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The guardian
d. 1. nov. 2012
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Robin Denselow
d. 1. nov. 2012
"Following the excellent Greekadelia album, with its inventive reworking of traditional material, comes this unexpected and often furious treatment of classic low-life songs from the beginning of the last century ... Guitarist and producer Chris Morphitis found the songs among his dad's records, and they are reworked with a brooding, contemporary intensity. Singer Katina Kangaris has a cool, no-nonsense approach contrasting with fierce guitar and bouzouki work from Morphitis".
The independent
d. 4. nov. 2012
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Howard Male
d. 4. nov. 2012
"This London-based band have taken the traditional Greek underground form, rembetika, and subtly overlaid contemporary blues and rock influences ... A solid, confident debut which manages to both feel respectful of its 1920s roots while also bringing to mind the likes of the Cure, Public Image Ltd and - on the dark but sprightly "Gypsy Girl" - the seductive wall of drone that is the Velvet's "Venus in Furs". Fusion at its sincerest".
fRoots
2013 Jan/Feb
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Ian Anderson
2013 Jan/Feb
"London-based Mavrika - versatile electric guitarist, bouzouki, baglama and bass player Chris Morphitis and singer/keyboardist Katina Kangaris - specialise in those old Greek rembetika songs of low life. But they're not in any way a revival band ... Instead, with kit drummer Tom Skinner and our old Moroccan friend Hassan Erraji on violin and oud, they've evolved a brooding, contemporary band sound that bears more comparison to 1980s US-based Annabouboula or Turkish psych-rockers Baba Zula, with a bit of Velvet Underground thrown into the mix. High on twangy guitars, intertwined lines, languid vocals and tail-dragging tempos, it sounds like what might have happened if rembetika had evolved in the same way as the country blues when it discovered electricity ... This is honest, down-to-earth, natural music finding its own path, creating its own space and originality".