Ston Elaióna

Description

Settled in Athens after years of nomadic life, John Also Bennett – flutist, synthesist, and figure of contemporary ambient music (JAB, Forma, CV & JAB) – delivers with *Ston Elaióna* an introspective and deeply sensory album. Composed mostly at dawn, facing the Parthenon, this record for bass flute and Yamaha DX7ii in just intonation creates a dialogue between acoustic and electronic sounds in a minimalist and meditative approach. Imbued with the atmosphere of Greece, between mythological past and urban life, *Ston Elaióna* captures the moment, the elements, the resonances of a place. Field recordings, floating textures, and nods to ancient tradition (even a cover of the Seikilos Epitaph) make up this intimate journey, suspended between dream, ritual, and reality. With a gesture that is both rigorous and sensitive, Bennett probes the links between the sacred and the everyday, between interior and exterior soundscapes. Each piece becomes a meditation on time, memory, and slowness – a poetic exploration of what music can be when it is written to the rhythm of the world.