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Their song "You look like Fire",
track 1 in the debut album, appears also in the CD "Mediterranean
Odyssey, Athens to Andalucia"
by Putumayo
World Music
1999.
Their second album "Victims
of Peace" ( Warner April 1999 )
became an instantaneous success in
Greece, constantly on the Top 10 of the Billboard
and #1 or #2 on the Radio Charts all over the
country.
Their second album is a "concept"
album and at the same time the soundtrack of the the TV series "Victims
of Peace" on Mega Channel Greece, based on the book
by the prominent Greek writer Vasilis Vasilikos.
The nucleus of ANEMOS is Kostas
Hatzopoulos (music-arrangement-lyrics) and
Katerina Nitsopoulou
(lyrics-vocals). Along with them there are several exceptional musicians
of the Greek music scene contributing the special characteristics
of their musical idiosyncrasy.
ANEMOS in Greek means wind,
a name that perfectly suits the vision of the group. The music of
Kostas Hatzopoulos and the lyrics-vocals of Katerina Nitsopoulou
refer to something extremely sensitive yet dynamic at the same time.
Ethereal vocals and melodies, Rock
elements, Greek traditional themes, renaissance motifs and unfolding
memories from all over Greece of Epirus, Thrace, Crete and the Aegean,
create a rare and original balance that harmoniously finds its place
in the modern reality of today. This balance of ethnic elements
transcending through time, captivates the intangible true spirit
of Greece and can be visualised by materials such as the naked body,
the rock, the sea and the wind.
Kostas Hatzopoulos and Katerina
Nitsopoulou explain the choice of the name for their group as
well as for their album:
"The name ANEMOS (wind)
allows us to be sensitive as well as dynamic depending on the circumstances
and moods. We perceive the vibrations of the wind (ANEMOS) to be
sometimes delicate, having a dream like quality and some other times
dynamically overruling, creating an unexpected vigour of freedom.
The vibrations of the wind are the ones that carry the seeds of
the present and future."
The main idea of their second album
is Peace through Freedom symbolised by Niki of Samothraki,
an ancient female sculpture with wide open wings found in the Aegean
sea in the island of Samothraki and presently in the
museum of Louvre. They were strongly inspired by it since
it symbolises the Victory of Freedom and Peace which they
believe is what their culture is striving to accomplish throughout
the centuries and in the new millenium to come.
The third concept album of ANEMOS Isos
I agapi (Could be Love) - Warner November 2000 contains 12 inspiring
tracks one of which becomes the title song of the successful series
Guilty or Innocent on ANT1 TV in Greece, followed by the successful
CD single ANEMOS mix (Warner 2001) which contains new rhythmic remixes
of 3 of the songs from the album Isos I Agapi.
ANEMOS' remake of the old popular song SPASMENO KARAVI with
the voice of Dimitris Basis and vocals by Katerina Nitsopoulou
(ANEMOS ) makes it an instantaneous hit and achieves a golden CD
single - Warner 2001.
In the summer o 2001 ANEMOS
tours Greece and Cyprus with the prominent international Greek artist
HARIS ALEXIOU.
Their extremely successful performances awards them in renewing
their engagement with her in more appearances in the winter of 2002
at the new music scene of KERAMEIKOS in Athens.
ANEMOS is also involved in writing music for theatrical plays
such as the Small Plaza by Carlo Goldoni for Kalamata's Theatrical
Company and CableBound for the international theatrical company
Scene de Loon.
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