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Néo kýma[1] (Greek: Νέο Κύμα,[2] pronounced [ˈneo ˈcima], translated as "new wave") is a Greek music genre appeared during so called Greek New Wave movement in the mid-1960s which lasted about a decade. It was a mixture of entechno and French chansons; it was so named by Giannis Spanos after the French Nouvelle Vague.[3] Most of the Greek New Wave artists released their songs through the Greek label LYRA.