Efrén López and Christos Barbas – Atlas (Seyir Muzik, 2021)
Two remarkable multi-instrumentalists and composers collaborate on ‘Atlas’ delivering exquisite, thoughtful performances on string and wind instruments. Efrén López is a musician from Spain who is involved in multiple projects and musical genres, ranging from world fusion to medieval music, western and eastern Mediterranean traditions, and modal music. Greek artist Christos Barbas plays modal music and sounds from the eastern Mediterranean.
‘Atlas’ contains a mesmerizing collection of meditative and improvised original musical pieces combined with melodies from the western medieval and ottoman classical traditions.
Efrén López plays ud, lavta, fretless guitar, Oğur sazı, Afghan rabab, and tanpura. Christos Barbas performs on ney and lavta.
Buy the album from efrenlopez.bandcamp.com/album/atlas-full-9-track-album
Author: Angel Romero
Angel Romero y Ruiz has dedicated his life to musical exploration. His efforts included the creation of two online portals, worldmusiccentral.org and musicasdelmundo.com. In addition, Angel is the co-founder of the Transglobal World Music Chart, a panel of world music DJs and writers that celebrates global sounds. Furthermore, he delved into the record business, producing world music studio albums and compilations. His works have appeared on Alula Records, Ellipsis Arts, Indígena Records and Music of the World.