"Son Sistem Tsiftetelli Vol.1 (1933-1969)” by Souma Records is the first part of a selection of Greek and Turkish tsiftetéli – or çiftetelli – songs and instrumentals, some in Greek Rebetiko and Laikó style, others in the oriental folk tradition of Greece and Asia Minor led by Roma musicians.

For Greeks dancing tsiftetéli is a social thing, sometimes performed by couples. During the 60s and 70s in Greece and the US, live Laikó bands and oriental ensembles were often accompanied by a belly dancer, although this was not the case when the style first crept into the Greek repertoire when the repatriated musicians from Asia Minor expressed their pain and loss through this music. Mainly during the 60s the gloomy lyrics disappeared from the tsiftetéli and it morphed into a beguiling dance. Modern belly dancers hardly ever dance to tsiftetéli anymore but prefer instead the typical dance routines (raks sharqi) from the Middle East. The magic of tsiftetéli lies within its hypnotic grooves, intoxicating melodic scales and the extreme musicianship of the performers.
 
The term tsiftetéli derives from the turkish word çifte-telli, which means ‘double-stringed’ (diplóchordo in Greek) and refers to an authentic violin technique (cfr tracks 4,11,16 & 17) of running two strings through the same nut slot of the instrument creating tautophony (two strings playing at the same pitch) or tuning them an octave apart. This spaced-out effect generates a more oriental and sensual feel.

All tracks are recorded from Fred Kramer's (Souma Records, BE) collection of shellac and vinyl records he excavated over the last 10 years in Greece, Egypt and the US.

Tracklist in the comments below. 

Check out more from Souma Records here:: https://soumarecords.bandcamp.com/ and here: https://soundcloud.com/soumarecords

Son Sistem Tsiftetelli Vol.1 (1933-1969) - Fred Kramer (Souma Records) (RIAFC100)

Artifice Biosystems 002 - El So De La Tempesta
"La Narrativa Circular"

~ La història inacabable. ~

Chapter list:
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0 - Despertar i Al Forn - 00:00
1 - En Moviment - 01:44
2 - El So De La Tempesta - 05:20
3 - Un Càstig Merescut - 08:09
4 - L'Alicient Agredolc - 11:14
5 - Alipocalipsis - 14:19
6 - Elipsis - 15:57
7 - Malalt - 17:17
8 - Una Plàcida Tardor - 20:09
9 - Fosc Com La Nit - 22:10

Artwork in collaboration with Andiela.


abs002 El So De La Tempesta, Una Narrativa Circular

Mycorrhizal Networks

Sound source: Paracelsus "Sound of an old radio" (https://freesound.org/people/Paracelsus/sounds/32266/)

Photo credit: "Fireside Chats" by Tony Fischer (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tonythemisfit/2861046706/in/photostream/)

Fireside Chat (for Ansound)

From a short segment of Scheherazade recorded by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1928: https://archive.org/details/78_the-sea-and-the-vessel-of-sinbad-2nd-record_philadelphia-symphony-orchestra-rimsk_gbia7005112  

Combined with a few seconds of a gate squeak: https://freesound.org/people/The-Sacha-Rush/sounds/398006/

Sound Ensemble For Vinyl And Steel

Premiering "fields of digital" by svhymns from "nautiousbby" an ep out 20th of June

Bandcamp: https://svhymns.bandcamp.com

'nautiousbby' is a 3 song ep, blending genres like footwork, jungle, and post-dubstep with ethereal melodies and autotuned vocals. 'nautiousbby  ' explores the ethereal beauty of nature, the questioning of one's morals and way of living, and the pursuit of inner bliss.

Links:
@svhymns
https://www.instagram.com/svhymns_

nautiousbby

bandcamp

[Premiere] svhymns - fields of digital (nautiousbby EP out Jun 20th)

It was a good day to hear a big number of vocal grey seals and lots of big-mouthed terns on the Swedish  island Gotska Sandön in the Baltic Sea.

Grey seals and terns at Gotska Sandön, Sweden.

A weekend in September 2018, sleeping in a hammock close to the shore, recording mostly watery sounds with my brand new Sound Devices Mixpre-3. I used Audio-Technica AT-8022 mic for these recordings. Headphones, please!

Cautious sea waves against rocky shores, Nåttarö

Commend

"Come into my cape to see."

Image: The Angel of the Annunciation (Simone Martini, 1330)

Feeding The Egregore

a dog caught my heart these days are went to space in about a century ago and I have the story  for her with happy ends. hope she likes it.

Decay is the New Fade

Sound scape artist, zzkkzzkk bassist and cloud comber :::
ZezeHz

Decay is the New Fade

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