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Agia Monaxia (meaning Holy Solitude in Greek) is an ambient/drone project based in Athens Greece, with Vagelis Moschos and Ashley Hallinan being its main members.
Agia Monaxia is a unique project in the sense that they work on every aspect of their music from composing, to performing, to mixing and being involved with creating the artwork.
Part of a rich discography of 4 EPs and 4 full length albums (they started releasing music in 2019!), “shape of the lotus twin (or) the shepherd’s surrender to reaper” is their 5th full length album.
Using a multitude of instruments and sound sources like guitar, synths, keys, bass, organ, field recordings, voice, percussion, marimba, double bass, viola, tzuras lute and oud; Agia Monaxia and their guest musicians create a musical labyrinth for listeners to explore.
Minimal guitar melodies and accompanying percussion coexist with ambient soundscapes and atmospheric drones in a work that respects but also attempts to expand the ambient tradition. The influences of artists like Bohren & der Club of Gore, Low, Stars of the Lid and Hiroshi Yoshimura are filtered through Agia Monaxia’s experiences by for example adding instruments common in traditional East Mediterranean music like tzuras lute and oud in “lotus twin” and field recordings of what sounds like an Orthodox priest chanting in “fucking reaper”.
A thoughtful curation of their musical taste, the music in this release reflects the duet’s talent to filter their influences into something uniquely abstract but at the same time very focused. Their commitment to minimalist ideas results in music that has the exact number of layers that it needs to convey a message, no more and no less. The same care and thoughtfulness has been applied to the technical aspects of the album; all sounds have their own space and role to play in the mix.
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