Skiladiko

Music of Greece
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Genres
Church music (Byzantine) Classical music Ionian School Greek folk Laïko Rock Hip Hop Punk Greek New Wave (Neo kyma)
Specific forms
Contemporary Entehno Nisiotika Rebetiko Skiladiko
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Music awards	Arion Awards MAD Video Music Awards Pop Corn Music Awards
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Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	"Hymn to Liberty"
Regional music
Related areas	Cyprus, Pontus, Constantinople, South Italy
Regional styles	Aegean Islands Central Greece Crete Epirus (polyphonic song) Ionian Islands Macedonia Peloponnese Thessaly Thrace

Skiladiko or Skyladiko Greek pronunciation: [sciˈlaðiko], (Greek: Σκυλάδικο), is a derogatory term to describe a branch of laiko music and some of the current nightclubs in Greece in which this music is performed.^[1][2][3][4] It also refers to the so-called "decadent" form of laiko,^[5] and is derived from the Greek for dog (σκύλος, skilos), meaning "doggish" or "doghouse". The term was also used to refer to cheap or often unlicensed Greek night clubs with a usually shady reputation of Greek music on the outskirts of a Greek city or town.^[6] Skiladiko flourished during the 1970s and 1980s with artists like Lefteris Pantazis. The typical arrangement in current skiladika establishments includes an elevated stage ("palco") where singers and musicians perform Greek songs, with the use of heavy amplified bouzouki, electric guitars and other instruments.

Related Greek artists

• Chryspa
• Lefteris Pantazis
• Giorgos Mazonakis
• Nancy Alexiadi
• Kelly Kelekidou
• Elina Konstantopoulou
• Maro Litra
• Sakis Arseniou
• Vasilis Karras
• Efi Sarri

See also

• Greek music
• Rebetiko
• Hasapiko
• Pop music
• Pop-folk
• Bouzouki
• Nightclubs in Greece (an original article about Greek nightlife)
• Kalamatianos
• Greek dances

References

1. Plamen K. Georgiev (15 June 2012). Self-Orientalization in South East Europe. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 55. ISBN 978-3-531-93271-2. Laïkó's relative known as “Skiladiko” is close to early Bulgarian chalga,
2. "Πώς βγήκε η λέξη «σκυλάδικο»;". alfavita.gr.
3. Dimitris Maniatis (3 March 2015). "Ευχαριστώ τα σκυλάδικα" (in Greek). Ta Nea.
4. Μusipedia: Σκυλάδικο
5. Artemis Leontis (2009). Culture and Customs of Greece. Greenwood Press. p. 153. ISBN 978-0-313-34296-7. The declasse version of bouzoukia is a certain kind of dive known by the charming name skyladiko, meaning "haunt of dogs"
6. Αντωνης Καρκαγιαννης (22 December 2002). "Το έτυμον της λέξεως «σκυλάδικο»". Kathimerini.