VIDEOS

''Safe House' was created by Maia Horniak as an experimental process where the footage was captured before the song was made, and then re-imagined in the edit to the final track. It was directed and shot intuitively by the principal ideas of the Sylektis project and as an expression of the strange epoch we are living in.

Sylektis is a dispersed international collective of musicians and artists. Process driven and experimental, with a focus on intuition and chance. The song "Safe House" was inspired originally by a chapter in a book and a painting, then as an instrumental piece was passed onto sound designer Michael Theiler who defied expectations with haunting lyrics and vocals.

More information on the song can be found on the Collection One page

Listen to 'Collection One' now: linktr.ee/sylektis

CREDITS (VIDEO)
Director: Maia Horniak maiahorniak.com
Concept: Basil Hogios basilhogios.com
Producer: Oliver McGillick linktr.ee/baohaus
Designer: Nino Zardalishvili photography
Set dresser: Artur Safranek
Performer: Jan Syrovatka 

CREDITS (MUSIC)
Vocals, lyrics, sound design: Michael Theiler (Australia)
Composer, Piano, Synth, Samples, Mix : Basil Hogios (Australia)
Tanbur: Ido Romano (Israel) idoromano.com/
Glockenspiel, vibraphone : Camille De Carvalho (France)

Full album and videos: linktr.ee/sylektis

Tiny Suns, a poem set to music. From Debut album 'Collection One'

This film was created by re-shooting the original footage, by Frederic Dumesle, who also composed the analogue synthesizer music in this track.

The image was projected on a wall with a high-power 4k laser projector, and re-filmed through custom anamorphic lenses. The camera was freely moved and focused in on smaller areas of the image, following the performance in real time.

No colour grading or digital filters/effects have been applied. Note the nail and cracks in the wall.

Music:
Analogue synthesizer composition: Frederic Dumesle (Luxembourg)
Voice reading: Toby Harper (UK)
Poem, editing and mix: Basil Hogios (Australia)

Original Footage:
Director: Maia Horniak
Concept: Basil Hogios
Producer: Oliver McGillick
Designer: Nino Zardalishvili
Set dresser: Artur Safranek
Performer: Jan Syrovatka

Re-shot by Frederic Dumesle.