Occasional Dream

Biography

OCCASIONAL DREAM [or ΠΕΡΙΣΤΑΣΙΑΚΟ ΟΝΕΙΡΟ in Greek] is -or maybe better, was- a band based in Athens, Greece that performed for more than 10 years since 1993. The band had been continuously “trespassing” on different styles of music, experimenting with different arrangements of members and instruments used, tanking advantage of a vast array of diverse aesthetics, techniques and styles that its members brought into play. The core of the band met back in 1993 in Athens, Greece, when the guitarist...

OCCASIONAL DREAM [or ΠΕΡΙΣΤΑΣΙΑΚΟ ΟΝΕΙΡΟ in Greek] is -or maybe better, was- a band based in Athens, Greece that performed for more than 10 years since 1993.
The band had been continuously “trespassing” on different styles of music, experimenting with different arrangements of members and instruments used, tanking advantage of a vast array of diverse aesthetics, techniques and styles that its members brought into play.

The core of the band met back in 1993 in Athens, Greece, when the guitarists Vassilis Tzavaras, Leonidas Karakatsanis and the piano player and percussionist Michalis Nivolianitis formed a trio to experiment with different ways of playing, more or less famous, rock and blues covers.

Their main aim was to concentrate on the elements of improvisation and personal style. Since 1996, Harris Lambrakis playing the wind instrument Nay) and Dimitris Michelis (playing Ud), join in the band.

Occasional Dream worked on their own compositions, creating their own characteristic sound, incorporating different - and at a first sight distant - influences. With the participation of Yiorgos Kaloudis on the cello, Alekos Tsamis on percussion and later Yiannis Notaras on drums the band reaches its final 7-membered synthesis.

The Band has released an album in March 2000 with LYRA records, which contains instrumental pieces and songs with Greek and English Lyrics.
STYLE:
Acoustic rock, traditional forms of the Mediterranean region, European Jazz, experimental Jazz, contemporary Greek songwriting, world music influences were elements combined in different balance and ratios during occasional dream’s history. The main characteristic of Occasional Dream live performances was its improvisational and collective interaction aspect something that was also vital part of the composing procedure of original music. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.