Release Date: June 21, 2024 Leading a brilliant group on his debut album Televised Dream, Athens, Greece–based guitarist and composer Alkis Niilend strives to offer an organic listening experience, with seamless transitions making each of these inspired original compositions naturally “resolve” into the next. “Half of the pieces are songs with lyrics” Niilend explains, “and half are instrumental pieces adorned with [wordless] vocal melodies. “For the past few years, I’ve had an equal love for jazz, electronic music, classical/post-Romantic music, singer-songwriters and ambient music, among other things, and on this project, I think it shows.” He names artists such as Adrianne Lenker, Blake Mills, Brian Blade and Lili Boulanger as significant influences. Alkis Niilend - guitar, vocals, compositions Anastasia Konstantinidou - voice Dimitris Tsakas - alto sax Yiannis Papadopoulos - piano Kimon Karoutzos - upright bass Dimitris Klonis - drums

© All rights reserved