DISCOGRAPHY
Ματθαίος Τσαχουρίδης
Ψυχή και Σώμα
«Ψυχή και Σώμα» – μία απρόβλεπτη μουσική συνεύρεση, ένα σύγχρονο αμάλγαμα παράδοσης και εξέλιξης, ένα μουσικό ταξίδι υψηλής αισθητικής και συγκίνησης που καταργεί τα καθιερωμένα μουσικά σύνορα.
Πρωταγωνιστές η φωνή του Κωνσταντίνου και η ποντιακή λύρα του Ματθαίου Τσαχουρίδη.
Meliris
“Meliris” is a modern Pontic music production by Dr Matthaios Tsahouridis (producer/composer/arranger/performer). The main musical instrument featured in this CD is the Pontic lyra, the pre-eminent musical instrument of the Greeks of Pontos.
This production sprang from the idea to present a new and innovative approach to the contemporary Pontic music repertoire and its musical technology. In addition to the sound of the Pontic lyra, we also employed other musical instruments, having, of course, the Pontic lyra pre-eminent.
The 20p booklet that accompanies the CD contains a detailed analysis of the lyrics and texts, as well as translations from the Pontic Greek dialect into modern Greek and English language. “Meliris” stands out from any other modern Pontic music production. We availed ourselves of the advanced technology and experience of contemporary western European musical productions, and applied them to our own, Pontic musical discography. In this way, “Meliris” could be a ‘model’ for any future Pontic music records. Stathis Nikolaidis, one of the greatest singers in the Greek Pontic musical tradition is the main singer in the album. Other contributors include singers Pela Nikolaidou and Konstantinos Tsahouridis, lyricists Christos Antoniadis, Vasilis Moesiadis, Nikolaos Xenitopoulos, Alexis Parcharidis and Eleni Afentouli, musicians Asaf Sirkis (percussion), Numan Elyer (darabuka, riqq) and Arnie Somogyi (double bass). “Meliris” was recorded and mastered in London by Andrew Tulloch and pressed by Birnam CD.
A bit of important historical information: Pontos is a geographical area located in the north east coast of Turkey, where Greeks lived there since antiquity and until the 1920’s. A massive exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey took place in 1923 with the Treaty of Lausanne and forced hundreds of thousands of Greeks and Ottoman Turks to leave their homelands and relocate to new places.
Γι αυτό υπάρχουνε οι φίλοι (That is why Friend are there)
Date released: 2009
Matthaios Tsahouridis performs the Pontic Lyra and the Afghan rubab in George Dalaras’s new album ‘Gi auto Iparhoune i fili’.
Musicians:
Vocals: Giorgos Dalaras
Agies Mnimes (Holy Memories)
Date released: 2008
Composed by Mimis Plessas; Poetry by Dimitris Brouchos. Recorded in 2008 in Athens at ‘Workshop Studios’ by Tasos Chamosfakidis. Produced by MARSIAS Productions for the Pan-Hellenic Federation of Pontic Associations.
Musicians:
Vocals: Konstantinos Tsahouridis, Elias Klonaridis, Mary Doutsi, Spyros Kleissas, Despoina Philippou, Eleni Antoniadou, Lizeta Nikolaou, Charoula Lambraki
Mimis Plessas: piano, keyboard
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra, Afghan rubab, oud
Hussein Zahawy – One Word
Date released: 2008 (AWAKENING CD AWKo8)
An instrumental album evocating soundscapes of Middle Eastern origins. Recorded at ‘Blue Studios’ in London (2007) by Andrew Tulloch.
Musicians:
Hussein Zahawy: daf, dohol, daireh, frame drums, tombak, pendaric, effect percussion, ethnic percussion
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
Jenna Reid: Scottish fiddle
Serkan Cargi: clarinet
Yusuf Mahmoud: Indian tabla
Tigran Aleksanyan: duduk
Eyub Hamis: ney, zorna
Goran Kamil: oud
Yasmin Levy – Mano Suave
Date released: 2007 (ADAMA MUSIC 450003)
“Mano Suave” blends flamenco, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean and Sephardic Jewish Ladino traditions. Recorded at ‘Livingston Studios’ in London (2007) by Jerry Boys.
Musicians:
Yechiel Hasson: guitar
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
Alvaro Garrido: percussion
Amir Shahsar: ney flute, clarinet, zurna
Miles Danso: double bass
Mumin Sesler: qanun, oud
Kike Pedersen: harp
Avshalom Caspi: piano
Vardan Hovanissian: zurna
Numan Elyer: darbuka
Ta Paidia tis Niovis (Niovi’s Children)
Date released: 2006 (LEGEND 2201154582)
Soundtrack of the Greek TV series ‘Ta Paidia tis Niovis’ (Niovi’s Children), composed by Mimis Plessas. ERT Channel broadcasted the programme for more than two years both in Greece and abroad (ERT WORLD). Mimis Plessas was the first Greek film composer to introduce the sounds of the Pontic lyra and the Afghan rubab to a vast audience through TV broadcasting.
Musicians:
Mimis Plessas: composer, piano, keyboard
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra, oud, Afghan rubab
Konstantinos Tsahouridis: vocal
Giorgos Pachis: bouzouki, laghouto, tobra, tzoura
Dimitris Falieris: accordion, harmonica
Kostas Bravakis: acoustic guitar
Nikos Tsesmelis: double bass
Antonis Plessas: percussion, programming
Ensemble Bakhtar Live
Date released: 2006 (BOLBOL CD 03)
Ensemble Bakhtar was founded by John Baily in 2000. The group gave its first concert at Goldsmiths College in 2001. Bakhtar refers to the historical area of northern Afghanistan known in English as Bactria. This area was conquered by Alexander the Great in the 4th Century BC and subsequently became a province of the Greek Empire where central Asian and Greek cultures intermingled. This name ‘Ensemble Bakhtar’ indicates the subtle infusion of Greek and Middle Eastern sensibility into music from Afghanistan through the addition of the Pontic lyra.
Musicians:
Veronica Doubleday: vocal and daireh
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
John Baily: rubab and dutar
Yusuf Mahmoud: tabla
Ta Paidia tis Niovis (Niovi’s Children)
Date released: 2004 (EPC 519269 2)
This is the first sountrack of the ERT TV movie production ‘Ta paidia tis Niovis’ composed by Mimis Plessas. Vocals by Konstantinos Tsahouridis, Antonis Remos, Eleni Tsaligopoulou, Melina Kana and Manolis Lidakis.
Musicians:
Mimis Plessas: composer, piano, keyboard
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra, oud, Afghan rubab
Giorgos Pachis: bouzouki, laghouto, tobra, tzoura
Thanos Georgoulas: alto flute, bansouri
Dimitris Falieris: accordion
Lefteris Kaliopoulos: guitar
Nikos Tsesmelis: double bass
Giannis Belonis: keyboard
Antonis Plessas: percussion
Gilad Atzmon & The Orient House Ensemble – Re-arranging the 20th Century
Date released: 2004 (ENJA RECORDS TIP – 8888482)
This album won the 2003 Radio 3 Best Album Award. My collaboration with jazz musician Gilad Atzmon was my first experiment to play jazz music on the Pontic lyra. Recorded in 2004 by Philip Bagenal at ‘Eastcote Studios’, London.
Musicians:
Gilad Atzmon: soprano and alto saxophones, clarinet, sol, trombone, shabbaabeh flute, piccolo
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra, Greek bouzouki
Yaron Stavi: double bass
Asaf Sirkis: drums, bandir, riqq
Romano Viazzani: accordion
Dumitru Ovidiu Fratila: violin, trumpet-violin
Robert Wyatt: voice, trumpet
Guillermo Rozenthuler: vocals
Tali Atzmon: vocals
Media Music – Mixed Spices
Date released: 2004 (JW Media Music Ltd JW 2153)
The recordings contained in this album are produced for film, television, radio and advertising only. Produced by “jm MEDIAMUSIC ltd” and recorded in 2004 at BBC Maida Vale Studios, London.
Musicians:
Jan Hendrickse: duduk
Matthaios Tsahouridis: oud, violin
Ruben Micho Correa: electric guitar
Jimme Le Mesurier: latin percussion
Paul Clavis: ethnic percussion
Chris Storr: trumpet
Cameron McBride & Phil Harmer: guitars, basses, keyboards, vocals, sitar-guitar, saz, percussion and handclaps
Ochre
Date released: 2004 (Cloud Valley CV2008)
The result with each of the seven tracks included in this album using as its starting point a song melody from English tradition, is inventive and imaginative. Ochre went on to win nominations as Album of the Year in the 2005 BBC Radio 3 Awards for World Music. Recorded in 2004 at ‘Dreamworld Studios’, Wales.
Musicians:
Andrew Cronshaw: zither, fujara, ba-wu, gu-cheng, whistle, dizi, quenacho, overtone whistle
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
Abdullah Chhadeh: qanun, oud
Ian Blake: bass clarinet, soprano sax, clarinet, prepared piano
Bernard O’ Neill: double bass
Llio Rhydderch: triple harp
Natasha Atlas: vocals
Amici forever – The Opera Band
Date released: 2004 (BMG 828766 40832)
John Themis was the person who ‘linked’ me into the performance of the main music theme of the BBC television, for the coverage of the Olympic Games of Athens 2004.
Musicians:
Vocal and Orchestral arrangement, Production: John Themis
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Solo Pontic lyra
Orchestra: Prague Chamber Orchestra
Oi Peripeteies enos Proskyniti (Adventures of a Pilgrim)
Date released: 2003 (Mercury 980877 1)
Recorded at ‘Studio Sierra’ in Athens in 2003 by Vangelis Lappas and produced by Universal Music.
Musicians:
Alkinoos Ioannidis: composer, laghouto (Greek lute), electric guitar, electric bass, percussion
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
Fon Musicalis Choir conducted by Kostis Konstantaras
The Light Garden Trilogy
Date released: 2003 (METIER MSV CD92084)
This recording was made at Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire on 27 January 2003. Recorded and produced by David Lefeber. The ‘Light Garden’ project is based on an Afghan instrumental composition, the Naghma-ye kashal (extended instrumental piece), a genre of art music specific to Afghanistan.
Musicians:
Veronica Doubleday: vocal and daireh
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
John Baily: rubab and dutar
Ustad Arif Mahmoud: tabla
Music from Afganistan, Ensemble Bakhtar
Date released: 2002 (AVIDI LUMI, World Music Magazine)
This is the first recorded and published version of the ‘Ensemble Bakhtar Live’ CD. It contains the live recordings of the concert given by the members of the ensemble at ‘Teatro Massimo’, Palermo, Italy, for UNESCO.
Musicians:
Veronica Doubleday: vocal and daireh
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
John Baily: rubab and dutar
Yusuf Mahmoud: tabla
The Light Garden Trilogy
Date released: 2003 (METIER MSV CD92084)
This recording was made at Holy Trinity Church, Weston, Hertfordshire on 27 January 2003. Recorded and produced by David Lefeber. The ‘Light Garden’ project is based on an Afghan instrumental composition, the Naghma-ye kashal (extended instrumental piece), a genre of art music specific to Afghanistan.
Musicians:
Veronica Doubleday: vocal and daireh
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra
John Baily: rubab and dutar
Ustad Arif Mahmoud: tabla
Abdullah Chhadeh and Nara
Date released: 2002 (ABYC CHH2002)
Recorded by Andrew Tulloch live in concert at WOMEX, De Doelen, Rotterdam, 27-10-01. The album introduces experimental music from Syria, Greece, Kurdistan and the Middle East.
Musicians:
Abdullah Chhadeh (Syria): qanun
Matthaios Tsahouridis (Greece): Pontic lyra
Bernard O’ Neill (Ireland): double bass
Hussein Zahawy (Kurdistan): daf, daireh
Azad Zahawy (Kurdistan): djembah
Hawar Zahawy (Kurdistan): daf, daireh
Natasha Atlas: guest vocalist
Martha & Eve – Stay
Date released: 2001 (BUD CD013)
Recorded at ‘The Premises Studio’ in London (2001) and produced by Martha Lewis and Eve Polykarpou.
Musicians:
Martha Lewis: lead vocal, guitars, drums and percussion
Eve Polykarpou: lead vocal, guitars
Matthaios Tsahouridis: violin, laghouto (Greek lute)
Lefteris Pantazis – Ston Evdomo Ourano (Seventh Heaven)
Date released: 2000 (MBI CD10853)
This was the first professional recording I made in the UK with the Pontic lyra. Recorded in 2000 at ‘Greek City Studios’ by Charis Koutsavakis.
Musicians:
Charis Koutsavakis: percussion, saz, strings, drums, cuna cymbals, kawala pipe, Arabic flute, rhythm guitars, kazoo, keyboard
Matthaios Tsahouridis: Pontic lyra, laghouto (Greek lute)
John Themis: rhythm guitars
Simos Simeou: congas, bongos, timbales
Tahir Ibrahim: darabuka
Άρωμα Πόλης
ΑΡΩΜΑ ΠΟΛΗΣ, μία εξαιρετικά καλαίσθητη έκδοση σε 3 cd που περιέχουν παραδοσιακά αλλά και σύγχρονα κομμάτια από την Πόλη αλλά και για την Πόλη, πολλά από τα οποία τραγουδήθηκαν και στις δύο γλώσσες. (Αραμπάς περνά, Κατηφές, Αχ! αγέρα, Σινανάι κ.α ).
Η συλλεκτική συσκευασία (σε περιορισμένα αντίτυπα), περιέχει κανελλόξυλο που αρωματίζει τη συλλογή και ταξιδεύει τις αισθήσεις.
Στο ταξίδι αυτό μας οδηγούν: η Γλυκερία, ο Ομάρ Φαρούκ Τεκμπιλέκ, η Βασιλική Παπαγεωργίου και οι Gϋndogarken, ο Αγάθωνας Ιακωβίδης, η Σοφία Παπάζογλου, ο Λάζαρος Κουλαξίζης, η Γκοργκέμ και ο Γιάννης Σαούλης, ο Ματθαίος και ο Κώστας Τσαχουρίδης, ο Βαγγέλης Κώτσου και πολλοί άλλοι. Η κοινή μουσική παράδοση δύο λαών, αλλά και οι επιρροές του ενός στον άλλον, συνυπάρχουν αρμονικά και μας περιδιαβαίνουν από τα Ταταύλα στο Μπέικο και από το Βόσπορο στο Μαρμαρά.
Raz-E Negah – Kamancheh and Lira Improvisation
Artist: Ardeshir Kamkar (See All Albums by Ardeshir Kamkar)
Date Released: May 30, 2013
Genre: Country/Folk, Style: Live Country/Folk
Label: Avay-e-Novin / The Orchard
Bitrate: Variable
Όλια τα ‘αχ’ τεμέτερα, εγένταν τραγωδίας
Διπλή Έκδοση: Βιβλίο + Cd με 21 Τραγούδια του Πόντου.
Παραγωγή: Μάκης Σεβίλογλου – Caspar Falke, Kyklosrecords.
Το βιβλίο σχεδίασαν, επιμελήθηκαν και εμπλούτισαν με πρωτότυπα ντοκουμέντα, μαρτυρίες και δικά τους κείμενα, η Νατάσα Μποζίνη και ο Μάκης Σεβίλογλου.
«Με τί επιδέξιο καμάρι ήξερε η γιαγιά μου ν’ αποφλοιώνει την πατρίδα της και καρφωμένη στο πιρούνι μου, την μετάγγιζε στο στόμα, γεύση κορυφαία της καταβολής μου» Κώστας Διαμαντίδης
Ένα βιβλίο 270 σελίδων, που φιλοδοξεί να κατατοπίσει ιστορικά και μουσικά, όσους θέλουν να γνωρίσουν τον Πόντο και τους βασανισμένους ανθρώπους του, μέσα από κείμενα και τραγούδια.
Γράφουν οι ιστορικοί Κώστας Φωτιάδης και Βλάσης Αγτζίδης, ο λογοτέχνης Κώστας Διαμαντίδης, ο μουσικός ερευνητής Κωστής Δρυγιανάκης, οι μουσικολόγοι Κωνσταντίνος και Ματθαίος Τσαχουρίδη, ο Νίκος Ζουρνατζίδης, η Νατάσσα Μποζίνη κι ο Μάκης Σεβίλογλου.
Ένα cd με 21 τραγούδια που ερμηνεύουν και παίζουν οι: Γιάννης Κουρτίδης, Αλέξης Παρχαρίδης, Γιώργος Σοφιανίδης, Κωνσταντίνος και Ματθαίος Τσαχουρίδη, Εύα Σταμπολίδου, Βασίλης Παντελίδης, Λευτέρης Ανδρεάδης, Θάνος Τσαμπερτίδης, Γιάννης Σανίδης, Κώστας Παρχαρίδης, Χάρης Τσακαλίδης, Σταύρος Μιχαηλίδης, Στέφανος Σεβίλογλου και Κώστας Φουλίδης.