Music From Pontos ( Black Sea) Greece-Turkey-Armenia

Efraimidis-Nerantzakis-Vandenabeele-Kieckens Polis Efraimidis - Pontic lyra & vocals, Nikos Nerantzakis - lute Wouter Vandenabeele – violin, Robbe Kieckens - percussion The Pontic community in northern Greece is originally from Pontos, the Black Sea region in Turkey. Expelled, they spread and moved to Greece. Their music is nostalgically remembering their old land and sung in the Greek dialect they were speaking there. It is fiery dance music, carrying the energy of celebration and grief simultaneously. Learnt through long nights, sharing drinks, food and trance. It directly that connects to heart and body. Pontians Polis Efraimidis and Nikos Narantzakis play together, sharing food, drinks and trance during long nights, celebrating their kinship and friendship. Their band "Banda Tsimera" fires up thousands of dancers during the Pontian panigiria (dance gatherings) every summer. When Wouter Vandenabeele travelled through Europe in search of melancholy, he met Polis in Thessaloniki. No lack of melancholy with Polis, especially since he has Armenian roots as well. Playing in Wouters Hiraeth project, Polis came to Belgium and met Robbe, playing together, sharing music, food, drinks... what needed to happen happened. So they play for you, these four friends, music with melancholy and fire, music from Greece, Turkey, Armenia, and who knows, maybe some other beautiful places. https://youtu.be/z3bwa6Bk8GA?si=7x-AADt3hNbesByD https://youtu.be/1sTwNWxpSdg?si=SvUEDXLGstKjVK4i https://youtu.be/QA_XKfTQiIk?si=IefiYf3qVUMFX_tE Art Base, Thursday 22/1/25h, 17,50E ( reduced 12,50E for students under 26 and jobseekers), 29 rue des Sables Zandstraat, 1000 Bruxelles, https://www.art-base.be. For reservations send to to info2@art-base.be