Songs of Disenchantment - Music from the Greek Underground

by Brendan Perry

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Gareth Fitzpatrick Fantastic record, and wonderful to hear translations of these rebetico songs, faithful to the originals, yet modernised in a very tasteful way. Perry is a master craftsman.
My only concern is the length of time I’m potentially waiting for my copy!

Louis-Philippe Cusson Excellent album. Une très belle utilisation de rebetiko urbain.

Diffaith listens The combination of old Rembetika & B. Perry's sound works surprisingly well! After a few listens, the songs begin to feel as if they had always been part of the DCD/Perry repertoire. However, apart from the "wet" sound, the recordings are actually quite close to original ones from the 1930s, to which Perry has doubtlessly paid close attention. Favorite track: You Were Barefoot.

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1.	Bring Me a Cup of Wine 04:45	buy track
2.	Gypsy Girl 03:26	buy track
3.	In The Basement 04:46	buy track
4.	The Hash-Den Owner 03:27	buy track
5.	O Memetis 04:16	buy track
6.	In The City's Hammam 03:23	buy track
7.	Tonight in Your Neighbourhood 03:49	buy track
8.	You Were Barefoot 03:43	buy track
9.	The Pickpockets 03:37	buy track
10.	Christos, Play The Bouzouki 04:22	buy track

about

I first heard, what only many years later I finally came to know as Rebetiko music, in the Greek cafes and tavernas of suburban Melbourne in the late seventies.These places were predominantly the local social hubs of Greek migrants who had been coming in successive waves to Australia since the late 19th century and during the day were often populated by groups of old men playing backgammon and sipping ouzo whilst listening to laika and rebetiko music.

As it happens I too had been a migrant to these southern climes from England some years earlier and as good fortune would have it our means of conveyance for the six week long voyage was an old Greek ship called the ‘Ellinis’. It was on board this ship that my own personal musical odyssey began when I first learnt to play the guitar.

Over the years my love for ‘all things Greek’ has run somewhat unabated and especially with regard to Rebetiko music. I have amassed a considerable collection of recorded music, traditional instruments and memorabilia over the years that would eventually give me the inspiration and valued education required to be able to record some of these wonderful songs.

The fact that there has been virtually no recorded versions of Rebetiko songs sung in English was also a great surprise to me and was ultimately the prime motivator for me to share these songs with an English speaking audience as well as pique the curiosity of the die hard traditionalist.

Brendan Perry
Bretagne, France.

Dedicated to all Refugees Past, Present and Future.

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released November 20, 2020

All instruments performed by Brendan Perry.

Arranged, Recorded and Produced at Ker Landelle Studios.

Mastered by Aidan Foley at Masterlabs.

Cover Photograph: Konstantinos Athanasiou of an unknown Koutsavakis, Tower of the Winds, Athens, 1880 (Copyright : Yiakoumis / Kallimages, Paris).

Art Direction: Brendan Perry.

Design: Chris Bigg.

Thanks to Glen Johnson and Haris Yiakoumis. Special thanks to Lia Dimou for her assistance with the translations.

Management: Key Music Management Ltd.

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