Kostas Tournas Κώστας Τουρνάς | |
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| Birth name | Kostas Tournas |
| Born | 23 September 1949 Tripoli, Greece |
| Origin | Tripoli, Greece |
| Genres | Greek rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, guitarist, multi-instrumentalist |
| Years active | 1967–present |
Kostas Tournas (Greek: Κώστας Τουρνάς; born 23 September 1949[1]) is one of the pioneers of modern Greek rock.[2][3] He is a singer and composer of many hits in the '70s including Ti Na Mas Kanei I Nychta (What Can The Night Do For Us).[4]
He shaped Greek rock music in the late '60s along with groups such as Socrates Drank the Conium, Peloma Bokiou, Nostradamos and Hexadactylos. He is also one of the founder members of the pioneering Greek rock group Poll along with Robert Williams.[5]
Tournas along with Robert Williams and Stavros Logarides, as members of the legendary rock group Poll, created a music wave which met with great success and took the music scene of Athens under the colonels by storm. Their music resonated with the young and created songs which still remain in the history of Greek rock.[6]
His 1972 progressive-psychedelic solo album, rock opera Aperanta Horafia (Infinite Fields), is considered a landmark of Greek rock and an act of resistance against the junta which ruled Greece at the time.[7][8][9]
His songs often deal with Space and Time and one of his greatest hits from his album Astroneira (Star Dreams) was I Michani Tou Chronou (The Machine of Time).[10] He participated in the rock opera Trojan War composed by Yannis Petritsis along with Robert Williams and other Greek rock stars.[11]
His anti-war protest song Anthrope Αgapa (Humankind Love Each Other) as a member of Poll along with his solo albums Astroneira and Kyries kai Kyrioi were among the biggest hits of the '70s in Greece.[12] Tournas was included in the electoral list of New Democracy in 2011.[13] In 2013, he was a candidate of ND for the European Parliament.[14]
One of the forerunners of popular Greek song, former member of Poll, one of Greece's first rock groups, Kostas Tournas is mostly admired for his musicianship and distinctive crystal clear vocals. Not one to rest on his laurels, Tournas' talent of tuning in with the times is truly unique.[permanent dead link]
is an interesting album with 13 mature rock-tinged tracks that hark back to the fledgling steps of the genre in the late '60s (with the likes of Kostas Tournas and Poll, Socrates Drank the Conium)[permanent dead link]
O Σταύρος Λογαρίδης, αποστασιοποιημένος τα τελευταία χρόνια από τη μουσική σκηνή της Αθήνας, έγινε γνωστός τη δεκαετία του '70, όταν με το συγκρότημά του, τους θρυλικούς Poll, σάρωναν τις σκηνές της πόλης με μεγάλη επιτυχία και απήχηση στο νεανικό κοινό, παρέα με τον Κώστα Τουρνά και τον Ρόμπερτ Ουίλιαμς, γράφοντας μερικά από τα καλύτερα τραγούδια, τα οποία έμειναν στην ιστορία της ελληνικής μουσικής.
Μετά τη διάλυση των Poll, ο Κώστας Τουρνάς ηχογράφησε τα «Απέραντα Χωράφια», ένα προοδευτικό-ψυχεδελικό σόλο άλμπουμ, το οποίο υπήρξε πράξη αντίστασης και ταυτόχρονα όαση μέσα στο μονότονο λαϊκό τοπίο της εποχής. Ήταν 1972. Μαζί με το συγκρότημα Ρουθ, o Κώστας Τουρνάς δεν παρέδωσε απλώς ένα συμβατικό rock δίσκο, αλλά μια rock opera, η οποία αναγνωρίζεται σήμερα ως ορόσημο του ελληνικού rock. Translation: After the breakup of Poll Kostas Tourns recorded Aperanta Horafia, a progressive-psychedelic solo album, which was an act of resistance and simultaneously an oasis from the monotone popular-music landscape of the era. Together with the rock group Routh, Tournas did not simply deliver a conventional rock record, but a rock opera, which is recognised today as a landmark of Greek rock.
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Φεβρονία Πατριανάκου, Γεώργιος Μυλωνάς, Μαρία Σωτηρίου, Νικόλαος Σπυριδωνάκος, Μαρία Συρεγγέλα, Κώστας Τουρνάς, Αθανασία Χαλιλοπούλου, Ευελίνα Φελικίδου και Κώστας Πουπάκης.