For all his focus on the effects of the digital age, Greek musician, composer and DJ Sotiropoulos has little interest in ‘making music’ or ‘changing the world’. He’s not politically correct, he’s not a fan of conventions, he’s a professional – or a self-consciously amateur – musician who makes music in the style of his/her chosen instrument. For “Pray For The End Time” is a self-produced album of longform improvisations, featuring 12 tracks and composed in Athens.

The album is built around a 13 minute piece, performed by Sotiropoulos and co-founder Efthymis Simionis. It’s around the time of the Greek New Year, when many people turn into bats and fly around the house. The piece starts out as a low hum, with bat wings, then slowly bat-like sounds and a long bat-flapping sound. The final third of the track is dark, drone-like with bat-like sounds. Simionis’s voice is filled with a sort of deep, mournful lament, which echoes the album’s other guests: Meshuggah’s ‘Vengeance’, Avicii’s “Apollo”, maybe even the 10 minute well-produced ambient track by Loma Vista. On the album, you can hear the influence of contemporary classical music, which is reproduced in the art of the Greek avant-garde: purples and blues on the album’s title track.