Background
Aris was born on February 23, 1959, Athens, Greece.
Aris was born on February 23, 1959, Athens, Greece.
Aris Pavlis (Greek:Αριστειδης Παυλης) Born in Athens, February 23rd 1959 is a Jazz-Rock musician, songwriter, and composer-arranger.
In 1983 Aris Pavlis and Harrys Drigianos formed the group Cinema together with Sofia Noiti(vocals). One year later the group debuted with their single LP ‘Lonely without you’. It was released by PolyGram and aired in France and Belgium.
In 1990 Aris Pavlis and Iphigenia Papoutsa started a new project under the group name NAMA that lasted until 2009. The first album, called ‘NAMA’, came out in April 1992 and broke the charts with the song ‘Odysseus’.
Songs from the album that also featured in the charts:
‘‘Hanomai’’,’‘Kata Vathos’’
In 1994 their second LP ‘NAMA II’ was released by LYRA. With this follow-up record NAMA broadened their fan base, as well as satisfying existing fans, with the song ‘Prigipas Alitis’.
Songs from the album that also featured in the charts:
‘’Ta kalytera mas chronia’’,Mazi sou pare me’’,’‘sfera apo gi kai thalassa’’
In the two years that followed, there was pressure from the music industry for every band to relinquish any sense of artistic integrity that they might possess, and collaborate with artists of completely different genres, so as to combine the artists’ selling power and create a monstrous yet more profitable project for the record labels.
NAMA found a way to avoid this restriction whilst still complying with the terms of their contract – to produce a third record. In 1995 they released ‘ANAMNISIS’, again with LYRA. In this album NAMA reinvented ten old songs – including their first hit, ‘Odysseus’. At first it appeared as though it would be difficult to obtain permission from composers such as Mimis Plessas,Manos Hatzidakis, Dionysis Savvopoulos, Manolis Hiotis, amongst others. Nevertheless every composer and lyricist approached readily agreed, testament to the respect that NAMA has. Moreover, songs like ‘MIA AGAPI GIA TO KALOKAIRI’ quickly became classics.
Songs from the album that also featured in the charts:
‘’Na dioxo ta synnefa’’,’‘Pes mu ti lexi’’
Faithful to the path they paved, with their rhythmic diversity and distinct color of lyrics and interpretations, NAMA released ten new songs under the title ‘NAMA III-ZOI PARASTASI’ in 1998. Jazz, pop, rock and ethnic strokes made up the music-colored canvas of this album.
Songs from the album that also featured in the charts:
‘‘zoi parastasi’’,’‘allu agapi mu allu’’.
