{"id":14354,"date":"2023-01-12T10:26:47","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T08:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/?post_type=product&#038;p=14354"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:36:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T13:36:19","slug":"george_karras-askiseis_aplotitas","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/product\/george_karras-askiseis_aplotitas\/","title":{"rendered":"Askiseis Aplotitas"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Press Release<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>United We Fly is excited to announce the release of George Karras\u2019 \u2018Askiseis Aplotitas\u2019, his first album after his 30-year hiatus. The singles \u2018Horis Ithaki\u2019 and \u2018Perimenontas to Fos\u2019 that were released in the autumn have introduced the audience to Karras\u2019 current minimalistic musical approach.<\/p>\n<p>The album combines some fragile melodies of clarinets, guitars, cello and piano, all surrounded by the obsessively repetitive bass rhythms, trademark sound of George Karras. The compositions delve into each other and create an interchange between melancholic and joyful moments. As the title of the album states, simplicity is the fundamental element that gives birth to these wonderful musical images.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cImages, feelings and words were always the means that triggered my musical creativity. With the record Askiseis Aplotitas, I attempt to express these images and feelings through simple and obsessively repeated musical patterns.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>George Karras<\/p>\n<p>George Karras was born in Thessaloniki in 1960. He co- created the legendary Greek rock group Tripes with Yiannis Aggelakas in 1980, where he was the bass player and main composer. In 1993, he released along with Aggelakas, the record \u2018Yperoho Tipota\u2019. In this album, he experimented with a broader range of musical genres apart from rock, using cellos, bandoneons and doublebass. A while after its release, \u2018Yperoho tipota\u2019 was used as the soundtrack for the movie \u2018A time to kill\u2019 (1993), directed by Nikos Grammatikos. Tripes came to a split-up in 2001, and Karras disappeared from the music scene. Throughout these years, he kept creating music, however he didn\u2019t release any of these creations, until now.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Credits<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Music &#8211; Arrangement<br \/>\nGeorge Karras<\/p>\n<p>Vasilis Baharidis: Drums<br \/>\nGeorge Karras: Bass<br \/>\nBabis Papadopoulos: Guitars<br \/>\nIraklis Iosifidis: Double Bass<br \/>\nGiorgos Christianakis: Piano<br \/>\nThanos Sideris: Clarinet<br \/>\nLila Manola: Cello<br \/>\nNikos Charmbilas: Glockenspiel<\/p>\n<p>Recorder at Royal Alzheimer Hall<br \/>\nRecorded, mixed &amp; mastered by Titos Kargiotakis &#8211; Christos Charbilas<br \/>\nArtwork by Monoscopic Studio<\/p>\n<p>(c) 2023 United We Fly<br \/>\n(p) 2023 United We Fly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":14359,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[67,272,247],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-14354","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-music","7":"product_cat-summer-sales","8":"product_cat-x-mas-sales","9":"pa_artist-george-karras","10":"pa_selecttype-digital-album-mp3","11":"pa_selecttype-digital-album-wav","12":"pa_selecttype-vinyl-black-lp","13":"pa_selecttype-vinyl-limited-edition-white-lp","14":"pa_spotify-spotifyplaybutton-playhttps-open-spotify-com-album-3kudey7fa2dlvearbwexkssins_n6o0irykao_rr9my3zg","16":"first","17":"instock","18":"taxable","19":"shipping-taxable","20":"purchasable","21":"product-type-variable"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/14354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14359"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=14354"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=14354"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitedwefly.com\/store\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=14354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}