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Kontrampatzides & Vournovalio Sirto

by Bam Band

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A mix of two great rebetiko tunes, covered by Bam Band

Kontrampatzides is a popular song about the smugglers of the Mediterranean seas (called "Kontrampatzides") who, despite of their illegal and tough way of living, they were well known about their feeling of justice and the help that they offered to pure people.

Vournovalio syrto is a composition of the well known violin player Ioannis Dragatsis. Τhe name of the tune stands for Bornova, an area in Minor Asia with a great music tradition, especially in the years before the Destruction of Smyrna.

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released June 29, 2019
Κοntrapmatzides:
music, lyrics by Kostas Roukounas
first recording: Kostas Roukounas, 1935

Vournovalio syrto : traditional tune from unknown artists

Covered and performed by Bam Band
Theodora Athanassiou: guitar & vocals
Glafkos Smarianakis: violin & vocals
Charis Tsalpara: accordion & vocals

Recorded & mixed by Yiorgos Pavlidis

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Bam Band Athens, Greece

Music could never be “captured”, could never stay still or be discovered once and for all. So “Bam” it hit them…

Three friends from Athens - Greece got together driven by their experimental mood.

Recovering precious traditional tunes from the middle war era and covering them in a fresh and playful way.

Rebetika songs, Mediterranean tunes...

Mixing and matching the past with today.
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