Thanassis Papakonstantinou

Thanassis Papakonstantinou

Thanasis Papakonstantinou (Θανάσης Παπακωνσταντίνου) (born April 26, 1959, in Tyrnavos) is a Greek singer-songwriter.

hort biography

He is married with two children. He studied Mechanical Engineering in Thessaloniki, which he practices as well as being a musician. After military service (all males are conscripted in Greece), he had a spell of handcrafting traditional Greek musical instruments.

Now a Larissa resident, he has established himself as one of the most original and prolific people in the Greek music scene. He writes music in the Greek folk idiom, stemming from his own recollections of traditional songs his parents sang while working in the field. He usually writes his own lyrics or uses poems. He has collaborated with numerous notable artists from the Greek music scene, such as Giannis Aggelakas, Melina Kana, Sokratis Malamas, Lizeta Kalimeri, Nikos Papazoglou.

Discography

* Αγία Νοσταλγία - Agia Nostalgia ("Holy Nostalgia") (produced by "Nikos Papazoglou"), April 1993

* Στην Ανδρομέδα και στη γη - Stin Andromeda kai sti Gi ("On Andromeda and on Earth") (performed by himself, "Melina Kana", "Sokratis Malamas" who also took care of the instrumentation), May 1995

* Της Αγάπης Γερακάρης - Tis Agapis Gerakaris ("Hawk-tamer of love") (performed by "Melina Kana"), October 1996

* Λάφυρα – Lafyra ( "Loot") (performed by "Melina Kana" and the group "Ashkhabad" from Turkmenistan), 1998

* Βραχνός Προφήτης – Vrachnos Profitis ("Hoarse Prophet"), July 2000

* Αγρύπνια - Agrypnia ("Vigil"), April 2002

* Τα ζωντανά - Ta zontana ("The live ones"), June 2004

* Η βροχή από κάτω - I vrochi apo kato ("The rain from below"), March 2006

* Διάφανος - Diaphanos ("Diaphanous, Transparent"), December 2006

* Ο Σαμάνος - O Samanos ("The Shaman"), July 2008

Lyrics Sample

Rhyme from Agripnia, 2002

Sleeplessness, ungroped animal!

Without a spit of affection in those who thirst for chimeras, you tilt your mug that’s always empty.

Band members

*George Bandoek Apostolakis
*Alex Apostolakis
*Dimitris Mpaslam
*Mitsos Mistakidis
*Pantelis Stoikos
*Fotis Siotas
*Martha Frintzila

External links

* [http://www.koiladatwntempwn.gr Unofficial website devoted to Thanasis Papakonstantinou, in Greek] (The artist and some of his musicians are active members of the forum)
* [http://www.myspace.com/thanasispapakonstantinou Fan page at Myspace]


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