Balothizer - Roots (Official Audio)

Balothizer - Roots - Cretan Music from Hell

New album Cretan Smash - available November 13 2020

Rizitiko - Ριζίτικο - Για ειδές περβόλι

Rizitika songs are the oldest type of Cretan music. They mainly originate from Western Crete,
but are also widespread in central and eastern Crete. Rizes (Greek: ρίζες = roots) are the
foothills of the mountains. One view says that these songs took their name from the roots of the mountains. Another view argues that "the songs of the roots" of the ancestors, were named by
the people Rizitika. Today Rizitika are considered all those songs of unknown artists that came to
our day through tradition from past centuries.

Lyrics:
Look at that beautiful orchard
Look at that fresh fountain in our orchard
our beautiful orchard is beautiful
(Traditional)

Για ειδές περβόλι όμορφο
για ειδές κατάκρυα βρύση
στο περβόλι μας
στ’ ώριο περβόλι μας, τ’ όμορφο.
(Παλαιο, παραδοσιακο)

Pav Mav - Bass, Lead Vocals
Nikos Ziarkas - Cretan Lute, Vocals, Electronics
Stephen John Payne - Drums, Vocals

Recorded at Fish Factory Studios on December 2017. Additional recordings at DADA Studios and Okinawa Studios. Engineered & Mixed by George Botis. Mastered by Peter Beckmann at TechnologyWorks Mastering.

All rights reserved by Louvana Records (2018)

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