The Seagull, by Manos Milonakis

The Seagull

by Manos Milonakis

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1.	The Lake 01:16	buy track
2.	What If She's Late 01:11	buy track
3.	Listen, She's Coming 01:25	buy track
4.	It's Getting Damp 02:01	buy track
5.	Masha's Song 03:25	buy track
6.	Sun 02:14	buy track
7.	Fast Food 01:40	buy track
8.	Timestop 01:33	buy track
9.	Treplev's Song 04:25	buy track
10.	Waltz Mono 01:03	buy track
11.	Arrivals 00:45	buy track
12.	Treplev's Waltz 02:46	buy track
13.	Death Route 02:59	buy track

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Thessaloniki-based composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Manos Milonakis debuts on piano and coffee records with "The Seagull", a synopsis of his original score for Russian dramatist Anton Chekhov’s play of the same name, directed by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos for theatres of Greece and Romania.

The first musical lines of this project were drawn while in Romania, where together with the director, Milonakis travelled to prepare a show for Craiova’s National Theatre. The post-communist atmosphere, the humid streets, the sense of modern balkan darkness contrasting with incredibly vivid painted walls, strong flavors, smells, and amazingly passionate and friendly people would be decoded into music for the classic Russian play. The thirteen tracks in "The Seagull" blend melancholic piano melodies, soaring strings, gentle electronics, atmospheric haze, and evocative soundscapes. Sometimes discreet and others at the forefront of a strong narrative, each piece pours itself into the other like communicating vessels, coexisting with romantic encounters, philosophical arguments, family quarrels and a series of unanticipated arrivals and departures. Piece by piece, Milonakis masterfully introduces us into a world of frustrated lives and unrequited love.

Even though "The Seagull" was composed in 2015, a year before his previous release, "Festen", it took Milonakis significantly more time to decide it was the right moment to release it. “During these years and working in-between other projects”, he says, “I sometimes looked back in my hardrives and these recordings always resonated inside my heart. Having performed the music extensively in concerts was also revealing an urge to me: that I should probably share this stuff with the world”. This brought him to Denmark, where he had the pleasure to have some piano re-recorded and the full album freshly re-mixed by Ed Carlsen at his studio in Kongens Lyngby.

"The Seagull" releases on 13 March 2020 via piano and coffee records worldwide, and is available on limited edition CD and digital formats, with artwork by London-based illustrator Jordan Amy Lee.

Credits:

Recorded and mixed by Manos Milonakis and Ed Carlsen between Thessaloniki and Kongens Lyngby.

Mastered by Manos Milonakis at -1 Studio.

All instruments performed by Manos Milonakis except:
Violin: Christina Georgeli, David Bogorad
Cello: Thodoris Papadimitriou

Artwork by Jordan Amy Lee
Layout by Rita Silva

Big thanks to Yiannis Paraskevopoulos, T.N.M.S Craiova-Romania, all actors and contributors, Sergio, Ed, Eirini, Mihalis, Etten, The Salonico String Quartet, my friends and family.

www.manosmilonakismusic.com

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released March 13, 2020

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Manos Milonakis Thessaloniki, Greece

Manos Milonakis is a composer from Thessaloniki, Greece. Former member of the multi-instrumental cinematic-folk musical duet of “Your Hand in Mine”.
At the time, Manos works as a freelance architect at his own architectural studio in Thessaloniki and produces modern classical music for films and theatrical plays, as well as for his independent solo work. ... more

discography

Celestial

Aug 2021
The Seagull

Mar 2020
Sólfar Reworked

Apr 2017
Sólfar

Apr 2016
Zyklon (2015)

Mar 2015

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