Panos Ghikas

Panos Ghikas: Unrealtime

by Ian Patterson
November 16, 2020

The cover of Greek composer/improvisor Panos Ghikas' Unrealtime certainly piques the curiosity regarding the musical content within the grooves. The title provides just a whiff of a clue. The plot thickens with a perusal of the personnel, which reveals, that alongside Nick Roth on alto and soprano saxophones and Luis Tabuenca on percussion, the leader handles 'unrealtime interface' and pianist Pavlos Antoniadis doubles on 'motion followers.' On this evidence alone it would not be unreasonable to expect technological and conceptual ...