεκτρισμένος, ταυτόχρονα ακολουθεί πιο παραδοσιακά / μεσογειακά ακούσματα, ενώ, παράλληλα, τα σκοτεινά, ατμοσφαιρικά στοιχεία γίνονται ακόμα πιο έντονα.
                                 

To 2016, μετά από μια περίοδο αποχής από τους συναυλιακούς χώρους, επιστρέφουν, για να

παρουσιάσουν ζωντανά την νέα τους δουλειά ”Quantum Unknown” που θα κυκλοφορήσει εντός του χρόνου από την Inner Ear. Αυτή τη φορά, θεματολογικά, οι Gravitysays_i παίζουν με το σχήμα κάθε επιστητού, σε μια προσπάθεια απελευθέρωσης από την ίδια την ανθρώπινη ματιά. Μουσικά, το πειραματικό και ηλεκτρονικό στοιχείο, αντικαθιστά τις ηλεκτρισμένες εξάρσεις της προηγούμενης δουλειάς τους.
                    

Gravitysays_i: «Θα γράφαμε για χαμένους έρωτες, αλλά μοιάζει με μνημόσυνο»

Το δίδυμο-πυρήνας της μπάντας μιλάει για το κβαντικό άγνωστο, τον έρωτα, την νέα ελληνική σκηνή, το πιάνο, τα σύνθια, τους Radiohead και το "The Wall"
Από την Κατερίνα Μυτιληναίου, 19/10/2016 

                                                 

Λίγο μετά την κυκλοφορία της τρίτης δισκογραφικής τους δουλειάς, "Quantum Unknown", οι

Πειραιώτες Νίκος Ρέτσος και Μάνος Πατεράκης, το δίδυμο του πυρήνα των Gravitysays_i συζητούν ανοιχτά με την Κατερίνα Μυτιληναίου και αποκαλύπτουν πολλά για τον τρόπο δουλειάς τους και το καλλιτεχνικό τους όραμα.
                                           

Πρώτος δίσκος ("The Roughest Sea") το 2007 με την υπογραφή του Σείριου του Μάνου του Χατζιδάκι.

Δεύτερος δίσκος το 2011 ("The Figures Of Enormous Grey And The Patterns Of Fraud") που έτυχε μια ευρείας αποδοχής και μιας πολύ καλής υποδοχής από τον Τύπο, εγχώριο και μη...
                                             

Μ.Π.: Από blogs μπορεί, ναι... Στην ουσία, τώρα βγαίνουμε και εκτός συνόρων.
Εγώ είχα την αίσθηση ότι σας άκουσαν έξω με τον δεύτερο δίσκο.

Μ.Π.: Κοίτα, όταν βγάλαμε το πρώτο άλμπουμ δεν κάναμε καμία συναυλία. Οπότε πήγε λίγο στον βρόντο η συνεργασία με τον Σείριο. Πρακτικά ήμαστε ανύπαρκτοι.

Ν.Ρ.: Έτσι είναι. Είτε βγάλαμε άλμπουμ, είτε δεν βγάλαμε, δεν υπήρχαμε. Κάποιοι μόνο μας ανακάλυψαν...
                            

Σε πόσα αντίτυπα κυκλοφόρησε   ο πρώτος δίσκος;

Ν.Ρ.: Σε πολλά, όσα και ο δεύτερος! Το καλό είναι ότι ακόμα αγοράζεται ο πρώτος. Όλα αυτά τα εννιά χρόνια που έχουν περάσει.

Μ.Π.: Για να καταλάβεις, όταν παίξαμε με τους Electric Litany στο Gagarin για κάποιους κριτικούς ήμαστε ακόμη πρωτοεμφανιζόμενοι! Όταν εμείς είχαμε ήδη βγάλει το δεύτερο άλμπουμ, αυτοί έβγαζαν ντεμπούτο. Αλλά δεν είναι άδικο μιας και στην ουσία, δεν υπήρχαμε. Δυο συνεντεύξεις είχαμε δώσει όλες κι όλες. Και δεν μας ένοιαζε, είχαμε ήδη βουτήξει για τα καλά στο "Patterns"...

(Ολη η συνεντευξη ΕΔΩ) R! ROCKING
                                                          

THE ROUGHEST SEA 2007

                                                                         

   

Gravitysays_i: The Roughest Sea
Label:    Sirius – SMH 2073-2, PlayOurMusic – CD 002
Format:    CD, Album
Country: Greece
Released: December 1, 2007
Genre: Rock
Style: Alternative Rock, Post Rock, Electronic

TRACKS

                                                  

01. Gravity Says I    4:12
02. The Air  (Lyrics By – Despina Stamati)  3:48
03. Egoist    2:32
04. Pairs    4:08
05. The Roughest Sea    0:42
06. Siamese    3:36
07. Intruders Are Here    1:47
08. Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear    5:22
09. Wicked Sky  (Lyrics By [Additional] – Despina Stamati)  5:34

Gravity Says-i are:

                                            

Manos: Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Classical Guitar, Ukulele, Pedalboard [Pedals], Voice, Engineer [Assistant], Co-producer
Nikos Retsos: Drums, Programmed By [Computer], Synth, Accordion, Percussion, Glockenspiel, Producer, Engineer
Dimitris Chadjimitros: Bass, Synth [Synth Bass]
Despina Stamati: Voice   

Composed By: Gravitysays_i
Manolis Sporidis: Layout
Lyrics By: Manos (tracks: 1, 3 to 9)
Paintins: Georgia Kalogeropoulou, Nefeli Dimitriadi
Produced and engineered by Nikos Retsos
Assisted By Manos

MP3 @ 320 Size: 79 MB
Flac  Size: 194 MB

THE FIGURES OF ENORMOUS GREY AND THE PATTERNS OF FRAUD 2011

                                                               

[It's hard not to stare in open-mouthed amazement at the sheer brilliance of Gravitysays_i's superbly executed, intensely creative and nearly flawless sophomore album, The Figures Of

Enormous Grey And The Patterns Of Fraud. They bring together experimental, dark, atmospheric elements along with Greek and Eastern traditional music and examine social values, institutions and morality as an extension of individual, as well as collective, conscience with an emotional clarity and narrative acuity that makes it an undeniable triumph.
(THE GUARDIAN )]
                             

Their new album entitled “The Figures of Enormous Grey and The Patterns of Fraud” (Restless Wind, 2011) is different, with regard to its theme, as it reexamines social values, institutions and morality as an extension of individual, as well as collective conscience. This time, their sound follows a more traditional / Mediterranean audio vocabulary, while, at the same time, the dark, atmospheric elements become even more apparent.
                             

Gravity Says_I are from those bands where you can't characterize their sound according to an existing kind of music. They produce a music result which is very easy to distinguish a group of disparate sounds resulting from the performance of many different organs but played with such a deft &

elegant way, which results in a unique combination, dressed with full & deep emotions!
One of these bands where you don't want their records for just to collect music but makes you want to listen again what they have "play" in order to define how deep is the feeling you have from the first listening!
Listen "The Figures Of Enormous Grey and the Patterns of Fraud" and you will understand all the above as soon as the first sounds come out of this album!
                                  

This is realy an amazing album of an awesome band!!!

Gravitysays_i are:

                                           

Manos Paterakis – Guitar, Santouri, Voice
Nikos Retsos – Drums, Percussion
Akis Papavasiliou – Guitar, Melodica, Voice
Lefteris Varthalis – Electric Bass
Spyros Vryonis – Cello, Guitar, Glockenspiel, Voice

                                    

Let us be forgotten
Let us rest in peace
We were the enormous grey figures
And we should never have been

AND WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN
AND WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE BEEN

Gravitysays_i – The Figures Of Enormous Grey And The Patterns Of Fraud
Label: Restless Wind – RWLP001
Format:    Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Grey
Country: Greece
Released: Oct 4, 2012
Genre: Rock
Style: New Prog Rock

SIDE A.

Part One    14:27

                                

A1. The Patterns Of Fraud
Acoustic Bass [Semi Acoustic Bass] – Lefteris Varthalis
Santoor [Santuri], Electric Guitar, Voice – Manos Paterakis
Voice [Voices] – Akis Papavasileiou, Leonidas Balafas
A2. The Unshakeable Alibi
Drums, Electric Guitar, Bass – Nikos Retsos
Electric Bass – Lefteris Varthalis
Electric Guitar, Santoor [Santuri], Guitar [Classic], Voice [Voices] – Manos Paterakis
Electric Guitar, Voice [Voices] – Akis Papavasileiou
A3. Delusions Of Grandeur
Effects, Other [Radio] – Manos Paterakis
A4. The "All Things Decay" Nebula
Synthesizer [Synths], Drum [Frame Drum] – Nikos Retsos
Synthesizer [Synths], Voice [Voices] – Manos Paterakis
Voice [Voices] – Akis Papavasileiou
A5. The Finger Of Blame
Drums – Nikos Retsos
Electric Bass, Bass [Bow Bass] – Lefteris Varthalis
Santoor [Santuri], Electric Guitar, Voice [Voices] – Manos Paterakis
Voice [Voices] – Akis Papavasileiou

SIDE B.

Part Two    13:02

                                      

B1. The Urge Of Identity
Other [Treated Environment] – Manos Paterakis, Nikos Retsos
B2. The Figures Of Enonymous Grey
Drums, Harp [Small], Accordion – Nikos Retsos
Electric Bass, Harp [Small], Voice [Voices] – Lefteris Varthalis
Electric Guitar, Guitar [Classic], Voice [Voices] – Manos Paterakis
Voice [Voices] – Akis Papavasileiou, Spiros Vrionis, Leonidas Balafas
B3. The Paradox Of Youth
Bass [Bow Bass] – Lefteris Varthalis
Bass [Bow Bass], Accordion, Cymbal, Drum [Frame Drum], Drum [Udu Drum] – Nikos Retsos
Santoor [Santuri], Bass [Bow Bass], Other [Shaker], Whistle [Train Whistle] – Manos Paterakis
B4. The Farewell Letters
Cello – Spiros Vrionis
Drums – Nikos Retsos
Electric Bass – Lefteris Varthalis
Electric Guitar, Voice [Voices] – Manos Paterakis
Voice [Voices] – Akis Papavasileiou

The Figures Of Enormous Grey PART ONE.

A1. The patterns of fraud
                                              

Let-down with all the virtues of the majority
The casualties of greed
And those who have no integrity to show

Terrified men are crushing each other
Breeding
Quite awful needs for quite awful Power

Uncertain truth
The cross I bear
And your point of view

Considered all,
We are
Misguided souls in the patterns of fraud

And I can’t withdraw my self from the battles I’m into…
Brutal the fact
As brutal the culture

A2. The unshakeable alibi

Behold!
The King of all
Embrace
The Pattern, the unbearable
Trading on
The fear, we share, of dying

And everyone glorifies the Holy Word
Delivered by Unholy Minds

Little by little grew the fraud of The Ages

What is hovering above?

The obedience will be treated like royalty
And
The royalty shall be rewarded with eternity…

A3. Delusions of grandeur

A4. The “All things decay” nebula

The dreaming came out of nowhere…
Craving
Merging by deliberating

A5. The finger of blame

Unwritten law
The mud we’re all in

The fraud of institution
- A slavery of Ego

How would you call the “Modern Man”?
Who’s intrigued with his own icon
And the tendency of modern living

I call him coward
Who’s settled down in his unawareness

Are the infants fated to follow?

PART TWO.

B1. The urge of identity
                                    

Where do the figures of enormous grey fit in?
In which frame?
Which landscape?

Is it the light that refuses to deign them?

B2. The figures of enormous grey

If it were in my power
Yearning to gratify
She’d gain her freedom
And he would arrive in time

Drowned in the grief
Of our unfulfilled dream
Grey turned our figure
Loose turned our belief

B3.The paradox of youth


B4. The farewell letters

I’m tired
Of all your tricks
The cannibals you breed
Are heading my home

Oh You! Dreadful Monster
I can’t change the World
Although
I wish I could just rip your heart off

Farewell, You Triumphant One!

Cause I don’t have to put up with
The panic and the horror
And your majestic cruelty

In the battles of acceptance

I don’t preach…
But all we know is what we have been told
- A false tradition?

Misguided…
Our degenerated race will get what it deserves
- A Great Downfall?

Cause nothing shall ever come back
The years
The beloved ones
- Who all had died like martyrs in the patterns of fraud
The World
The Stars
And everything between us

Let us be forgotten
Let us rest in peace
We were the figures of enormous grey
And we should never have been

MP3 @ 320 Size: 70 MB
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