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Picture Credit: Eleni Era Photograph: Filep Motwary Design: Zara Der Arakelian Eleni Era - Younger Heart Release Date: March 31, 2021 Label: Louvana Records Format: Vinyl / CD / Digital Length: 37:30 Genre: Indie Pop / Dream Pop Origin: Berlin , Germany Two years after her debut " Rise Love ", Berlin's Eleni Era is back with her second full-length release "Younger Heart" - a ten-track reverie full of colourful harmonies, passionate melancholia, and living proof that soft and emotional music can be very deep. All songs on the album were written by Eleni Era herself, except for 'Bells' ( Lefteris Moumtzis) , 'No Ending to the Wonder' (co-written by Lefteris Moumtzis ), 'Who you are' and 'Mirror' (co-written by Charambalos Eracleous ). Era received further musical support by: Vassilis Phillippou (vocals on 'Psyche'), Michalis Michael  (flügelhorn and trumpet on 'Psyche' and 'Mirror'), Demetris Yiasemides  ...

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...