This triple character album consisting of a Cd, a DVD and photo book, entitled "Tears of the dream" was released in January 2005 in 800 numbered copies.
It is a joint project of socos, the photographer Panagiotis Lambrou and the live project band.
The album was recorded at the artracks recording studios of GeorgePriniotakis with sound engineering, mixing and mastering by Priniotakis himself. It contains 15 instrumental compositions and a song interpreted by Christos Alexopoulos.
The photo book contains 16 black and white photographs by Panagiotis Lambrou, one for each track of the cd. The dvd includes 5 experimental videos, performed live by the live project band.
During the first months of the release it was distributed by prominence who was, however, possessed of many unreliable syndromes, and so Panagiotis Lambrou took over distribution.
...The compositions shift flexibly from classic rock and classical music, to psychedelia, from ambient to beats to hard instrumental metal! The composer's ability is therefore exceptional as far as execution and orchestration is concerned, and the contributions of the various musicians in the project are very good. Diverse as they might be, the tracks share a common denominator in the guitar and the modulation of its sounds...
...The very interesting DVD completes the whole structure, and has the same purpose as the photographic material: the Live Project Band, filmed by the composer (he directed and edited the film) as they are performing live.
...What is memorable is that all the parts of the project are interrelated and complete each other remarkably. Although they can stand alone, each in its own space, the creators nevertheless chose to risk the path less travelled. There is no doubt that they were vindicated in their choice...
Christina Kassessian Avopolis.gr