{"product_id":"dionysios-tabakis-paradise-metal-limited-edition-orange-vinyl","title":"Paradise Metal (Limited Colored LP)","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFor the first time ever in Egypt. Exclusive at Mad City Grooves.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReleased April 29, 2026\u003c\/strong\u003e: a record made alone, at home, by an Orthodox priest who serves at the Church of Panagitsa in Nafplio. Fr. Dionysios Tabakis is a musician of the Eastern Mediterranean in the fullest sense, trained in Byzantine theory and fluent across qanun, oud, cümbüş, ney, zurna, Politiki and Pontic lyra, kabak kemane, and yali tanbur. Paradise Metal is what happens when that training meets amplification and patience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe Byzantine system operates here as the underlying logic: the scales, the intervals, the way one note leans toward another. What comes out is slow, heavy, and meditative, drone carrying the weight of stone walls and sustained prayer, and it remains Byzantine music throughout. The title names a real place where liturgical modality and the low, patient mass of metal share a temperament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eTwo pieces are built on fretless electric guitar, perdesiz, without frets, one of the few instruments capable of landing moria, the intervals smaller than a semitone that the human voice finds naturally. The guitar bends into pitches Western tuning long ago sealed shut.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLimited edition pressed on orange vinyl, with a bonus track exclusive to this format.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12\" orange vinyl.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New, sealed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFast shipping all over Egypt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Fr. Dionysios Tabakis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48675019325681,"sku":null,"price":4500.0,"currency_code":"EGP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0748\/6878\/5393\/files\/pm.png?v=1788342114","url":"https:\/\/madcitygrooves.com\/products\/dionysios-tabakis-paradise-metal-limited-edition-orange-vinyl","provider":"Mad City Grooves","version":"1.0","type":"link"}