Sometimes we forget the beauty there is in this world and sometimes we do everything to destoy it. Well those times I agree with Agent Smith from the Matrix saying that humans are not like mammals because they live in balance with the environment although men to consume all resources, like viruses. When we were making StayInAthens, our lovely country was burning...
Sometime ago I went on an excursion with a german friend. He was Erasmus student back in 2004 here and we still have very good communication. So he came to visit and made a trip to the north. The photo is from Vikos Gorge near Ioannina. I highly recommend you to go there and see the real Greece behind the business suits, the cement and the rush of Athens. To meet genuine people and an amazing land.
What is more important for me while traveling is to explore the place I am and I am not referring to sites and touristical places but people, traditions and culture. Although Night On Earth is not a traditional group is a group that makes me proud of modern greek culture which I am afraid we do not have much.
As most of modern greek pop music is a bad mixture of oriental rhythms and stupid lyrics there are still composers and musicians that amaze me. Of course if you just a tourist in Greece it will be difficult to discover them but if you spend a significant time in Athens and if you network with the right people you can always find the niche you fit in! So if you like trip hop, blues, stone and some bits of greek music I am happy to present you Night On Earth.
If further more you would like to be introduced to some more greek like music but with a western view then just wait until February when Night on Earth will have a news album with the songs of one of the best modern greek composers named Thanasis Papakostantinou (a great song of him) but played in their own special way.
