ΥΠΕΡΗΧΟΣ (ee-peh-ree-hos) is a publishing and research project dedicated to field recordings and the documentation of ritual, musical, and communal practices of the periphery. It is an effort initiated by people drawn to music, voices, and performances that continue to shape collective life. Rooted in the auditory, yet attentive to the visual and the written, ΥΠΕΡΗΧΟΣ serves as an ongoing archive of encounters, shaped by close engagement and careful observation. For us, this work is also a practice of listening, observing, and attending, an effort to come closer to a place and its people through presence and respect.