In 2001 after a trip that George Karidakiss and Nancy Kontouri
had in England, guests of Phil Paskett (Phreak Music produser),
They decided to form a music group...so they created
Ouzo The Band.
Their first CD was called ''In Tune Rio mare''
(They chose this tunning, because it is also delicious).
The CD had and still has, (it's not dead yet) songs with Greek and English lyrics
as well as some cover songs.
Since in Greece, non of the Labels they tryied to approach bothered with
their CD for real... They decided to destribute it for free (reaching 5.000 items)!!!
After a series of Live apearences, in colaboration with various musicians -
in several places in Athens (Decadence - Mike's Irish - An Club), George and Nancy
recorded (from March till July 2004) a double CD with the omonymus title
“Ouzo The Band” (only English lyrics).
The songs, include anecdote lyrics adapted in English ('The man and the...?'),
lyrics about the tragic terrorist hit of the train in Spain ('The News')
and all the lyrics of the song 'Colaz' are names of various bands.
The Cd “Psychedelic Summer” was Made in the summer of 2004 and is Chill Out music.
In general they have no style (in the sense that the word has taken nowadays). They write spontaneously, avoid 'stereotypes' and all of the above in an 80's sence of mood.
Their two latest projects on Cds are : “Romantic Empire”
with non released songs of Ouzo the band from 1995 to 2000
with special sound finishing + Greek lyrics, and
“No Sirtaki dance” an electro dance – minimal sound,
(with definitely non Sirtaki elements!)
Ouzo The Band are
Karidakiss Georgios :
Composition,voise,programming (Polyphonic programmo-composer),
Kontouri Nancy :
Voise (legerra-faltzeta multi-coloratura),
and ACER :
Laptop (electro-music-studio).
Karidakiss Georgios
Has Studied Harmony, Kontrapunkt, Fuge,
And got his diploma in Classical Composition at 2004
Kontouri Nancy
Got her Dyploma in Melodramatic Monody
(classical singing & Opera) in 2005.
All products of Ouzo the band can be found at
( CD Baby, I-tunes, msn, real player etc.. for digital download ) and at Live records (GR)
Sincerely yours,
Ouzo The Band
E mail : info@ouzotheband.com
Web :http://www.ouzotheband.com
Web :http://www.ouzotheband.gr