Balothizer’s Cretan Sessions from Hell

Tonight Balothizer lay down their beautifully chaotic, deeply embellished take on the traditional sounds of Crete.

Cretan music is wild and unpredictable, markedly different to the disciplined bouzouki music of the Greek mainland, with endless melodies, one after the other in stomping rhythms, sometimes monotonous and archaic, sometimes almost ecstatic, and unmistakeable Asian influence. Balothizer do it in style.