Antique

Die For You
by Michael McCarthy

Infectious Nordic house beats meet enchanting traditional Greek guitars on Die For You, the second album from Antique, the duo that is Elena Paparizou and Nikos Panagiotidis. Born in Gothenberg, Sweden and signed to Bonnier Music Scandinavia, they sing in both Greek and English (their parents are Greek) and always with an optimism about love and dance surpassed perhaps only by Fragma. Their producers, C&N Project, were already widely known in Scandinavia and the Greek Islands and certainly deserve credit for trying something so different and ambitious and pulling it off so well. Their debut album, Opa Opa, has been released on Popular Records in Canada and might be easier to find here in the States, but don’t let the fact that it’s not their newest release stop you from checking it out if you’re looking for something different to dance to. Both of their albums are a refreshing mix of Mediterranean vibes and hard modern beats.
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