Hectic Gezupfe, casual singing

The air is heavy with smoke and smell of wine on the tables of the guests is hardly any room for sheer whiskey glasses, wine bottles and snack plates with pickles, olives and salt stuff. And three men enter into jeans and T-shirt on the small stage, everything.


With about 40 spectators the large living room against a clock shop is well stocked at night. To pink tablecloths often sit together several generations. “A Rembetiko evening is perfect for the whole family, because all love the songs,” says the student Stella Kerasidou. As if to prove sings half the pub the next song “Malista Kirie” with.
On stage, there is a clear division of roles: Guitarist Dimitris Sphiggos is responsible for the rhythmic foundation on which can let off steam bouzouki player Christos Mitrentzis. Concentrates of the observed gallop of his fingers on the fretboard, the Plektrumhand rattling pace over the strings in the madness. If a song requires less time virtuosity, he smokes a cigarette while playing, which then bounces up and down in rhythm. Singer Dimitris Domenikiotis sits between the two on his bar stool, one hand on the mic, the other on the thigh, and is the permeability in person. No matter how wild their work the other two instruments, the singing is always the calming influence in this music.