Stephen Duros - Aeaea (2015)

Aeaea (ee-EE-a) is an original composition from Nouveau Flamenco guitarist Stephen Duros. This album takes the listener on a musical journey with the sounds of arabic percussion and Orchestral strings in-fused with haunting synths and diverse instrumentation driven by lush melody's on the flamenco guitar. Aeaea features a brilliant trippy electric guitar solo performed by special guest and pioneer of nouveau flamenco, Ottmar Liebert. The rippling, rhythmic sounds Stephen Duros coaxes out of his nylon string acoustic guitar are hard to resist or categorize. His music has roots in the traditional sounds of flamenco, but he's developed his own style. Bluesy bent notes with a hint of Asia and the Middle East in their tone, a strong single note attack with a flat pick that reproduces the brittle sound of picado (a flamenco technique of playing runs with index and middle finger), octave jumping melodies and rhythms that include suggestions of jazz, reggae, pop and Arab music join the familiar pulse of flamenco's gypsy rumba in his emotionally satisfying compositions.