MINORE DESPERADO

BAGLAMADES

KAIKSIS

MANGKAS

MEDITERRANEE

SAGAPO

SALA

SIGANA

MEGALO TAXIDI SHOW//BETON 7 RADIO//ATHENS GREECE

HABIBI COME BACK (LIVE BAND)

DEN SE PISTEVO (LIVE BAND)-STELIOS KAZANTZIDIS COVER

ACROPOLIS BYE BYE LIVE, COMPILATION OF BEST MOMENTS RECORDED 
 ON 1ST OF MARCH 2017 AT MARBRERIE MONTREUIL (PARIS)

BEST OF LIVE 2017

MINORE DESPERADO 
Music: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS & TRADITIONAL
Inspired from "Minore Manes" (1919), here the lead vocals are a sample of a muezzin calling to pray.

Minore Desperado

KAIKSIS
Re-composition of Hatzichristos/Fotidas "Ο καιξης", the lyrics are in french, you can also hear phrases in greek, and the original melody in the choir.

Music: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS, HATZICHRISTOS
Lyrics: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS

Comme un étranger, sur sa propre terre
Comme Ulysse naviguant sur une embarcation sommaire
Xenos ici, Xenos là bas, psakhni yia patrida,
tora tha sas po tin istoria tou odyssea!
Gël Gël Kaiksis, Sirène chantez !
Gël Gël Kaiksis, Rameurs  ramez !
Gël Gël Kaiksis, Sirines tragoudate!
Gël Gël Kaiksis, Kopilates sta koupia!
Trahi, trompé, désorienté, 
En haillons retrouvé
Ce Roi, parti au combat
Qu'a t-il gagné, qu'a t-il perdu?
Tout! écoutez !
Güzel Khanum, la guerre, ses frères, son palais, son royaume
Güzel Khanum, Penelope tisse en l'attendant
Güzel Khanum, Ses prétendants font les princes charmants
Güzel Khanum, o ekdikitis o Telemakhos, 
Son fils s'arme en prince vengeant !
Ithaque est dans ton coeur
Et si tu la trouve pauvre
Elle t'a donné le beau voyage
Dhen se yelase i Ithaki!

Last verse inspired from "Ithaca" by Cavafy

Kaiksis

SALA
Inspired from Minor Asia's melody "Sala-Sala". Here "Sala" is the name of the boat who will tear this couple appart and sink in the deep sea.
Music: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS & TRADITIONAL
Lyrics: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS

Ah que c'était salé, salé, salé
Ce petit baiser que tu m'as donné
Et qui à jamais
M'a ensorcelé.
Sala, Sala il s'appelait Sala
Je t'en avais parlé,
De ce bateau que j'avais
Qui devais m'emporter.
Quand ivre de moi tu baissais
Tes deux yeux chavirés
Tu les relevaient, une envie me venait
Je te les volerais.
Et oui salé, salé l'eau de la mer
Qui va nous séparer
Mon coeur, si tu me le demandais
Je te l'offrirais
Sala, Sala, mon coeur n'est plus là
Je descends aux enfers
Il ne me reste plus qu'un chose à faire
Me jeter à la mer.

Sala

SIGANA
From traditionnal greek song "Tsivaeri", homeland is getting further now. In the afternoon we feel homesick on a warm and sunny shore.

Lyrics: Traditional

Αχ! Η ξενιτιά το χαίρεται
Τζιβαέρι μου
Το μοσχολούλουδο μου
σιγανά και ταπεινά

Αχ! Πανάθεμά σε ξενιτιά
Τζιβαέρι μου
Εσέ και το καλό σου
σιγανά και ταπεινά
σιγανά πατώ στη γη

Sigana

MER MEDITERRANEE Poème pour la mer Mediterranée
Music & Lyrics: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS

Mer Méditerranée
Je t'ai vu, je te reverrai
Je suis venu te quitter
Je te rêverai 
Sur les mêmes terres 
D'années en années,
J'ai marché sur ton reflet
À refaire à revers
Une sombre dance
À l'envers.

Méditerranée

MANGKAS SPIRIT

Inspired from Asia Minor song "Νέοι χασικλήδες" or melody "Nikriz Zeybek". This new version talks about a guy reaching a new continent, accros the Atlantic. He tries to integrate a new multi cultural society in any way and to integrate new social codes, the tone is satiric, we hear a mix of languages, you may understand some words, some you may not!
Music: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS & Traditional
Lyrics: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS

Ematha pos, ise Mangkas                                                  
And you've got the, mangkas spirit
Pst eee re mangka, na sou po re!
Mangka !
Lipon, mangkas spirit
Zion high, take it or leave it
Tourné ke tourné, tourné ne
Pesto vre magka, vre magka mou to ne 
Tourné, tourné, tourné la tête
look look look around see what you can get
what you get?
To khasisi, to poto ke tis yinekes
Adelfaki, kalyteri mastoura
Akou ti sou leyi o barbas ligo
You gotta a lot of class
But you gotta watch you ass
Sto spiti den pernas
'cause your smoking too much grass
Comme as !

Mangkas Spirit

BAGLAMADES (ATHINA-PIREA)
Being an immigrant is a reality, time is both now and behind, time is long. You can hear samples of old "rebetes" in a present that is fading away. 

 Music & Lyrics: Ian BALZAN DORIZAS

Stin Athina, Ston Pirea kaname parea vre 
Kaname Parea, Athina Pirea
Where do you come from 
those years are gone, welcome in a new land John
Welcome in a new land, now those years are gone.
Nea Yorki, Boston, Sydney Kseni pigame o vre
Welcome in a new land, now those years are gone

Baglamades (Athina - Pirea)

S'AGAPO/JE T'AIME
From Asia minor song "S'agapo yiati ise orea", love is all that remains as a hope, through time, through space. 

Music & Lyrics: Traditional

S'agapo 
S'agapo yiati ise orea/ Je t'aime
S'agapo yiati ise orea/ Je t'aime
S'agapo yiati ise esy/ Je t'aime car tu es toi

Ki agapo
Agapo ki olo ton kosmo/ Et j'aime
Agapo ki olo ton kosmo/ Le monde entier
Yiati zis ki esy mazi/ Le monde entier car tu y es née

To para
To parathyro klismeno/ Ta fenêtre close
To parathyro klismeno/
To parathiro klisto/ Ta fenêtre fermée

Anikse
Anikse to ena filo/ Ouvre 
Anikse to ena filo/ Ouvre moi
Tin ikona sou na do/ Ouvre que je te voie

S'agapo Je T'aime

Original melody "to teleftaio potiraki" composed by Manolis Xiotis/Xristos Kolokotronis

Arr: Ian Balzan Dorizas
Lyrics: Ian Balzan Dorizas

Ian Balzan Dorizas: Guitars, Bass, Keys, vocals
Samir Laroche: B3 organ, Fender Rhodes
Alban Sarron: Trumpet
Ibrahim Terkemani: Drums

recorded and mixed by Nicolas Bonadio,  Berlin 2021.
Production Ian Balzan Dorizas 2021.

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