otolith by Florian Kolb & Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris
The works were realised with the support of Intelligent Instruments Lab, at the University of Iceland and the Experimental Music Technologies Lab at the University of Sussex.
The Intelligent Instruments project (INTENT) is funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant agreement No. 101001848)
Credits
released October 1, 2025
Florian Kolb: Askomandoura
Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris: Feedback Double Bass
Recorded in Athens in April 2024
Mixed by Chrysanthos Christodoulou at Karyat Studio
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
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Florian Kolb is a multi-instrumentalist based in Switzerland. (On this work he plays “Akousmandoura”, a traditional bagpipe in Greece.) He works energetically on various fields such as improvisation and contemporary / baroque music. Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris is a Greece-based musician who plays a unique double bass with a feedback equipment. In 2021, he released [Widdershins] with Spyros Polychronopoulos and Iakovos Pavlopoulos on Room40.
[otolith] is the name of a structure of vestibular system in the inner ear. This work is over 40 minutes long in total and is comprised of psychedelic sustain sounds, primarily acoustic. The magical sounds of a bagpipe and the low tones of a double bass amplified by feedback overlap to create a flow of varying intensity, drawing the listeners into a deep trance.
Florian Kolbはスイスを拠点とするマルチ・インストゥルメンタリスト(本作ではアスコマンドゥーラと呼ばれるギリシャの伝統的なバグパイプを演奏している)。即興演奏、現代音楽/バロック音楽ほか、さまざまな分野で精力的に活動している。Thanos Polymeneas-Liontirisはギリシャを拠点にフィードバック機器を取り付けた特殊なコントラバスを演奏する音楽家。2021年にはSpyros PolychronopoulosとIakovos Pavlopoulosとの共作で [Widdershins]をRoom40より発表した。
[otolith]とは耳石(耳のなかにある、体のバランスをとるための器官)を意味する言葉。本作はアコースティックを主体としたサイケデリックな持続音による合計40分を超える作品となっている。魔術のように鳴り響くバグパイプの音とフィードバックによって増幅されたコントラバスの重低音が重なり合いながら強弱のある流れを生み出し、聴き手は深いトランスのなかへ入り込んでいくことであろう。
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Florian Kolb
Florian Kolb is a musician, performer and curator based in Zurich. He plays percussion, double bass, violone and different bagpipes. His musical focus is on projects in the field of improvised, contemporary, folk and baroque music as well as their hybrid forms. Besides that, he often works in the theatre. With the collective #workoutjazz, he organizes the Madness concert series for experimental art and the Marathon3000, an event with 100 performances in a single evening. With this collective, he was awarded the Förderpreis des Kantons Zürich.
www.instagram.com/florian_kolb_music
Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris
Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris is an Athens-based artist and researcher working at the intersection of sound, feedback systems, and intermedia performance. His practice engages feedback not merely as a technical phenomenon, but as a method for generating form, presence, and instability—resulting in music compositions, durational performances, interactive installations, and collaborative works. Before returning to Greece in 2018, he studied and worked in the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. He is a member of the Music, Acoustics and Technology Lab (LabMAT) and Assistant Professor in Music-Making and Interactive Media at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His research is rooted in cybernetic theory, generative systems, and the poetics of responsiveness in performance.
thanospl.net
www.instagram.com/polymeneasliontiris
Florian Kolb: Askomandoura
Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris: Feedback Double Bass
Recorded in Athens in April 2024
Mixed by Chrysanthos Christodoulou at Karyat Studio
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space
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Florian Kolb is a multi-instrumentalist based in Switzerland. (On this work he plays “Akousmandoura”, a traditional bagpipe in Greece.) He works energetically on various fields such as improvisation and contemporary / baroque music. Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris is a Greece-based musician who plays a unique double bass with a feedback equipment. In 2021, he released [Widdershins] with Spyros Polychronopoulos and Iakovos Pavlopoulos on Room40.
[otolith] is the name of a structure of vestibular system in the inner ear. This work is over 40 minutes long in total and is comprised of psychedelic sustain sounds, primarily acoustic. The magical sounds of a bagpipe and the low tones of a double bass amplified by feedback overlap to create a flow of varying intensity, drawing the listeners into a deep trance.
Florian Kolbはスイスを拠点とするマルチ・インストゥルメンタリスト(本作ではアスコマンドゥーラと呼ばれるギリシャの伝統的なバグパイプを演奏している)。即興演奏、現代音楽/バロック音楽ほか、さまざまな分野で精力的に活動している。Thanos Polymeneas-Liontirisはギリシャを拠点にフィードバック機器を取り付けた特殊なコントラバスを演奏する音楽家。2021年にはSpyros PolychronopoulosとIakovos Pavlopoulosとの共作で [Widdershins]をRoom40より発表した。
[otolith]とは耳石(耳のなかにある、体のバランスをとるための器官)を意味する言葉。本作はアコースティックを主体としたサイケデリックな持続音による合計40分を超える作品となっている。魔術のように鳴り響くバグパイプの音とフィードバックによって増幅されたコントラバスの重低音が重なり合いながら強弱のある流れを生み出し、聴き手は深いトランスのなかへ入り込んでいくことであろう。
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Florian Kolb
Florian Kolb is a musician, performer and curator based in Zurich. He plays percussion, double bass, violone and different bagpipes. His musical focus is on projects in the field of improvised, contemporary, folk and baroque music as well as their hybrid forms. Besides that, he often works in the theatre. With the collective #workoutjazz, he organizes the Madness concert series for experimental art and the Marathon3000, an event with 100 performances in a single evening. With this collective, he was awarded the Förderpreis des Kantons Zürich.
www.instagram.com/florian_kolb_music
Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris
Thanos Polymeneas-Liontiris is an Athens-based artist and researcher working at the intersection of sound, feedback systems, and intermedia performance. His practice engages feedback not merely as a technical phenomenon, but as a method for generating form, presence, and instability—resulting in music compositions, durational performances, interactive installations, and collaborative works. Before returning to Greece in 2018, he studied and worked in the Netherlands, Spain and the UK. He is a member of the Music, Acoustics and Technology Lab (LabMAT) and Assistant Professor in Music-Making and Interactive Media at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens. His research is rooted in cybernetic theory, generative systems, and the poetics of responsiveness in performance.
thanospl.net
www.instagram.com/polymeneasliontiris
