some of our client projects
Nabu Pera – Soundscapes of Nicosia (Album)
Recorded and mixed by Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Winter of 2025.
Mastered by Sweetspot Productions, Athens
Release: Album ”Soundscapes of Nicosia”
Album Artwork: Poise Design Studio
The Nābu Pēra music project is a Cypriot trio from Nicosia that fuses traditional and modern elements to create a unique sound. Formed by Savvas Thoma (bendir, vocals), Natasa Hadjiandreou (vibraphone, percussion), and Demetris Yiasemides (flute, sylphyo, electronics), their mission is to redefine how we perceive everyday soundscapes. Their debut album, Soundscapes of Nicosia, releases on October 10, 2025 through the Italian label Zero Nove Nove, with global digital distribution and physical copies available in several European countries.
The album transforms the auditory identity of Nicosia—Europe’s last divided capital—into music. Drawing inspiration from the city’s geopolitical complexity and cultural intersections, Nābu Pēra blends ambient flutes, polyrhythmic percussion, electronic textures, and evocative vocals. Urban sounds—footsteps, voices, electrical hums—are reimagined as musical material, encouraging listeners to slow down and reconnect with their environment.
This world music project integrates contemporary classical, improvisation, Mediterranean traditions, and electronic elements into a layered, immersive experience. Recorded at Hot Soap Studio in Larnaca, the album reflects deep research and collaboration. Rather than merely sampling the city, Nābu Pēra listens, deciphers, and reinvents its sound, offering a new way to experience both music and place.
Alexis Kasinos – Parallel Paths (Album)
Recorded and mixed by Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Spring of 2025.
Mastered by Odysseas Toumazou
Release: Album ”Parallel Paths”
Compositions and Guitar Arrangement by: Alexis Kasinos
Album Artwork: Johnny Avramides
Special Thanks to: Alkis Nicolaides
Artist Statement:
“This album is about moments when people, ideas, or emotions move side by side — vsometimes aligned, sometimes not — yet still deeply connected. Parallel Paths is my way of exploring those intersections through sound.”
— Alexis Kasinos
About Alexis Kasinos:
Alexis Kasinos is a jazz guitarist and composer based in Cyprus. He began studying piano and guitar at a young age, later earning his BMus and MMus in jazz guitar from Codarts Conservatory (cum laude, 2015) and Amsterdam Conservatory (2017). During his studies in the Netherlands, he studied under leading jazz figures such as Peter Bernstein, Jesse Van Ruller, Martijn van Iterson, Reinier Baas, and Gilad Hekselman. He has performed across a wide range of ensembles — from trios to big bands — and taken part in major festivals including Windcraft Festival, Paradise Jazz Festival, Jazz & World Music Showcase, Fengaros Festival, and more. A notable highlight of his career was a collaborative tour with American pianist David Garfield.
“Parallel Paths” marks Kasinos’s second release as a bandleader, showcasing his evolution as both a composer and improviser within the contemporary jazz idiom.
Pinwheel Valley – Someway (Single)
Recorded by Qais Khoury / Mixed by Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Spring of 2025.
Mastered by Robb R
Release: Single ”Someway”
Written by Pinwheel Valley
Cover Art by Alex Pap
Pinwheel Valley has released their new single titled ‘Someway’ via Hot Soap Records. Brilliant guitar work amid poetic and signature vocals, ‘Someway’ somehow hits all the feels with a minimalist approach and original style.
Pinwheel Valley is the brainchild of Qais Khoury. An introvert with introspection, Qais is one of those rare artists who channels his life experiences with bravado and flair, all within the feeling of the moment and the scope of an eternity.
“I wrote ‘Someway’ as a tender plea, woven with threads of hope and longing. It reflects the ache of separation (whether physical, emotional, or spiritual) and the profound yearning for reconnection. In an age defined by instant, hypermodern communication, I found myself gazing out to sea, inspired by a bygone era when messages in bottles carried words of love across vast, uncertain distances. The song captures that sense of remoteness and the fragility of faith in a bond that may still endure. In this light, the refrain “know I’ll find it someway” becomes an unyielding anchor of hope.”
Qais
– Jammerzine (August 2025)
Pinwheel Valley – Going Away (Single)
Recorded by Qais Khoury & Tal Arditi / Mixed by Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Spring of 2025.
Mastered by Robb R
Release: Single ”Going Away”
Written by Pinwheel Valley & Tal Arditi
Cover Art by Alex Pap
“Going Away” by Pinwheel Valley is a slow-burning, gut-wrenching, soul-surrendering kind of indie song. Co-written with Berlin-based guitarist and composer Tal Arditi, it’s not some overproduced radio bait. It’s vulnerable and real.
The song moves like a spiritual journey, starting in the dark, tangled corners of self-doubt and societal pressure, then gradually moving toward something softer, freer, more open. Arditi’s guitar work ripples with warmth and precision, while Qais’s voice carries a fragile strength that sounds like it’s lived a thousand lifetimes. Together, they build a soundscape that’s cinematic without being over-the-top, intimate without feeling small.
“Going Away” is about letting go, not just of someone else, but of everything you thought you had to be. It’s about peeling back the noise, the ego, the weight of performance, and finding something quieter and truer underneath.
Eleonora Roussou – Hara (Album)
Recorded and mixed by Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Winter of 2024.
Mastered by Bari Hadjikyriacou at All Ears Mastering
Release: Album ”Hara”
Compositions, Lyrics and Arrangement by: Eleonora Roussou
Album Artwork: Anna Stylianidou
Musicians:
Elias Ioannou: Trumpet
Marios Charalambous: Tenor Saxophone
Andreas Theocharous: Trombone, backing vocals
Nikos Pittas: Violin
Vassilis Philippou: Backing vocals
Giannis Koutis: Oud, mandolin
Odysseas Toumazou: Acoustic, nylon and electric guitar
Christos Yerolatsitis: Piano, Keys
Andreas Rodosthenous: Bass
Stelios Xydias: Drums
Rodos Panayiotou: Percussion
Eleonora Roussou: Flute, Voice, Melodica, Piano
Graphics and Media: Johnny Avraamides
Buzz’ Ayaz – Buzz’ Ayaz (Album)
Recorded and mixed by Makes Pelopidas with assistant engineer Andreas Matheou – at Hot Soap Studios in Summer of 2023.
Release: Album ”Buzz’ Ayaz”
Written by: Antonis Antoniou
Website: https://buzzayaz.com/
Hailing from Cyprus’s divided capital Nicosia, this newly-born project led by Antonis Antoniou – founder of award-winning bands Monsieur Doumani and Trio Tekke – brings a fresh air of Eastern Mediterranean psychedelia, rock and blues.
A dynamic offbeat groove emitted from the tribal-like drumming and the fierce bass clarinet riffs produces a grimy trance-like reverie.
The result is a fuzzy urban soundscape of synth textures and dubby electronics, 70s psych organ allusions, growling reed utterances and microtonal Anatolian melodic spices.
Their debut album has been released September 2024 via Glitterbeat Records.