Open Horizon
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Open Horizon [1] is the eleventh studio album by Greek electronic music composer Sakis Gouzonis, released on August 18, 2018 [2] [3] [4].
The album includes 10 original electronic music tracks. All music tracks were composed, orchestrated, recorded, mixed and mastered by Sakis Gouzonis in his recording studio in Elassona, Greece.
When asked about Open Horizon, Sakis Gouzonis said: "My 11th studio album titled Open Horizon contains ten electronic music tracks about the future of humanity; a future that is an open horizon of many possibilities; a future built on love, peace, friendship, acceptance, diversity, respect, trust, equality and justice." [5]
Album[edit]
General Info[edit]
- Genres: Electronic, Cinematic, Instrumental
- Format: MP3 (320 kbps)
- Number of Tracks: 10
- Release Date: August 18, 2018
Track Listing[edit]
- A Healing Touch
- Living Heroes
- Stronger Every Minute
- We Can Win
- Forever Young
- When Our Hopes Are High
- For Every Man Who Has A Dream
- Warm Hearts
- Kind And Prudent
- Beyond This Earth
Credits[edit]
- Composer: Sakis Gouzonis
- Orchestrator: Sakis Gouzonis
- Performer: Sakis Gouzonis
- Producer: Sakis Gouzonis
- Recorded, mixed and mastered by Sakis Gouzonis
Album Reviews[edit]
Excerpt from an album review:
"Greece is a country with a tradition in both beautiful classic and electronic music, so there's no surprise these two not only meet, but fit so well in Open Horizon by Sakis Gouzonis... The tracks are very cinematic... Open Horizon is an album made with a lot of care, love and understanding of the craft..." - Team Drooble, Drooble (Bulgaria) [6]
Artist Info[edit]
Main article: Sakis Gouzonis
Sakis Gouzonis, also known to his listeners simply as Sakis, is a Greek electronic music composer, orchestrator, producer and performer.
Through the years, Sakis has earned a global following for blending electronic with classical orchestrations. Since August 8, 2008, Sakis has released 16 electronic music albums, each containing 10 original music tracks. In addition, Sakis has received several music awards both inside and outside Greece, including two 1st Prizes in the international Composition Competition 2010, and one 1st Prize in the 2nd Meeting of Music & Poetry 2009 [7] [8] [9] [10].
Sakis originally gained fame through MySpace [11], once the world's largest social network. Within a short period of time, Sakis Gouzonis topped the MySpace Music Charts in Greece [12], and gained hundreds of thousands of friends worldwide. Today, Sakis Gouzonis is still the most popular Greek artist on MySpace, having more than 380,000 friends. He is the first and only Greek artist to reach that level of fame and success on MySpace.
On August 1, 2008, Sakis launched his official website [13]. His official website made it easy for his listeners to find his full biography and discography, as well as photos and album covers, album reviews, articles, interviews, news and other interesting stuff.
In the course of his long and distinguished career, Sakis Gouzonis has given many interviews to Greek and international media outlets, including Flow (Greece) [14], Amigo (Greece) [15], Eyeplug (UK) [16], CreativInn (USA) [17], Recovering The Self (USA) [18], Jamsphere (USA) [19], The Bandcamp Diaries (Italy) [20], CrazyPellas (UK) [21], 1 In Music (UK) [22], Stereo Stickman (UK) [23], We Are Going Nowhere (Indonesia) [24], Exposed Vocals (USA) [25], MuzEnt (Pakistan) [26] and Drooble (Bulgaria) [27].
In an interview with Stereo Stickman e-magazine, told them "What keeps me motivated to create is my constant desire to explore new musical horizons. I like getting up in the morning with the hope that today I will write something that really matters to people; I like the feeling of making a difference in someone else's life." [23]
Furthermore, Sakis' music albums have been reviewed by many international media outlets, including Highwire Daze (USA) [28] [29], IMRadio (USA) [30], The Phantom Tollbooth (USA) [31], Blazing Minds (UK) [32] [33], Michael Doherty's Music Log (USA) [34], Cross Rhythms (UK) [35], One World Music (UK) [36], NeuFutur (USA) [37], Jamsphere (USA) [38] [39], Beach Sloth (USA) [40] [41] [42], Tilting Windmill Studios (USA) [43], The Bandcamp Diaries (Italy) [44] [45] [46], Artist Reach (USA) [47], Stereo Stickman (UK) [48], Indie Spoonful (USA) [49], Stepkid (USA) [50], TunedLoud (USA) [51] [52], Drooble (Bulgaria) [6] [53], JukeBox Time (USA) [54] and Folk N Rock (USA) [55].
Steve Sheppard, former BBC reporter and music critic for One World Music, wrote about Sakis: "...His sweeping melodies and stunning chord changes are a real testament to his undoubted talent..." [36]
References[edit]
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Open Horizon - SakisGouzonis.com
- ↑ Νέα – η 11η – δισκογραφική δουλειά από τον Ελασσονίτη συνθέτη Σάκη Γκουζώνη - Larissa Net (in Greek)
- ↑ Open Horizon: Η ενδέκατη δισκογραφική δουλειά του Σάκη Γκουζώνη - Music Press (in Greek)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis releases his eleventh album, Open Horizon - Top40-Charts
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis biography - SakisGouzonis.com
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The beautiful electronic sound of Open Horizon by Sakis Gouzonis - Drooble
- ↑ 2η Συνάντηση Μουσικής & Ποίησης - in (in Greek)
- ↑ Κυκλοφόρησε το 3ο CD του 8 φορές διεθνώς βραβευμένου συνθέτη Σάκη Γκουζώνη - Tro-ma-ktiko (in Greek) (this article is no longer available on Tro-ma-ktiko, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Το 3ο CD του 8 φορές διεθνώς βραβευμένου συνθέτη Σάκη Γκουζώνη - Tralala (in Greek)
- ↑ Wonderful Dream – Νέο άλμπουμ από τον Sakis Gouzonis - Culture Point (in Greek)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis on MySpace - MySpace
- ↑ MySpace Music Charts – Greece – Any Genre - MySpace (screenshot from the archive of SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis official website - SakisGouzonis.com
- ↑ Συνέντευξη Σάκη Γκουζώνη - Flow (in Greek)
- ↑ Συνέντευξη: Sakis Gouzonis – Μουσικός - Amigo (in Greek)
- ↑ DozenQ – Sakis Gouzonis - Eyeplug
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis Interview - CreativInn
- ↑ Music across borders – A chat with Sakis Gouzonis - Recovering The Self
- ↑ Exclusive interview with Greek electronic music composer Sakis Gouzonis - Jamsphere
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis (Interview) - The Bandcamp Diaries
- ↑ Interview with Sakis Gouzonis (Music Composer) - CrazyPellas
- ↑ Interview: Sakis Gouzonis - 1 In Music
- ↑ 23.0 23.1 Sakis Gouzonis – Interview - Stereo Stickman
- ↑ An interview with Sakis Gouzonis (Electronic Music Composer) - We Are Going Nowhere
- ↑ Interview with multi-award-winning Greek composer Sakis Gouzonis - Exposed Vocals (this interview is no longer available on Exposed Vocals, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Interview with Greek electronic music composer Sakis Gouzonis - MuzEnt (this interview is no longer available on MuzEnt, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Inspired by the beauty of our universe – Interview with Sakis Gouzonis - Drooble
- ↑ First Contact – Sakis Gouzonis – Self-released CD - Highwire Daze (this album review is no longer available on Highwire Daze, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Wonderful Dream by Sakis Gouzonis (Independent Release) - Highwire Daze
- ↑ Review of New Earth - IMRadio (this album review is no longer available on IMRadio, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ New Earth - The Phantom Tollbooth
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis: New Earth – Music Review - Blazing Minds (this album review is no longer available on Blazing Minds, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Ultimate Love – Album Review - Blazing Minds (this album review is no longer available on Blazing Minds, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis: The Tree Of Life (2010) CD Review - Michael Doherty's Music Log
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – The Tree Of Life - Cross Rhythms
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 Vast Victory by Sakis Gouzonis - One World Music (this album review is no longer available on One World Music, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Spiritual Unity – Review - NeuFutur
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis: Golden Heart gets into your very soul and enriches it - Jamsphere
- ↑ Liberating Truth is unquestionably Sakis Gouzonis’ finest set of instrumental compositions - Jamsphere
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Golden Heart - Beach Sloth (this album review is no longer available on Beach Sloth, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Liberating Truth - Beach Sloth (this album review is no longer available on Beach Sloth, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Amazing Space - Beach Sloth (this album review is no longer available on Beach Sloth, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – A World At Peace - Tilting Windmill Studios (this album review is no longer available on Tilting Windmill Studios, but there is a screenshot available on SakisGouzonis.com)
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Liberating Truth - The Bandcamp Diaries
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis - The Bandcamp Diaries
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis presents: Desire For Light - The Bandcamp Diaries
- ↑ Artist Review: Sakis Gouzonis - Artist Reach
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Liberating Truth - Stereo Stickman
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Liberating Truth - Indie Spoonful
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Amazing Space - Stepkid
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis releases 10th studio album – Amazing Space - TunedLoud
- ↑ Sakis Gouzonis – Wonderful Dream – Orchestral magnificence and rich cinematic ideas - TunedLoud
- ↑ Precious Time with Sakis Gouzonis - Drooble
- ↑ Exclusive: Sakis Gouzonis' stunning album Sweet Freedom - JukeBox Time
- ↑ A look at the 16th album from Sakis Gouzonis, Inner Power - Folk N Rock
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