NEW GREECE (THE MAKING-OF)
"A
carnivalesque orgy-parade" Artforum
"An apotheosis of the postmodern with plenty of
humour" Eleftherotypia
"A felicitous, poisonous satire" I Efimerida ton
Syntakton
"An orgiastic attack to contemporary reality, with vitriolic
humour as weapon… Redemptive." I Kathimerini
New
Greece (The Making-Of)(2013)
Populist Oratorio about the Rise, Fall and Rebranding of the Nation
Music: Kharálampos
Goyós, Richard Wagner
Lyrics: Maria Topali, Dimitris
Dimopoulos
Text: Alexandros Efklidis, Kharálampos
Goyós
Dramaturgical collaboration: Katerina
Konstantinakou, Panayiota Konstantinakou
Soprano, violoncello: Lydía Zervanos
Alto, baglamas: Ioanna Forti
Tenor, guitar: Christos Kechris
Bouzouki, baglamas, guitar, bass: Vaggelis Machairas
Melodica, Wurlitzer organ, musical direction: Kharálampos
Goyós
Vice-prefect: Alexandros Efklidis
Sandra: Lina Kalpazidou
Fondas: Stelios Pifeas
Old Greece: Lydía Zervanos
Free Market: Fotini Kostopoulos
Out of Tune Free Market: Ioanna Forti
Greek Douchebag: Alexandros Efklidis
Out of Tune Greek Douchebag: Christos Kechris
New Greece: Ioanna Forti
Out of Tune New Greece: Lina Kalpazidou
The Chorus of the Middle Class: Kharálampos Goyós, Dimitris Dimopoulos, Lydía Zervanos, Lina Kalpazidou, Elias Kanellos, Christos Kechris, Nikolas Koutsothanasis, Fotini Kostopoulos, Yiannis Skandamis, Ioanna Forti
Recorded on September 16—19, 2014 at DNA Lab, Athens
Sound engineer, mixing: Yiannis Skandamis
Mastering: Thom Dinas at Alchemea Studios
Cover Art: Filtig