I'm better than ever!

Semen are me, Jimmy on bass/backing vocals and George Nikolopoulos on drums.

Semen of the sun was taken out of a line of your familiar Spiritual Beggars that says "Monster astronauts, semen of the sun". After a while we discovered that "semen of the sun" is called a herbal resin that indigenous tribes of South America used to meet their own gods, so we simply loved the name.

"The walk" was recorded in spring of 2010, in an old-school recording studio downtown Athens, built in the late 70's early 80's, full of wood and history. We got pretty troubled regarding the experimentation we had to go under to fulfill our purpose, but as a whole I believe that is one of a kind, one to be loved like we love it.

Like the title points, when you walk in Athens you might encounter different situations, emotionally and/or physically. You might find yourself walking happy, sad, drunk or sober, sometimes running, sometimes breathing heavily in a fog of teargas, sometimes dreaming of fields and roses and so on. And so, you have this album.

We tried to simplify our music a little bit, and this was a situation that we got into and never understood why or when it happened. We used good ol' times technology, with tape taking the first place in the effect field. And we're happy for this one. But the main advantage is that we got through a difficult situation and we are still strong.

The recordings took place between February and June of 2009. The recording studio is "Mousiki & Mousikoi", and Minas Emmanouil is the guy in control of everything. The album was mastered at London Metropolis Studio by Tim Young.

The release delay was due to the leave of one of our members, John Papachristos (who is playing the drums on "The Walk"). It takes a bit of time to come around. If you ask me I would say that "The Walk" is way different album than the first one, "Radio Adult". Instead of the heaviness and raw energy of the first record there is now a direction towards melody and classic rock forms.

I think that we simply play what's on our minds at the present time of composing. The first album always will be our first album. But the emotion always changes. Everybody has his day, his moment. And you have to follow your emotion to enjoy the music that you play.

I don't know if I can choose only one..

I think that our music would cheer someone up.

Neil Young, Dead Kennedys, Cancer Bats, Blind Melon.

Take a Walk

Thanks for the interview Vasilis. I would like to let people know that they can listen to our new album on our bandcamp page http://semenofthesun.bandcamp.com/. Have a nice day