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Re: ZACK!
Mon, September 12, 2005 - 8:43 PMI was going to post if there are any bellydancers on this tribe? Besides Zack... -
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Re: ZACK!
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 12:15 AMI took lessons nearly 20 years ago. I was never any good at the abdominal rolls. I was better at the hip moves. Overall, I wasn't too terribly good...:-( -
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Re: ZACK!
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 4:21 AMNice! Good too see we are all keeping it alive (even if it did come from th Turks! LOL) I'm finding it very hard to find anyone around here who teaches Greek/Turkish style. Egyptian is so prevalent, but I'm not drawn to it. Anyway, my real fascination is with tribal fusion, and gothic fusion, but I'd love to add to what I know of Greek. I know some, but I'd hardly call myself an expert in the area. Did/do either of you play zills? I love them!!
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Re: ZACK!
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 4:53 AMHi Katerina - I'm 100% Greek! I dance under my aunt's name, Calliope - which is much more exotic than my own! I've been dancing for eight years now - with a Cleveland troupe called Hareem Shar'eem. -
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Re: ZACK!
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 6:03 AMVery cool, I'm 100% too. I'm just joining a troupe now -- tribal/gothic fusion. Do you like the troupe setting? How often do you perform? There are so many dancers out here that it's very competative to get solo gigs, unless you do private events, I think.
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Re: ZACK!
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 6:06 AMSophia is totally Greek! But I know what you mean. I wish my name was more Grecian -- like Artemis, or Eurydice, or Anthiclea ... but I keep my name. My pet peeve is changing your name so you can pretend you're Egyptian or Moroccan or something. :) There's a dancer out here who's stage name is ... Katerina. Makes me nuts! -
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Re: ZACK!
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 7:55 AMActually, Sophia is my SCA name - my real name is Tina. Not very exotic at all. I love 'Sophia' because of its meaning - but it meant a lot to my Aunt Calliope for me to use her name for the dancing stuff. Now that she's passed away, I would never dream of changing my dance name.
I LOVE the classic Greek names, by the way. If I ever have a daughter she will definitely have one. I always meant to name my daughter Sophia - but then I went and defamed that name in the SCA. The moniker is forever tainted now. alas.
I love the troupe dynamic personally. I'm not much of a solo dancer - I do it when I have to but I much rather enjoy dancing with other people. We perform fairly often usually at least a couple times a month. More in the summer/less in the winter. I love the fusion stuff! Our latest piece is this fantastic Greek techno piece of music that my Aussie cousins supplied and the choreography and costumes are gothic/tribal.
Good luck with your new troupe! I never get out to New England, but if I do someday I would love to see you guys perform!! -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 10:21 AMOK, I want to know what all of you use or have used. I have to say, I often prefer Turkish instrumentation to some Greek songs because Greeks really know how to "cheese" things up. It feels very silly dancing to bouzouki type music, and the songs the put on CD labeled Bellydance music are simply NOT tsiftetelia. They might be zembekika, rembetica ... how the hell do you BD to that??
Having said that, Bourneli has some great pieces that are appropriate. I also got a great double disc recently of old tsiftetelia from the 50s and 60. When i go home I'll post the title. I really like it.
OK, please share your favs. I'm always looking for more.
And Sophie/Tina :), what is that Greek techno piece? -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 10:27 AMOur emphasis was arabic and egyptian styles. Yes, we did use zills and little drums that reminded me of baglamas.
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 12:06 PMWell, like I said, we're really into fusion so we do all sorts of music. When we do straight tribal we tend to stick with groups like Turku or groups that sound just like Turku. When we do more of the fusion stuff it's really anything that catches our attention. Techno, rom, flamenco, arabic or Egyptian pop, we even dance to an a capella song about Easter Island. Very fun.
The Greek techno song I mentioned is actually a bit of a mystery to us. My cousin gave me a mix CD with no info - I've been able to identify a few of the songs using the Internet but this particular one is a complete mystery. We're performing it in about a month and offering a reward for the first person in the audience who can tell us the name and/or artist. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, September 13, 2005 - 7:53 PMHere's the info I promised you. The CD is called The Greek Belly Dance. It's go SO many great oldies. It's put out by EMI. I highly recommend it. Not sure if it would be good for fusion, it's all Greek. The disk was put for an English audience as the notes and credits are all in English. There is a track by "G. Lydia," Na'ha ekato kardies. Or as the CD says, I wish I had a hundred hearts. Her voice is incredible. Anyone know anything about her? I'm not sure I've heard of her before.
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 12:42 AMMy favorite current (and American) so-called Rembetika band is Annabouboula. But, in all honesty, they do a sort of fusion. When I imagine doing a tsifteteli, I imagine a song of theirs, "Then birazi, mana." They also do a remake of "O Americanos" that sounds quite tsifteteli - ish. I'm not familiar with G. Lydia, sorry. But, I'm waiting to see if anyone else can supply a record title for me to look up. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 5:22 AMMy favorite Greek song when I was a kid was called "Ola Remathia" - it was on a collection of songs my Papou gave to my dad. I think it was from the 70s. The artist was Vicki-something. I think her last name started with an 'L'. I have never been able to find it again. I actually have the artist's name somewhere and I googled it and put it in Amazon, but can't find anything like that song. It was sort of bluesy and sad (well, the title says it all, I guess). Does that ring any bells for anyone? I would love to find this song again. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 8:17 AMI don't know that song that I'm aware of. Do you remember any of the words. I don't know songs by titles generally. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Thu, September 15, 2005 - 12:12 PMHmmm...this morning, I went to a favorite bookmarked link, "wfmu, transpacific sound paradise," the August 15, 2004 with guest dj Geroge Sempepos (formerly of Annabouboula), clicked it and proceeded to listen as "G. Lydia" sang "Fige, fige." I didn't get the connection (and I should've since I listen to this link a few times a month). "G. Lydia" is "Yiota Lydia." If you want to hear this show (it was done just previous to the Olympics in Athens last year), try this link: www.wfmu.org/playlists/shows/12220
If that doesn't work (I copied and pasted the link from the browser window), try going to www.wfmu.org first and then to transpacific sound paradises's homepage to their archives.
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, September 14, 2005 - 8:15 AMI lknow Annabouboula well. I have both their CDs, and found another song on some Balkans beneffit album. That song was Ti Se Meli. It is a reggea-inspired version of the classic. That's what i love about them. They infuse old classic Rembetica with a modern twist. it keeps these songs alive for the younger people. Too bad they disbanded...
I wish I even knew what the "G" stood for. I don't know why they did that. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, June 5, 2007 - 10:35 AMHeh, took me some searching to figure out what G you meant. I was referring to G. Lidia, who is really Yiota Lidia (the G comes from the Greek translation on the album)
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, June 5, 2007 - 10:42 AMIt's too funny! I've got "Greek Fire" in my bag right now, because I'm using it while teaching bellydance to my class. Ill be working on choreography to 'Prosfigaki' soon I love anything where a tsiftetelli rhythm breaks in (sooooo very Greek sounding), and this one is one of the best versions. Speaking of Tsiftetelli, my SO/drummer and I were up until 3 AM last night, arguing about the Tsiftelelli rhythm - I shit you not. Now that's hard-core passion about music and dance.
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Sat, June 23, 2007 - 12:12 PMyup, i'm anna. and i love that you're dancing to our stuff!!!!!!!
we actually got back together and are in the middle of recording our third cd. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, June 26, 2007 - 2:22 PMHoly crap! Tha katouritho apo hara! :D
Another CD!!?? I'm so excited! You guys have to play in NY - I'm coming for sure!
Another funny thing is that when I met my mate 5 yrs agao, (and Irishman), he was the only other living being I'd known up til then who had heard of the band and had both your CDs too.
What are you recording?? I bet it's a secret, huh..... :( Oh well. I'll wait. :)
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, June 26, 2007 - 3:08 PMactually....this is the first time i mentioned to anyone ( or any posting) except my husband (cause he has to watch our 4 yr old twins while i do this) that we're doing the 3rd cd. george chris and i are really happy about it too. we never stopped being friends though we weren't spending the same amount of time together. we had disbanded just when things were starting to cook- for various reasons- we had done WOMAD and montreux and opened for chris issak etc.
being together again is very fun.
i will tell you 1 thing - you little bdancing gal, you - a version of katse ston kanape mou is in the works. no matter how we annabouboulize them the old tsiftetelia are just the best.
there are some cool oldies and originals being worked on.
will keep you posted on our progress. let me know where you dance maybe i can see you perform sometime-
if hubby can watch the twins !! : )
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Tue, June 26, 2007 - 6:26 PMHot damn! I love that song! I'm so excited I can't tell you!!! When I first discovered Greek Fire (accidentally on ebay while randomly seaching Greek-type keywords), I then searched for what ever else I could find - it look some time, but I was patient (In the Baths, and then I got the Balkan CD just for Ti Se Meli). I made my father a mix CD of your stuff (he's an old school serious lover of Rembetica); he thought it was so great that you were keeping those old classics alive for the neolea, and he liked it too.
I sure will tell you when I dance in NY (no plans right now) - I do have a gig in July for a launching of a Greek Food manufacturer or importer or something like that, but it's in CT, alas. BUT, it's a very good excuse to dance to Prosfigaki - in my Greek-inspired costume I'm making just for the occasion! (I'm a sick girl!)
So when is this mysterious CD going to be released, pray tell?? Tomorrow? -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, June 27, 2007 - 8:30 AMOh, I almost jumped out of bed at 3 am to post this: I have a pet song that I'd LOOOOOVE to see Annabouboulized. It's, Siko Horepse Koukli Mou (you know, : na se do na se haro, tsiftetelli Tourkiko, ni nanai yavroum ni nanai ni,... etc...) Oops, I'll try and refrain from making personal requests - they're all poping into my head now!
You have twins?? Double the sweetness. Na sou zeisoun na ta hareis!
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, June 27, 2007 - 9:06 AMi'm glad SOMEBODY"S dad likes it. mine hates it. first- he's a total purist, and second- i am a classical soprano in my "straight" life and he hates it when i sing stuff not lyrical.
ps CT. is near me- i live i putnam county............let me know! i love meeting other artists especially annabouboula fans and triple especially dancers (i f i could have had a contract with God i would have been a dancer........but all the yrs i trained ......i was mediocre.) i am just an actor/singer who "moves well" : )
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pps the most flack i got from"purists" in interviews etc. was for the demotica not the rebetika. my response was always the same. demotica were written by the people to express their reality- it changed for the mountain people- it changed for the island people- now it changes for the urban people. case closed. (of course, i love demotica and though i wouldn't say i am an expert in that field..we know the genre and love it enough to 'bend it like beckham'. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, June 27, 2007 - 1:46 PMReally?? I'm surprised. I would have figured that because demotica are so changeable and local they'd be more open to interpretation and artistic tweaking (technical term...). Strange. Well, so what. Keep doing what you do. It's so refreshing and cool!
Putnam county, NY? I'll look that up. I'm from Bklyn originally but never got around much out of the metro area - like a true Noo Yawka. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Thu, June 28, 2007 - 8:54 AMpurists don't like their stuff "tweaked". oh WELL!!!
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, June 27, 2007 - 2:49 PM"...that we're doing the 3rd cd. "
Wonderful news - I'm a *huge* fan. ;-) -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, June 27, 2007 - 2:59 PMI was wondering when you'd see that! :) -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Thu, June 28, 2007 - 12:43 PMWe have a celebrity among us!
I'm listening to "Then imai koritsaki" right now. *humming away to myself...*
I'm wondering - several years ago, the month and year that the summer Olympics was held in Athens, George Sempepos was a guest dj on wfmu's Transpacific Sound Paradise and played a particular song. Actually, he played the song that I'm thinking of by three different artists, one of which was Annabouboula. I *think* the title was something like "Light my cigarette." This song isn't on "Baths of Constantinople." Is it on any other Annabouboula recordings? -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Thu, June 28, 2007 - 1:08 PM3 Mustaphas 3 did a version on the Balkan w/out Borders CD, (which has Annab's Ti Se Meli. The only other version I know of is really old, and I can't remember who sang it. Come to think of it, I'm hearing a man and a woman's voice in my head ... was it a duet? Dunno. Did Annab really do a version? Anna???
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Fri, June 29, 2007 - 9:06 AManapse to tsigaro (light my cigg) off the 2nd cd GREEK FIRE -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Fri, June 29, 2007 - 9:25 AMalso: a little known fact for anyone born before 1980.
in the early 90's we got videoplay on MTV (can you believe it???!!!)
the song "i'd rather set myself on fire" ( from 'GREEK FIRE' ) was a minor hit and there was more creativity in the MTV programming then there is now. they played the video from the song quite a few times. it featured a belly dancer . -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Fri, June 29, 2007 - 2:17 PMWow! I'd read it was a club hit, but I had no idea there had been a video. I wonder if it's on youtube...?? Hmmm. I'd love to see it. Do you know who the dancer was, by the way? -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Fri, June 29, 2007 - 2:19 PMAlas; just the two I've seen before... -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music ANNABOUBOULA
Sun, July 8, 2007 - 9:09 AMwhen we are ready to release the 3rd cd we will put everything online- including all videos. there will be a site for looking, listening , info etc. -
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music ANNABOUBOULA
Mon, July 9, 2007 - 12:47 PMCool! I was wondering if there was going to be something like that in the works. I'm looking forward to it!
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Re: Greek Bellydance Music
Wed, July 11, 2007 - 10:59 PM"...in the early 90's we got videoplay on MTV (can you believe it???!!!) "
Wow...I didn't have a TV for a large portion of the early '90s...Apparently, I missed out.
Around Christmas, 1990, I was in Minneapolis looking through a stack of "Greek" recordings in a record shop in MPLS which, at the time, was called "Tidal Wave." I found "At the Baths of Constantinople" in the recent releases rack. I bought it and listened to it that evening. I've been a fan ever since.
You guys are way cool. I can't wait for the next CD! -
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Re: Greek Music ANNABOUBOULA
Thu, July 12, 2007 - 11:57 AMin '91- when we played the winnipeg festival- there was a fabu group that played called BOILED IN LEAD- i think they were from minneapolis .
thanx for the great comments......i'll keep you'all posted on what's happening.
seems like this forum has accidently wound up being pretty much the exclusive one for annabouboula upcoming info...............anna : )
'IN THE BATHS OF CONSTANTINOPLE' virgin (re-released shannachie records)
'GREEK FIRE' bmg (re-released shannachie records) -
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Re: Greek Music ANNABOUBOULA
Thu, July 26, 2007 - 5:41 PMOK, Anna, I have to ask - what Greek music do YOU listen to? I'm looking for inspiration but too stuck in Rembetica to take a leap without a net. I'd love to try some contemporary/modern/pop music for dancing that isn't too totally synth, yet has a good drummy rhythm with a middle eastern flavor.
By the way, you should pop over to the Greek Music Tribe. :) tribes.tribe.net/greekmusic -
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Re: Greek Music ANNABOUBOULA
Sat, February 9, 2008 - 7:40 PMANYBODY GONNA BE IN ASTORIA TOMORROW?????
The Thessalonian Society of New York invites you to the
Annual Love Concert
a collection of Greek Love Songs, old and new
Anna Paidoussi, soprano
Stavros Theodorou, voice
Gabe Kontos, bouzouki & guitars
Petros hatjopoulos, piano
Sunday, February 10th, at 5.00pm
at the Cultural Center of the Archdiocese
27-09 Crescent Street in Astoria
All proceeds go towards the building of the new
Church of the Holy Cross in Whitestone, NY
Donation $15
The concert is kindly underwritten by Marathon Bank -
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Re: Greek Music ANNABOUBOULA
Mon, February 25, 2008 - 6:56 PMCRAP!!!! I just saw this!!!!! ARGH!!! I would have been there!!!!!
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