stelios.exe - Susane by NOSTRO HOOD SYSTEM

@stelios.exe

Presenting the 33rd release with NHS is stelios.exe, being a Marseille-based producer fusing early music traditions with forward-momentous electronic sound design. Having a Trained background in medieval, Renaissance, and baroque music, his release 'Crystal Towers' explores new sonic territory by blending ancestral techniques with experimental tools. Said EP marks a pivotal turning point for our artist, which features the use of his own voice and the Renaissance flute for the first time in conjunction with a synthetic palette. Sonically, Influences draw from the likes of Oneohtrix Point Never, The Knife, and Renaissance composers such as Byrd or Gesualdo, stelios.exe embraces a transgressive approach to aural sound design.

Speaking on his works: Suspended above the chaos of the world, the Crystal Towers act as beacons in the night, warning of dangers while offering spaces of retreat. Their walls are both mirror and prism: they reflect the world's passions and torments, while also capturing a fragmented celestial light. This interplay of reflections gives birth to ghostly visions, remnants of a forgotten empire, now altered and deformed. 'Crystal Towers' is a dive into solitude, an impulse to withdraw into an inner sanctuary to silence the turmoil. Glitchy, saturated synths reverberate eerily along the translucent surfaces, while Renaissance flutes rise like beams of light piercing ancient stained glass. The voice, shifting between the angelic and the monstrous, gives shape to both the vilest and the most sublime emotions haunting the human soul. The composition of the EP draws on early Baroque monody, a turning point when melody and harmony broke free, allowing the human voice to bare its most intimate affects. Throughout 'Crystal Towers', melodies oscillate between fragility and vertiginousness, exposing our innermost struggles in their purest form.

Additional mixing by Lorenzo Targhetta
Mastered by Fausto Mercier
Artwork by Zhecon