Florina Brass Band II Valkanis / Floridis / Stoikos / Ioannou / Valkanis / Karatzis / Samaras / Psofoyiorgos Preis / Price : 15.08 € Bestell-Nr. / P/O No. : LYRA 4936       Lazaros Valkanis clarinet, alto saxophone Floros Floridis alto & soprano saxophone Pandelis Stoikos trumpet Panagiotis Ioannou trombone Georgios Valkanis accordeon Nektarios Karatzis acoustic bass Sakis Samaras daul, snare Nikos Psofoyiorgos drums, percussion     01. Seryiano trad., arr. by F. Floridis 03:37 02. Leventikos I trad., arr. by Y. Valkanis, F. Floridis 06:02 03. Lahana trad., arr. by Y. Valkanis, F. Floridis 04:54 04. Maria comp. by Y. Valkanis 07:34 05. Hasapiko trad., arr. by L. Valkanis, Y. Valkanis 05:24 06. Mouriki trad., arr. by L. Valkanis 04:52 07. Stergios trad., arr. by F. Floridis 06:09 08. Macedonian Syrto trad., arr. by L. Valkanis, F. Floridis 05:41 09. Sousta trad., arr. by L. Valkanis 03:13 10. Georgios 9/8 comp. by Y. Valkanis 06:40 11. Leventikos II comp. by Y. Valkanis 07:41 12. Tis Fotias trad., arr. by F. Floridis 07:27 13. Sarki trad., arr. by L. Valkanis, F. Floridis 04:27 Total time: 00:00   Production: General Publications Company, S.A. Executive Producer: Floros Floridis Recorded from December 1998 to February 1999 @ ´Magnanimus Studios´ (G. Pentzikis), Thessaloniki Recording Engineer: G. Kostopoulos Assisting engineers: D. Pantazopoulos, M. Oikonomidou Mixed by G. Kostopoulos, Floros Floridis Photographs by S. Nikoglou Cover art: Floros Floridis Design & Layout: D. Milosis   The Florina Brass Band resulted from the collaboration of the Valkanis Brothers traditional group, which was founded by their father Tasos Valkanis in 1960, and the musician Floros Floridis. Today, with the addition of a new rhythmic section consisting of Nektarios Karantzis and Nikos Psofoyiorgos on drums - both are playing with Floros Floridis in various jazz groups since years - the Band has developed this kind of ´ethnic´ music into a new sound. Production note Brass Bands in the Balkans - Greece Brass instruments reached the Balkans through the military bands of the 19th century. It wasn´t too long before they filtered through the towns and then to the countryside. The brass band craze spread all over the Balkans and created a new sensation in Balkan traditional music almost instantaneously. For the first time in history the bands used extremely Western instruments - the very same instruments that would be used by a brass band in, say, New Orleans - but what they played was a particularly fierce brand of their own traditional music, down to the same scales and odd time signatures that characterize the music of all the Balkan countries. Brass bands form an integral part of the musical tradition of Greek Macedonia. For over thirty years the traditional brass group of Tasos Valkanis and later of the Valkanis brothers have been one of the main exponents of this important and sadly neglected part of local music tradition. Production note

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