Music/Sound Synthesis
Working on a range of music and sound genres my work extends from contemporary classical to electroacoustic and live laptop improvisation.
Monotonia
Original Sound Tracks from the work Monotonia By Medea Electronique MONOTONIA by Manolis Manousakis Monotonia “The same things will happen again, and then will happen again,the same moments will come and go” C.Cavafy “People without imagination are beginning to tire of the importance attached to comfort, to culture, to leisure, to all that destroys imagination…” [...]
Yellow Car
YELLOW CAR Joe Tornabene and Manolis Manousakis 1. The Second Brain Joe Tornabene-Baritone Saxophone; Ilan David Manouach-Soprano Saxophone; Nikos Papavranousis-Drums 2. Yellow Car Joe Tornabene-voice; Manolis Manousakis-electro-acoustic composition 3. Tenacious Swimmer Joe Tornabene-single track solo Baritone Saxophone 4. X-2-1 Joe Tornabene-Alto Saxophone; Manolis Manousakis-electro-acoustic composition; Ekavi Doumas-voice 5. Read Rod Joe Tornabene-Baritone Saxophone, voice; Ilan [...]
Improvisations 2007-2008
Improvisations Manolis Manousakis The sessions were created during the rehearsals for the show Medea Electronique Project_1 that was first presented in April 21 2007. I used primarily prerecorded material and sampled them using Kenaxis. The tracks are presented as is with no further mixing or editing. Music Performed by Manolis Manousakis – Live Electronics Audio [...]
Project_1
The first creative offering of the Medea Electronique team is titled Peirama 1 (pronounced Peeramah Hena). It is based on a different reading of the Myth of Medea. The Chorus, the inner voice of Medea, is the human conscience reacting to what will follow and tries to change the course of the events and prevent [...]
Duets
A series of Piano Bassoon duets written for the work 22 Miniatures and a theater Skertso – Program Notes Here Politics The composer draws on the history-forming power of World Politics to create five brief but truly dense musical political comments on issues of today, yesterday and tomorrow. Suggesting a critical view of institutions [...]
Piano Miniatures
These are nine piano miniatures written in 2004. They where first presented at the cross-arts performance 22 Miniatures and a Theater Skertzo at Nakas Concert Hall in Athens Greece. The show was directed by Melina Masha and the music was performed by Lorenda Ramou, Dimitra Chondrou, Constantinos Evangelidis, George Farounghias, Theofilos Soteriades and Thodoris Zioutos. [...]