WORLD NEW AGE Hellenic MUSIC (Zeibekiko)

Composed by Spiro Cardamis http://spirosmusic.com & performed by the group SPIRO CARDAMIS & DREAMBAND.The piece called "LERNEA HYDRA" was presented in Manhattan june 8 2004 at the SATALLA nite club.The video was shot by Omar Faruke.Chris Papadopoulos sings the song & is playing a tiny bouzouki called baglamas. The concert was given in celebration of the Hellenic Spirit (Olympic games 2004)." TLERNEA HYDRA " was inspired by a poem written by Hellene American poet Dino Makropoulos.In 1997 Spiro & Dino met & this is one of the poems Spiro set music to.
"LERNEA HYDRA" is slow 9/8 zeibekiko...probably the most popular hellenic dance nowadays...The song speaks about the longing for the return to one's homeland and the feelings of fear associated with the realization of this dream.
DREAMBAND is composed of some of the most talented & established musicians & singers in the Metropolitan area.Lefteris Bournias-clarinet & nay flute, Vassilis Patrikis-violin, Dick Barsamian -oud, Chris Papadopoulos-bouzouki & vocals, Eleni Kalaitzithou- cello & vocals, Panayiotis Andreou-electric bass, Todd Isler-percussion,Richard Khuzami - dumbek & bendir, Gabe Kontos-bouzouki,baglamas & Spiro Cardamis- synths.
For more info on Spiro's music please visit www.spirosmusic.com

Category:

Music

Tags:

• hellenic
• greek
• ethnic
• worldmusic
• newage
• spiro
• cardamis
• dreamband
• satalla
• zeibekiko
• lernea
• bouzouki
• baglamas

[xarivdis]

elpizo akoma ... iparxoun ellines(exo dakrisei)

[spiramus]

Eyxaristw sas...Sas Eyxaristoume !!!

[Monathikos]

You guys have a gem on ur hands, this composition is extremely deep, with feeling and meaning, but, i think the song requires more filling in terms of the instruments focus, the bouzouki can be harnessed more, as well as a monotone drum beat keeping the rythym. Also, when you get into the climax of the song, you can achieve a really nice contrast between the buildup and the exisitng baglama/keyboard melody. I would love to see an updated version with these considerations.

p.s - FONARA!!!!!!!

[spiramus]

Thanx ...Monathikos ...Yes you are right,,,the song was kept raw with minimum instrumentation...almost naked....lol....showing the beauty of melody & lyrics as they are....Next time......thank you again. ps-.Yes..... Christos Papadopoulos is a great laiko singer & his rendition is top notch.

[yikinchankawil]

HUH? is that a mikrooud? or how do you call that tiny cordophon???

[spiramus]

It's called Baglamas & it is a tiny Bouzouki.

[kmkmkm1959]

Hello guys.

This is my poem. Do you like to know how I feel after 122 comments?

Let me first say....before I forget...

Bravo Spiro. Bravo Christo and group.

If we see something nice, we like to have it in order to feel good about...us.

This is when the nice turns into ugly.

If the music reminds you of Turkish,Greek,Arabian,Bulgaria­n,Albaniam or Russian music, this is nice.

Let's leave it at that.

Don't you think we had enough stupid wars already?

Dino Makropoulos.

[eurekazone]

@sostos20

euxaristo. 

[sostos20]

bastate gera.. eiste polu perissotero Ellhnes apo merikous edw pera..! kouragio re!! euxomai oti kalutero kai me to kalo na epistrepsete stin patrida! apo ena patirwti edw sthn Ellada!

[athanatiEllada]

@bilgin1917 this is a zeibekiko (Greek creation), not a zeybek.

[MrHerakles1978]

WOW!!!!!

[kyriacos40]

I am a American Greek my Greek isnt so good,so I was wondering if you can translate the poem in english.

[bilgin1917]

doesn't sound like a zeybek. zeybeks have a particular sort of playing style in the original version.

[MrMetometo]

greece and tueky peace :)

[athanatiEllada]

Greek music rules... Simply the best

[Lysandros]

@YiannisThiakos Well said!