Nikos Veliotis

Radial was recorded on the first of June 2003 on acoustic cello without overdubs or editing.  Radial is a piece in three parts, a structure of continuous sound and/or silence.  Random order of the parts is encouraged. "Nikos Veliotis uses his cello without overdubs to break long minutes of silence with longer, muffled "manual" drones. "Radial" is one of those records I like calling "Sunday afternoon winter music": it's perfect in those grey cold days when you just want to stare out of the window, a painkiller for your confused or aching head. Nikos resorts to this silence/sound alternance like he wanted to allow us some concentration before listening, almost like in an oriental ritual ceremony. His looping cello makes for a compact mass of altered static harmonies, never scattered around yet always with a touch of difference shifting your attention when you're in full immersion. This is the most valuable aspect of a record that, imbued with deep knowledge, throws a bright light of beauty upon a lot of unanswered questions, especially in the first and third movements. But for me, the real magic is part 2: a dissonant, low register mantric slow current just imposing its presence in yourself." Massimo Ricci – touching extremes