New Album Out Now

The Wind and the Sea

An eight-movement exploration of nocturnal currents, quietude, and spoken word cadences by Greco-Swiss composer and multi-instrumentalist Nikolas Katrantzis.

“We measured the tides not in hours, but in the lingering hum of the upright bass after the lights extinguished.”

Archive Notebook, Entry 36

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Audiovisual Artifacts

Films & Live Sessions

Live captures, raw room acoustics, and visual poetry documented during recording runs.

Acoustic Room Take

The Wind and the Sea (Live Acoustic Suite)

Upright bass, grand piano, live spoken cadence, and brushes recorded in one continuous room take. Capturing the tension between improvisation and structured.

Analog & Tape Works

Memories of the Shore (Cinematic Montage)

Super-8 visual textures intertwined with early tape loop rehearsals and synthesized undertones. A visual poem bridging Athens light and Swiss winter solitude.

Chronique

About NK36

“Where the quietude of notation meets the spoken pulse.”

Created by Greco-Swiss composer, producer and multi-instrumentalist Nikolas Katrantzis, NK36 is a narrative music project drawing from contemporary jazz, hip-hop and spoken word. At the centre of the project is a single evolving story, developed through music, text and imagery. Each composition becomes a chapter, while the different artistic mediums contribute to the same narrative world.

The project is rooted in an honest and collaborative creative process, where composition and improvisation interact with poetry and visual ideas from the earliest stages of creation. The result is music that is rhythmic, expressive and deeply connected to storytelling.

After the release of the debut EP Journey To in 2024, NK36 enters a new chapter with The Wind and the Sea, the project's first full-length album. The album follows a narrator caught between the comfort of escape and the uncertainty of reality, exploring themes of pressure, nostalgia, identity and the human need to find meaning.

NK36 is performed by a collective of talented musicians from the new generation of the Swiss jazz scene, bringing the project's compositions to life through a balance of structure, improvisation and interaction.

Direction & Piano:

Nikolas Katrantzis

Scene Anchor:

Basel · Lausanne · Geneva

Formations:

Quartet to Octet Ensemble

Catalog & Relics

Discography

Archived works pressed to wax and preserved in digital repositories.

Full-Length Album - 2026

The Wind and the Sea

8 Tracks · 48 Minutes

NK36's second full-length project, blending contemporary jazz, hip-hop, spoken word, and poetry into an evocative narrative on escapism and reality.

Debut EP - 2024

Journey To...

4 Tracks · 21 Minutes

NK36's debut release, introducing the project's musical language and its blend of contemporary jazz, hip-hop and narrative songwriting.

 Itinerary

Concerts & Resonances

Live Acoustic & Ensemble Runs

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Dialogue & Channels

Contact & Inquiries

For concert programming, commission works, scoring, or general narrative exchange:

Direct Correspondence

Direct Mail

Public Channels

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 Institutional Support

Sponsors & Foundations

NK36 is gratefully supported by cultural foundations and institutional partners who make our music, tours, and narrative visual world possible.

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