Specializing in Oil Painting, Written Word, Songwriting, Song Recording, Cinema, and Photography. *** PLEASET NOTE: The Ikarus is full up. We have no openings for the time being. We are a very small community and if we get some new funding, we may be opening to another 30 artists per year. We wish you all the best, The Ikarus
COMING SOON: A series of exclusive compilation albums titled "Nights O
f The Ikarus Round Table" that will be available through our forthcoming website and on-line through digital music outlets. The series of albums will primarily feature resident songwriters who have recorded their songs here in our studio *note: many of the songs on the albums were written during the artists' time here. Many tracks are previously unreleased versions and include some true gems. "Nights Of The Ikarus Round Table" will bring the world a personal and intimate look at the progress of Ikarus songwriters in evolution (many of the songwriters have gone on to worldly success as in the case of Grouplove and Barb Wire Dolls). Included in the series are multiple songs by Christian Zucconi, Andrew Wessen, Sean Gadd (three of the five members of Grouplove), Pyn, Isis Queen (both of Barb Wire Dolls), Sydney J. Spencer, Ocean Tribe, Vincent Trocchia, Spirit Of The Muse, Bryan Bielanski, and a few others. Some various live recordings from our own rock festivals that we put on will be included. All profits from the release of the compilation CDs will be used exclusively for financial patronage of future songwriters to come here and to be given the same opportunity as the songwriters on the CDs. We are a non-profit organization and we thank all of the musicians for contributing to this cause. Here is a link to a video on Youtube about the first music festival we organized in 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f4yJCEn_-rk
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The Ikarus was formed in 2004 to bring together creatives from all over the world with the common goal of celebrating our humanity, our respective cultures, languages & philosophies through art. It is a haven and a greenhouse, where creative thought can flourish, tempered into art on the scorching heat of inspiration and unleashed on a world ready to embrace the concept of mutual evolution on all levels.
