Member Since: 4/26/2007
Band Website: www.myspace.com/elelefband
Band Members:ELELEFElelef=Dynati kravgi=Epithesi!
Kata ton Aristofani (Ornithes 364)Kata tous elelef : elelef simainei epithesi xoris omos exthrika synaisthimata,alla me maxitiki diathesi apenanti se oti "mas xalaei"...Fernei sto nou ta 60's,tote pou i mousiki simaine poly perissotera apo apli psyxagogia,mporouse na metaferei minimata,tautizotan malista me tin eleftheria kai tin epidioxi tis. Simera, se ena kosmo pou deixnei na xreiazetai epeigontos ligi eleftheria, oi Elelef pairnoun auto ton orismo sta sovara kai ton kanoun "manifesto" tis parousias tous s'auto to proto tous omonymo album.Metatrepoun se syghrono logo auto pou paliotera antiprosopeue to rock kai pou ektos exaireseon xehase sto dromo kapou metaxy esostrefeias kai kynismou,vazontas xana to freedom mprosta apo to rock.To ohima tous oikeio,wstoso monadiko,sto timoni tou les kai vrisketai kapoio atithaso pneuma apo tin Anatoli kai apo katw tou ena sfixtodemeno rock mixanaki apo tin akri tis Dysis.Dynamikoi rythmoi kai spartiatikes enorhistroseis,akomi ki'otan autes xrwmatizontai me paradosiaka akoustika organa,stirizoun isxyres melwdikes grammes pou de xreiazontai fioritoures gia na apothikeutoun sto skliro mas.Allwste i anaklisi tous provlepetai syxni kai se vathos xronou-vlepete to "Elelef" den einai apo ta album pou exantloun to aisthitiko kai synaisthimatiko tous dynamiko meta tis prwtes akroaseis oute proseggizontai mesa apo "deigmata" twn 25 deuteroleptwn....Polloi tha to elegan "meta-rempetiko" estiazontas sta tragoudia,alloi,kathos tha voutousan sti thalpwri tou hlektrismou tous,psyhedeliko rock..
Kai oi dyo exoun dikio,opws kai osoi tha espevdan na valoun sto,toso ellhniko sti syllipsi ma toso planhtiko stin ekfrasi,rock twn Elelef tin tampela global h' world beat,h',isws pio eustoxa,urban folk.Oloi dikio tha eixan ki'emeis akomi perissotero pou tha to legame freedom rock kai tha anaferame tous Jefferson Airplane,tous Fairport Convention,ton Marko Vamvakari,ton Ali Farka Toure kai tous Massive Attack san epirroes...
Patane gera stis laikes mousikes kai milaei ti glwssa tis mhtropolis gia na kleisei etsi synwmotika to mati s'olous autous pou, opws kai oi idioi,xairontai kai lypountai se auto to lekanopedio,neuriazoun,agapoun,erwteuontai kai kyriws oneireuontai s'auto.Ola xekinisan apo merikes idees tou Vaggeli Vekiou, panw se stixous tis Antris Vasileiadou- o Vekios, gnwstos gia ti douleia tou stin ellhniki skini,idrytiko melos twn Mousikwn Taxiarhiwn paliotera kai enas apo tous koryfaious drummer stin istoria autou tou topou,den eixe mexri stigmis parousiasei diki tou proswpiki douleia.H synergasia tou me tin Antri Vasileiadou htan o spinthiras , i fwtia pou anapse omws apaitouse na moirastei me allous,na ginei sygrotima.Siga siga stin parea kollisan o Alekos Arapis,o Xrhstos Kapsalakis kai mia spoudaia nea fwni ,i Maria Panossian-h arxontiki tis ermineia apotelei mia apo tis euxaristes ekplixeis tou album.
To album twn ELELEF me ena exairetiko ergo tou komista Petrou Zervou sto exwfyllo,kykloforei se CD apo tin HITCH HYKE.O Vaggelis Vekios katagetai apo tin Athina,douleuei polla xronia me to ellhniko hlektriko tragoudi.Exei paixei me tis Mousikes Taxiarxies kai tous Selana(Kristy Stasinopoulou kai Stathi Kalyviwti), symmeteixe se polles hxografiseis kai synaulies.Paragwgos sto radiofwno kai paragwgos diskwn.O Alekos Arapis einai kata to hmisi Hpeirwtis kai kata to deutero hmisi Kyprios.Paizei hlektriko mpaso,gnwstos apo ti synergasia tou me ton Paulo Sidhropoulo kai tous Aprosarmostous, enw exei synergastei me pollous kataxiwmenous kallitexnes.O Xrhstos Kapsalakis katagetai apo tin Krhth.Paizei hlektriki kithara,tzoura,mpouzouki,kai mpaglama.Asxoleitai polla xronia me to Rempetiko oso kai me tin Psyxedeleia.H Maria Panosian katagetai apo tin Kypro,apo Kypria mitera kai Galloarmenio patera.Xekinise o DJ, spoudase hxolipsia stin Athina kai einai paragwgos radiofwnou.Me to tragoudi asxoleitai ta teleutaia 10 xronia enw paizei piano krousta kai kithara.HITCHHYKE.
Sounds Like: Psycedelic Folk Rock - post rempetiko :)
Record Label: Hitch Hyke
Type of Label: Indie