The Lost Cassette
A creation by Chaine D. Apostolakis along with M. Liapakis, N. Mastorakis, and the other Holy Stones. Collaborating are K. Abyssinos, treLyra, G. Charoulis, and Psarantonis.

A cassette in a book or a book in a cassette?
The Lost Cassette (cd): An interpretation of Cretan music heritage - and its boundaries, outside the usual, far from the dominant narrative. A musical journey into the world of lost innocence.

The Lost Cassette (book): A fantastical-real short story about the bizarre relationship of Chaine D. Apostolakis with a Native American shaman.

TITLES
1 THE WORLD IS A DREAM – CHANIA SYRTOS (D. APOSTOLAKIS, M. LIAPAKIS)
2 EAGLE FEATHER – OF THE TABLE (G. CHAROULIS)
3 THIS IS HOW THEY END – CHANIA SYRTOS (D. APOSTOLAKIS, M. LIAPAKIS)
4 WOUNDS LEAVE KISSES – CHANIA SYRTOS (M. LIAPAKIS , D. APOSTOLAKIS)
5 WHEN I HURT IN THE EVENING – KALAMATIANOS (K. ABYSSINOS)
6 NIGHTINGALES AND BIRDS FLY – CHANIA SYRTOS (D. APOSTOLAKIS, M. LIAPAKIS)
7 WHERE HAVE YOU SEEN ME, WHERE DO YOU KNOW ME – BALLA (M. LIAPAKIS)
8 TONIGHT THE NIGHT IS HEAVY – CHANIA SYRTOS (D. APOSTOLAKIS, M. LIAPAKIS)
9 THE TROUPLE – SLOW PENTozalis (PSARANTONIS)
10 IN THE DARKNESS I WANDER – AMANES (D. APOSTOLAKIS)
11 WHY DON’T YOU LOVE ME, DEAR – CHANIA SYRTOS (D. APOSTOLAKIS, M. LIAPAKIS)
12 BLACK FLAG – CHANIA SYRTOS (CHAINE D. APOSTOLAKIS, M. LIAPAKIS)
13 KONTILIES ATZEM AZIRAN – SLOW PENTozalis (TRELYRA)
14 I FELL IN LOVE WITH A GIRL – AIRY (CHAINE D. APOSTOLAKIS)

Contributors:
Chaine D. Apostolakis: three-string Cretan lyra, vocals, backing vocals
Manolis Liapakis: Cretan laouto (solo and accompaniment), mandola, bouzouki, vocals
Nikos Mastorakis: guitar, double bass
Manos Epitropakis: mandolin, mandola
Nikos Epitropakis: Cretan laouto (accompaniment)
Nikos Paravoulakis: ney, askomandoura
Giannis Vrakuarakis: daouli, pitcher
Kostis Abyssinos: vocals
Giannis Charoulis: vocals
Psarantonis: vocals
Angeliki Syrkou: backing vocals
And the band treLyra:
Lefteris Andriotis: Cretan lyra
Chaine D. Apostolakis: Cretan lyra
Ilias Zoutsos: Cretan lyra

{In "The Trouple" played Georgios Manolakakis (laouto, vocals) and Minas Paigniotakis (daouli)}
The recordings took place at the home of Despina Dragasaki with sound engineer Nikos Mastorakis, at Audio Cube Recording Studio, with sound engineer Michalis Zabetakis, at Alai studio, with sound engineer Panagiotis Rizopoulos and at studio K65 of Nikos Paravoulakis, with the same sound engineer. (The "Trouple" was recorded at Mad Hat Music studio with sound engineers Nikos Voyatzakis and Marco Pinakelakis).

Mixing and mastering: Nikos Paravoulakis
Lyrics, music, texts: Chaine D. Apostolakis
(In "The Trouple", lyrics: Charitos Charitakis)
Literary editing: Dimitris Lyberopoulos