ANEMOS

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ANEMOS

Background information
Origin	Greece
Website	anemosmusic.gr

ANEMOS is a Greek music group, founded in 1998 by Kostas Hatzopoulos and Katerina Nitsopoulou.

[edit] History

ANEMOS went public in 1998 when their first album "ANEMOS" was released.

Their debut album is an inspiring collection of 11 songs and 2 instrumental pieces with an extremely original and impressive sound. Their song "You look like Fire", track 1 in the debut album, appears also in the CD "Mediterranean Odyssey, Athens to Andalucia" by Putumayo World Music 1999.

Their second album "Victims of Peace" ( April 1999 ) became an instantaneous success in Greece, constantly on the Top 10 of the Billboard and #1 or #2 on the Radio Charts all over the country.

Their second album is a "concept" album and at the same time the soundtrack of the TV series "Victims of Peace" on Mega Channel Greece, based on the book by the prominent Greek writer Vasilis Vasilikos.

The nucleus of ANEMOS is Kostas Hatzopoulos (music-arrangement-lyrics) and Katerina Nitsopoulou (lyrics-vocals). Along with them there are several exceptional musicians of the Greek music scene contributing the special characteristics of their musical idiosyncrasy.

ANEMOS in Greek means wind, a name that perfectly suits the vision of the group. The music of Kostas Hatzopoulos and the lyrics-vocals of Katerina Nitsopoulou refer to something extremely sensitive yet dynamic at the same time.

Ethereal vocals and melodies, Rock elements, Greek traditional themes, renaissance motifs and unfolding memories from all over Greece of Epirus, Thrace, Crete and the Aegean, create a rare and original balance that harmoniously finds its place in the modern reality of today. This balance of ethnic elements transcending through time, captivates the intangible true spirit of Greece and can be visualised by materials such as the naked body, the rock, the sea and the wind.

Kostas Hatzopoulos and Katerina Nitsopoulou explain the choice of the name for their group as well as for their album:

"The name ANEMOS (wind) allows us to be sensitive as well as dynamic depending on the circumstances and moods. We perceive the vibrations of the wind (ANEMOS) to be sometimes delicate, having a dream like quality and some other times dynamically overruling, creating an unexpected vigour of freedom. The vibrations of the wind are the ones that carry the seeds of the present and future."

The main idea of their second album is Peace through Freedom symbolised by Niki of Samothraki, an ancient female sculpture with wide open wings found in the Aegean sea in the island of Samothraki and presently in the museum of Louvre. They were strongly inspired by it since it symbolises the Victory of Freedom and Peace which they believe is what their culture is striving to accomplish throughout the centuries and in the new millennium to come.

The third concept album of ANEMOS Isos I agapi (Could be Love) - Warner November 2000 contains 12 inspiring tracks one of which becomes the title song of the successful series Guilty or Innocent on ANT1 TV in Greece, followed by the successful CD single ANEMOS mix (Warner 2001) which contains new rhythmic remixes of 3 of the songs from the album Isos I Agapi.

ANEMOS remake of the old popular song SPASMENO KARAVI with the voice of Dimitris Basis and vocals by Katerina Nitsopoulou (ANEMOS) makes it an instantaneous hit and achieves a golden CD single - Warner 2001.

In the summer o 2001 ANEMOS tours Greece and Cyprus with the prominent international Greek artist HARIS ALEXIOU. Their extremely successful performances awards them in renewing their engagement with her in more appearances in the winter of 2002 at the new music scene of KERAMEIKOS in Athens.

ANEMOS is also involved in writing music for theatrical plays such as the Small Plaza by Carlo Goldoni for Kalamata's Theatrical Company and CableBound for the international theatrical company Scene de Loon.