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Picture Credit: Hairetis Harper Hairetis Harper - Draft Release Date: December 07, 2020 Label: Same Difference Music Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 49:38 Genre: Folk Rock / Experimental Origin: Crete , Greece / London , England The album "Draft" is a collaboration of London's harpist Maria-Christina Harper  and Cretan lute player Yiagos Hairetis . Together those two exceptional musicians are Hairetis Harper. And the word exceptional fits this album very well. "Draft" does willingly break with genres or styles - it just forms a new one. The terms that apply to the seven tracks are Progressive Folk, Avantgarde, Experimental Folk or Psychedelic Ambient. Listening to "Draft" feels like a romantic journey through a colourful forest, alongside creeks and a glade where wild animals peacefully browse while the sunlight is creating the most beautiful game of colour and reflections. You might as well discover elves or fairies, but that is up to your imaginati...

Picture Credit: Balothizer Atwork: Zara der Arakelian Balothizer - Cretan Smash Release Date: November 13, 2020 Label: Louvana Records Format: Vinyl / Digital Length: 37:05 Genre: Psychedelic Rock / Punk Rock / Folk Origin: London , England Balothizer play Post-Cretan music. That means they use traditional music from the Greek island Crete and re-interprete it in modern ways. The rendition is made both musical and content-wise. Best example for this is the song 'Aleppo' which contains the lyrics from Cretan folk song 'Χαλέπιανος Μάνες'. It merges the combined sounds of Mediterranean and Arab music, and is now re-interpreted via Psychedelic Punk. Got an impression? That's what Balothizer call "Cretan Smash". "Cretan Smash" is the sophomore album by Balothizer. The trio uses the traditional sounds of Crete for their main themes and makes them merge with hypnotizing Psychedelic Rock. Furthermore, the savage energy of 1980s Punk Rock is added which...