Snake Island [LP]

Or Kantor - Snake Island [LP]

Or Kantor returns with his sophomore album 'Snake Island', a vivid and cinematic journey through imagined landscapes and lost love, for fans of Eden Ahbez and other seekers of sound and spirit. Following the critical success of his 2024 debut 'Sarda Sarda', praised by BBC Radio 6 Music, FIP Radio, RRR Australia, WYEP, KCRW, and Songlines Magazine, Kantor continues to refine his distinctive sonic identity, grounded in instrumental storytelling. With 'Snake Island', Kantor ventures deeper into what he calls "Subterranean Music", an atmospheric fusion of Mediterranean ballads, desert blues, spiritual jazz, and psychedelic textures. Drawing inspiration from artists such as Gabor Szabo, Omar Khorshid, The Budos Band, Dorothy Ashby, and Tommy Guerrero, he crafts instrumentals that feel both timeless and cinematic. "Snake Island was written as a soundtrack to a fictional film that disappeared from the world, one that most likely no one has ever seen," says Kantor. "It began as a tragic love story, imagined during my time on a remote island in the Cyclades. Every landscape felt like a scene waiting for music. Eventually, the story gave way to sound." A respected tattoo artist and founder of the Love Light Studio, Kantor's musical path began after a chance encounter with Johnny Sharoni (Garden City Movement, A&R at Anova Records). During a tattoo session, Sharoni heard Kantor's demos and was immediately struck by their raw beauty. Kantor now steps confidently into the next chapter of his creative journey. Snake Island is more than an album. It is a mythic, imagined soundtrack to a film that only exists in memory, rendered in tones that shimmer like heat on stone. Tracklisting: A1. Milos Viper A2. The Golden Temple Revelation A3. Ritual in the Bay A4. Crimson as a Summer Dawn A5. The Eternity of a Single Moment B1. Time Does Not Cling to the Living B2. When They Call B3. Papafragas B4. The Stillness of Forever B5. Escape from Snake Island