"Vello Leaf" is a dream pop band formed in December 1999 by Nikos Grivakis, Michalis Koulieris and Apostolis Lionoudakis in Chania, Greece. Their music is described by the female ethereal vocals, the sweet melancholic melodies and the dreamy atmosphere. They tend to combine their cinematic sound with several kinds of art, such as theatre, film or video art.
Having already recorded two self-released EPs and written music for several theatrical performances under the name "deep.insight", Vello Leaf made their break-through in December 2006, releasing their debut-EP "Morning Star" (featuring female vocals by Alexandra Mckay) which got praising reviews from the press and was later voted at the top-15 of 2007 in Greece by the readers of Avopolis & Sonik music magazine. Reception of the album was beyond expectations and songs from "Morning Star" were included in various compilations, such as Dimitris Papaspyropoulos' "Silent Wonder" (Sony-BMG), the soundtrack of the movie "Alter Ego" (Village Films), and "City Campers" (The Sound Of Everything).
Their upcoming full length album "Tonight, I'm Leaving..." will be released in December '09 - celebrating 10 years since the creation of the band - and it will contain 8 new songs featuring Alexandra McKay and Evira (Abbie Gale) on vocals. The album comes in deluxe packaging with a spectacular artwork by painter Kate Alizadeh.
Songs In Films:
2007. "One Last Tear" featured in "Alter Ego" [Village Films]
2007. "Long Way" featured in "tvctm" [short film by sixtwelve]
2008. "Long Way" featured in "Big Ideas" [short film by Zoe-Artemis Athanasopoulou]
Original Score & Songs In Theatrical Plays:
2003. Federico García Lorca's "La Zapatera Prodigiosa" [theatrical team of 5th High School of Chania]
2004. "Devised Time - Time Devised" [Theatre Studies department of University of Patras]
2005. Iakovos Kampanellis' "Poios itan o kirios?" [Theatre Studies department of University of Patras]
2006. Vasilis Ziogas' "Stafida" [Theatre Studies department of University of Patras]
2006. Loula Anagnostaki's "The City" [P.O.F.P.P. Patras]
2007. William Shaekspeare's "A midsummer night's dream" [P.O.F.P.P. Patras]
Paidia apla mou esteile mia filh m to Whispers k emeina ... stin arxi nomiza oti eisastan kseno sigrotima kai meta eida sto myspace Xania kai emeina perissotero (apo Shteia eimai egw .. alli akrh alla kai pali Krhth :P) Ti allo na pw ... sas euxomai oti kalitero kai kalli sinexeia afou i Ellada tetoiou eidous mousika sximata ta exei anagki! Take care ;)
Hey you! That was a very creative time period for Cinemascope i should say... 3 new tracks uploaded on our player and a lot more are ready to bang your ears sometime soon! But, for the moment, here are our 3 new tracks: Our current favourite is Dancing - Dancing, a dark wave dancefloor track that could be described as a Bauhaus light version (kick in the eye or sanity assasin maybe) and it was realy fun at the making... we were that close to turn it to dark wave version of 'straftanz' using lyrics that includes names of Greek dark wave clubs like 'dancing, dancing under the Dark Sun - dancing, dancing at the Rebound etc' but no... we kept it minimal... maybe we should include the straftanz version like a bonus on the 12'' single (yeah right! Ha!). Whispering Lovesongs reminds us a little bit of the Bad Seeds (at least the backing vocals at the refrain) and this song would be cool on stage (if we ever do a live show or something...hmmm) and The Blind Man's Song is something like a Cure romantic ballad of the Kiss me or Head on the Door era... but without lyrics for the moment... You can find all three new songs on the top of our player, hope you like them and please send us a note if you do.
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