Xaos - Xaos

Xaos endorse Greece's atavistic heritage with an evocative modern soundtrack suite, imbued with 5,000 years of Hellenistic yearnings and mythology. Presented as 'post-Troika Hellenic Trance music', the traditional instrumental scales and tones of a previous age richly swaddle or soar over an Apollonian landscape, merging Cage and Eno-esque ambience with processional marches and imaginary Byzantine scenes to create a magical and sometimes foreboding illusion.The hardware has moved on, with computers and keyboards brought in to both reconstruct lost sounds and to put it all together, yet this album remains a sagacious study in the ancient. Monolith Cocktail blog.This extraordinary album took 10 years to complete � Epic and bravely original. ***** The GuardianThis is the closest music gets to the pulse and pull of Mark Rothko's tragic yet calming abstracts. **** The Independent on SundayOne amazing piece of work � both completely and authentically rooted but also pretty visionary ... It's a massive, culturally rich, epic swirl of a record, almost entirely moody, downbeat and grounded, that continues to reveal more sprites and monsters lurking in its depths on every play. fRoots (Playlist Album Choice)This wily album is at once a lament for and an assertion of and a celebration of Greek culture. Twin possible endings are proposed: Free Fall or Sunfire. **** Financial Times