And They Built Churches (AtBC) is the name of a project that was born during my time in Los Angeles, when I found the space to re-define myself, spending much time alone and literally having no-one to play music with. So, I started looping my voice.
I play no instruments, so I started looping my vocals and creating a musical soundscape of melodies and frequencies. It was completely new for me and it felt totally crazy. It also felt therapeutic, from the beginning. Then, I realized it worked the same way for others too.
AtBC is a sound healing project, still a bit unconventional and very contemporary. The sessions are meditative, including psychedelic hues. ‘Psyche’ means soul (=ψυχή) in Greek, and ‘delia’ means obvious, clear, apparent (=δήλος). So, psychedelic is the state where the soul becomes apparent and that’s how I mean to apply it in the AtBC sound-bath sessions. I create an environment with Byzantine hymns, Countertenor vocals, Shamanic voice drones, animal voices and nature sounds, I even use numbers. All produced Live and Vocals only. No instruments, no pre-recorded samples.