Louvana Records
is primarily involved with the organization of music festivals, concerts, and
workshops centered around music. At the same time, the label curates the
production of music records from start to finish, including their promotion and
distribution, as well as the distribution of records by
local/foreign independent artists. Lately, Louvana has branched out into
the field of video production by creating live music videos as part of its
artists’ promotional campaigns. With four albums under its roster, the new year
is set to bring the release of three more albums and two performance videos.
You’ll find more information below – regarding our 2016 releases.
Lefteris
Moumtzis “Now
Happiness”
New
solo album release
Cypriot
singer-songwriter Lefteris Moumtzis, known for his work with J.Kriste,
Master
of
Disguise, Stelafi
and Trio Tekke,
is releasing his first solo album. The album is called “Now
Happiness” and it was recorded in Cyprus, at studio eleven63, produced by Moumtzis himself and engineered by Andreas Trachonitis. It
was mastered by Yiannis Christodoulatos at Sweetspot Studio, Athens. It’s an atmospheric album that consists of ten
songs. With this recording he is attempting a
more acoustic, minimal approach, giving more attention and care to the songs
themselves and the stories they are telling. It is a soothing record that flows
effortlessly from beginning to end, leaving the listener with a calming and
positive feeling. Stylistically, the songs borrow elements from folk, jazz,
ambient and classical music. Lefteris sings and plays guitar, piano and synth,
while Dimitris Hadjizisis gives his own touches on guitar on a few tracks.
Additional musicians include Stefanos Meletiou on drums, Mikaela Tsangari on
backing vocals, Christos Hadjichristou on synth and Vasilis Bacharides on bag
drum.
He has recently wrapped
up a small tour in Greece, in December, where the album was presented live in
Athens, Salonica, Volos and Grevena, as well as in Cyprus in Lefkosia, Lemesos
and Pafos. The album’s title song (Now
Happiness) is the first
single from this
album, for which an accompanying music video was released online on the 8th of
December, 2015.
Live shows:
5 February /
Vintage, Pafos
6 February / Dentro Theatre, Lefkosia
7 February / Sousami, Limassol
Info and
contact:
www.moumtzis.com –
www.louvana.com.cy
www.facebook.com/lefterismoumtzis
- info@louvana.com.cy
Βelua
“As Good A Time As Any”
Debut
album release
Louvana
Records proudly announces the release of Belua’s
debut album. Belua are Zara Der Arakelian (vocals), Mikaela Tsangari (guitars /
vocals), Aphrodite Nicolaou (bass) and Marianna Moumdji (drums). The official
release date is January
28th 2016, and on the same
day
the band will give a live concert/album presentation at Enallax, where the album will be
given for free with the entrance ticket.
Belua formed a
year and a half ago, and after a few live gigs, including performances at
Fengaros Festival 2014 and 2015, they went into the studio in the Autumn of
2015. The resulting album called «As Good A Time As Any» contains ten original
songs, written by Mikaela Tsangari and Zara Der Arakelian. The album moves
around the style of pop-rock, but bearing strong influences from the blues,
psychedelic and folk music, which blends with the band’s trademark harmonies
between Der Arakelian and Tsangari. Their compositions range from complex
pieces in οdd
time-signatures to simple ballads and acapellas, always maintaining a
simplicity in the way the songs are arranged, which does not further the sound
from the band’s live performances.
The
album was recorded and produced by Mikaela Tsangari at eleven63 studio, while
the album’s graphics were designed by, fellow band member Zara Der Arakelian.
Further production credit is due to Der Arakelian, Moumdji and Nicolaou, as
well as Mario Michael and Orestis Savva, and the mixing was done by Andreas
Trachonitis. The mastering was done by Yiannis Christodoulatos at Sweetspot
studio, Athens. The song Change
is
already available on Youtube, while the videoclip for the second single, Mother,
will be released soon.
Live concerts:
28 January /
Enallax, Nicosia
Upcoming shows will be announced soon on the band’s
website and facebook page
Info - Contact
www.beluamusic.com
- www.louvana.com.cy
www.facebook.com/beluaband
- info@louvana.com.cy
Both albums
will be on sale on Louvana’s website, on iTunes, Amazon, CdBaby etc, as well as
selected record stores.
The Amalgamation Choir “Live At The Library”
Mini – live concert released on video
Τhe Amalgamation Choir
was spawned from the workshop
“The power of your voice” by Vasiliki Anastasiou, which took place at Fengaros Music Village 2014 and
2015. It is a group of voices that performs original
compositions with traditional-music influences as well as re-arranged songs
from the Mediterranean and the Balkans. Vasiliki Anastasiou conducts the choir
and Andreas Panteli has helped on the arrangements.
In the series Live At The Library, four songs performed live by the choir have been recorded and captured
on video at the Cyprus Library, a beautiful space with acoustics that
compliment the group’s harmonies. The videos, directed by Michalis Kalopedis
(Zedem Media) and produced by Andreas Trachonitis, are going to be released on
the first day of March 2016 on the Louvana Records website, as well as
Louvana’s YouTube and Vimeo channels. The audio tracks will also be available
as digital downloads on iΤunes, Amazon and other online digital stores.
www.facebook.com/amalgamationchoir
www.louvanarecords.com
