Kostas Tournas (Folk or Psych/Space Prog - Greece)

Hi everyone. I'd like to suggest Kostas Tournas for Folk Prog or Psychedelic Prog.

Here's his first solo album Aperanta Horafia (Endless fileds) and it's really worth checking. It's a theme album from 1973. Later on he changed style to more poppish.

1st of 5 parts
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=em2z87Zr7xQ


Edited by Okocha - May 05 2010 at 15:56

Excellent suggestion, sounds like early progressive with classical, pop, folk and psychedelic influences. I'll ask the Eclectic team to have a look first. 

Edited by harmonium.ro - April 29 2010 at 07:27

I could have sworn the Prog Folk team reviewed Kostas Tournas a while back - I even have some samples someone sent me, but in checking our lists it doesn't look like we did.

Good suggestion!  The first album is very definitely a Prog album.  I think it should be considered by the Eclectic team, too, though I agree that psychedelic infuences are very strong.  It's a shame that in later years he moved away from Prog and became more mainstream.  Also his second album, Lefka Ftera is worth checking out, though pop influences are becoming more aparent.  The sad thing is that few Greeks are even aware of these two early albums.

Well, actually Lefka Ftera is his fifth album. This is his early discography.

With pop band The Poll:
* 1971 - Anthrope (Human) @ interesting greek hippie-pop music ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nD5xpJQX350 )
* 1972 - Poll @ not as good as their first lp

Solo:
* 1973 - Aperanta Horafia (Endless fileds) @ masterpiece
* 1973 - Astroneira (Star-deams) @ change to more poppish style but still with some prog moments, 3-4 good songs
* 1974 - Kyries kai kyrioi (Ladies and gentleman) @ ever more poppish, 2-3 good songs
* 1974 - Epi gis eirini (Peace on earth) @ pop
* 1975 - Lefka ftera (White wings) @ pop
* 1976 - Sto cinema (At the cinema) @ some interesting prog moments, 2 good songs
* 1979 - Agapimeni (Beloved) @ pop



Edited by Okocha - May 05 2010 at 16:00

Sorry, my mistake, you're right!   Actually, I only have these two albums, and I was unaware of the albums between.  I just found a link here which might be of interest to you
http://sgm.paullee.ru/sgm-gr.htm

Time to revive an old thread by posting a link to the whole album 'Aperanta Chorafia' on YouTube.  Definitely worth a listen even if he's not accepted into the archives!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj5zO7yNbck

For some reason the videoclip insert button isn't working :-(

^^ Obviously a lot of his 70's stuff are pop music but there are albums that are either prog or prog-influenced

Thanks Dave

Apostolis, any opinions here?