Artists
Irine Vela - laouto, mandola, mandolin, guitar, bouzouki
Racheal Cogan - recorders, vocals
Mulaim Vela - guitar
Achilles Yiangoulli - vocals, toubeleki, bouzouki, guitar
Pascal Latras - vocals
with:
Zois Tsikas - toubeleki
Wendy Rowlands - violin
Christos Balzidis - outi
Album coordination: Irine Vela and Racheal Cogan
Engineered and mixed by Paul Efthimiou
 The haBiBis gratefully acknowledge the assistance of the Australia Council
for the Arts.
Tracks
1. Milo Mou Kokkino - My Red Apple (trad.Greek)
2. Oli Nihkta Perpatouse - She Walked All Night Long (trad. Greek)
3. O Monahos Yios - The Only Son (trad. Greek)  4. Thrash 5 - (trad Bulgarian)
5. Thio Thio - Together (Rain Or Shine) (trad. Greek)
6. Tha Spasso Koupes - I'll Break Cups (trad. Greek)
7. Yenithika Yia Na Pono - I Was Born To Suffer (by Vassilis Tsitsanis)
8. Thalassa - The Sea (trad. Greek)
9. Yialitissa - The Girl From The Shore (trad. Greek)
10. Th'Anastenaxo Mana - How I'll Sigh (trad. Greek)
11. Aspra Mou Peristeria - White Doves (trad. Greek)
12. Mou Parigile to Aithoni - The Nightingales Message (trad. Greek)
13. Ta Enteka - The Eleven (trad. Greek)
ROLLING STONE,
December 1998
Going Greek and making it in the movies by Lesley Sly
Some of these songs were featured in the movie Head On. But Melbourne group, the haBiBis, have been resurrecting and reworking Greek and eastern Mediterranean music for a while and this is their second album. The cover pic says they're youngish and cool-ish (leather and sunglasses abound) and the sound says they're paying homage to their roots while filtering them through contemporary Australian sensibilities. It's demanding music for the players, requiring a high level of dexterity and the ability to make these swirling, heady rhythms and melodies non-demanding for us, the listener.
The five haBiBis weave the guitar, oud and bouzouki with consummate ease, in wide, chiming choruses and intricate dances over which boy/girl voices cast seductive spells, mostly on the theme of love lost, found or unrequited.
Pass the ouzo please!
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