Home by Christos Rafalides
Home. Your very own, private kingdom. Your sanctuary.
Where you feel at ease and safe to be your true self.
In 2021 our homes became our recording studios. Despite being apart, suddenly we were all connected across continents and time zones, manually creating the optimism we so desperately needed during the pandemic.
In this unique time of isolation, when the whole world came to a halt, I saw an opportunity to start working with electronics, finally attempting to incorporate them in my music: the compositions on this album were written with the specific guests in mind, world class musicians I am proud to call my friends.
‘Home’ is a labor of love. All music was composed for and inspired by people I deeply respect and admire and I am honored to host them as guests in this album: Thana Alexa & Antonio Sanchez, Victor Provost, Brad Mason, Mauricio Zottarelli, Giovanni Mirabassi, Petros Klampanis, Thomas Konstantinou. Mike Pope not only mixed and mastered the project but added his bass on 4 tracks elevating them to a whole new level.
Welcome to our Home…!
Tracklist
| 1. | Long Story Short | 6:44 |
| 2. | Maze | 7:12 |
| 3. | Soraya | 5:59 |
| 4. | Aurora | 7:14 |
| 5. | Dedicato | 6:46 |
| 6. | Memento | 7:00 |
| 7. | Reaching For Sindhu | 9:15 |
Credits
1) Long Story Short
Petros Klampanis - Basses, Voice
2) Maze
Mauricio Zottarrelli - Drums
3) Soraya
Thomas Konstantinou - Oud, Cümbüş, Bendir & Rek
4) Aurora
Brad Mason - Trumpet
5) Dedicato
Giovanni Mirabassi - Piano
6) Memento
Victor Provost - Steelpan
7) Reaching For Sindhu
Thana Alexa - Vocals
Antonio Sanchez - Drums
Christos Rafalides - Vibraphone and electronics on all tracks
- Drums on tracks 1, 3, 4, 5, 6
Mike Pope - Basses - tracks 2, 4, 5, 6, 7
Petros Klampanis - Bass - track 3
All Compositions by Christos Rafalides (Emarel Music / BMI)
Producer - Christos Rafalides for Emarel Music
Associated Producer - Mike Pope
Assistant Producer, Long Story short - Petros Klampanis
Cover Design - Katerina Karali
Recorded - Spring, 2021
Mixed and mastered by Mike Pope at Vatican City Sound Studios, Marriottsville, MD
License
All rights reserved.
Christos' band “Manhattan Vibes” has appeared at many of NYCs cutting edge venues including the Blue Note, the Jazz Standard, Smoke Jazz Club and Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola. Recent highlights include performances with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis, a US tour with the Charles Mingus "Epitaph" Band, recordings with vocalists Chaka Khan, Christy Baron, Jovanotti, Dimitra Galani.