Episode 2, Part 2 - Music: “...and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.” cover art

Episode 2, Part 2 - Music: “...and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.”

Episode 2, Part 2 - Music: “...and the slow everlasting groan of overburdened stone.”

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 In 1962, Mikis Theodorakis found himself in Cuba as part of a mission of the then EDA (United Democratic Left), visiting the island three years after the Cuban Revolution. During their trip, a feast was organized on the top floor of the “Havana Libre Hotel”, formerly known as the Hilton.

There, Theodorakis found himself surrounded by Cuban revolutionaries: Fidel Castro, ministers of the revolutionary cabinet, and various figures of the movement. Their conversations revolved around Cuba’s current political climate and the global geopolitical landscape.

Although the Cubans were deeply familiar with Ancient Greece, Theodorakis notes that they knew little about Modern Greece: “Homer”, “Aristotle”, and “Acropolis” were the three words he kept hearing directed toward him.

As the dinner neared its end, the orchestra began playing a song — a song that would not only mark the beginning of a great friendship, but whose story would also gift us an earworm...

It would have been a disservice to this project — which encapsulates the Population Exchange and migration — not to touch upon the topic of music.We continue from where we left off, moving further into the ways music binds identity, home, and migration together.

And the understanding of people, nation, and land.Across three parts, we invite you to join our journey in seeking to understand “the music that carries us away.

”Because this is Skala / Iskele!

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Narration: Ozan Mirkan Balpetek
Editing - Production: Ozan Mirkan Balpetek, Dirk Tobias Reijne
Dubbing: Kavel

Theme Song: Onur Şentürk (@zermosi)
Logo Design: Roni Batte (@ronikkoo)

List of Apperance:

Andreas Kilciksiz
Loukas Metaxas
Onur Şentürk

Music List in Appearance (Artist - Song):

Mikis Theodorakis - An Thimithis to Oniro Mou (Covered by: Stamatis Stabos)
Pontic Firebird - Yietierre
Urban Modal - Karşıyaka’da İzmir’in Gülü
Hariçten Gazelciler - Yollar
Siamidis K. & Kourtidis G. - Tikia Touloum
Kotsari (Κότσαρι)
Urban Modal - I Maritsa I Smyrnia
Urban Modal - Hovarda Zeybek / Αιβαλιώτικο Ζειμπέκικο
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