XAINIDES (ΧΑΪΝΗΔΕΣ) ΔΙΣΚΟΓΡΑΦΙΑ (CHAINIDES)

Chainides (Greek: Χαΐνηδες) is a Cretan folk music group who are inspired by the vast legacy of traditional Cretan music and whose lyrics borrow words from the Cretan Greek dialect. The group's name comes from the word chainis (Greek: χαΐνης), meaning the fugitive rebel.
The group was formed in March 1990 by a group of friends, namely Dimitris Apostolakis, Dimitris Zacharioudakis, Giorgos Laodikis, Miltos Pashalidis and Kallia Spyridaki. Most of them were then students at the University of Crete. Their discographical debut was in 1991 with the album Chainides that was warmly received by the public. Chainides rapidly grew to seven members and released three more albums before being temporarily dissolved in 1997. One year later, Dimitris Apostolakis and Dimitris Zaharioudakis reinstated the group that was joined by the new members Maria Koti, Alexis Nonis, Periklis Tsoukalas and Antonis Skamnakis.
Over the years, Chainides have collaborated with several well-known musicians and singers. They have performed in several locations both in Greece and abroad and have recorded seven studio albums. In their live performances, Chainides blend their own compositions and songs with new arrangements of themes and songs from traditions such as those of Turkey, Afghanistan and Bulgaria.

Group Members

Dimitris Apostolakis - Cretan lyre, vocals

Dimitris Zaharioudakis - acoustic guitar, vocals

Maria Koti - vocals

Alexis Nonis - percussion

Mihalis Nikopoulos - mantolin, bouzouki

Dimitris Mprentas - flute

Antonis Skamnakis - double bass, electric bass

 Discography

• 1991 - Χαΐνηδες (Chainides)
• 1993 - Κόσμος κι όνειρο είναι ένα (Kosmos ki oniro ine ena)
• 1994 - Με κόντρα τον καιρό (Me kontra ton kero)
• 1997 - Το μεγάλο ταξίδι (To megalo taxidi)
• 2000 - Ο ξυπόλητος πρίγκηπας (O xipolitos prigipas), double album
• 2002 - Δελτίο ειδήσεων (Deltio idiseon), 3 songs
• 2005 - Ο γητευτής και το δρακοδόντι (O giteftis kai to drakodonti), double album
• 2007 - Ο Καραγκιόζης στη Γιουροβίζιον (O Karagiozis stin Eurovision)
• 2008 - Η κάθοδος των Σαλτιμπάγκων (I kathodos ton Saltimpagon)
• 2011 - Αγροκτηνοτροφικά και Μητροπολιτικά (Agroktinotrofika & Mitropolitika), double album

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click here to download their first 7 albums via torrent -(7 active seeders) + Η κάθοδος των Σαλτιμπάγκων (I kathodos ton Saltimpagon)

Ο Καραγκιόζης στη Γιουροβίζιον (O Karagiozis stin Eurovision) download (will be added soon)
Αγροκτηνοτροφικά και Μητροπολιτικά (Agroktinotrofika & Mitropolitika), 2cd  download

Tinariwen

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http://www.tinariwen.com/
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The birth of the group Tinariwen in 1982 was intimately linked to exile and the consequent social upheaval experienced by the Touaregs. All the members of Tinariwen are natives of the Adrar of Iforas region in northeastern Mali. During the 1970s they sought refuge from drought and conflict in the southern Algerian town of Tamanrasset. Their lyrics call for the awakening of the politics of conscience and tackle the problems of exile, repression and territorial sovereignty. Arising from this painful period of exile, the group first took the name Taghreft Tinariwen which means ‘the enlightenment of the nation’ in Tamashek, the Touareg language. The original members slowly consolidated into a fully fledged group and added female backing vocalists to enhance their musical expression. Tinariwen performed in all kinds of settings….marriages, baptisms, gatherings and traditional feasts at encampments deep in the desert.

Members of Tinariwen met Lo’Jo, the French group from Angers, in the Malian capital Bamako in 1997. These meetings lead to the first Festival in the Desert, which took place in January 2001 near the village of Tin Essako in the far northeastern corner of Mali, deep in the southern Sahara desert. In the weeks leading up to the festival Tinariwen recorded a set of songs in the studio of the Tamashek speaking Radio Tisdas in Kidal, the capital of northeastern Mali. The sessions were produced by English guitarist Justin Adams, now a member of the Robert Plant band, and Jean-Paul Romann, Lo’Jo’s sound engineer. Apart from the regular Tinariwen line-up (see below), the recordings also featured contributions from the legendary Kheddou and the poet guitarist Japonnais, key figures in the group’s history. ‘The Radio Tisdas Sessions’ CD was released on Wayward Records at the end of 2001 and with hardly any promotion went on to sell well in the UK and USA. Tinariwen then came over to Europe to tour extensively in 2001 and 2002, performing at the WOMAD and Roskilde Festivals and many other venues. In April 2003 they laid down the raw tracks for their forthcoming album ‘Amassakoul’ which is due out in Jan / Feb 2004 on Emma Productions in France, and different labels around the world.

The music of Tinariwen

Tinariwen are the creators of a new and contemporary style of Touareg music. This style is often simply referred to as ‘guitar’, because the instrument symbolizes the modernity of the group’s approach. Another name given to their style is Tishoumaren, or ‘of the ‘ishoumar’. It has played a determining role in the growing cultural awareness of the Touareg youth. The songs themselves are living, imaginative and often profoundly real evocations of the identity of the modern Touareg people. Exile and resistance were originally the major themes of the ishoumars but as time passed Tinariwen and their songs have expressed the wider struggles of daily life in the Tamashek speaking countries. Theirs is a song of love born in a time of conflict.
http://www.sasamusic.com/a13_tinariwen/artist_bio.htm

http://rapidshare.com/files/22003831/Tinariwen.rar.html

http://rapidshare.com/files/80180986/Tina_-TheRTSes.rar

Huun-Huur-Tu (Tuvan: Хүн Хүртү Khün Khürtü)

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Huun Huur Tu is a music group from Tuva, a Russian republic situated on the Mongolian border.One of the distinctive elements of their music is throat singing. Instruments they use in their music include the igil, khomus, doshpuluur, tungur (shaman drum), and others.
The xöömei quartet Kungurtuk was founded in 1992 by Kaigal-ool Khovalyg, brothers Alexander and Sayan Bapa, and Albert Kuvezin. Not long afterwards, the group changed its name to Huun-Huur-Tu, meaning "sunbeams" (literally "sun propeller"). The focus of their music was traditional Tuvan folk songs, frequently featuring imagery of the Tuvan steppe or of horses.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huun-Huur-Tu
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http://rapidshare.com/files/71706868/Huun-Huur-Tu_-_The_Orphan_s_Lament__1994_.rar.html
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and some videos
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGaTLs-GsFw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzK5RicBi70

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVkJ1Bf-QzU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxK4pQgVvfg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85rQuxEk5Lo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXNrs1dS94U

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtnMmYx0vLU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3SrxCAxhs