Νικηφόρος Αεράκης
Νικηφόρος Αεράκης
Person from Greece
Genres: greece, lyra
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About Νικηφόρος Αεράκης
Cretan lyra-player and singer. Nikiforos Aerakis was born in February 1945 at the village Anogia, in Rethimnon. He continues to live there with his wife and kids. Over three decades of music recordings and his even lengthier career as a professional musician allows us to include him in the list of the most talented artists of Cretan Music. Motivated by his instinct and imagination, he has left his mark to the history of Cretan music while it is certain that his music will be remembered in the years to come. His unconventional presence that sometimes has reached the limits of a soulful primitivism, leads to a musical truthfulness that can only be sensed rather than being understood. Instead of an obvious artistic expedience, his music promotes the simplicity and honesty of what is still pure. Holding on to the memories of the past, Nikiforos Aerakis skillfully reinvents them while keeping alive the same feelings and produces those very sounds that are characteristic of Anogia and the Cretan music. Perhaps it is nowadays that his art as well as the art of any other artist of his class is needed more than ever. Because we live in times that the world of music is ‘bombarded’ by flat - and most of the times - tasteless versions of old sounds. Any artistic and musical individuality even if it does not follow the standard technical routes, is preferable to a globalized version of bad taste.
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Νικηφόρος Αεράκης — Top 1 songs
| Artist | Song title | Like / Dislike | |
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| ΝΙΚΗΦΟΡΟΣ ΑΕΡΑΚΗΣ | Η ΠΡΩΤΗ ΑΓΑΠΗ |