Katerina Fotinaki

Neo kyma (Greek: Νέο Κύμα, literally "new wave") is a Greek song movement of the 1960s that blended the intimacy of French chanson with the poetic, art-song sensibility of Greek éntechno. It flourished in small Athenian boîtes (club-cafés) in Plaka, where singers performed with just a guitar or sparse ensembles. Musically, it favors soft, close-miked vocals, nylon‑string guitar, delicate piano, and light rhythm, often borrowing bossa nova and light jazz harmonies. Lyrically it is introspective and poetic—concerned with love, summer melancholy, city life, and youth—delivered with understated warmth and subtle drama.