Balothizer - Antifa Syrtos

Balothizer - Antifa Syrtos - Cretan Music from Hell New album Cretan Smash - available November 13 2020 VINYL / Pre-Order: Socials: Subscribe to the channel: Bookings: The song “Antifa Syrtos“ is inspired by a Mantinada (Cretan rhyming couplet) written on a wall in Anogeia village on the mountains of central Crete. The village was the core of the resistance during WWII and is well known for its antifascist movement and struggles. Medley of Syrtos dances, known as “syrta“ (Thoro T’ Agrimi), inspired by the lyra player (Thanasis Skordalos) Παραλλαγές Συρτών (Θωρώ τ’ αγριμι) εμπνευσμένα απο τον λυράρη Αθανάσιο Σκορδαλό Thanassis Skordalos (1920-1998) was a musician from Crete, noted for playing the lyra, the bowed string instrument of Crete and most popular surviving form of the medieval Byzantine lyra. Video created by Yorgos Kladouris Pav Mav - Bass, Lead Vocals Nikos Ziarkas - Cretan Lute, Vocals, Electronics Stephen John Payne - Drums, Vocals Lyrics - Traditional & George Botis FB: Insta: Info/Bookings: Recorded at Fish Factory Studios on December 2017. Additional recordings at DADA Studios and Okinawa Studios. Engineered & Mixed by George Botis. Mastered by Peter Beckmann at TechnologyWorks Mastering. All rights reserved by Louvana Records (2018)