Hello everybody and thank you for visiting!
I am super-excited to share with you the first news for my latest project, which I am hoping to record at the end of the year. PINEAL’s first realization will be an album, but I am expecting that the synergy of the elements that will constitute it will carry its legacy much further. Musically, PINEAL will form a yet new and unexplored territory for me, pushing more the boundaries within the limitless confines of PAN muzik. Sounds intriguing? Keep reading and make it become a reality fast with YOUR help :-)
THE ORIGINS
PINEAL landed on me uninvited during a plane trip to Athens, 3 years ago, at a period in which my sole focus was the recording of my second album Impermanence. Unable to do any work on it, in these busy times, I kept its vision alive by making notes whenever inspiration dictated, often at the most inconvenient times!
PINEAL took its name by the pineal gland, our connecting link between the physical and spiritual worlds known as “the third eye” or ‘the seat of the soul’. The pineal gland is our gate to the supernatural, our bridge to other realms.This tiny gland has the biggest concentrations of DMT in our body. DMT is the primary psychoactive agent in Ayahuasca. Ayahuasca is the sacred brew drunk predominantly by the native peoples of the Amazonian region and a powerful healing agent that I had the blessing to experience in a number of occasions in Brazil. Ayahuasca, has changed my life perception forever.
THE VISION
PINEAL is a project that deals with consciousness and awareness, imagination and dreams. It is about the the Watchers, the Healers, the Shamans and the Shining Ones - outside of us and inside us. Pineal is about our DNA and our future. It is about Love and Transcendence.
PINEAL is not a conceptual work. It comes from the heart and aims to the heart. Its related ideas tend to come to me effortlessly and unexpectedly while on a passive receptive state.
PINEAL is unlike anything I have done so far. For the first time, I intend to combine my love for rhythm and dancing with the freedom and flexibility of PAN muzik. I intend to learn and put into practice the skills of the producer without forgetting my roots as a composer.
With PINEAL I want to bring the inner child to the forefront. With PINEAL I want to PLAY!
PINEAL is not so much about me but about the collective energies of the people around me. PINEAL is about allowing my loved ones to feed the PINEAL flame in their own special way. It is about channeling our creativity beyond our normal capabilities. PINEAL is as much about YOU, as it is about me.
COLLABORATORS
I am more than ecstatic that MARC ALMOND, BIRD RADIO, ERNESTO TOMASINI and artist/photographer PREDRAG PAJDIC have already confirmed their contribution to this project! PINEAL will include some of my old-time favourite collaborators together with some exciting new artists whose energy and work has been particularly influential for this album. Stay tuned for further developments and news on that front!
YOUR SUPPORT
PINEAL, like Impermanence but more so, is going to be an ambitious project to realize. From the acquisition of vital equipment to the recording of several instruments and from mixing to mastering, it can reach up to £10,000 (possibly even more) by the time it is completed. To meet these costs, I am hoping to get 6 grand ($10.000) with your help through this campaign and to put the rest £4,000 myself. Though I could follow the easier route and sacrifice the use of ‘acoustic instruments, in order to save some money, I much prefer to carefully choose singular performers who will bring their contagious passion to their project!
As my friends know, I don’t like to give up quickly. As long as there is a will there is a way and as long as there is love, there is abundance! If you like the idea of being part of the PINEAL current and have the possibility to support it, do so and SPREAD the word. If you can’t support it financially, do support by tuning your frequencies to the project and by creating awareness about the campaign. Some help by you, monetary or otherwise, will go a long way to the project! On my side, apart from acknowledging your vital contribution, keeping you posted and offering you some gifts in return, I promise that I will try to create something which would be worth of your generosity, a work that will make you feel proud (in the nicest possible way) for supporting it and connecting to it.
MY LOVE TO YOU ALL & THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING!!
OTHON - PINEAL