CHARALABOS HAIRETIS (VOURGIAS) - BEBEKA MOU

HARALABOS HERETIS (VOURGIAS) - BEBEKA MOU

In the past 25 years, the Cretan music tradition has been of interest to a relatively small portion of the Cretans themselves, but suddenly it was something that originally looked like a bloom.
In this renaissance role played great artists such as Kostas Mountakis, Thanasis Skordalos and Nikos Xylouris, who gave a new dimension to this music without betraying the slim style and strict structure. Unfortunately, alongside this true and creative effort, another, larger-scale commercialization process began with the Cretan music, which was not characterized by such respect, and which instead of motivating the interest of more people brought rather the opposite effect.
This phenomenon, of course, is not only observed in Crete. In a similar way, popular musical traditions have been derailed all over the world. In the situation that has now formed, one of the few luminous points that have been left is the existence of some amateur musicians who have only the personal taste of the driver and the aesthetic criterion formed by this passion. The music they play is simple, pure, rich, emotional, exciting.
"Bourgia" and George Skoulas undoubtedly belong to this category of amateur musicians. They originate from Anogia, Crete, where traditional music and improvised mantines still play a very important role in gangs and in everyday life. Now live in Athens where "Vourgia" is a tavern, while George Skoulas is electronic. Every evening they gather with their villagers and friends in the tavern of "Vourgia" where they play and sing together usually until the morning. The music of this album consists of mantinades and goals that are heard in these evenings without any further processing for the sake of recording.

Ross Daly