Time (2022)
MELINA PAXINOS QUARTET
(feat. Andreas Polyzogopoulos)
LISTEN:
Personnel:
Melina Paxinos/ soprano, alto sax & compositions
Yiannis Papadoupoulos/ Piano
Dimitris Klonis/ drums
Ntinos Manos/ acoustic & e. bass
Andreas Polyzogopoulos/ trumpet & flugelhorn (guest on track 1 & 5)
Rec & MIX: George Kariotis (Sierra Studios, Athens)
MASTERING: Christos Zorbas (Sierra Studios, Athens)
Photos: Ria Carajiaba
Artwork: Sofia Braila
Label: MachenMachenMachen!/2te Sensation (PlazaPlasa) Hamburg
DISTR.: KONTOR NEW MEDIA
ATHENS (2019)
MELINA PAXINOS QUARTET
(feat. Ross Daly)
LISTEN:
Personnel:
Melina Paxinos/ soprano, alto sax & compositions
Yiannis Papadoupoulos/ keys, juno
Dimitris Klonis/ drums
Ntinos Manos/ acoustic & e. bass
guest: ROSS DALY/ lyra
Rec, MIX & MASTERING at Sierra Studios Athens:
George Kariotis, Dimitris Mourlas, Christos Zorbas
Label: MachenMachenMachen! (PlazaPlasa)
DISTR.: KONTOR NEW MEDIA
Artwork: Diana Masterova, Hannes Eils
Photos: Ria Carajiaba
BOOKLET: Diana Masterova
CIRCLE OF ODDNESS (2018)
Melina Paxinos Quartet
(feat. Alaa Zouiten & Baron Arnold)
LISTEN:
Personnel:
Melina Paxinos/ alto, soprano sax & compositions
Yiannis papadopoulos/ keys, fender rhodes
richard mueller/ ac. & el. bass
aidan lowe/ drums
guests:
alaa zouiten/ oud
baron arnold/ trombone
rec, Mix & mastering: audio Cue Berlin, rainer Robben
Label: PlazaPlasa, MachenMachenMachen
DISTR.: KONTOR NEW MEDIA
Artwork: Diana Masterova
Photo: Katja ruge
LINER NOTES:
The album “Circle of Oddness” is centered around two concepts. One the one hand I wanted to form a circle between odd and even meters; biginning at 4/4 going through 5/8, 6/8, 7/8, 8/8 (4/4), 9/8 until arriving back again at 4/4. Through the combination of these odd and even meters on the other hand I wanted to achieve the resulting number pi= 3.14 by the greek mathematician, physicist and engineer Archimedes as a reference to my dad who always used to open his suitcase with this number combination and to whom this album is dedicated.
To navigate us through this album journey we are joined by this intangible number pi like a steady travel companion leading us through a mystical musical labyrinth of odd and even time signatures. The “Circle of Oddness” therefore represents a connection between these odd and even time signatures which - put together in a certain calculation - give us the number pi.