Antoine Karacostas Quartet // Frames

Antoine Karacostas Quartet "Frames" Antoine Karacostas is a 39-year-old pianist of Greek origin. He has released two albums as a trio, Trails in 2017 and Insulary Tales in 2019, in which he presented a repertoire of arrangements of traditional Greek songs and rebetiko, as well as personal compositions. A singular blend of heady lyricism that has defined the band's sound. 2021 marks the arrival of Gabriel Midon on double bass. With Simon Bernier on drums since its creation in 2014, the group is welded together by nine years of shared musical and human adventures. The trio becomes a quartet on tour in 2022 with the arrival of Pierre Bernier on saxophone, already a guest on Trails, which alters the balance of the group and opens the way to new musical interactions and approaches to playing. With Frames, Antoine Karacostas delivers an album of seven compositions and an arrangement of rebetiko, the band's signature sound. In this opus, he drew his inspiration from painting and pictorial as well as musical impressionism, from French composers such as Emmanuel Chabrier. This album is also a reflection on the notion of framework, both the one we find ourselves in and the one we wish to go beyond, in our personal quest for freedom. It will be released on the We See Music label. THE ALBUM 1 - Tokyo Therapy 5:53 2 - Olive 5:51 3 - Trava Re Alani 6:47 4 - Me Berdevis / Tu Me Troubles 6:23 5 - Sketches 4:17 6 - Shiny Corners 6:39 7 - Bubbles 5:31 8 - En Pointillé 7:10 Antoine Karacostas - piano Pierre Bernier - saxophone Gabriel Midon - bass Simon Bernier - drums All compositions are by Antoine Karacostas, except for Trava Re Alani by Kostas Skarvelis. This album is dedicated to Liv Karacostas. Recorded by Nicolas Charlier at Studio Besco on February 8 and 9, 2023. Mixed and mastered by Antoine Karacostas at Studio Aéronef in April 2023. Photography, painting and artwork by Maxence Ravelomanantsoa. Video by Simon Bernier. Follow the quartet on instagram, facebook and YouTube. What the press had to say about our latest album Insulary Tales: A pure melodic and rhythmic jewel. FIP, jazz album of the week A very melodic record, very endearing, graceful from start to finish. Jazz Magazine « Revelation » The talented pianist and composer Antoine Karacostas presents at the New Morning his second album, Insulary Tales, which sees him asserting his melodic qualities until he reaches a form of romanticism where he seems to blossom fully. Télérama