Daemonia Nymphe are Spyros Giasafakis and Evi Stergiou
Music composed arranged and performed by Daemonia Nymphe
Lyrics on tracks 1, 2, 3, 10 and 13 are Orphic Hymns to Zephyros, Hygeia, Nemesis, Gaia, Hypnos and Nyx
Lyrics of “Psychostasia” written by Spyros Giasafakis
Spyros Giasafakis: male vocals, ‘ancient’ Greek lyra, kitharis(‘ancient’ kithara), ‘ancient’ Greek pandoura, classical guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar, seistro, keras, askaulos(bag-pipes), recorder, cymbals
Evi Stergiou: female vocals, classical guitar, ‘ancient’ Greek pandoura, ‘ancient’ Greek lyra, percussion, seistro
Guest musicians:
Dimitra Galani vocals on track 6,
Dessislava Stefanova vocals on tracks 2,3,6,
Victoria Couper vocals on tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13
Rey Yusuf vocals on tracks 12 and 13
Kalina Koleva vocals on tracks 2, 3, 4 and 6
Vaggelis Paschalides santouri (hammered dulcimer) on tracks 2, 4, 5, 9 and darbuka on 2 and 3,
Peter Ulrich darbuka and maracas on 9,
Peter Jaques clarinet on 9,
Luka Aubri slideridoo on 7,
Chris Brice drums on 2 and 4,
Christiano Castellitto djembe on 7,
Dimitris Kotsikas bass clarinet on 9,
Chorus vocals on Psychostasia: Eleni Sfertsiori, Nikos Katsaros, Euforia Leventi, Christodoulos Papastathis, Georgia Kiskou, Nota Kaltsani and Aphrodite Toplaki (Taiteria), Maria Stergiou viola on 3, 4, 5 and Orestis Giasafakis vocals on 4, Bernard Burns didgeridoo ending phrase on 7
Daemonia Nymphe use reproductions of ancient Greek instruments manufactured by Nikolaos Brass
Original photography by Yiannis Katsaris
Art direction by Spyros Giasafakis and Yiannis Katsaris
Post production, digital manipulation by Spyros Giasafakis
Model: Denise Moreno
Additional models: Toby Deacon, Anabelle Brown, Greta Lange, Matthew Wade
Engineered by Ian Williams in the UK, Nikodemos Triarides and Grigoris Papapanagiotou in Greece
Mixed by Spyros Giasafakis, Nikodemos Triarides and Ian Williams
Tracks 1-10 mastered by Nikodemos Triarides at Sonic Ark Studio in Thessaloniki
11, 12, 13 mastered by Grigoris Papapanagiotou at Studio 5 in Athens
Produced by Daemonia Nymphe
“Psychostasia” was recorded between the years 2008-2013 at Slaughterback Studio (London),
the Sonic Ark studio(Thessaloniki) and Studio 5(Athens)
Additional recordings at the ‘Daemonia Nymphe’ studio and One Cat Studio in London
New additional tracks for the ‘Psychostasia’ digital release 11, 12, and 13 were recorded in Studio 5 in Athens and Slaughterback studio in London in 2018
Thanks to all the wonderful musicians who contributed to this work.
Special thanks and greetings to: Nikolaos Brass, Victoria Couper, Rey Yusuf, Denise Moreno, Yiannis Katsaris, Dimitra Galani, Dessislava Stefanova, Peter Ulrich, Vaggelis Paschalides, Luka Aubri, Peter Jaques, Kalin Koleva, Maria Stergiou, Nikodemos Triarides, Ian Williams, Grigoris Papapanagiotou, Anastasia Revi, James Lyndsay, Martina Reynolds and our families for their great support and help
Watch “Selene’s Awakening Horos” official music video:
“Nature’s Metamorphosis”
Other ‘Psychostasia’ videos:
The CD was originally released in 2013 by Prikosnovenie records
The digital album with the three new tracks will be released on the 22nd of November here: https://daemonianymphe.bandcamp.com/
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