into the light s offering for this summer is a special maxi single by d.e., the early 90s dance project of greek composer akis! a side includes the lost aegean club hit giant step while b side features it’s crazy demo take counterpart!

into the light is launching a parallel and limited series with contemporary material from both greek and international artists. first stop is the album postclub prism by the german producer cass. offering ten gorgeous ambient pieces about light and romance. since 2012, niklas rehme-schlüter aka cass. has released albums of varying styles, from the rather organic and loop based ambient pieces on loops & farewell sketches and the red atlantic ep on throne of blood in 2017, influenced by 80s pop sonics, to the more balearic and percussive recordings on the sound of glades together with wolf müller in 2016. on his new record postclub prism cass. explores his affinity to calm and atmospheric ambient music at the threshold to the reverberant sound of club music.

for the fourth installment in into the lights journey into greek electronic music, we find ourselves transferred to pireus, home place of ambient music composer dimitris petsetakis. with the exception of only one track, endless lp is a collection of previously unreleased material that has remained in petsetakis basement studio for almost 30 years now.

rsd release

soundtracks

second album by gianni brezzo

rare solo tracks from skoutaris

the berlin-based benoit b. producer has previously won praise for his atmospheric and evocative approach to electronic music

new album of multi-instrumentalist max santilli.

into the light continues its journey to unearth and update overlooked greek music. this time focuses on a smooth, warm, youthful yet intelligent work that finds effortlessly its place in the tiny greek electronic scene of the mid 90s. gilbr (versatile): each release on this label is good news. there is no exeption. the nireus years- is a rare selection of eight unheard home recordings produced between 1995 and 1997 by the then 16-year old angelo ioakimoglu in athens. the album encompasses his most special productions ranging from bucolic new age to dubbed out midi electronics, jazzy r&b to mediterranean ambient trance!

break at home is the collected recordings of the mysterious group 2 katara which was formed in athens, greece in 1978 by george theodorakis (keyboards, percussion, vocals) with his close friend dimitris papangelidis (bass, guitars, percussion, vocals) tip! this musical-duo recorded quietly over a decade between theodorakis’ family idyllic home studio in the philopappou hill of athens and the nearby studios theta and sr. for some part, the tracks seem like adventurous experiments or even unfinished samplers or riffs the band starts to develop, but at the same time there are productions that are clearly meant to be the backbone of an album that never came out.

into the light brings out a splendid assemblage of 17 tracks of mostly previously unheard material by athens based composer akis daoutis (akis) most of them recorded in his hometown and in usa where he was studying in the mid-eighties.

essential reworks by max d, young marco & telephones. definitely one of the big records of 2015!

into the light records continue to shine light on the undiscovered heritage of greek electronic music, highlighting the work of prolific greek composer george theodorakis on the labels third archival release. the rules of the game features mostly unreleased studio recordings theodorakis made between 1978 and 1996, with the addition of selected material taken from his sought-after margo and sima lps

after featuring him on into the lights highly acclaimed 2012 compilation of greek electronic music with one short track, ilias pitsios and tako reyenga go deep into the archives of vangelis katsoulis, to reveal his unique and visionary take on electronic music. *the sleeping beauties* is a selection of the greek producers early and unreleased work, with most of the pieces written in the late 1980s.

greek electronic music has been a much checked underground sound since the late 70s. into the light roams over a wide radius of the output from this scene - merging synth pop & disco with ambient and new age. ltd to 600 copies. gatefold tip!