Melancholia / Melodia

2024 • 7inch single • Veego Records

On the occasion of the Record Store Day 2024, Veego Records presents a new double A-side single by MWC that compiles the recent digitally released covers on Peppino di Capri’s “Melancholia” from the mid-60s and Giannis Floriniotis’ “Melodia” from the early 80s. On the sleeves, 2 photos of photos the band discovered by accident and decided to rework, as part of the project.

Melancholia
From an old EOT poster, found at a 2-star hotel lobby in Selianitika, Aegion.

Melodia-main-image
From the 1983 collective edition “Kati to Oraion” , image taken by Tasos Vrettos at a plaster statues in Alimos.

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Melodia

2024 • Veego Records • Digital single

“Melodia” was nominated for the stormy national final of the 1980 Eurovision Song Contest, performed by Yannis Floriniotis and the Garbi sisters. The song was not selected, Anna Vissi travelled to Holland with “Oto-Stop” and “Melodia” was never officially released, surviving in an archive video of an ERT tribute show to Floriniotis. My Wet Calvin, revisiting yet another rare moment in domestic music history, deconstruct the disco original at a lower tempo, like a 45 that, by mistake, was played at 33 rpm.

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Produced by My Wet Calvin
Lyrics-Music: Yannis Petritsis
Mix: Yiotis Paraskevaidis
Mastering: Ekelon
Cover Image: Tasos Vrettos