1. MES TIS POLIS TO HAMAM 00:05:07 THIS FOLK SONG FROM THE 1930S COMBINES GREEK FOLK TRADITIONS WITH MIDDLE EASTERN STYLES FROM ASIA MINOR FEATURING A TSIFTETELI RHYTHM KNOWN FOR BELLY DANCES. THE TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION COMES WITH BOUZOUKI LEAD COMPLEMENTED BY THE HIGH PITCHED RHYTHM BAGLAMAS ACCOMPANIED BY ZILLS AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR. KEY: A MINOR. 100 BPM. FULL MIX.

2. MINORE TIS ELLADAS 00:05:36 THE SENTIMENT OF THIS OLD FOLK BALLAD IS DEDICATED TO OLD GREECE. A PASSIONATE BOUZOUKI DELIVERS THE NOSTALGIC FEEL COMPLEMENTED BY BAGLAMAS AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR. PERCUSSION INCLUDING ZILLS JOIN THE ARRANGEMENT ALONGSIDE ACOUSTIC BASS @02:45 WHEN THE PACE OF THE TRACK SLOWS DOWN. KEY: D MINOR. 95 BPM. FULL MIX.

3. LEMONADIKA 00:04:47 THIS OLD REBETIKO FOLK SONG IS BASED ON A ZEIBEKIKO 9-8 RHYTHM AND DELIVERS A HAPPY AND UPLIFTING FEEL. THE INSTRUMENTATION OF THIS CHEERFUL DANCE FEATURES BOUZOUKI AND BAGLAMAS LEAD ACCOMPANIED BY ZILLS AND ACOUSTIC GUITAR FOLLOWED BY ACOUSTIC BASS @01:36 AND TOUBELEKI DRUM. KEY: D MAJOR. 110 BPM. FULL MIX.

4. KAIMO MES TIN KARDOULA MOU 00:04:57 A FREE BOUZOUKI PRELUDE INTRODUCES THE ZEIBEKIKO 9-8 RHYTHM WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF THIS REBETICO CLASSIC. A PERCUSSIVE BAGLAMAS CLICKS STEADILY COMPLEMENTED BY ZILLS AS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC BASS AND ACCORDION ACCOMPANYING THE BOUZOUKI WITH LAID-BACK CHORDS AND WARMTH. KEY: A MAJOR. 125 BPM. FULL MIX.

5. PENTE XRONIA DIKASMENOS 00:05:43 THIS REBETIKO FOLK SONG IS BASED ON A VARIATION OF THE ZEIBEKIKO DANCE CALLED APTALIKOS THAT FEATURES THE TYPICAL 9-8 RHYTHM. THE PASSIONATE YET LAMENTING FEEL ADDRESSES THE INJUSTICE AND EXPULSION OF THAT PERIOD. THE BOUZOUKI MELODY CLEARLY SHOWS THE DANCE'S HERITAGE FROM ASIA MINOR AS THE BAGLAMAS, ZILLS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR AND TOUBELEKI ACCOMPANY. KEY: A MAJOR. 85 BPM. FULL MIX.

6. ZORBA'S BAY 00:03:23 THIS BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL HASAPIKO DANCE IS AN HOMAGE TO ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS GREEK THEMES OF ALL TIME. AFTER A FREELY PLAYED PRELUDE THE FOLK-STYLE DELIVERS A LAID-BACK FEEL WITH A COZY RHYTHM FROM THE BASS, GUITAR CHORDS, BAGLAMAS AND PERCUSSION COMPLEMENTED BY LIGHT ACCORDION ACCENTS WHILE THE BOUZOUKI SHINES WITH A PLAYFUL AND HAPPY MELODY. KEY: G MAJOR. 90 BPM. FULL MIX.

7. VALE ME STIN AGKALIA SOU 00:03:30 THE LONGING FEEL OF THE APTALIKOS DANCE PAIRED WITH THE ANATOLIAN STYLE OF THE BOUZOUKI COMBINES FOR AN INTRIGUING REBETIKO SONG IN TYPICAL 9-8 TIME. THE MOTIF OF THE BOUZOUKI AFTER THE PRELUDE DELIVERS THE CHARM OF THE MIDDLE EAST ACCOMPANIED BY BAGLAMAS, BASS AND GUITAR AS WELL AS PERCUSSION INCLUDING TOUBELEKI AND ZILLS. KEY: E MINOR. 120 BPM. FULL MIX.

8. DIMITROULA MOU 00:04:41 THIS PLAYFUL AND UPLIFTING REBETIKO SONG IS BASED ON THE TRADITIONAL KARSILAMAS DANCE SPREADING GREEK AND ANATOLIAN STYLES. ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BAGLAMAS, ZILLS AND TOUBELEKI KEEP THE 9-8 RHYTHM AS THE HAPPY AND ENERGETIC BOUZOUKI CHEERS YOU UP. KEY: D MAJOR. 120 BPM. FULL MIX.

9. PALTOUDIA 00:04:30 THIS HAPPY AND UPLIFTING REBETIKO SONG FEATURES A GREEK DANCE RHYTHM AND HAS A ZEST FOR LIFE. THE SPIRITED AND CHEERFUL BOUZOUKI LEAD IS ACCOMPANIED BY A PLAYFUL BAND INCLUDING LIGHTHEARTED PIANO, BASS, GUITAR, BAGLAMAS AND ZILLS. THE INTENSITY INCREASES WITH EVERY REPETITION. KEY: D MAJOR. 85 BPM. FULL MIX.

10. TI SOU LEEI I MANA SOU 00:03:40 THE PLAYFUL PRELUDE OF THIS REBETIKO FOLK SONG WITH BOUZOUKI AND GUITAR INTRODUCES A LAID-BACK RHYTHM BASED ON THE HASAPIKO DANCE FROM CONSTANTINOPLE. AS THIS CHEERFUL DANCE SPREADS A HAPPY VIBE WITH ITS VIBRANT BOUZOUKI LEAD, THE ACCOMPANIMENT OF BASS, ZILLS, GUITAR AND BAGLAMAS BRINGS A COZY AND SUNNY FEEL. KEY: F# MINOR. 70 BPM. FULL MIX.

11. GKARSONA 00:04:34 ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR REBETICO CLASSICS FEATURES A HASAPOSERVIKO DANCE STYLE WHICH COMES ACROSS UPLIFTING AND CHEERFUL YET ALSO A LITTLE COMEDIC. THE BRIGHT BOUZOUKI LEAD IS EMPHASIZED BY THE QUIRKY BAGLAMAS WHILE ACOUSTIC BASS AND GUITAR KEEP A SIMPLE YET DRIVING RHYTHM COMPLEMENTED BY PERCUSSION INCLUDING ZILLS AND TAMBOURINE AS THE ARRANGEMENT PICKS UP THE PACE. KEY: D MINOR. 90 BPM. FULL MIX.

12. PENTE MAGKES 00:03:48 AFTER A PLAYFUL BOUZOUKI PRELUDE A LIGHTHEARTED REBETIKO SONG PRESENTS ITSELF WITH A LAID-BACK RHYTHM FROM THE HASAPIKO DANCE TRADITION FEATURING GUITAR CHORDS, BAGLAMAS, BOUNCY ACOUSTIC BASS AND ZILLS WHILE THE CHEERFUL MELODY COMES FROM THE BOUZOUKI. KEY: D MINOR. 120 BPM. FULL MIX.

13. PLAY IN ATHENS 00:02:58 UPLIFTING AND HAPPY VIBES CHEER YOU UP AS THIS MODERN GREEK FOLK SONG PRESENTS AN APTALIKOS DANCE STYLE WITH PLAYFUL PERCUSSION INCLUDING ZILLS, TAMBOURINE, KROTALA CLAPPERS AND DRUMS INCLUDING DAOULI AND TOUBELEKI. ACOUSTIC BASS, BAGLAMAS AND GUITAR COMPLEMENT THE 9-8 RHYTHM AS THE BRIGHT AND ANIMATED BOUZOUKI PLAYS LEAD. KEY: D MAJOR. 120 BPM. FULL MIX.

14. SUNDANCE 00:04:55 THIS SONG COMBINES TRADITIONAL GREEK FOLK AND CONTEMPORARY STYLES. THE CHEERFUL BOUZOUKI PLAYS LEAD AND DELIVERS THE ESSENTIAL SOUND OF GREECE COMPLEMENTED BY TOUBELEKI AND TAMBOURINE AS A MODERN BAND INSTRUMENTATION WITH DRUMS, ELECTRIC BASS AND GUITAR ELEVATES THE TRACK AND CREATES AN UPLIFTING CINEMATIC FEEL. KEY: D MINOR. 85 BPM. FULL MIX.