VA - Why the Mountains Are Black - Primeval Greek Village Music: 1907-1960 (2016)
Artist: VA
Title: Why the Mountains Are Black - Primeval Greek Village Music: 1907-1960
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Third Man Records
Genre: World, Folk
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:35:27
Total Size: 221 / 435 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: Why the Mountains Are Black - Primeval Greek Village Music: 1907-1960
Year Of Release: 2016
Label: Third Man Records
Genre: World, Folk
Quality: Mp3 320 kbps / FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 01:35:27
Total Size: 221 / 435 MB
WebSite: Album Preview
1. K. Bournelis;F. Tsilikos;Christos Kantilas - Kalamatianos (Dance of Kalamata) (3:19)
2. G. Canteris;G. Gombakis - Sousta Rethymniotiki (Sousta Dance of Rethymno) (3:22)
3. J. Lengas;J. Patsios;G. Kokotis - Giati Ine Mavra Ta Vouna (Why the Mountains Are Black) (4:35)
4. Athanasios Lavidas - Ousak Tsiftelli (Tsiftelli Rhythm Dance in Ousak Mode) (3:16)
5. Diamadidis - Enas Aetos (An Eagle) (3:10)
6. Elias Karathimos - Mirologi-Epirotiko Makedoniko (An Epirotic-Macedonian Lament) (3:15)
7. Efthimios Christou - Makedoniko Hasapiko (Hasapikos Dance of Macedonia) (3:12)
8. Demitrios Halkias - Selfos (Nightingale) (2:53)
9. Tchousi;Damalas & Company - Enas Aetos-Tsamiko (An Eagle - Dance) (4:12)
10. Alexis Zoubas;C. Papagikas - E Triantafylllia (The Rose Tree) (3:54)
11. Christos Daralas;Nikos Karakostas - Pera Ston Pera Maxala (Over to the Other Neighborhood) (3:21)
12. Nikos Harhalis;Mavrodimitris - Syrtos Haniotikos (Syrtos Dance from Hania) (3:21)
13. Kyr. Keravnos;Michalis Giasemidis - Syrtos Politikos (Dance from Constantinople) (3:53)
14. S. Zembillas;I. Mailles - Kalymnikos Issos (Dance from Kalymnos) (3:15)
15. K. Bournelis;F. Tsilikos;Christos Kantilas - Arvanitiko O Aetos (An Eagle, Arvanitiko Style) (3:16)
16. Christos Daralas;Nikos Karakostas - Svarniara (Reckless Woman) (3:17)
17. Panagiotis Kokontinis;Harabalos Kavakos - Kalamatianos (Dance of Kalamata) (3:04)
18. Athanasios Lavidas - Platanos (Plane Tree) (3:21)
19. Anonymous - Golfo (A Ballad) (3:23)
20. Georgios Zisis;Athanasios Kolisaras - Patinada Tis Nifis (Wedding Dance) (3:19)
21. Efthimios Christou - Pousteno, Boufiou (Loose Dance) (3:21)
22. Vasilis Vasiliou with Demotic Orchestra - Karagouna, Gianniotiko (Karagouna Dance, Ioannina-style) (2:55)
23. Antonios Sakelarou - Kotta Mou (My Chicken) (4:10)
24. Christos Baniakas - Syrtos Politikos (Dance from Constantinople) (3:20)
25. Christos Baniakas - Eseis Padia Vlahopoila (You Young Vlach Children) (3:11)
26. A. Karaviti;G. Marianos - Kritiki Sousta (Fast Dance from Crete) (3:07)
27. Nikos Karakostas;M. Kallergis - Tzarama (Shepherd Flute Song) (3:25)
28. S. Zeimbillas;I. Mailles - Kalymniki Sousta (Dance from Kalymnos) (3:36)
Third Man Records is proud to present a truly rare musical oddity a two disc collection of primal and unhinged Greek village music that at times sounds more like free jazz or doom folk, feral and trance-like as it is. After years of research, fieldwork and collecting, Christopher King Grammy-winning producer, sound-engineer, curator and writer has gathered together from his private 78 rpm archive the most mind expanding and libido inducing song and dance music from the rural hinterlands of mainland Greece and its islands. Recorded between 1907 and 1960, this collection contains the first and the last the alpha and the omega of Greek demotika or folk music. And it is not what you would expect. Remastered from the original 78 rpm discs, this set contains 28 previously unissued recordings made in the cramped, primitive studios of Athens, Greece, New York, NY, and Chicago, IL. Crazed Macedonian bagpipes, keening violins, shiver-inducing zournas and shepherd-pipes are found throughout the two discs. Cover artwork is by legendary underground artist R. Crumb and designed by Grammy winning Susan Archie. A beautifully thought-provoking if not radical essay on this music by King accompanies the lavish package. Not simply for historians or collectors of long gone sounds, this compilation is intended to push the limits of what we have come to expect of music, its purpose and indeed its origin. You will experience a profound musical transformation immediately upon listening.
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