Throughout this week, we are exploring the very vibrant and forward-oriented Greek indie scene that has been in constant communication with developments abroad. Notowns, Pale Oaks, Frenzee and Remade are just some of the bands that we shall be appreciating today, next to a couple of individual artists...
Today, here at GME, we conclude our week-long tribute to Greek love songs with even more imposing erotic anthems by important vocalists such as Costas Makedonas, Filippos Nikolaou and Tolis Voskopoulos. These are the melodies and lyrics that remind us of just how beautiful but also how disastrous erotic...
Philosopher Erich Fromm notes: “…to speak of love is not "preaching," for the simple reason that it means to speak of the ultimate and real need in every human being. That this need has been obscured does not mean that it does not exist. To analyze the nature of love is to discover its general absence tod...
Being in a love affair that is as big as the universe, melting, telling one’s heart to stop walking, flying high with the wings of love, hurting and taking revenge, visiting witches and asking for their opinion, and so on. What might seem as exaggeration is business as usual when it comes to eros-ridden G...
“Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me words, words, words, tell me words of love, tell me words of the heart. I want to sing to you since you say you love me” sings Konstantina. And we join her in this humble quest for love and for the songs that celebrate it. Isidora Sideri, Marinella, Tzeni Vanou are...
Today, and throughout the week that begins today, we will be celebrating love and its presence in Greek song. This is a tribute to erotic attraction, desire, memory, disappointment, excitement, longing. And to the art of Giannis Parios, George Dalaras, Giannis Katevas, Giannis Kalantzis.
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From Anna Vissi to Litsa Diamanti, from Christianna to Marinella, and from Periklis Perrakis to Giannis Floriniotis, disco colours are found in songs by an impressive array of pop and folk vocalists. This fact shows just how influential disco culture became in Greece in the late 1970s and early 1980s,...
As disco was declining in popularity in the US during the early 1980s, it remained popular in several European countries; Greece was one of them. This was a reaction to the stigmatization of dance music – strongly rhythmical pop intended purely for dancing in nightclubs. Costas Tournas, Lucas Thanos, L...
The Athens night life of the 1980s was marked by discotheques, such as legendary Barbarella. These were not merely entertainment venues – they were pillars of an entire culture, the culture of disco that influenced Greek music and films, how people danced, flirted and got dressed. Here comes the soundtrack o...
Disco is one of the leading forms of dance music; even though its popularity peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s, it gave birth to a range of new genres that are still prominent today. Its unique incorporation of beat and melody is still celebrated by fans of retro and its cross-border impact means...
Today, and throughout the week that begins today, we will be listening to a genre that marked the late 1970s and the 80s globally and, of course, in Greece: Disco! Our emphasis, today, is on Italo Disco, a style that originated in Italy in the late 1970s and …invaded our domestic scene as well, with a...
Throughout the week that ends today, we familiarized ourselves with the rich and multifaceted catalogue of Sirius label, which was established by composer Manos Hadjidakis. Today, we shall be enjoying samples from albums associated with tradition, by artists such as Loudovikos ton Anogion, Giota Vei,...
Michalis Grigoriou, Lena Platonos, Dimitris Maragopoulos, Maria Voumvaki, Manolis Aggelakis and others – welcome to the crème-de-la-crème of electronic experimentation. Dark poetry, unexpected musical twists, out-of-the-box creativity. This is a panorama of Sirius’ experimental and avant-garde momen...
Our exploration of the catalogue of Sirius label encounters several albums of a more folk predisposition. From Dimitra Papiou to Constantinos Hatzimihalis and from Pantelis Theoharidis to Manolis Lidakis and Andreas Karakotas, here are some of the most expressive “laiko” voices in albums curated by ...
This week, we are exploring the rich output of a pioneering label that has left a notable footprint on Greek song, and especially on its art (entechno) segment. Sirius was founded by legendary composer Manos Hadjidakis in 1985. Today we will be listening to a panorama of creations by him, as well as...
Today is Clean Monday and this is our last chance to listen to traditional carnival season songs and beyond, by Domna Samiou, Vangelis Kotsou and others. Dance, nature, and the arrival of spring. Our destination: Celebrating Clean Monday.
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Today, we are listening to Greek songs with Dutch lyrics performed by Tim Meeuws together with Michiel Koperdraat, the head of Ano Kato band. A message from Tim Meeuws? “Greek music gave me more emotions than the rest of my life in the theater and elsewhere. Thanks to this music, I lived beautiful s...
Ano Kato plays most of the best known and influential music styles from Greece: old as well as modern laïká, rebètika, nisiótika and epirótika – all very danceable music, and all in all a repertory of over seven hours! In this, the group is rather unique because most groups restrict themselves to jus...
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