Throisma by Antonis Antoniou

𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 - World Music Charts Europe
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 - Balkan World Music Charts
𝗕𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸 - Financial Times
𝗡𝗼.𝟭 in Transglobal World Music Chart - November 2022
𝗡𝗼.𝟭 in Balkan World Music Charts - 3rd Quarter 2022
𝗡𝗼.𝟭 in World Music Charts Europe - October&November 2022
𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸' - Izvorista
𝗔𝗹𝗯𝘂𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸' - Slovakian Public Radio 𝗥𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗙𝗠


★★★★★ - "𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘺𝘱𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘤' - GAFFA Magazine
★★★★ - '𝘈 𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳' - Songlines Magazine
★★★★ - GlobalSounds
'𝘈 𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘭𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘭𝘣𝘶𝘮' - Lira Magazine
'𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳' - RootsWorld
'𝘌𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘩𝘺, 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺𝘧𝘶𝘭' - Fontas Trousas



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𝗣𝗥𝗘𝗦𝗦 𝗥𝗘𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗕𝗬 𝗔𝗝𝗔𝗕𝗨 𝗥𝗘𝗖𝗢𝗥𝗗𝗦

Novel psychsounds from Cyprus

Following his critically acclaimed debut solo album Kkismettin, Antonis Antoniou, the driving force behind award-winning bands Monsieur Doumani and Trio Tekke, has returned with another unconventional and skillfully produced solo album, expanding his musical language even further towards exhilarating and unmapped territories. With one foot in the East and the other in the West, with one ear in the past and the other in the future, Antonis Antoniou boldly dives deeper into his experimental and often eccentric practice, inventing new methodologies and developing new contexts, wherein various seemingly incompatible ingredients find fertile ground to intertwine.

Throisma comprises nine pieces, which exist in a psychedelic/dubby sonic world with a strong Eastern Mediterranean aroma, and enriched with heavily-filtered tzouras (small bouzouki) lines, fuzzy bass riffs, dirty analogue synth tones and hypnotic floor tom grooves. A finely crafted rich and colourful soundscape, bearing the trademark identity of a high-spirited artist and sonic explorer, attempting to marry diverse musical worlds: Eastern qualities with Velvet Underground-ish moods, Anatolian melodic vibes with rocky-psychedelic textures, organic folky flavours with sharp contemporary electronics and musique concrète techniques. All this is delivered with an unparalleled flow, edge and elegance, clean of stereotypes and clichés.

Throisma translates as “rustling”. The lyrics sung in Antoniou’s native Cypriot Greek are characterised by a poetic reflection on existentialism, calling for a spiritual awakening, and a neglect towards the “Skárta dóra” (useless gifts) imposed by capitalist structures and evil bodies that aim to keep our minds and souls in custody. He asks: “What are the things that keep our souls from rustling? Why do we continuously fall into the trap of shutting ourselves, depriving the breeze of love from reaching the depths of our psyche and vibrating its leaves? How deep have we buried our childhood joy, and what’s the price we need to pay in order to unbury it?”

Founder of Monsieur Doumani, Buzz' Ayaz and Trio Tekke. Composer, Sound Artist, Producer, Activist, Urban Stroller, Experience Collector.