“Labyrinth is a letter I wrote to myself,” says Socrates Malamas in the interview that “closes” this edition. However, this letter was destined to have multiple recipients, as often happens in art, people beyond the borders of a generation or a certain path, and to become for many of us, in addition to being a milestone and core of his work, a large part of the soundtrack of an era.
Malamas made our inner utopia and need into a song, with tenderness and intensity, keeping it even until we are measured against "...a world that changes like our clothes from yesterday."
The following speak about the history of the songs of Labyrinth, which was renamed "Socrates Malamas", as well as the image of the era that gave birth to them: S. Malamas, D. Rizou, M. Kana, K. Theodorou, Od. Ioannou, B. Papadopoulos, Chr. Megas, G. Athanasopoulos, Th. Korovinis, F. Delivorias, G. I. Allamanis, Sp. Aravanis, An. Petropoulos.
Fotini Lambridi is a lyricist and journalist. She has worked in newspapers, magazines, radio and television. She first appeared in the discography on the album 13,000 Days by Socrates Malamas in 1998. She has published the poetic text Anthizo lyko avto and the fairy tale To mandalaki.
They said – They wrote about the book:
Fotini Lambridi's book is not just another book that paints a portrait of an artist with kindness and from a safe distance. It is an experiential narrative, a thoughtful dive, a balance between the documentary and the emotional. She is not just written by a journalist. She is written by a woman who heard these songs at the time she needed them. Who felt their weight and light. And she shares them. She reaches not just behind the scenes of an album, but into the psyche of a generation.
Marianthi Pelevani – Editor-in-Chief TVXS
The book has three levels of somewhat "therapeutic" psychic reading. Fotini tells three parallel stories: A complete study of the creation and recording of this now historic album. Second, she tells a psychography of Malamas's unique personality and third, the parallel biography of a generation that was coming of age at the time.
Natalie Hadjiantoniou – Editor-in-Chief of EFSYN
The book is a substantial exploration of the creation of the album “Labyrinth”, one of the most emblematic works of Socrates Malamas’ discography. Through its pages, the reader travels back to the 90s, an era marked by lifestyle, the stock market bubble and the illusion of prosperity. With the precision of her research and the sensitivity of her narrative, Fotini Lambridi illuminates the conditions, the stories and the human moments that gave birth to this landmark album.
Eighth
Fotini Lambridi delivers the book "In the Labyrinth of Socrates Malamas" published by OXY Publications. The story of a great album, but also of an entire era. Since the day I got it, I haven't let it out of my hands and Koukounara is on repeat.
Maria Thanasoulia – Producer at Kokkino 105.5
This story speaks for itself with songs that speak for themselves. All we have to do is listen to the album again through the eyes of its history.
Tania Skrapaliori – Editor Avopolis
Fotini Lambridi recorded the history of an important record and its era, or rather the youth of its era. She did it with love, which is why reading it produces emotion.
Michalis Gelasakis – ERA2, MUSIC PAPER
Read this wonderful book, listen to this insurmountable album as often as you can. It's good for the mind and the heart, it's like a little sand from our beaches.
Chrysa Lykou – Editor Eighth
