Sierra (album) with Arjuna Oakes

This was a dream project, working with Arjuna at Waitarere Beach writing the songs (see the videos lower down this page for

some footage of our collaborative process).

And thanks to Creative New Zealand funding we were able to record the five songs at the famous Sierra Studios in

Athens with the incredible Sam Notman and four legendary Greek musicians. All pictured below

At Sierra Studios after finishing the last session. Pictured Left to Right:

Me, Arjuna Oakes (voice, piano), Dimitris Tsekouras (bass), Harris Lambrakis (ney), Vagelis Karipis (percusion), Kyriakos Tapakis (oud),

Sam Notman (drums), George Kariotis (engineer, mixer)

Arjuna and I worked on the songs at Waitarere by the sea, then developed the material into completed forms and shared with Sam

and the musicians in Athens. We had an incredible 3 days recording and then worked with George to see the mixxes through. My

recollection of the entire experience was one of smiles and laughter and positive emotion. Absolutely a dream project.