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Nikos Sotirelis - Philoctete's Cave (dgt track)

from Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Greece by Various Artists

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"Philoctete's Cave" is part of "Pyroessa", a sonic diary of amplified acoustic memories and psychogeography
from the sacred prehistoric island of Lemnos in Greece, composed from raw field recordings and improvised modular synthesis with the use of hydrophones, geophones, omni directional electret microphones, portable handy recorders and various synthesis modules.

The sonic piece consists of three site-specific movements that were created in three different sacred spots on Hephaestus’ mystical island of the North Aegean.

It is said that Philoctetes who was following the Greeks in the Trojan war was bitten by a snake. After a suggestion of Ulysses, Philoctetes was abandoned alone on the island and the rest continued their voyage to Troy. Only Hercules, as an aid, left him his magical weapons to hunt more easily. Philoctetes found shelter in that cave for ten years. He suffered from pain and loneliness. To release his pain, he used to put on his wound Lemnian Gae, a sort of mud with ferric elements that had therapeutic power, according to the ancient Greeks. Some narrations say that Philoctetes was frequently treated by the priests of Kaviria Temple. After 10 years of fighting in the Trojan War, the Greeks learned from an oracle that in order to win the war, they had to use the weapons of Hercules that Philoctetes possessed. A group of men came back to Lemnos to ask for the weapons, but Philoctetes was so angry at the Greeks for abandoning him that he refused to give them.
Finally, after an intervention of the Gods, he handed over the weapons and the Greeks won the war. In fact, he followed the Greeks to Troy and he was the man to kill Paris. That is why many people believed that the Trojan War was won because Philoctetes gave the weapons. This myth was the main theme of many ancient tragedies, but only the tragedy Philoctetes by Sophocles survives today.
The cave where Philoctetes lived is located under the archaeological site of Kaviria Temple, which is considered the oldest and one of the most important places of worship where the occult Kaviria Mysteries were performed in Greek antiquity. The cave itself offers reach acoustic qualities both in depth and detail with underwater streams and a serene environment. The site is located on steep hills and is open to the sea. The magnetic fields and unknown frequencies that surround the place was the perfect playground for our hydrophonic interventions and experimentation, in order to capture the essence of the “hidden” rituals.

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from Anthology Of Contemporary Music From Greece, released September 2, 2022
Nikos Sotirelis - Pyroessa (2022)
Hydrophonic sketches & earth drones from the volcanic terra of Lemnian Gaia //

Sonic piece for an interactive audio visual installation for ΙΧΝΗ – TRACES contemporary art exhibition (Kavala, Greece 2022)

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