Effective period / Period of releases: 2019

Members: Costinho

Rizà (translated to ‘roots’, ‘foothills’) is the creative trio project of Themistoklis Karpodinis, Costis Zouliatis (aka Costinho) and Petros Lamprides, who attempt a different approach of Greek traditional and folk music, with unadorned music arrangements tuned in an acoustic mood – reflecting a range of musical references: from the albums of ECM Records and Mediterranean jazz to the aesthetics of field recordings and DJ Shadow; from a pinch of Erased Tapes to overtones of Coltrane and noise electronics.

Their self-titled debut album, released in October 2019, features nine old traditional folk songs from Greece – mainly originated from the islands’ regions: Cyclades, Dodecanese, Evia, Aegina, Lesvos as well as from Asia Minor west coast.