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KING LEONIDAS

by IASONAS

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KING LEONIDAS is a fusion of traditional Balkan music, orchestral arrangements and hip-hop/slam storytelling. IASONAS writes and performs stories inspired by epic Greek mythology and Balkan folkloric storytelling.

The album is a collection of 9 original compositions and features live recordings of 26 musicians for: choir, bouzouki, baglamas, accordion, kanun, kaval, organ, piano, harp, violin, alto, cello, upright bass, trumpet, trombone, tuba, drums, rik, darbuka, bongos, vibraphone and voice.

The album also features a guest appearance from Montreal music phenom, Socalled.

A second CD with instrumental versions of the songs is included with the album.

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released October 17, 2018

1 ⁄ THE CLIFF IS CALLING

⁄ Bass: Gabriel Forget ⁄ Drums: Pablo Garcia-Rejon
⁄ Darbuka, bongos: James Bougill
⁄ Bouzouki, accordeon, guitar, voice, keyboard: Iasonas

2 ⁄ ANEMOS (the King of the Winds)

⁄ voice: Natalia Telentso ⁄ voice/beatbox: Iasonas

3 ⁄ WHERE THE DESERT MEETS THE SEA

⁄ Kanun: Didem Başar ⁄ Kaval: François Landry
⁄ Upright bass: Gabriel Forget ⁄ Drums: Dave Croteau
⁄ Accordeon, piano, voice: Iasonas

4 ⁄ DESERT DISTANCE

⁄ Bouzouki, organ, beat, voice: Iasonas

5 ⁄ FIRE DANCE

⁄ Trumpet: Justine Verrault-Fortin
⁄ Trombone: Karine Gordon ⁄ Tuba: Ulysse Manaud
⁄ Drums: Pablo Garcia-Rejon  ⁄ Darbuka, Rik: James Bougill
⁄ Accordeon, keyboard, voice: Iasonas

6 ⁄ GYPSY LOVE

⁄ Violin, alto: Juliet Khodabakhshi ⁄ Cello: Mario Giroux
⁄ Upright bass: Gabriel Forget ⁄ Drums: Dave Croteau
⁄ Choir director: Sébastien Lachaume
⁄ CHOIR: Soprano - Valérie Bilodeau, Linda Lamarche, Marie-Ève Dumont Marcotte, Natalia Telentso. alto - Marie-France Leroux, Angelina Sanchez, Anouk Wichmann. Tenor - Michaël Boudreau, Stéphanie Breton, Hamza Lahmadi, Jérémie Spellanzon. Bass - Manuel Bourget, Patrick Bengio, Émile Gingras.
⁄ Piano, guitar, vibraphone, voice: Iasonas

7 ⁄ BIG BANG

⁄ Tuba: Ulysse Manaud ⁄ Drums: Pablo Garcia-Rejon
⁄ Bouzouki, baglamas, guitar, bass, accordeon, voice: Iasonas

8 ⁄ THE MOUNTAIN feat. Socalled

⁄ Violin, alto: Juliet Khodabakhshi ⁄ Cello: Mario Giroux
⁄ Upright bass: Gabriel Forget
⁄ Trumpet: Justine Verrault-Fortin
⁄ trombone: Karine Gordon ⁄ Tuba: Ulysse Manaud
⁄ Drums: Pablo Garcia-Rejon
⁄ CHOIR: Soprano - Valérie Bilodeau, Linda Lamarche, Marie-Ève Dumont Marcotte, Natalia Telentso. alto - Marie-France Leroux, Angelina Sanchez, Anouk Wichmann. Tenor - Michaël Boudreau, Stéphanie Breton, Hamza Lahmadi, Jérémie Spellanzon. Bass - Manuel Bourget, Patrick Bengio, Émile Gingras.
⁄ organ, voice: Iasonas ⁄ Voice: Socalled

9 ⁄ GLORY SUN feat. HODA

⁄ harp: Alexandra Tibbitts ⁄ Violin: Juliet Khodabakhshi
⁄ Cello: Mario Giroux ⁄ Upright bass: Gabriel Forget
⁄ Trumpet: Justine Verrault-Fortin
⁄ trombone: Karine Gordon ⁄ Tuba: Ulysse Manaud
⁄ Drums: Dave Croteau
⁄ Bouzouki, guitar, organ, keyboard, voice: Iasonas
⁄ Voice: Hoda

All songs written, composed and arranged by Iasonas
All lyrics written by Iasonas. Except featured artists:
The Mountain- lyrics: Socalled, Glory Sun- lyrics: Hoda Adra
Produced by Iasonas and Simon Petraki

Mixing & Recording Engineer: Simon Petraki
Mastering Engineer: Paul Edwards
Choir direction in studio: Sébastien Lachaume
Graphic Design & Illustration: Iasonas
Album Cover Printed at RUBIKS.CA
Photography: Nathaniel Huard

Recorded at Seratone Studio in Montréal, Québec
between September 2017 & September 2018
Made in Canada/Fabriqué au canada

All music and lyrics © JASON MILAN GHIKADIS / IASONAS 2018 (SOCAN) © 2018 IASONAS, King leonidas ℗ 2018 iasonasmusic.com

Thanks to my family: Milka, Milan, Mira, Constantine, Andjela, Ljiljana, Jana, Saşa, Levi, Renée, Mila, Caspian, Sophia, Vivienne, Panaiota, Efthimios, Vassilis, Andronika, Ed, Ilios, Apollo, Slobodan, Nicole, Dragan, Vejlko, Dejan, Mirko, Nada, Luka, Rista, Boscko, Nada, Jotsa, Aleksander, Nick, Jovan, Marko, Mirjana, Nelly, Zoë.

Special Thanks to / Merci à : Simon Petraki, Josh Dolgin, Hoda Adra, Pablo Garcia-Rejon, Eddy Silva, Alex Dray, Dave Cornachia, Ben Comeau, Phil Blagoev, Yang Hu, Marie-Michèle Filion, Mélanie Bergeron, Matija Krunic, Paul Edwards, Nathaniel Huard, Gabriel Forget, James Bougill, Dave Croteau, Didem Başar, Natalia Telentso, François Landry, Justine Verrault-Fortin, Karine Gordon, Ulysse Manaud, Juliet Khodabakhshi, Mario Giroux, Sébastien Lachaume, Sébastien Sauvageau, Valérie Bilodeau, Linda Lamarche, Marie-France Leroux, Angelina Sanchez, Anouk Wichmann, Michaël Boudreau, Stéphanie Breton, Hamza Lahmadi, Jérémy Spellanzon, Manuel Bourget, Patrick Bengio, Émile Gingras.

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