Seductive and cinematic soundscapes between ambient, drone and indie-neoclassical music: these are the best words to describe Hior Chronik’s style. A style that captures ears and soul, bringing you into an imaginary world, arousing emotions, making the mind wander to distant places. This is the goal of the Greek musician, now living since many years in Berlin. You can hear it in his latest works „Out Of The Dust“, and „Blind Heaven“ released on 7k! mastered by Francesco Donadello at Calyx Studio, Berlin. “I tried to combine ambient and drone sounds with strings and piano following a harmonic direction", Hior explains. “I wanted to make a soundtrack for a movie that was never shot”. The mood is melancholic, but not only that: “There’s a dark side, but I made it run parallel with bright soft melodies”, Hior continues. And on the topic of his music influences: “It's hard to specify what exactly they were, but I think I’m close to Max Richter and in some ways to Arvo Part. Besides that, true inspiration comes from my life experiences, even the small little things: books, films, people I meet, travels. And being close to nature: I would say that’s the base of everything”. He has a personal and unique style that brings Hior Chronik’s music to a wider audience. His sound is able to embrace at the same time the delicate piano themes and the dark ambient/drone tones, while at the same time searching for new territories to explore in the neo-classical scene. He released music for 1631 Recording based on solo piano works and ASIP Label together with Arovane. The other side of Hior appears to Ki Records and it's his „family“ label as he used to say. He released „Descent“ album 3 years ago while he joined Christian Loffler's Ensemble playing the piano. His new album for 2022 will be released on Ki Records with the title „Haze“ 8th April and you can hear him live on Spectaculare afterparty couple weeks before, on 25th March in Palac Akropolis.
