matteus – liquid mary
orl11 | 3” Cd-r

Matteus creates on a basis of dérive. Travelling through a number of destinations, he documents a series of images, experiences and people. In liquid Mary, the context of his work is icy, almost haunted, with song writing being at the epicenter. Hand crafted 3D decoupage cards in envelopes. White Cd-r. Edition of 60 distinct items.

http://www.orila.net/matteus-liquid-mary-orl-11/

Children’s improvised music workshop
orl12 | 3” Cd-r

A team of children’s creative abilities enthusiasts collaborate with young musicians, providing all necessary amenities and freedom for them to interact with each other as members of a free improvised band. This edition is based on recordings from a series of workshops that took place in 2009 at Kinky Kong, Athens. 200 gms coloured paper. White Cd-r. Artwork design by Tasos Stamou. Edition of 100 copies.

http://www.orila.net/childrens-improvised-music-workshop-orl-12/

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new Mecha/Orga release, on the beautiful orila label, comprising of field recordings that took place in various countries (Belgium, Greece, Lithuania, England) between 2010 and 2012, and were re-composed for the purposes of this piece. According to the press release, 18:36 is divided in four chapters, through which the combination of industrial sound and sound produced without any human activity is dominant.

the release is on silver cd-r. Designed by bend dot gr and orila, it is an edition of 60.

more info here: http://www.orila.net/?p=783

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Mecha/Orga is the project and recording name of Greek sound artist Yiorgis Sakellariou, a self-taught musician working in the arenas of computer music and field recordings. Having a background in classical and folk (Mediterranean) music, he came to develop his personal language during the ’00s. Since then, he has been active internationally being responsible for solo albums, having composed music for short films and theatrical performances, leading workshops and ceaselessly performing his music around the globe.

His practice is founded on the digital manipulation of environmental recordings. His palette of sounds is all-encompassing; from vibrating rail-tracks to refrigerators’ static, and from noisy waterfalls to the humming of insects, all may find their place in his arsenal. He only performs in absolute darkness, fostering an all-inclusive and profoundly submerging sonic experience. Also a member of the Athenian Contemporary Music Research Centre (founded by I. Xenakis) and of the Hellenic Electroacoustic Music Composers’ Association. Since 2004 he runs the label Echomusic.

Tags: mecha/orga, orila, yiorgis sakellariou

title: Delenia
artist: Unknown
catalogue#: orl08
available format: C20 Cassette tape
release date: April 1st, 2012

Through the course of its existence, Delenia has functioned as a number of mediums, from sexual hide away to isolation kernel for the maladjusted. Nowadays it is primarily a hostel. This tape box represents an in situ experience of a one week excursion during autumn of 2011, as well as a constructive memory of this visit on side B.

Artwork drawing by Alex Norman Kanellakis. Cassette tape packed in custom-made colour sprayed box. Edition of 40.

Tags: delenia, orila

ok, a weird post this one, but you’d be doing our friends at orila a big favour if you could identify the stage-lights pictured below. Affectionately known as the “ET” stage-lights, they are often used in concerts, but we have no clue what make or model they are:

you can see them from different angles here: flickr photoset

if you have any clues, please contact ‘info at orila net’. A selection of Greek islands are available for trade

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Mai Pen Rai
orl 07 / rekem 02

Thai & Balinese frog rock field recordings
7” (pressed on a 12″ platter) and eco sky lantern
packed in a custom-made, silk-screened frog rock tote bag.

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Mai Pen Rai is an edition of two releases in one, or how two random recordings of a travelogue fit together and after a four year journey are finally released…

the first and the third track of the record capture the experience of Maya Lavda in the summer 2008 during a trip to Bali, where, while shooting with her video camera she noticed frog sounds behind a closed door which she followed to record with her camera. Revisited after the trip, these sounds revealed themselves fitting for a mantra-like locked groove record.

the second track comes from orila’s journey in Thailand over the summer of 2009. Following an after-storm quest for the sound – that a permanent resident jokingly referred to as the sounds produced by water buffaloes – the true origin revealed itself within a scene of majestic nature. In remembrance of this experience, every copy of this release is accompanied by a Thai sky lantern.

as the passion for the frogs was growing both in orila and rekem we decided to unite these findings in the form of a 7″ cut on a 12” plate. This way, these recordings would not only remind us of the actual journey(s), but also the ideas around which a substantial part of our lives evolved through the last four years.

And they lived happily ever after

http://www.orila.net/
http://rekemrecords.tumblr.com/

Tags: frog rock, maya lavda, orila, rekem

a couple of months ago, the fine athenian label orila, first uploaded this interesting trailer for a document of their ‘vounorila’ project. five bands leave athens and take to the mountains, for a special concert with only themselves the trees and the birds as an audience…

Vounorila trailer (Orl 2011) from orila.net on Vimeo.

http://www.orila.net/

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another gem from orila. hidden behind the insanely special edition made out of forged copper plates, industrial bronzed screws and black cardbord envelopes, is the first full-length out there to feature the songwriting brilliance of the artist known as Matteus. Unsettling and alienating (though its weird enough in its expressiveness to also alienate folks who think they dig “weird” and “unsettling” music), Matteus’ music is one that would normally just bear the tag of “experimental” on its shoulders, but instead takes one step forward and puts the strange world of human expressivenes and storytelling front and forward. Stories to dive deep into

also available as a download
more info here: http://www.orila.net/?p=298

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introducing orila… I should have introduced orila a long time ago. orila is the ‘online phonographic workshop’ (rough translation) set up by yiannis iasonidis and specialising on guerilla concepts of record-releasing. Blank cdrs with to burn your downloadable music on; check. Special, unmarketable 3″ covers for the special edition, while you market the clear plastic sleeve edition; check. “Regular” cdr edition where each 10 copies or so have a different bit added to the cover because the label boss got new ideas in between; check. Amazing record sleeves that get constructed before the actual music gets recorded; check. Needless to say, we love orila, and it’s silly that we haven’t professed our love to orila all this time. I’m sorry orila, sometimes i get distracted.

Now comes the Ku edition. In two handmade versions, one a cool tape edition and the other a really out-there tape+decorated walkman edition, ready to listen to. Insane levels of cool of course. Did i mention that you can also just choose to download the thing?

the music contained is (as hinted) by Ku, aka Dimitris Papadatos. It was played live on an e-radio show, and comes “filled with obsessions, burst outs and romance. Kraut inflictions, dark vocals, drones and high frequencies transforming to birds.”

more info here:
http://www.orila.net/
http://kulttofthesilent.blogspot.com/

Tags: ku, orila