This track of Aimilia Varanaki and BalkanBeats Soundsystem takes us on another migrant journey, not to but from Greece, 300 years ago, reminding us that human history is a history of migration.
* Xenos in Greek language means foreigner .
* Xenophobia means a pathological fear or hatred of strangers or foreigners.
lyrics
Ξένος εδώ, ξένος εκεί, όπου και αν πάγω ξένος
αν πάγω και στη μάνα μου, παραβαρώ ο καημένος
θα πάρω έναν ανήφορο, να βγω σε κορφοβούνι
αχ, να βρω κλαράκι φουντωτό και ριζιμιό λιθάρι
(να βρω και μια κρυόβρυση, στον ίσκιο της να κάτσω
αχ, να πω τα μαύρα ντέρτια μου και τα παράπονά μου,
τραγούδια αν έχει η μαύρη γης κι ο τάφος χαμογέλια
έχει και μένα η καρδιά, που βρίσκομαι στα ξένα).
English:
Alien(foreigner/stranger) here,
alien there,
wherever I go,I feel like an alien,
Even when I visit my own mother,
I feel like I impose upon her,
so I will climb a mountain to get to its peak,
oh, seeking for a little bushy branch and a rooted rock
(I wish i could find an icy watered fountain and rest under its shadow,oh, and confess my darkest pains, my sorrows and all the grievances
so if the black ground has its songs and the grave has its smiles,
so does my heart have the above, as long as I am in a foreign land)
BalkanBeats Soundsystem from Berlin, combine classic Eastern Euro jazz sounds with modern production to conjure a sound that is sometimes referred to electro swing and / or balkanbeats.
supported by 8 fans who also own “Xenos (feat. Aimilia Varanaki)”
Brilliant reconstructions in a highly varied set of styles. Definitely a dancefloor must-have.
Blogged & reviewed at:
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supported by 4 fans who also own “Xenos (feat. Aimilia Varanaki)”
Your music is with me in this hot summer while working on the vegetable fields and in tomato tunnels, and I feel connected to all the co-workers from Romania.
What a brilliant album! I can't wait to see your performance in Switzerland this fall. founchopf