Entasi


Entasi is the third studio album by Greek singer Kostas Martakis, released in Greece and Cyprus on 5 December 2011 by Universal Music Greece. The album has fifteen songs in total, including an English language song, two duets, three covers, and one remix.

Production

Marios Psimopoulos produced the most tracks on the album with five songs. Dimitris Kontopoulos and Leonidas Tzitzos each produced two songs. Alex Leon, Tony Ray, Alexis Papadimitriou, Nikos Kouros, and Alexander Sandrique Pogrebetsky produced one song each. Two different producer duos came together for the song "Agries Diathesis" : Flawless — composed of Vangelis Kostoxenakis and Evan Klimakis, and Beetkraft — composed of Claydee Lupa and Teddy Economou. Vasilis M. produced the remix track of "I Agkalia Mou".
The composers consist of Psimopoulos, Kontopoulos and Papadimitriou, and Flawless, Beetkraft, Dimitris Fakos, Pogrebetsky, Serge Lama, and Ray.
The lyricists consist of Aris Ektoras and Vicky Gerothodorou, Vagia Kalantzi and Eleni Giannatsoulia, and Nektarios Trakgkis, Christina Salti, Vaggelis Konstatinidis, and Pogrebetsky.
Two cover versions of foreign language songs using Greek lyrics appear on the album: "Nai Sta Apla" and "Pethaino". "Nai Sta Apla" is covered from Romanian DJ Tony Ray's "La Trompeta" — with Ray also producing Martakis' version, while "Pethaino" is a cover of French singer Serge Lama's "Je Suis Malade". "Gela Kardoula Mou" is a cover of Dimitra Papiou. Under his collaboration with Pogrebetsky, Martakis recorded the duet "Sex Indigo" with Russian singer Diana Diez.

Release

The release of Entasi marks Martakis' third studio album, following Pio Konta. Released on 5 December 2011 in Greece and Cyprus, it is his second studio album under Universal Music Greece. The digital release of the album was delayed, having been added to digital download stores on a yet-to-be-announced date in December 2011.

Promotion

aد Hellas On-Line arranged a live performance previewing songs off the album as part of the tenth edition of the "HOL Web Concerts" live streaming series. On the album's release date, Martakis was a guest on Mega Channel's morning show "Proino Mou", where he also performed.
For the winter 2011-2012 season, Martakis appeared weekly at Posidonio Music Hall in Athens alongside Panos Kiamos and Ivi Adamou in support of Entasi.

Track listing

Singles

"Os Ta Hristougenna"
"Agries Diathesis"
"Sex Indigo"
"I Agkalia Mou"
"Entasi"
"S' Eho Anagi, S' Agapo"

Personnel