Just a few days before the dawn of 2025, I feel the need to write down a few things that weigh on my soul, for quite a while now.
It's been 6 years since the release of “Awake Before the
Dawn” but it feels like 2018 is a completely different timeline,
a different world. So many things have changed around us, so
rapidly, so violently. It's hard to understand, or even to
accept sometimes, what has really happened over the last years
and what is about to come. It's hard to believe what's going on
around you, what you hear, what you see and keep youself
together. I try to remain focused and sane, in a totally insane
and declining society, where fundamental elements and
values
seem to be lost forever. As a person, I love history, every
little step that brought us to this very day. Everything that
happens has a meaning and a purpose and eventually leads to a
new chapter and so on. But I can't stop thinking...after two
hundred years, what history will say about today, about us and
all that's going on? What's the one thing we can be proud of,
leaving it as a heritage to the next generations? I really
cannot think of anything of real value. We believe we have
evolved or so we have been taught, but we have lost, willingly,
connection with everything that really matters. Behind every
change, every movement, every discovery, every culture, every
civilization, every government, every new legislation, every
battle, on the field and in the mind, every win and every loss,
there is one thing in common throughout history...the
enlightment and the will of the human thought and mind to move
forward and make things better. This is what always brought hope
for tomorrow, for a new beginning. But what happens when the
will is broken and the mind is dazed and confused? When I take a
look around now, our modern and sophisticated society makes me
wonder...where is this hope exactly?
Many ask me about new songs and a new album but the answer
to that question is not a simple one. Playing guitar and writing
music has always been a way of expressing myself with notes and
every day life and the world we live in has been the source of
inspitation for me. It was like talking without talking, but
playing and composing instead. I never cared about playing
really fast or technically, all I cared about was writing music
and lyrics. Even if the worst had happened, I could sit down and
write something about it, because I deeply (and probably
naively) believed that, as human beings and society, we can overcome anything and the next day can be better that the
previous one. Back then I couldn't see the “waves” closing in
and I still believed this world is a beautiful place to be. But
that view changed drastically over the last few years and as a
result, it affects my connection with music and this is a burden
I have to carry inside me moving forward ever since. This is how
I feel of course and I don't expect anyone to share my views and
thoughts, nor do I want them to, Ι want to be clear on that. Be
hopefull, if you can, for some people it can be a blessing. Life
is a roller coaster of emotions and maybe the day I will take
the guitar out of its case to play or write new music again will
come, but not yet.
However, the good news are that the composing process of the
4th full length Secret Illusion album is pretty much done since
2019 and it will come out to the light when the
time is
right!
Happy Holidays to everyone,
Filippos