If you look at a map, you can see that Greece is closer to the Orient in terms of music and culture than to Europe. The Greek band "Naxatras" manages, like no other band, to effortlessly bridge the gap between western, progressive music of the 70s and oriental music, in this case Turkish music. "Numenia" is based on a fantastic bass line, the 4/4 time of the Tsifteteli - the traditional Greek women's dance - which gives the rather stomping, western 4/4 time a less static note. Somehow I wonder why there is no more such great crossover or fusion music between west and east, as they obviously go together very well. Especially in times of mutual demarcation, the music shows that there are actually no cultural boundaries; Naxatras show this as avant-gardists.
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