Album Review: Thomas Meleteas - Shapeshifting Wizards (2021)
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| Picture Credit: Thomas Meleteas Artwork: Marily Papanastasatou |
Thomas Meleteas - Shapeshifting Wizards
Release Date: February 05, 2021
Label: Polyscope
Format: Digital
Length: 30:36
Genre: Folk / Jazz
Origin: Athens, Greece
"Shapeshifting Wizards" is the second full-length release by Athens' multiinstrumentalist Thomas Meleteas. The title track was recently featured in the Discoveries of the Week.
Thomas Meleteas presents six tracks of instrumental music that can be categorized under Mediterranean Folk. He musicks thoughtful and soulful narratives that have their origin in the Eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea, especially Greek and Turkish Folk can be spotted in his songs. The multitalented musician plays all the instruments of which the oud is the most dominant one. Swift fingerplay on the string instrument create stunning atmospheres of wanderlust and desire.
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| Picture Credit: Thomas Meleteas |
And after all, there is a undeniable impact of Jazz in the six compositions on "Shapeshifting Wizards". Not the kind of Jazz you might hear in New Orleans every night, but most certainly a folky form of Jazz that can be found between Palermo, Athens, Istanbul, and Tel Aviv.
Thomas Meleteas has provided his audience with a release full of soul and wanderlust. Imagine this Folk Jazz being played at a Mediterranean sunset while you are drinking some redsina.
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