STROVILOS EIRMOS

Katharos Chalkos was formed in the post-Covid period (Spring 2022 in Athens) out of the need to elevate shared practices and realizations from the previous period into a collective form.

Initially starting as a duo with Angelos Kottas (lute, vocals, electronics) and Nikiforos Mylonas (drums, percussion), the project first evolved into a trio with the addition of Giorgos Tsotsis (saxophone), and later into a quartet with Constantine Skourlis (vocals, effects).

Their music unfolds through extended forms in which rhythmic and vocal improvisations alternate with melodies, silence, and noise.

The lute functions both as a rhythmic and sonic body, the drums construct repetitive structures of hypnotic intensity, while the saxophone and voices move between melody, narration, and deconstruction.

The result is a free yet cohesive ritualistic experience: a shared practice through which individual experience is expressed collectively.

The album “Strovilos Eirmos” draws from the course of the human condition.

From the mist-laden landscape of primordial inarticulate cries and the invention of symbols and forms as attempts to give shape to the unknown, to beastly arrogance and the redemptive surrender to cosmic chaos, the work unfolds as a unified 30-minute structure.

Out on digital album on March 27, followed by a special vinyl edition via Inner Ear.