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    Posted: February 12 2015 at 11:42
hey, i like Bouzouki, a lot.
but all that greeky folky songs are boring.
if someone can recommend me some instrumental bouzouki music, maybe with some prog\jazz inside.

iv found that vid, kind of the direction i like.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srhK2OMvxLg
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Wots that instrument played all throughout Orson Welles movie, the Third Man?
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Cat Stevens, not prog but he hails hes greeke roots with Bazouki

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Originally posted by Icarium Icarium wrote:

Cat Stevens, not prog but he hails hes greeke roots with Bazouki
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Mice and Rats in the Loft by Jan Dukes de Grey :)

I've played the instrument myself! It's great.
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Points: 15008 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2015 at 13:39
If you like Bouzouki, you may like Oud. Add a touch of jazz and probably Rabih Abou Khalil is close to what you are looking for.
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Some Greek music has a real bluesy tinge to it that I really enjoy. Though it can indeed get a little boring depending on the playlist. I've been to Greece twice and heard a lot of local village bands play. I even have a bouzouki, though I can't remember how I came to acquire it.

So, on to the actual question. The only Prog I can think of is from the Avant sub-genre. On the third disc of Frank Zappa's Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar box set, Zappa and Jean Luc Ponty do an extensive free-form improv with bouzouki and base violin. It's really precious. It's called Canard du Jour. I don't know why there isn't more bouzouki in Prog.
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Points: 7951 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 12 2015 at 19:07
Originally posted by friso friso wrote:

Mice and Rats in the Loft by Jan Dukes de Grey :)

I've played the instrument myself! It's great.

Oh my, I have that album. It never sunk in with me that there was bouzouki on there.
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Try Irish bouzouki, such as played by Andy Irvine.  It's still not Prog but it's very different from the Greek music.
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Fairport Convention, particularly with Maartin Allcock in the group. Every album from 1986 to 1996 had bouzouki (Dave Pegg has been know to play bouzouki as well).
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I'd like to recommend Darnakes http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra (free download)
Darnakes is an amazing Greek prog folk band - already in Prog Archives due to my suggestion Smile
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Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

(...)On the third disc of Frank Zappa's Shut Up N' Play Yer Guitar box set, Zappa and Jean Luc Ponty do an extensive free-form improv with bouzouki and base violin. It's really precious. It's called Canard du Jour. (...)
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I didn't realized that the OP ask for non-greek folky music (anyway I hope that somebody would like to hear Darnakes), so I'd like to reccomend this progressive masterpiece: http://fernwood.bandcamp.com/album/sangita

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Greek Bozuki is one of my favorite string instruments. It is often played very fast!
I had a luck to play in a greek rock/belly dance band who also featured some traditional repertoire when I lived in Scottsdale, AZ of all places!
I was so inspired by Yanni the Bozuki player in that band, that my guitar phrasing style changed for the better.

I made a quick search on the web, but I haven't found any Greek Bozuki Prog Rock music, unfortunately.
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Having recently received their latest effort, Arcadia, I can heartily recommend Fernwood, one of Djam Karet's keyboardist Gayle Ellett's many side projects. Here's a link to their webpage: http://www.fernwoodmusicgroup.com/. Unfortunately, they are not on PA, and I think they many have been rejected in the past for not being prog enoughUnhappy. As you can see, they use a wide range of ethnic instruments made of wood, including the bouzouki.

Edit: Just realized that Svetonio had already mentioned Fernwood a few posts ago. Well done, sirClap!


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Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Darnakes http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra (free download)
Darnakes is an amazing Greek prog folk band - already in Prog Archives due to my suggestion Smile




I, for one, will definitely be checking into this!
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Points: 10213 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 13 2015 at 19:42
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

Having recently received their latest effort, Arcadia, I can heartily recommend Fernwood, one of Djam Karet's keyboardist Gayle Ellett's many side projects. Here's a link to their webpage: http://www.fernwoodmusicgroup.com/. Unfortunately, they are not on PA, and I think they many have been rejected in the past for not being prog enoughUnhappy. As you can see, they use a wide range of ethnic instruments made of wood, including the bouzouki.

Edit: Just realized that Svetonio had already mentioned Fernwood a few posts ago. Well done, sirClap!
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Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

Originally posted by Svetonio Svetonio wrote:

I'd like to recommend Darnakes http://darnakes.bandcamp.com/album/libra (free download)
Darnakes is an amazing Greek prog folk band - already in Prog Archives due to my suggestion Smile




I, for one, will definitely be checking into this!
I saw the Darnakes live at one of the greatest major festivals in Europe, Exit Festival in Serbia, and I can tell you that they are great both live and in a studio Approve
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Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

Originally posted by friso friso wrote:

Mice and Rats in the Loft by Jan Dukes de Grey :)

I've played the instrument myself! It's great.

Oh my, I have that album. It never sunk in with me that there was bouzouki on there.


Took a while before I noticed it.. the chords were way to strange for guitar I figured.

I can also warmly recommend Planxty's debut and the even better Cold Blow And The Rainy Night.
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Originally posted by jacksiedanny jacksiedanny wrote:

Wots that instrument played all throughout Orson Welles movie, the Third Man?
The instrument played in The third Man is a zither. It's multistring instrument that more like an autoharp. Below is a picture of a concert zither. And that's about all I know it this unusual instrument.


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