ALBUMS
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After a long hiatus, Socrates recorded Nowhere We Know in Taiwan during the fall of 2020 and spring of 2021. This solo album is his first official release and was distributed across all major music streaming services. The songs were recorded by Andy Baker & Vicky Chiu at Yu Chen Cinema Studio; Zen Chien at 112F Recording Studio; and Howard Huang at KHK Studio. None of the songs have ever been performed live. The album exists entirely online - no CDs or other physical media were cut.
//music & lyrics by//
Socrates Rigopoulos
//mixed by//
Mike Butler (San Diego, CA)
//mastered by//
Tim Boyce (New York, NY)
//published//
September 2021
//distributor//
CD Baby™
//length//
29:30
//musicians//
Socrates Rigopoulos - vocals / all instruments
Howard Huang - drums
Yaevin (bina) - vocals (track 9)
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Slowly But Surely is an EP recorded during the spring of 2010 in Taipei, Taiwan. All tracks were recorded at Riverside Studio by Jungle K - except track 3 which was recorded at Da-Ji-Xiang Studio by Andy Baker. It marks the end of Electric Q's musical collaboration. After a short period of reshuffling, their final breakup followed. The EP was independently financed and released (300 CD copies).
//music & lyrics by//
Socrates Rigopoulos
//arranged by//
Electric Q
//mixed by//
Bryan Liu
//released//
May 2010
//label//
-
//length//
16:40
//musicians//
Socrates Rigopoulos - vocals / guitars / keyboards (track 2) Howard Huang - drums
Jimin Hsieh - bass (tracks 1, 2 & 5)
Bryan Liu - bass (tracks 3 & 4)
Rock Lai - keyboards / back-vocals (track 3)
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How Much? is Electric Q's debut album. It was recorded in Taipei during the winter of 2007 by Brad Song at FUM Studio. The LP was independently financed and released (300 CD copies) and it was actively promoted at different venues and events around Taiwan (including the 2009 Spring Scream Festival).
//music & lyrics by//
Socrates Rigopoulos
//arranged by//
Electric Q
//mixed & mastered by//
Brad Song
//released//
January 2008
//label//
-
//length//
23:50
//musicians//
Socrates Rigopoulos - vocals / guitars / piano (track 6) Howard Huang - drums
Jimin Hsieh - bass
Delphine Gao - keyboards / vocals (track 8)
Cindy - double-bass (track 6)
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Without The Makeup features a selection of songs and ideas that never made it to the studio (except track 1 - an electric version of which later appeared in the album How Much?). The songs were written between 1999 and 2003 while Socrates was studying in the UK, and were recorded in his home in Edinburgh in 2004. They had not been released in any format until now.
//music & lyrics by//
Socrates Rigopoulos
//unreleased//
//length//
16:00
//musicians//
Socrates Rigopoulos - vocals & acoustic guitar
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The Longest Dream marks both the creative peak of Blue Waterlily and the beginning of the band's end. It was recorded in the summer of 1998 by Giannis at Rock Pallais Studio in Pireaus, Greece.
Many of the album's songs were performed live at different venues in Athens (including AN Club). It was independently financed and released (about 150 CD copies).
//music & lyrics by//
Socrates Rigopoulos *
//arranged by//
Blue Waterlily
//mixed & mastered by//
Giannis
//released//
August 1998
//label//
-
//length//
32:35
//musicians//
Socrates Rigopoulos - vocals / guitars / mandolin (track 1)
George Bolis - drums
Thanos Potosis - bass
Yiannis Papadopoulos - keyboards
Roula Tsakarisianou - vocals (track 9)
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* track 1: music by Thanos Potosis
* track 8: lyrics partly taken from the poem Semicircle
by Yiannis Ritsos (1989)
* track 9: music based on Protest Song by The Astronauts (1981)
I N F O
Rain Formation is Socrates' very first recording of songs written between 1996 and early 1997. The demo tape was recorded in Athens, Greece during the spring of 1997 by George Zanetopoulos at Studio 5.2 - originally a radio jingle production studio. It was financed and released independently by his band, Blue Waterlily (about 100 cassette copies).
//music & lyrics by//
Socrates Rigopoulos
//arranged by//
Blue Waterlily
//mixed by//
George Zanetopoulos
//released//
May 1997
label//
-
length//
33:15
//musicians//
Socrates Rigopoulos - vocals / guitars
Frank Komis - vocals (tracks 6 & 7) / acoustic guitar (track 7)
George Bolis - drums
Thanos Potosis - bass
Yiannis Papadopoulos - keyboards (tracks 3 and 4)
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NOTE
Only two of the tracks are available online.
They have been digitized and remastered.
The original demo featured seven tracks:
01. Set Sun (04:08)
02. Don't Cut Me Off (05:10)
03. Cry (04:32)
04. Stranger Again (05:51)
05. A Ride On The Blue Bus (05:05)
06. Junky Girl (04:20)
07. Angie (04:07)