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Ano Kato - Levčndes apo ta xčna (Ipirótika
& Nisiótika tragoúdia)
Fellows from abroad
PAN-Records 181CD, 55'58, 10 tracks, 1999
In
recent years, apart from playing rebčtika and laďká, Ano Kato
has been playing dhimotiká as well – mainly dhimotiká from
the Aegean islands and the northern mountain range of the Epirus.
This
cd contains Greek songs and improvisations, originating from those regions. Both
the clarinet and the violin play an important role in this genre of music.
Besides those, characteristic accompaniment instruments like the laouto (Greek
lute) and the Epirotic dčfi (a kind of heavy tambourine) are used.
Music
from the Eprius is characterized by heavy tension and an almost trance-inducing
quality. The music can sometimes be as fitful as the rough mountain range it
originates from. The lyrics, often
filled with grief, enhance the drawing, rather pained melodies from the singer
and the clarinet. The violin shows compassion by humming along like a honey-bee.
In short: the ‘Greek mountain blues’.
Music
from the islands on the other hand is rather bright and reminds of wind and
water. The songs are about the ocean - dangerous at times, about seafaring,
about lovers in strange harbors and about the beauty of the islands. Because
there are numerous islands in Greece, there also are many types of island music.
On
this cd we find examples of both kinds of music. The themes are mainly ‘not
being where you want to be’ and ‘(lost) love’.
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Ano Kato - I Tris Ano Kato (Protes Ichografisis)
The three upside down. First recordings (1987)
AK 004, 46'31, 14 tracks, 2003
15
years of Ano Kato, an anniversary
cd with very old material!
In
the summer of 1987, a few months after the group Ano Kato was formed (at that
time still known by the name I Tris Ano Kato), recording sessions took
place in Assen, The Netherlands. These recordings were produced, on a small
scale, on cassette tapes. In 2003 those first recordings once again were
produced, but this time on cd. Authentical, without fuss, but with lots of fun
and humor!
Besides
a couple of beautiful firm rebétika-songs this album contains seven
compositions by Manos Hatzidakis. Six of them are instrumental, set in a very
typical I Tris Ano Kato orchestration.
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Ano Kato - Chtes ta káname (Rebčtika
tragoúdia)
Yesterday
we did put things upside down
This
is a cd from ‘the old times’, before 1993, when Ano Kato still was a trio
with Tim Meeuws as singer and baglamas player.
During
those years, Ano Kato played as support act for Michalis Yenitsaris, went to
Greece a couple of times to perform and do radio- and television shows (f.e.
Antenna). Also, they recorded the documentary Rebčtika, the blues from
Greece for Dutch television. See photogallery.
Following
those experiences Ano Kato decided to produce a cd with rebčtika and early laďká:
Ano Kato – Chtes ta káname.
The
name of the band – and the title of this cd – was derived from the first
line of the famous song I Drossoula from one of the legends of rebčtika:
Vasilis Tsitsanis. Many of Tsitsanis’ compositions can be found on the cd, but
also songs from Mitsakis, Yenitsaris, Skarpelis, Moutsis, Peristeris, Chrisinis,
Bayanderas and Xarchakos.
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NOS- EBU documentary with Ano Kato in Greece (Athens)
DVD 35'00 minutes, 1992
Dutch and Greek spoken, Dutch subtitels
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Ano Kato went in 1992 to Greece with a
camera-team from the Dutch state television broadcasting (NOS) for making the
EBU documentary 'Rembčttika, the Greek blues' directed by Rolan Hurioglu.
This documentary is full of music and interviews
with musicians, musicologists and descendants of original immigrants and other
specialists.
The members of Ano Kato did visit several important rembettika composers and
musicians and did play with them together. Fantastic were the meetings with
celebrity's like Georgos
Mitsakis en Michalis Yenitsaris.
Mitsakis did pass away shortly after the shooting of this documentary - he was
already very sick during this interview but this was not visible at all because
of his positive and optimistic attidude. At the moment Yenitsaris did pass away
also. The members
Ano Kato are very honoured that they could meet these 'big shots'!
'Rebčtika, the Greek blues'
was broadcast several times in 1992 and 1993.
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Ano Kato
Lottinge 37
9481 GW Vries
The Netherlands
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"DVD REBETIKA"
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Vereniging Ano Kato
Lottinge 37, 9481 GW Vries
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