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Artist
Nama
12+ albums
jungleGreekRagga JungleAllfemale vocalist
about
NAMA, Iphigenia and Aristeides Pavlis first met in 1988.Four years later, in 1992,their first LP "NAMA"was released by LYRA...NAMA introduced themselves to the Greek audience with an instant hit song from that first record, "Odysseas".It was that Jazzy song referring to Ulysses that introduced a new style and a reference point for the group's future productions... In 1994, their second LP "NAMA II" was released by LYRA.NAMA,with this follow-up record, they successfully answered to their fan’s expectations... During the following two years, the music industry came up with the idea, that every band should relinquish any sense of artistic integrity they might posess and collaborate with artists of completely different genre and mentality so as to combine their – the artists’- selling power and create a monstrous yet more profitable project for the record labels. NAMA found a way to circumvent this imposition ,comply to their contract’s terms – one more record owed - and produce one of their best albums simultaneously.“ANAMNISIS” , was released in 1995 by LYRA. In this album , NAMA reinvent ten old songs - including one of their own, their first hit , “Odysseas”. There were those who maintained that it would be at least hard to obtain permission for adaptation from composers like Manos Hatzidakis, Dionysis Savvopoulos , Manolis Hiotis and many more , whose songs NAMA included in their LP “ANAMNISIS”. Nevertheless, every composer and lyricist readily consented and
