Éntekhno
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Drawing on rembetika's Westernization with Tsitsanis, entekhno arose in the late 1950s. Entekhno is orchestral music with elements of Greek folk rhythm and melody. Mikis Theodorakis and Manos Hadjidakis were the most popular early performers. By the 1960s, innovative albums made entekhno mainstream, and also led to its appropriation by the film industry for use in soundtracks, often watering-down the music in the process.