“I dedicate this album to the moon which has always been a source of magic in many cultures,” says Micus. “Music too is a source of magic which is where the two connect.” Aside from his 14 string guitar, Micus plays instruments from Armenia, Tibet, India, Egypt, Ghana, Senegal, Tanzania, Botswana, Namibia and Ethiopia, most of them in combinations never heard before.

Sokratis Sinopoulos: lyra; Yann Keerim: piano; Dimitris Tsekouras: double bass: Dimitris Emmanouil: drums

Savina Yannatou: voice; Vangelis Christopoulos: oboe; Yiannis Evangelatos: bassoon;

Alexandros Botonis: violoncello; Dinos Hadjiiordanou: accordion; Aris Dimitriadis: mandolin; Eleni Karaindrou: piano; Sokratis Sinopoloulos: Constantinople lyra, lute;

Nikos Paraoulakis: ney; Stefanos Dorbarakis: canonaki; Giorgos Kontayannis: percussion, Cretan lyra. String orchestra conducted by Argyro Seira

Don Cherry: trumpet, doussn’gouni, flutes, organ, melodica, voice, Nana Vasconcelos: berimbau, cuica, talking drum, percussion, voice, Collin Walcott: sitar, tabla, dulcimer, sanza, tympani, voice

Stephan Micus bagana, Balinese and Burmese gongs, Bavarian zither, bowed bagana, dilruba, dondon, kyeezee, maung, nay, sho, Thai singing bowls, Tibetan chimes, Tibetan cymbals, tin whistle, voice

Vijay Iyer: composer/piano
Prashant Bhargava: film director/editor
International Contemporary Ensemble