'Attraction' 8 string guitar Giorgos Tabakis

Описание: 'Attraction' from the cd 'hEre nOw theN'
Solo 8 string Moov guitar
Composed & performed by Giorgos Tabakis
Released by Ekfrassis Productions, Oct 18, 2021

'more than a guitar' concept

https://giorgostabakis.bandcamp.com/a...
https://giorgostabakis.com/solo/
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Reviews
"8 strings. 10 fingers. 10 songs.
8-string guitar player Giorgos Tabakis’ remarkable new album “hEre nOw theN” will keep you in rapt attention from its beginning to its very end. Drop what you are now doing and buy it!"
Walter Kolosky Author of the renowned book about The Mahavishnu Orchestra (Power, Passion and Beauty), and co-host of the popular Jazz Rocks Podcast.

"it has a strong forward momentum, and travels to some unexpected areas.
hEre nOw theN is an intriguing album filled with sound explorations that are worth exploring"
Scott Yanow
The Los Angeles jazz scene (February 2022 issue)
https://lajazzscene.buzz/waxing-poeti...

"Nothing feels predictable here, yet at the same time the music is never obtuse. Emotion lies at the core of Tabakis’ music, and that emotion is channelled through mesmerizing technique. It”s a cliché, but you will utterly forget that this is a solo album"
Chris Wheatly
https://londonjazznews.com/2021/11/12...

"Armed with his one-of-a-kind guitar, Giorgos Tabakis releases his most heartfelt and inventive body of work yet – “hEre nOw theN”
Jazz Guitar Today
https://jazzguitartoday.com/2021/10/8...

"Somewhere between Villa Lobos and Ernst Krenek, on the imaginary map of the musical globe, dwells Giorgos Tabakis.
Tabakis is using all sorts of techniques that release clouds of harmonics, as well as rattles, thumps, and snaps that hint at a technique far beyond modern fingerstyle tapping and percussion. The sheer range of the instrument makes for some truly huge chords. The low notes on Tabakis' guitar are truly thunderous. Tabakis is on an adventure, using the entire instrument to create sonic landscapes that by turns mesmerize, swell with ecstasy, and drive deep into the darkness of our times."
https://www.minor7th.com/

"Athenian avantgarde 8-string guitarist Giorgos Tabakis release a Masterpiece"
European Indie Music Network

"You can really appreciate his commanding virtuosity and his adventurous approach and vision"
Eyal Hareuveni
https://salt-peanuts.eu/record/giorgo...

"Giorgos Tabakis is simply a unique musician with a highly personal expression"
Tor Hammerø (Norway)
https://www.nettavisen.no/plateanmeld...

"Tabakis plays an 8 string guitar and brings incredible colour and depth to his sound. hEre nOw theN is notable for its great beauty and many moments of leisurely listening, but get with that listening because Tabakis is working hard to help you relax. There's serious graft behind this facade. There are propulsive moments, like the opener Attraction, and times of great tenderness like the short and sweet Touch. Tabakis presents an engaging extrapolation of what at first sounds like classical guitar, but soon reveals itself to be much more."
Graeme Murrell (UK)

"The album is an exquisite work, and a rare virtuoso, dancing the fine line between music for music and poetics that overflow subtle emotions through transcendental soundscapes. Giorgos has an incredible ability to extract emotions hidden in the depths and, therefore, it is impossible not to get emotional listening to his work"
Roadie-music (Brazil)
https://roadie-music.com/giorgos-taba...

"Tabakis leaves the obvious and delves into the search for new sounds, new stylistic possibilities through a personal acoustic expression and without ties"
La Habitacion del Jazz (Spain)
https://lahabitaciondeljazz.blogspot....

"Giorgos Tabakis from Athens, Greece presents ten new songs that are defined of musical genius, a strong feeling for harmonies and disharmonies and how to joyfully let them interact with each other, and a wide spectre of musical knowledge. With his eight-stringed guitaras the sole intrument, Giorgos Tabakis creates gorgeous soundscapes that let Folk and Avantgarde merge to a whole new sound"
https://mangorave.blogspot.com/2021/1...

"If there’s one thing that’s abundantly clear from Giorgos Tabakis’ latest record, the man is an absolute wizard with the strings. ‘hEre nOw TheN’ sees the guitarist show his listeners just how powerful and majestic an eight string guitar can be"
findnoenemy.com
https://findnoenemy.com/giorgos-tabak...

"The playing is nothing less than masterly. Tabakis likes to paint with sound and silence and manages to do that in a beautiful way with contemporary compositions"
Geert Ryssen (Belgium)
http://www.fullcirclemisicblog.be/448...