Xronia Polla (Χρόνια Πολλά, pronounced Chronia Polla) is a Greek saying which translates to "Many Years!" The saying, which can be heard at weddings, birthdays, name days, and most moments of celebration in Greece, inspired Andreas to write the song, Xronia Polla. In essence, Xronia Polla is an expression of love. This music composition is a variation on Greek New Year's carols.
ah sol!
While still placing strong em-phasis on rhythm character- istic of electronic music, ah sol! simultaneously adds a softness and a blunt hon- esty unique to Andreas' style of music production.
Andreas loved music, all kinds of music, and surrounded himself with it. From guitar to trumpet to synthesizer, dj’ing and singing, his music studies were solid and his journey rich. He was composing electronic music before he went out and acquired the formal tools he wanted to do it better. You have a lot of music inside you, I told him once, when he played some of his first compositions for me and asked me what kind of feel I was getting from them. His prose and poetry were often the first drafts for his songs. His writings are full of references to music and song. He had fun sharing his music, blending styles, including references to Greek pop or folk music.
We are sharing Andreas’ music and poetry for all of you to enjoy.
With love
Elsa, Bruce, Sophia
Timely sunlight
Warms my neck
Warms my mind
To the awe
Of its own
Curiosity
Stumbling upon
Ancient orchards
Hidden landscapes
The soul beneath
The word
I read on
Rolling hills
Obstinate stones
A cold solid wisdom
Warmed by the same sun
Industrial silhouettes
Rise out of
Ineffable stocky old historical
Stones
Crumbling
Creating
Unbroken lineage
They keep shining
By the light
Of grandpa sun
An old comforting
Emanation of experience
Reminding the stones
Reminding our feet
Ancient wisdom lives on
Shining through eyes
On skin
Love profound
Heating shelters through
The fire of our hearts
Timely sunlight
Andreas Robbins, 15 December 2009
Timely Sunlight
Ghosts of Uptown, by Andreas Robbins, revels in the chaos of New York City, giving voice to the energies, of self and of place, which we leave behind, and which are deeply personal.
-I am a bad education
-I am overpriced
-the lost adopted white boy
raised in every exotic
jungle you have ever seen
in the movies
-A naïve thief, impenetrable niece,
a fief of land
owed to some
hedgefund manager
in the future
Andreas Robbins, 18 November 2011
Glyde 'N Slyde
With tracks like Lion-O and Ghosts of Uptown, Andreas' album, Glyde 'N Slyde, trans- ports listeners into musical landscapes which flow with memories of our ancestors, while also exploring visions a-live of a time yet to pass.
love is like a butterfly
it lands on your shoulder when
you least expect it and flutters away
before you even notice it was there
Andreas Robbins, 18 September 2009
Allow delight
Resist resist
Exist exist
No more fight
Smell the flowers
Inside outside insight out of sight insight
Feel her power be her power
Taste the rain
Before the light
Andreas Robbins, 25 September 2009
NOW
NOW enthralls us within melod-ic winds both ethereal and cos-mic, as well as grounded and candid. The album captures the grind of life as well as moments when we encounter the unex-pected, the unfamiliar; when we are challenged to go deep-er.
Burn poem burn
Burn poem burn
And never look back turn
Back turned backburned
Hot scolded scalding shadow
Keep moving the crossing to
There remains a chain
Disclaimer exclaim
Explain he exclaimed of brittle composure
Composed of mundane sun
Day one of our foray into
Adrenaline pump go
Crossover dribble move
On
Your mind is a lawn
And you are a pawn
Into which it has spawned
A tree of two by two to
Pattern the same sense is to
Build up your fences
Defend these from those needs
Makes you think you’re a rock
But you’re weak at the knees
Feet of porcelain fleeting as flees
In the breeze gone
Lightening energy far and strong
Infinite motion to and from
There and back back turned
Backburned
Burn poem burn
Andreas Robbins, 4 October 2009