Anabasis | es

This is a new project by the experienced multi-talent Swedish artist Henrik Summanen. With a background in archaeology and working in the Stockholm Medieval Museum with sound and film production in the exhibitions, Henrik constantly found himself close to a period most of us in some way or the other are inspired of. Henrik also has a background in classical music and wrote pieces for orchestras already as a teen. He did not find the electronic instruments good enough until recently which is the reason he has not ventured into neo-classic music earlier. Instead he have been working with dark...

The ANABASIS is a progressive rock collaborative studio project conceived by multi-instrumentalist and composer Barry Thompson of Norton, MA (US) with lyrics by freelance writer and author George Andrade of Fall River, MA (US) . In 2009, Barry approached George with the idea of merging a personal story of falling from grace and redemption with that of a sociopolitical story of the self-destructive impulses that riddle and affect our public existences and mirror the inner struggles that we harbor, while also highlighting the hope that can release us from such travails … the debut album was named “Back From Being...