ASTEGA - Nikos Platyrachos

THE HOMELESS (TA ASTEGA)

With Giorgos Dalaras

Featuring: S. Kraounakis, E. Tsaligopoulou, A. Stratigou

“The Homeless” is a musical proposal that boasts aesthetically between the American ragtime and the Greek rebetiko. The introductory instrumental track (1901) musically depicts the joyful, playful and careless vision of the future in the early 20th century, when the world was not vigilant about the fact that two world wars were about to break out. This is also the time when ragtime is at its peak, while rebetiko is still enshrined in Smyrna, until it actually comes into being by Markos Vamvakaris after Smyrna’s disaster …

Lyrics: Giannis Doukas, Dimitris Lentzos, Kostas Papageorgiou, Dimitris Roulias, Panagiotis Makris, Tina Giotopoulou.

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1. 1901 – instrumental
2. BURN IT OR GET BURNT – lyrics: Kostas Papageorgiou, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
3. I CAME BACK AND BACK AGAIN – lyrics: Kostas Papageorgiou, Nikos Platyrachos, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
4. I WILL DENY YOU THREE TIMES– lyrics: Dimitris Roulias, vocals: Eleni Tsaligopoulou
5. TWO ROADS – lyrics: Giannis Doukas, vocals: Aspasia Stratigou, Giorgos Dalaras
6. THE PINK BEAVER – lyrics: Dimitris Lentzos, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
7. OH MY DECIDUOUS SOUL– lyrics: Dimitris Lentzos, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
8. THUS SAID TIME – lyrics: Kostas Papageorgiou, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
9. EXARCHEIA’S GOODNIGHT – lyrics: Nikos Platyrachos, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
10. DOLLY – lyrics: Nikos Platyrachos, vocals: Nikos Platyrachos
11. YOU WERE AND I WAS– lyrics: Panagiotis Makris, vocals: Aspasia Stratigou
12. LOUKIA – lyrics: Tina Yotopoulou, vocals: Stamatis Kraounakis
13. POST-CONFLICT – lyrics: Dimitris Lentzos, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
14. IN THE ‘SORT OF’ ERA – lyrics: Giannis Doukas, vocals: Giorgos Dalaras, Nikos Platyrachos
15 SILENCIUM – instrumental

MUSICIANS

The “usual” Trio:
Tasos Giannousis: Bouzouki, baglamas
Panagiotis Katsimanis: Classical guitar
Antonis Tzikas: Contrabass

with:
Manolis Pappos: Bouzouki
Vangelis Machairas: Tzouras, bouzouki, banjo
Kostas Papageorgiou: Classical guitar
George Chatzopoulos: Classical guitar
Spiros Exaras: Electric guitar
Vivi Geka: Mandolin
Christina Kolovou: Cello
Vaggelis Zografos: Contrabass
Pavlos Logaras: Drums
Dimitris Papadopoulos: Trumpet
Giorgos Zareas: Trombone
Marinos Galatsinos: Clarinet, bass clarinet
Claudio Puntin: Clarinet, bass clarinet
Giorgos Filippas: Davul, bendir, percussion
Kostas Seremetis: Marimba
Nikos Platyrachos: Piano, guitars, midi programing