Ian Balzan Dorizas - Acropolis Bye Bye [I & II]
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Acropolis Bye Bye [I & II]

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Format 2 x CD, Album
Barcode 3760231767611
Country France
Released 10 May 2019
Genre Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style Psychedelic Rock, Rebetiko, Surf, Western Swing
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DOUBLE ALBUM Acropolis Bye Bye is double album inspired by the reality of its creator Ian Balzan Dorizas, born 1979 in Paris. His music tells an epic tale of existing between two worlds. IAN BALZAN DORIZAS His influences include rock from the 60's to the 90's, jazz rock, electronic music, but also rebetiko which he later discovered through his many travels. The basis of his inspiration is to be found in his childhood which was made up of traveling back and forth between France and the island of Ithaca, made famous by Ulysses. Ians origins are also to be found there. He translates it into a curious connection between the worlds of the city, the bars of buildings in which he grew up, the airports, and the boats that transported him constantly towards the sun and the blue Mediterranean. His universe is born from this complex duality, that of a world of exile and transhumance. He composes in several languages ??(fr, engl, gr) and plays a multitude of instruments to build a music of his own metaphor of an interior autobiographical journey, but also with the echo of a universal reality. The mix of these elements gives birth to this double album where antagonistic universes collide. Ian can be incantatory and unifying but can also express intimacy and melancholy. Like a passage from the old to the new world, Acropolis Bye Bye is leaving behind a glorious past that would have faded away, to create instead an inspired and unexpected maelstrom made of sound. ACROPOLIS BYE BYE - GREEKADELIC EPIC ROCKAcropolis Bye Bye I is a pretext for getting started with audacious musical experiments by re-appropriating melodies which rocked generations far from todays reality. Ian places them in the modern context of his own contemporary and innovative experience. This first part symbolizes the remoteness of our motherland. As in a journey through time, influences remain, others are transformed, and some disappear as and when, or resurface like in memories. Exceeding trends, he surprises by his ability to cohabit songs, epic trances,...

I. Greek Revival Music
1-1 Minore Desperado 2:57
1-2 Kaiksis 5:07
1-3 Sala 3:37
1-4 Sigana 5:16
1-5 MediterranΓ©e 2:31
1-6 Mangkas Spirit 4:39
1-7 Baglamades (Athina-Pirea) 3:27
1-8 S'agapo/Je T'aime 4:50
II. Metamorphosis
2-1 Tik Tak 4:59
2-2 Pame Parisi (feat. Reco Reco) 4:02
2-3 Pictures On The Wall 5:21
2-4 Den Se Pistevo 5:07
2-5 Refugees Welcome 5:11
2-6 Habibi Come Back 4:41
2-7 Politiko-Karagkiozis 7:36
2-8 Aeras 6:38
2-9 Sala B 2:38
Drums – Pierre Pollet (1-1 to 1-8)
Drums – Simon Portefaix (2-1 to 2-9)
Electric Bass, Backing Vocals, Baglama – Kevin Balzan Dorizas
Percussion, Congas, Bongos – Florent Tisseyre
Recorded By, Mixed By – Cyril Harrison
Synthesizer – Samir Laroche (2-1 to 2-9)
Vocals, Guitar, Keyboards, Bouzouki, Baglama, Banjo, Lyre, Double Bass, Glockenspiel, Percussion, Loops, Producer – Ian Balzan Dorizas
CD1 already published as "ACROPOLIS BYE BYE": Release [9136453]
This double album is named "ACROPOLIS BYE BYE" on digipack cover and on musical platforms, but "ACROPOLIS BYE BYE I & ACROPOLIS BYE BYE II" on the website of the artist.
Barcode – 3760231767611
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