{"title":"Joel Lyssarides","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"stay-now","title":"Stay Now","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor Joel Lyssarides, jazz is above all a language, a tool for uniquely personal expression. He composed the pieces for \u003ci\u003eStay Now\u003c\/i\u003e in a remote house in the forest, a good half-hour outside Stockholm. And by preference at night, in silence, darkness and deep concentration.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe atmosphere of this place is audibly reflected in the music, which is strongly influenced by space, sound and mood - reinforced by the highly concentrated, differentiated, subtle interplay of pianist Lyssarides with bassist Niklas Fernqvist and drummer Rasmus Blixt.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat these three young musicians have in common is their capacity for great sensitivity and expressiveness. Their music is based on a vocabulary that draws equally from European classical music, jazz from both sides of the Atlantic and great songwriting, with all its depth and accessibility.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd yet this has nothing to do with crossover. Everything flows and swings, nothing seems deliberate or contrived, one can hear a natural understanding for the infinite possibilities of every note.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis trio has the self-confidence to put the entirety of their efforts into enhancing the expressiveness of the music. And it is in the most intimate, quiet, focused and concentrated moments that the most spectacular things happen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe album title \u003ci\u003eStay Now\u003c\/i\u003e, therefore, is above all an acknowledgement of quite how precious the here and now is. These are the moments when we start to understand the true value of present and past encounters. 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Initially at home in bars, parties and festivals; it certainly played its part in the revival of the ‘rebetiko’, often referred to ‘the Greek blues’ from the 1960s onwards. ‘Back in the early days there was a lot of improvisation, much more than in recent times...’ says Georgios Prokopiou, ‘because from the fifties onwards, the bouzouki was taught. And that's when so many more things about it became tied down and standardised’. 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The strengths of his long-standing trio are equally found in the details: in subtle nuances, the finest facets of harmony, groove and dynamics that together create a musical picture far greater than the sum of its parts. You can hear it and feel it - and it is likely this unique combination of skill, sophistication and emotional power that has led to Lyssarides’s music being streamed more than 100 million times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is probably also the reason why Joel Lyssarides is in demand on so many different levels: as an accompanist for Nils Landgren, Viktoria Tolstoy and many others; as the pianist of the e.s.t. tribute project with Dan Berglund and Magnus Öström; and as a composer for video game music and pop productions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis new album, Late on Earth, is the result of a process spanning more than four years - an intense journey of self- reflection and an ongoing exchange with producer Andreas Brandis. “The most important change compared to earlier recordings was that I consciously pushed beyond my limits, while at the same time allowing myself to let go and stop striving for perfection. 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