Eleni Dimou (real name Eleni Gkikodimou / Ελένη Γκικοδήμου) was born in Ath… Read Full Bio ↴Eleni Dimou (real name Eleni Gkikodimou / Ελένη Γκικοδήμου) was born in Athens. She graduated from the National Conservatory and started her singing career at the age of 16. In 1980 she performed during a radio session to promote the work of new composers, where she sang songs from Dimitris Lekkas. That same year, she participated in the Thessaloniki Music Festival, ending third. The following year she returned with the song ’Mia Agapi stan ki anti’ (‘A love like this’), written by Sasha Manetas and won the first price. In 1981 she also appeared participated in Manos Loizou’s international concert tour.
Her first album ‘Mila mou apla’ (‘ Just speak to me’) was a collaboration with new singers Manolis Lidakis and Melina Tanagri, based on songs composed by Taki Bougas with lyrics from Antonis Andrikaki. With every following album, Dimou’s popularity increased, thanks to her modern, natural and flexible interpretations, combining the more traditional Greek roots with western pop style.
In 1986 she collaborated with Lakis Papadopoulos on her album ‘Kata bathos alepou’ (‘Basically fox’). With her by that time already highly acclaimed husky, sultry voice she sang both ballads and pop-rock songs. In this periode of time, she collaborated with famous artists like Georgios Dalaras and Mikis Theodorakis.
Her 1988 album ‘Prosopika’ (‘Personal’), recorded with G. Spanos, was both artistically as commercially a great success. In the next decade Dimou keeps releasing new albums regularly, always combining Greek folk music with western arrangements and world music influences. In 1990 she released the album ‘Pathis’ (‘Passions’), on which she chanted byzantine hymns on a requiem by D. Papostolou.
In the second half of the nineties, popularity and album sales decreased. A new generation of Greek pop singers seemed to have taken her place. Dimou seemed to be stuck between Greek folk and modern pop, unable to rejuvenate herself. Around the start of the new millennium, inspiration and creativity seemed to have returned, resulting in more frequent album releases and collaborations with international artists like Alpha Blondy, Salif Keita, The Christians, Gipsy Kings and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
In her almost thirty year spanning career, Eleni Dimou recorded more than 20 albums, nine went gold and three platinum in Greece. She is married to producer and engineer Akis Golfidis and the couple have a son named Anthony.
Her first album ‘Mila mou apla’ (‘ Just speak to me’) was a collaboration with new singers Manolis Lidakis and Melina Tanagri, based on songs composed by Taki Bougas with lyrics from Antonis Andrikaki. With every following album, Dimou’s popularity increased, thanks to her modern, natural and flexible interpretations, combining the more traditional Greek roots with western pop style.
In 1986 she collaborated with Lakis Papadopoulos on her album ‘Kata bathos alepou’ (‘Basically fox’). With her by that time already highly acclaimed husky, sultry voice she sang both ballads and pop-rock songs. In this periode of time, she collaborated with famous artists like Georgios Dalaras and Mikis Theodorakis.
Her 1988 album ‘Prosopika’ (‘Personal’), recorded with G. Spanos, was both artistically as commercially a great success. In the next decade Dimou keeps releasing new albums regularly, always combining Greek folk music with western arrangements and world music influences. In 1990 she released the album ‘Pathis’ (‘Passions’), on which she chanted byzantine hymns on a requiem by D. Papostolou.
In the second half of the nineties, popularity and album sales decreased. A new generation of Greek pop singers seemed to have taken her place. Dimou seemed to be stuck between Greek folk and modern pop, unable to rejuvenate herself. Around the start of the new millennium, inspiration and creativity seemed to have returned, resulting in more frequent album releases and collaborations with international artists like Alpha Blondy, Salif Keita, The Christians, Gipsy Kings and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
In her almost thirty year spanning career, Eleni Dimou recorded more than 20 albums, nine went gold and three platinum in Greece. She is married to producer and engineer Akis Golfidis and the couple have a son named Anthony.
Ela Fos Mou
Eleni Dimou Lyrics
Σαν αεράκι θα ‘ρθεισ
Μεσημέρι απ' το παράθυρο μου
Πάλι θα μπεισ θα μπεισ
Και στο λαιμό μου δειλά
Σαν σταγόνα από ιδρώτα θα κυλάσ
Στα κρυφά στα κρυφά
Έλα φωσ μου
Λίγο απ' τον ήλιο σου και μένα δώσ' μου
Στην καρδιά μου φθινοπώριασε νωρίσ
Έλα τώρα
Πολύ το σκέφτεσαι λοιπόν προχώρα
Τέτοια αγάπη δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ
Σαν καραβάκι μικρό
Ακυβέρνητο στο κύμα σου ξανά
Θα χαθώ θα χαθώ
Και δεν πειράζει σταλιά
Ασ βρεθώ και στο βυθό αφού πνίγω στα ψιλά στα ψιλά
Έλα φωσ μου
Λίγο απ' τον ήλιο σου και μένα δώσ' μου
Στην καρδιά μου φθινοπώριασε νωρίσ
Έλα τώρα
Πολύ το σκέφτεσαι λοιπόν προχώρα
Τέτοια αγάπη δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ
Μεσημέρι απ' το παράθυρο μου
Πάλι θα μπεισ θα μπεισ
Και στο λαιμό μου δειλά
Σαν σταγόνα από ιδρώτα θα κυλάσ
Στα κρυφά στα κρυφά
Έλα φωσ μου
Λίγο απ' τον ήλιο σου και μένα δώσ' μου
Στην καρδιά μου φθινοπώριασε νωρίσ
Πολύ το σκέφτεσαι λοιπόν προχώρα
Τέτοια αγάπη δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ
Σαν καραβάκι μικρό
Ακυβέρνητο στο κύμα σου ξανά
Θα χαθώ θα χαθώ
Και δεν πειράζει σταλιά
Ασ βρεθώ και στο βυθό αφού πνίγω στα ψιλά στα ψιλά
Έλα φωσ μου
Λίγο απ' τον ήλιο σου και μένα δώσ' μου
Στην καρδιά μου φθινοπώριασε νωρίσ
Έλα τώρα
Πολύ το σκέφτεσαι λοιπόν προχώρα
Τέτοια αγάπη δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ δεν τη φαντάστηκε κανείσ
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