Private
Dedalos -single- (GR,rec.1996,pub.2004)**
Private Ta Paichnidia Tou Iliou (="Tricks fo the Sun") -LP- (GR,2007)****
The first single of Dedalus is more direct and straightly played in style than the LP published later. The first song is a bit too obvious in melody to be very special, but the flute improvisation over it makes up for it. Also the song on side two is similar, slightly folk-rocking in its rhythm. It has some electric guitar solos showing the bands potential, but still this sounds like a podium based track, not yet so interesting for a single.
The LP that came after this however was much more interesting. The first over 13 minute track starts with an electronic music intro with a drone and overtones (and some temple bells) and later with spacey effects with a rather eastern sounding flute solo, slowly developing. A guitar takes over the flute idea with middle eastern or Turkish chords with a sufi-like flute response. This turns to a second part with an electric bass theme repetition which reminds me very much of Igra Stakleni Perli's first album (which was based upon in its turn on Pink Floyd's “Interstellar Overdrive”) or pre-Ozric Tentacles, with some drumming. Two new layers are added with soprano vocals. This mode improvises and evolves further simple and pure with electrified guitar and organ and slightly echoing electric guitar, before a long meditative mode concludes this track with vibrating electronica and temple bells only.
The second track has an intro with church bells and water splashes. This is an acoustic song of guitar and dual vocals sung in Greek, suddenly stopping like an open ending after the first verse, ending the same as the intro.
Side two with another strange intro reverse vocal collage is a song with female spoken word in Greek while the band improvises in a relaxed psychedelic way on a musical theme with organ, wordless vocals, wilder electric guitar, drums and reverse flute, later on as full band with all these instruments and a flute arrangement on a folk-rock rhythm with trio harmony vocals singing the song theme with a swinging electric bass and some organ.
The next song is based upon two acoustic guitar pickings, has different parts with flute arrangements, on changing relaxed jam rhythms with some repetitive bass, and some beautiful child-voice like spoken word, while the band improvises dreamily on the rhythm.
The last track has an intro of children playing during a break in school. It is based upon descriptive moody acoustic guitar composition with two guitars.
A rewarding, moody psych-folk album published in the nineties, but it still is still available through the composer.
The single is limited to 500 copies, the LP is limited to 300.
