Kore. Ydro.
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| Kore. Ydro. | |
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| Origin | Corfu, Greece |
| Genre(s) | Pop, Indie pop |
| Years active | 1993 – present |
| Label(s) | Anousia Entasi Wipeout Records EMI |
| Associated acts | Bassist vs Fascist |
| Website | www.koreydro.gr |
| Members | |
| Pantelis Dimitriadis Alexandros Makris Alexis Apostolidis Nickos Varotsis Panagiotis Diamantis Giorgos Arvanitakis Konstantinos Amygdalos |
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Kore. Ydro. is a rock/pop group from the Greek island of Corfu.
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[edit] Discography
- If All Eνer Ended Here [Αν Όλα Τέλειωναν Εδώ] (Wipeout Records) 2003
- Seven Months Later [Εφτά Μήνες Μετά] (online release) 2003
- Cheap Pop for the Elite [Φτηνή Ποπ για την Ελίτ] (Capitol) 2006
[edit] Band members
- Pantelis Dimitriadis
- Alexandros Makris
- Alexis Apostolidis
- Nickos Varotsis
- Panagiotis Diamantis
- Giorgos Arvanitakis
- Konstantinos Amygdalos
[edit] Biography
Kore. Ydro. were formed in Corfu during the autumn of 1993 by 15-year-old schoolmates Pantelis Dimitriadis, Giorgos Arvanitakis and Spiros Katagis. Konstantinos Amygdalos joined in 1997 and Spiros Katagis departed in 2000. Pianist/multi-instrumentalist Alexandros Makris joined in 2001
Their early output was as "no-fi" home recordings of trash aesthetics, peculiar live performances, unprocessed video-clips and humorous short "films". Their self-produced official debut If All Ever Ended Here [An Ola Telionan Edo] was released in March 2003 by the Greek label Wipeout Records in a run of 515 copies. The free download-only mini album Seven Months Later [Efta Mines Meta] followed seven months later.
February 2004 saw the release of the first official Kore. Ydro. video - also produced by the group - for the song "Your Kindness" [I Kalossini Sou], the highlight of If All Eνer Ended Here.
Almost three years after the release of the critically acclaimed[1] debut and after many postponements, Kore. Ydro. released a new album on a new label (Capitol/EMI), Cheap Pop for the Elite [Ftini Pop ya tin Elit] (Greek: Φτηνή ποπ για την ελίτ).
The album's title referred to the self-proclaimed "new post-erotic, post-christian, post-communist, post-progressive, post-post-punk manifesto" of the band. The album was recorded before the EMI contract in the group's home studio in Corfu by Pantelis, Alexandros and the three new members: drummer Alexis Apostolidis and the guitarists Spiros Spirakos and Nickos Varotsis, exempting Giorgos and Konstantinos from their musical obligations, for the benefit of their concentrated occupation with the artwork activities of the group, which was their primary subject from the beginning.
The record has received enthusiastic reviews [2][3] by the Greek music press and the first single/video (produced and directed by the band) "No More Affairs" [Ochi Pia Erotes] is a hit.[4]
In March 2006 the first live appearance of Kore. Ydro. in Athens (Gagarin 205) took place, while it had already been made official the collaboration of the group with bass player Panagiotis Diamantis, who directed the second video from Cheap Pop for the Elite, for the song "Now that I Do not Have Anyone" [Tora pou den Eho Kanenan] [ published: 06.2006 ]. The band-directed video for “The Lovers of Nothing” [Oi Erastes tou Tipota] followed in November 2006, while in the same month, Cheap Pop for the Elite was named by music magazine SONIK (issue 22) “the most important Greek album of the decade up to now”[5]. Kore. Ydro. live appearances climaxed precisely one year after the release of CPftE [15.02.2007] with their re-appearance in Gagarin 205 in front of a fanatic audience and with an impact that renders the particular appearance a peak in the band's history.
[edit] References
- ^ Dimitris Sirinakis. "New releases -Kore, Ydro", Rock On magazine, 2005-03-20. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ P. Pavlidis. "New releases -Kore, Ydro", Elle Greece, 2006-06-01. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ Charis Pontida. "Μελωδικοί πειραματισμοί", Ta Nea, 2006-04-29. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ "Featured lyrics of Ochi pia erotes", Eleftherotypia, 2006-07-15. Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- ^ Aris Karabeazis. "Top 10 00s - Kore. Ydro.", SONIK Greece, 2006-11. Retrieved on 2008-01-08.
