Planet Nikos

 (written by Mari Anastasiou) On Friday, 8 th of March, 2013, there was a big celebration held at the nightclub “ Fever “ in Athens : the new album by Nikos Oikonomopoulosc “Ennoeitai”  was awarded  with the Double Platinum disc Makis Pounentis, the director of the radio” Lampsi 92,3” and Margaritsa Matsa, a general manager of EMI (Greece)  solemnly handed the award and plaques to the artist and all the creators of this CD. The music for this successful work was composed by Panos Kapris, George Sabanis,  Nikos and Christian Doulamis, Lemonis  Skopelitis,  Giannis  Jeremias  and Dimitris Paraskevopoulos with lyrics by Eleni Giannatsoulia, Niki Papatheochari, Fontas Theodorou, Nektarios Tirakis and Nikos Gristis,  besides,  two songs were composed by the tandem  Christodoulos  Siganos & Valentino .  Among the persons who were there to congratulate Nikos for his success were Giannis Plu...

Manos Kornaros, the host of the radio show “Music Stars” (ΜΟΥΣΙΚΆ ΑΣΤΈΡΙΑ ) on the radio Melody 88FM  has got an interview of the laika song major star, Nikos Oikonomopoulos, which was the first this singer gave in 2013! The topic initially was set around his new CD, the album “Ennoeitai”, but besides it touched many other interesting subjects. After a traditional New Years greetings exchange, Kornaros asked the young singer, how did he spend his holidays.  Nikos said he did not have holidays, during the winter festivities he was at the nightclub “Fever”, onstage. “We were entertaining people, what else could we do? We can’t do anything else, being the singers...” Manos said, he believes everything is good there, because wherever Nikos is appearing there is always a success. Nikos confirmed, that things at the nightclub he performs together with Stamatis Gonidis and Katerina Stikoudi, go really well. Manos Kornaros, while asking about the new, released at the end of 2012, ...

                    You may find now all the lyrics here:  http://lyricsennoeitai.blogspot.co.nz/

In his new album “Ennoeitai” (EMI, Greece, 2012),   Nikos Oikonomopoulos continued his cooperation with the talented young composer George Sabanis , which has began a year earlier and has brought to the previous four times platinum album of the most talented laiko singer of a new generation two masterpieces, written on the words by Eleni Giannatsoulia, a fabulous poet- lyricist.  This time Sabanis  took for his compositions the lyrics by two other big masters of the song genre: Niki Papateochari and Nikos Gritsis . Both of these tracks were immediately appreciated by the public, especially after the first live performances. “Melancholia mou” (My melancholy) , from the very beginning charms you with its unusual instrumental intro. This zeibekiko is written with the transparent polyphonic texture of the most modern sound. The impressive melody begins unusually low to ascend to the top. In the words emerged from the pen of Niki Papatheochari, there is a subtly des...

The new album by Nikos Oikonomopoulos “Εννοείται” (EMI, Greece, 2012) has attracted attention of listeners long before the release. Two its pilot singles (Εννοείται and  Ώρα να πηγαίνω) have become leaders of the radio hit parades.   Now the audience is invited to listen to all the 14 tracks, recorded by one of the best voices of our time Let us do a cursory review of the songs according to their authorship. Panos Kapiris, a prominent composer,  wrote 3 tracks for the album, two of which Εννοείται and  Ώρα να πηγαίνω  with the verses by Eleni Giannatsoulia  already are the top hits.  The third one, Εγω ο δυνατος, is a traditional zeibekiko with perfectly shaped melody and expressive lyrics by Niki Spiropoulou. George Sabanis contributed 2 songs to the CD: Μελαγχολία μου (a contemporary zeibekiko -ballad) with the soul penetrating lyrics by Niki Papatheochari and a dramatic rock ballad Τρυπα Στην Καρδια on the words by Nikos Gritsis. Three c...

The new CD album by the most prominent Greek singer Nikos Oikonomopoulos to be released to all the music stores in Greece on the 11th of December, 2012.  On the 14th of December this album to be sold together with the magazine  Τηλεθεατής.   . The instant success of this album is quite predictable, as two of the 14th tracks of the CD, Εννοειται and Ώρα να πηγαίνω, have already occupied top positions on the Greek radio charts!  The previous album of this singer “Tha eimai edo” (EMI, 2011) achieved a four times platinum number of sales. The music tracks are written by composers Panos Kapiris, Georgos Sabanis, Nikos and Christian Doulamis, Lemonis Skopelitis, Giannis Ieremias and Dimitris Paraskevopoulos with lyrics by Eleni Giannatsoulia, Niki Papatheochari, Fotas Theodorou, Nektarios Tirakis, Nikos Gritsis and a tandem of Christodoulos Tsiganos and Valentino

Το «Eννοείται» είναι μια σπάνια περίπτωση τραγουδιού που γίνεται hit πριν από τη ραδιοφωνική του μετάδοση.  Κέρδισε την επιτυχία δύο εβδομάδες πριν παιχτεί στο ραδιόφωνο, όταν ο Νίκος το παρουσίασε κατά τη διάρκεια της βραδιάς απονομής του τετραπλά πλατινένιου δίσκου του με τίτλο «Θα Είμαι Εδώ». Ένα τέτοιο φαινόμενο είναι αναμενόμενο όταν μιλάμε για το Nίκο Οικονομόπουλο, έναν μεγάλο καλλιτέχνη με μια ιδιαίτερη ελκυστικότητα στη φωνή του και το σπάνιο προσόν να ακούγεται τέλεια στις live εμφανίσεις του. Εκτός αυτού, oι στίχοι της Ελένης Γιαννατσούλια που εκφράζουν την ψυχή και η αδιάκοπα ανοδική μελωδία του Πάνου Καπίρη έκανε τους ακροατές στο νυχτερινό κέντρο ΘΕΑ να βιώσουν μια συναισθηματική αναστάτωση. Ο δημιουργός μερικών διαχρονικών επιτυχιών από το πρώτο άλμπουμ του Νίκου Οικονομόπουλου, Πάνος Καπίρης, για ακόμα μια φορά έχει συνθέσει τη μουσική που συμπίπτει ακριβώς με αυτό που περιμένει να ακούσει ο ακροατής από αυτόν τον τραγουδιστή: την ομορφιά της μελωδ...

"Ennoeitai" (“Obviously”) is a rare case of the song to become a hit before the broadcast.   It gained the success two weeks before the first radio play, during the concert at the four times platinum award for the CD "Tha Eimai Edo". Such a phenomenon is possible when the artist is none other than Nikos Economopulos, a great master with an an exclusive attractiveness in his voice and that rare quality to be perfect in the live sound.   Besides, the soul exposing lyrics by Eleni Gannatsoulia and relentlessly ascending melody by Panos Kapiris made the listeners at the concert to experience an emotional turmoil. Creator of a few time-tested hits for the first album of Nikos Economopoulos, Panos Kapiris once again has composed the music which exactly coincides with what the listener is waiting to hear from this singer: the beauty of the tune and the opportunity for a fascinating flight of his voice. Eleni Giannatsoulia was giving pearls of her poetry ...