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<blockquote data-quote="Γιώργος Κουν." data-source="post: 735042" data-attributes="member: 383"><p>Παραθέτω και δυό ενδιαφέροντα αποσπάσματα απο συνέντευξη τους (Athens News)</p><p><a href="http://www.modeplagal.gr/index_HEL.htm" target="_blank">http://www.modeplagal.gr/index_HEL.htm</a></p><p></p><p>...</p><p><em>Weren't you afraid that by experimenting with Greek traditional music someone would turn around and say: 'Well, look, you've distorted our folk song'?</em></p><p></p><p>TR: Of course, in the beginning we were afraid this would happen. But as time went on, we've grown to know that what we're doing is ours, it's our experience and we're able to use it as independent material. That's when you start working with it much more freely, and through this freedom you discover yourself. This way the listener understands you better, there's no pretension.</p><p></p><p>KA: There seems to be a misunderstanding. Tradition is not dead. Tradition doesn't stop somewhere, it continues. For me tradition is a personal state of being and is everything one hears in his lifespan, whether that's Fela Kuti, Halkias, Hendrix - that's what was handed down. It doesn't mean we're doing Greek tradition or any other particular genre. From the demotika we draw the themes, which give us the reason to play. A 'tsamiko-reggae' is perfect because we'll play both, satisfying our past and present alike. That's how we grew up... in an environment where we would hear traditional music from our grandparents but also, as restless youths, anything coming from abroad... rock, jazz, funk. We grew up with different styles of music. We're also located at a cultural crossroads, there is so much diversity in local traditions. Every 200km there is a different style of music to be heard.</p><p></p><p>...</p><p><em>For a while Greeks tended to look down on demotika?</em></p><p></p><p>TR: That happened for two reasons: one was the colonels' junta [of '67] which played only demotika and people connected it with that. The other reason is that the people who left their villages wanted to show that they were now 'civilised' city-dwellers. They strangled their village identity.</p><p>...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Γιώργος Κουν., post: 735042, member: 383"] Παραθέτω και δυό ενδιαφέροντα αποσπάσματα απο συνέντευξη τους (Athens News) [URL="http://www.modeplagal.gr/index_HEL.htm"]http://www.modeplagal.gr/index_HEL.htm[/URL] ... [I]Weren't you afraid that by experimenting with Greek traditional music someone would turn around and say: 'Well, look, you've distorted our folk song'?[/I] TR: Of course, in the beginning we were afraid this would happen. But as time went on, we've grown to know that what we're doing is ours, it's our experience and we're able to use it as independent material. That's when you start working with it much more freely, and through this freedom you discover yourself. This way the listener understands you better, there's no pretension. KA: There seems to be a misunderstanding. Tradition is not dead. Tradition doesn't stop somewhere, it continues. For me tradition is a personal state of being and is everything one hears in his lifespan, whether that's Fela Kuti, Halkias, Hendrix - that's what was handed down. It doesn't mean we're doing Greek tradition or any other particular genre. From the demotika we draw the themes, which give us the reason to play. A 'tsamiko-reggae' is perfect because we'll play both, satisfying our past and present alike. That's how we grew up... in an environment where we would hear traditional music from our grandparents but also, as restless youths, anything coming from abroad... rock, jazz, funk. We grew up with different styles of music. We're also located at a cultural crossroads, there is so much diversity in local traditions. Every 200km there is a different style of music to be heard. ... [I]For a while Greeks tended to look down on demotika?[/I] TR: That happened for two reasons: one was the colonels' junta [of '67] which played only demotika and people connected it with that. The other reason is that the people who left their villages wanted to show that they were now 'civilised' city-dwellers. They strangled their village identity. ... [/QUOTE]
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