Rembetika music is the music of the Greek Underground. It originated in the hashish dens of Pireaus and Thessaloniki around the turn of the 20th century and was influenced by oriental elements that came with the forced immigration of 2 million Greek refug
Globe trot non-stop from dance to trance in contempo percussive fusion mixes of ancient instruments, kaleidoscopic musical styles from Africa, New York's underground, Europe and the Middle East
Amalgamation of elements of jazz tradition (especially free jazz and jazz fusion of 60s-70s) with instrumentation/concepts of avant punk rock (especially dissonant strains, no wave, grindcore, hardcore). Examples: John Zorn, Bill Frisell, Fred Frith, James Chance & the Contortions, Lounge Lizards. Roots of punk: Velvet Underground, Stooges, MC5. Roots of avant/free jazz: Albert Ayler, Archie Shepp, Roscoe Mitchell, Sonny Sharrock.
The name Rembetika (also known as Rembetiko, Rebetika, and Rebetiko) is used to describe the musical styles of mainland Greece and the music of ... Rembetika was also initially a man's form of music. ...
Like the early Blues, Rembetika songs of the 1930s and 1940s have a sense of spontaneity, making them appear fresh after countless hearings ... Rembetika music didn't only originate in hash-dens and jails, although this is where the main inspiration came from. ...
"The rembetika are Greek songs associated with an urban low-life milieu frequented by rembetes or manges, street-wise characters of shady repute, may of whom smoked hashish. ... This would explain the affinity between rembetika and flamenco, which both are ultimately rooted in ...
Matt Barrett's introduction to Rembetika music, the Greek urban blues, songs of drug addiction, love, sorrow, exile, war and occupation ... was spent listening and learning from the music of the Beatles, the Kinks, the Move and Free, currently I listen predominantly to old Rembetika. ...
"Explore Rembetika music at National Geographic World Music. Discover key Rembetika artists and albums at the online home of world music. ... Rembetika is Greece's urban music par excellence. ... The roots of rembetika come from Asia Minor cities like Smyrna (Izmir) and Constantinople ..."
Rembetika.com, official site of the Rembetika Hipsters - Greek rembetika, tsiftetelli band from Calgary Alberta ... Since 1996, their repertoire has included authentic Greek Rembetika songs, original Canadian compositions in Greek, Balkan & Middle-Eastern ... rembetika. video. images ...
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