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Livysianos (ft. Dunja Botic)

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    From the Mountains and the Sea is Bonnendis' debut album, featuring the iconic instruments of the Aegean islands: the traditional ziya (duo formation) of the tsambouna and lyra (bagpipe and fiddle), the Cretan laouto (lute) in its virtuosic solo and accompanist roles, the large and festive davoul (drum) and a range of female and male voices, singing words of love and longing.

    The album brings together the stories and themes common to the islands, painting a musical portrait of tragic love, migration, sea raids and ritual celebrations. The music navigates through everyday lives with ritual dances from Karpathos, virtuosic Cretan kondylies played on the baroque recorder, reminiscent of the local floyera, the epic medieval tragedy of Erotokritos, corsaire dance tunes from Ikaria, wedding songs of Nisyros, and heartfelt words of longing for far away loved ones.

    Bonnendis founding members, Thodoris Ziarkas (lyra), Nikos Ziarkas (laouto) and Cassandre Balosso-Bardin (recorders and tsambouna) invited three friends close to these traditions to lend their voices to the music: Dunja Botic (Don Kipper), Vasiliki Anastasiou (the Amalgamation Project) and Pavlos Mavromatakis (the Turbans, Balothizer). The result is a collection of traditional melodies and songs presented in their simplest forms, allowing the musicians to enhance the raw beauty of the music through their individualities.

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lyrics

Δέματα στέλνου και λεφτά κι εγέμισε το σπίτι,
Εις τους αγίους τάζω, σχόλη καθημερ(ι)νή,
να φέρου τα παιδιά μας απάνω στο νησί.
αμμέ το γέλιο κι η χαρά, παντοτινά μας λείπει.
Στον Άη Νικόλα πάω την κάθε Κυριακή,
ανάβω τα καντήλια του κι ένα μικρό κερί.

Their charity and subsidy in abundance they bestow,
I vow to the Saints, on days divine and commonplace,
To guide our children back, to their Island birthplace.
But not the bliss and laughter, our home desires to know.
I beseech Saint Nicholas each Sunday that I go,
I light the holy lamps and one small candle’s glow.

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from From the mountains and the sea, released April 17, 2019
Lyrics by Nikos Diakos / English translation by John T. Lagonikos

Lyrics taken from the CD:
Οι ξενιτεμένοι - Σκοποί και χοροί της Καρπάθου.
When the yearning rivers run - Songs and dances from Karpathos

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Bonnendis London, UK

Bonnendis is a London-based trio featuring the raw sounds of the Greek islands with the iconic tsambouna (bagpipes), lyra and laouto. Bonnendis – the mist hovering over the mountain villages on the island of Karpathos – navigates from island to island, performing traditional melodies as you would hear them back home: genuine, powerful and uplifting. ... more

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