Years Not Living

Inspired by the rural environment of his hometown of Veria, Greece, multi-instrumentalist/singer/producer Panagiotis Melidis started writing music as Larry Gus (from the Greek larigas, or larynx) in 2006, soon after the early demise of his previous band Ginger. Melidis initially composed production music, and later on earned a reputation for intense and chaotic live performances. He retained Ginger's primitive aesthetics of groove based music, along with an obsession for late - '60s/early - '70s Free Jazz, and combined them with sample-based techniques and crystal-clear Psychedelic Pop melodies, all merged into infinitely dense layers and poly rhythms. Years Not Living, an album inspired by Georges Perec's 1978 book Life: A Users Manual and Lucio Battisti's 1974 album Anima Latina.