When sirens come out into the mainland
Sounds of the past !
When the noble attempt, of young multi-talented musicians, on the revival of our traditional music and Rebetiko succeeds, then as a listener you are invited and inspired to create your own piece of art.
Athena Labiri and Haroula Tsalpara recently formed the music band called "Sirens of Lycabettus"
From their Facebook page we read:
Athena and Haroula. Two illuminated dots in the dark. They hover into the void, like small drops of water that have forgotten to follow the path into the soil. They fly between the sky and the earth, the today and the yesterday, speaking a musical language that comes from a very old era. The invisible thread that connects them and the driving force, is the need to find and play songs and tempos that have been sorted out throughout their musical journey. With their musical instruments, their voices and an intense adaptation mood, they are experimenting with each other on a musical journey of unknown destination.
Haroula Tsalpara: accordion and voice ~: ~ Athena Lambiri: guitar and voice
The name of the music band chosen ("Sirens of Lycabettus"), has in my opinion a cleaver and at the same time an imaginative double meaning.
Sirens : Accordingly to the Greek mythology the Sirens (σειρηνες) were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.
I am almost sure that Athena and Haroula inspired by this ancient legend for the choice of their band's name.
In modern Greek language siren (σειρηνα) also used to describe a device that makes a loud prolonged sound as a signal or warning. Usually it is a device which been used to grab the listener's attention and usually precedes an important announcement, or act. Accordingly to this meaning, the word "siren" may 've been selected (apart from the mythological meaning) to describe the precursor property (Ιδιοτητα) of the band's music
Lycabettus: Mythologically, Lycabettus is credited to the goddess Athena, who created it when she dropped a limestone mountain she had been carrying from the Pallene peninsula for the construction of the Acropolis after the box holding Erichthonius was opened.
The mount Lycabettus is also inextricably linked to music since it has a large also open-air amphitheater which has housed many famous Greek and international music concerts.
Finally the mount Lycabettus stands across of the Acropolis ( stands across the cradle of Western civilization -metaphorical meaning ) with exceptional views of the city of Athens, Piraeus and the Saronic Gulf.
Whichever the reason for their name selection was, the two gifted musicians, Athena with a distinctive vibrato and diverse warm complexion on her voice, and Haroula with a velvet and fragile complexion on her voice, seem to have put a bet against time in an attempt to "travel" their listeners into a beautiful, bygone era!
Athena Lambiri has been a special guest of our blog in the past. We hope that the time soon will permit us, to invite also Haroula Tsalpara in an in-depth interview.
The above design is a commemorative donation to the "Sirens of Lycabettus"
as a gesture of admiration for their music and artistry!
When the noble attempt, of young multi-talented musicians, on the revival of our traditional music and Rebetiko succeeds, then as a listener you are invited and inspired to create your own piece of art.
Athena Labiri and Haroula Tsalpara recently formed the music band called "Sirens of Lycabettus"
From their Facebook page we read:
Athena and Haroula. Two illuminated dots in the dark. They hover into the void, like small drops of water that have forgotten to follow the path into the soil. They fly between the sky and the earth, the today and the yesterday, speaking a musical language that comes from a very old era. The invisible thread that connects them and the driving force, is the need to find and play songs and tempos that have been sorted out throughout their musical journey. With their musical instruments, their voices and an intense adaptation mood, they are experimenting with each other on a musical journey of unknown destination.
Haroula Tsalpara: accordion and voice ~: ~ Athena Lambiri: guitar and voice
The name of the music band chosen ("Sirens of Lycabettus"), has in my opinion a cleaver and at the same time an imaginative double meaning.
Sirens : Accordingly to the Greek mythology the Sirens (σειρηνες) were dangerous creatures, who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and singing voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island.
I am almost sure that Athena and Haroula inspired by this ancient legend for the choice of their band's name.
In modern Greek language siren (σειρηνα) also used to describe a device that makes a loud prolonged sound as a signal or warning. Usually it is a device which been used to grab the listener's attention and usually precedes an important announcement, or act. Accordingly to this meaning, the word "siren" may 've been selected (apart from the mythological meaning) to describe the precursor property (Ιδιοτητα) of the band's music
Lycabettus: Mythologically, Lycabettus is credited to the goddess Athena, who created it when she dropped a limestone mountain she had been carrying from the Pallene peninsula for the construction of the Acropolis after the box holding Erichthonius was opened.
The mount Lycabettus is also inextricably linked to music since it has a large also open-air amphitheater which has housed many famous Greek and international music concerts.
Finally the mount Lycabettus stands across of the Acropolis ( stands across the cradle of Western civilization -metaphorical meaning ) with exceptional views of the city of Athens, Piraeus and the Saronic Gulf.
Whichever the reason for their name selection was, the two gifted musicians, Athena with a distinctive vibrato and diverse warm complexion on her voice, and Haroula with a velvet and fragile complexion on her voice, seem to have put a bet against time in an attempt to "travel" their listeners into a beautiful, bygone era!
Athena Lambiri has been a special guest of our blog in the past. We hope that the time soon will permit us, to invite also Haroula Tsalpara in an in-depth interview.
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