THODORIS KOTSYFAS / NEW WAR DESIGN

      O THodoris Kotsyfas, gnostos ohi mono os melos ton Next Step alla kai apo tis polles symmetohes tou se live kai ihografiseis shimaton tis ellinikis jazz skinis sygkentronei sto neo tou almpoum "New War Design" 6 nees syntheseis emfanos epireasmenes apo tin rock kitharistiki skini, me entoni tin parousia tou autoshediasmou. Stis enorhistroseis synantame kithares, piano kai keuboards, mpaso, 2 ntrams, alla kai epipleon drum programming. To apotelesma einai mia plousia paleta ihon kai ihohromaton me stoiheia apo diafores taseis tis Rock alla kai tis syghrones morfes tis Jazz. Sto almpoum symmetehei mia poly dynati omada mousikon tis jazz (kai ohi mono) ellinikis skinis. Ton pyrina tou shimatos apoteloun oi : Orestis Petrakis (piano/keuboards/synths), Dimitris Klonis (Drums), THanos Hatzianagnostou (Drums) kai THodoris Kotsyfas (kithares, mpaso, drums programming). Sti synthesi "An Unlimited Impossible Development" symmetehei o synodoiporos tou THodori Kotsyfa stous The Next Step Quartet, Giannis Papadopoulos (keuboards, synths), eno i synthesi "Xenos" filoxenei dyo guests. Ton Haig Yazdjian sto outi kai ton Andrea Polyzogopoulo stin trompeta. To almpoum ereuna ena eury fasma ihotopion. Oi rok formes anamignyontai me tis syghrones taseis tis jazz, to lyriko stoiheio enallassetai me to dramatiko kai telika simantiko systatiko stoiheio tou almpoum einai i enallagi ton diatheseon. Me dyo logia to "New War Design" diathetei ploki kai fantasia. O idios o THodoris Kotsyfas leei gia to almpoum kai ti diadikasia pou odigise se auto: "To New War Design, amesa epireasmeno apo tis synthikes stis opoies paragoume mousiki tin teleutaia dekaetia toso os pros tin thematologia oso kai os pros tin idia tin diadikasia paragogis, einai ena almpoum/syllogi empeirion kai epirroon apo ola auta pou me kathorisan san akroati kai san mousiko. Ihoi kai hromata apo tis kasetes tis ellinikis rok skinis pou daneizomoun mikros kai apo to proto mou cd plauer pou epaize epanalamvanomena to Surfing With The Alien (Joe Satriani) kai to Perfect Strangers (Deep Purple), mehri tin synanastrofi mou me kapoious spoudaious autoshediastes tis Tzaz, tin agapi mou gia spoudaious kitharistes pou kathorisan to pos paizetai to sygkekrimeno organo kai tous filous mou apo tous opoious eho mathei to perissotero pou tha mporousa gia auti tin tehni. To almpoum den filodoxei se tipota parapano apo tin eilikrineia pou syhna katapiezoume sto onoma ton kairon. Afieromeno stous goneis mou pou panta kanane perissotera apo arketa" -Puzzlemusik-