Last Updated 08/31/2024 07:22 PM EDT
LOG IN
CART
Cart Items :
Sub Total :
artist
label
title
catalog #
any field
advanced
New Releases
Artists
Labels
Forthcoming
Best Sellers
Reviews
Jobs
soundclips
[All Countries]
Argentina
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Brazil
Canada
Chile
China
Colombia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Denmark
Egypt
Europe
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Korea
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nigeria
Norway
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Romania
Russian Federation
Scotland
Senegal
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Taiwan
Thailand
Turkey
UK
Ukraine
United States
Uruguay
World's Leading Terrorist State
World's Misleading Terrorist State
[All Formats]
Book
Cassette
CD
Clothing
Digital
DVD
MISC
VHS
Vinyl
[All Genres]
CLASSICAL
COMEDY
ELECTRONIC
EXPERIMENTAL
HIPHOP
JAZZ
Misc
ROCK
WORLD
artist
catalog #
label
title
any field
Tweet
Send Email
PRICE:
$37.50
$31.88
$31.88
IN STOCK
01. Michaela Meise - Der Lachende Junge (To Gelasto Pedi)
Your browser does not support the audio element.
02. Michaela Meise - Ich Bin Ein Fremder (Le Métèque)
Your browser does not support the audio element.
03. Michaela Meise - Göttingen
Your browser does not support the audio element.
04. Michaela Meise - Zündholzschachtel (Tha Sou Steilo Mana)
Your browser does not support the audio element.
05. Michaela Meise - Mein Kummervoller Mann (To Palikari Echi Kaimo)
Your browser does not support the audio element.
06. Michaela Meise - Hoheslied (Asma Asmaton)
Your browser does not support the audio element.
07. Michaela Meise - Niemand Ist Jetzt Noch Da (Den Pairnei Edo Kaneis)
Your browser does not support the audio element.
08. Michaela Meise - Menschheit, Menschheit (Lume, Lume)
Your browser does not support the audio element.
09. Michaela Meise - Der Traum Vom Fliegen
Your browser does not support the audio element.
ARTIST
MEISE, MICHAELA
TITLE
Ich Bin Griechin
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
MARTIN HOSSBACH
CATALOG #
12BACH 008LP
12BACH 008LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
7/20/2018
Martin Hossbach
on the release: "When
Michaela Meise
performed at West Germany at Kottbusser Tor in Berlin-Kreuzberg on March 20, 2015, accompanying herself on the accordion, I was perplexed. I knew her first album from 2010, which was about hymns (
Preis Dem Todesüberwinder
, originally released on Clouds Hill), but what she was playing weren't spiritual songs?! I wanted to put this music out on my label: the songs sounded sad, aloof and wistful but also proud, determined and unerring. The album title 'I Am Greek' (
Ich Bin Griechin
) is a tribute to
Melina Mercouri
's album
Je Suis Grecque!
, which was released in 1971 when Mercouri was deprived of citizenship by the Greek military junta. Mercouri lived -- like
Mikis Theodorakis
and many other cultural workers -- in exile. Meise's album is dedicated to the chanson scene of post-war Europe, whose songs were popularly folksy, but also political. Some talk about the experience of war, the Shoah and labor migration. Michaela Meise has translated the Greek, French, and Romanian songs into German (with the help of
Aliki Marini
and
Carmen Gheorghe
) so that the lyrics are understandable to a German audience, a gesture that was also common in the European chanson scene. More than half of the songs are by Mikis Theodorakis. He knows the translations and new recordings, gave his blessing and just noted a wrong tone... The other pieces on the album are by the French artists
Barbara
and
George Moustaki
and the German musician
Alexandra
. There is also a Romanian folk song. The album was recorded by Michaela Meise together with members of the group
Isolation Berlin
as well as the guest singers
Carmen Gheorge
and
Dirk von Lowtzow
(
Tocotronic
). The producer was
David Specht
(Isolation Berlin). Michaela Meise and me both have intimate relations with Greece -- Michaela has innumerable holiday memories with parents and brother, I have a friend who lives in Athens and whom I have been visiting regularly for about ten years now. This friend, the graphic designer
Vasilis Marmatakis
, styled Meise's album using an impressive, scary photograph taken in May 1985 during the occupation of Polytechnio Athens. Together, we opted for an elaborate packaging made by a bookbinder, a so-called Japanese tip-on-gatefold cover. The packaging reminds us of the records that were made in Greece for export and taken by German tourists as a souvenir back home."
Other releases on MARTIN HOSSBACH