"Contrarily to the rest of Tasos Stamou's experimental discography, the musician's latest album “Balkan Express” has a more obscure electro-folk approach. It consists of seven pieces, all recorded with seven different vintage electric keyboards from Stamou's own collection, blended with oriental acoustic solos. Since Stamou grew up in the Balkans in the ‘80s, he wanted to pay homage to the essence of the sound of the era that unintentionally shaped a whole culture. It was when these inexpensive, available-to-all electronic keyboards with synth sounds and drum machines replaced traditional Balkan folk music ensembles. The acoustic instruments solos and melodies of the album were influenced by local traditions and the heritage of the Ottoman music. “Recorded in London between 2015-2020, Balkan Express is meant to be a time capsule taking the listener to the folk-wave retro-Balkan subculture." (Akuphone)
Tracklist A1 Balkan Express A2 Sun-Tour A3 Angeltones A4 Bontempi Tsifteteli A5 We Are The Balkans A6 The Oud Club
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"Contrarily to the rest of Tasos Stamou's experimental discography, the musician's latest album “Balkan Express” has a more obscure electro-folk approach. It consists of seven pieces, all recorded with seven different vintage electric keyboards from Stamou's own collection, blended with oriental acoustic solos.
Since Stamou grew up in the Balkans in the ‘80s, he wanted to pay homage to the essence of the sound of the era that unintentionally shaped a whole culture. It was when these inexpensive, available-to-all electronic keyboards with synth sounds and drum machines replaced traditional Balkan folk music ensembles. The acoustic instruments solos and melodies of the album were influenced by local traditions and the heritage of the Ottoman music.
“Recorded in London between 2015-2020, Balkan Express is meant to be a time capsule taking the listener to the folk-wave retro-Balkan subculture." (Akuphone)
Tracklist
A1 Balkan Express
A2 Sun-Tour
A3 Angeltones
A4 Bontempi Tsifteteli
A5 We Are The Balkans
A6 The Oud Club