Afrodyssey Orchestra are an instrumental ensemble from Athens, Greece comprising six established musicians of diverse musical backgrounds. They came together through a series of musical journeys over the years - and officially as Afrodyssey Orchestra since February 2013. The band’s influences span Jazz, Funk, Psychedelic, traditional West African dance music and percussion and Greek musical culture. Their infectious style stems from an experimental conversation between these different musical forms and traditions. Afrodyssey is unique in Europe for their use of Greek and West African musical forms together and their sound - an expression of contemporary Athens. In devising and performing compositions Afrodyssey seek to evoke communion between audience and music, transmitting the impulse to move - an intention that reconnects to the origins of Greek music as a process that gave a village social cohesion. In addition to their original compositions, the band performs innovative versions of well-known African and Greek traditional music. Most band members are multi-instrumentalists and lesser-known instruments played include the Kamelen Ngoni, a type of African harp, and the Balafon, an ancestor of the Marimba and Vibraphone.
The band has built a strong following in Greece with a reputation for exceptional musicianship. Their concerts are in demand in Athens, captivating the wider audience and the more discerning music crowd.
Afrodyssey Orchestra are:
Konstantinos Arvanitis – Guitar
Vassilios Ikonomidis – Percussion, Balafon, Keyboard
Christos Konstantinidis - Drums
Vasilis Papastamopoulos – Bass
Narayan Protin – Djembe, Congas, Kamelen Ngoni
Thodoris Rellos – Saxophones

Links:

www.afrodyssey.com

www.facebook.com/AfrodysseyOrchestra

soundcloud@afrodyssey-orchestra

M. Caporale has been Dj for twenty five years. He had many experience in Torino clubs and foreign clubs in Europe playing deep dj set of american house music, soulful garage and afro deep.
Ex member of Soul Collective, he works to developed the project of Soul City Movement. After the experience in club like Barcode, Exclusif, Bovary,Vaniglia, Top Club, M Day Festival, One Apple, Soundart and other, became Dj resident at Caffe' Macario (Turin) every Saturday night sice 2009. He entered in the staff of Radio Party Groove (Soul'are project). In 2011 he entered in the Funklovers Group, where they are highly regarded in the house music world. In 2012 he left the Funklovers and continued his experience alone like producer and remixer. He boast now collaboration with prestigious label such as Nylon Trax, Cover Music, Irma Rec, House Tribe Rec, MoBlack, Cabana and Vida Records.
www.traxsource.com/artist/184185/m-caporale

The stunning artwork is provided by Erikan Ekefrey

Erikan Ekefrey a Nigerian from Akwa Ibom State, has been part of several exhibitions and art events across the continent of Africa and the United States of America, with his works also being exhibited and displayed in Galleries and Museums in major cities across Europe such as Paris, Rome, Denmark etc and its environs. Currently he is being represented by Gallery Miriam in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. His technique is unique in Nigeria and the world at large, depicting Nigeria's cultural heritage with the use of non-figurative images to express feelings, motions and emotions.
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Executive Producer: MoBlack

Publishing: MoBlack Publisher (ASCAP)

Piano Theme Credit to: Pietro Nicosia

Mixing and Mastering: Wave Life by Daniele Mattiuzzi - Torino - Italy