sound adaptations of rebetika tsimpita - excerpts by kattouxo published on 2022-02-11T13:02:26Z In this research project I attempted to arrange rebetika songs from the guitar repertoire of “tsimpita” or plucked rebetika for electric guitar, voice, electronics, and samples from field recordings in Glasgow and in Cyprus. The specific repertoire has an immigration and sociocultural background and was developed in the 1930s in America from Greek immigrants. My approach to this research focuses on the idea of contextualisation of the music elements from Asia Minor to Greece and from Greece to America such as the capture of makam as “dromoi” or roads and an adaptation to equal temperament system instruments such as the bouzouki, the guitar and the mandolin. In America, the bouzouki is capture as the guitar which is tuned in the same way. Another example of adaptability is the use of the taqsim, the free improvisation that is also used in rebetika, adopting a specific style and a way of Middle eastern improvisation. Moreover, the adaptability of these folk musicians leads to the technique of African- American blues, where musicians adopted special tunings that they found in America and thus they create an original way of performing. Considering the above, this research focuses to examine if there is still space for contextualisation and adaptation in tsimpita. Moreover, this project deals with how the electric sound can reshape sounds of the past and escapes the fact that the last years, the folk guitar became electric in bouzoukia (or clubs) and in paniyiria (or festivals) as a rhythmic accompaniment. The choice of this particular research is based on my research for my musical identity through a collection of memories of sounds from the past, my current influences of a contemporary context and my correlation to my expatriation. sound map: earth.google.com/earth/d/12XMNmlg…EBjg?usp=sharing many thanks to performers: Antonis Hadjiantonis - voice, electric guitar Fidias Ferekidis - drums Antonia Kattou - composition, voice, electronics, sampling produced in Nicosia, Athens, Glasgow *This research project was part of my Master's research and portfolio. read more about the project: https://www.kattouantonia.com/electronic gear used: jampedals - Red Muck vol.2, Korg MicroKorg Vocoder Happy listening! Genre World Contains tracks 1. tell us about your pain- Excerpt by kattouxo published on 2022-02-11T13:02:25Z 2. wound Without A Tear- Excerpt by kattouxo published on 2022-02-11T13:02:24Z 3. blues And twoes- Excerpt by kattouxo published on 2022-02-11T13:02:22Z 4. at the basement- Excerpt by kattouxo published on 2022-02-11T13:02:20Z
