Greece may be in economic crisis, but the music is flourishing. Following the excellent Greekadelica album, with its inventive reworking of traditional material, comes this unexpected and often furious treatment of classic low-life songs from the beginning of the last century. Mavrika are a London-based Greek band specialising in rembetika: stories of druggy wide boys, gamblers or canny and corrupt women. Guitarist and producer Chris Morphitis found the songs among his dad's records, and they are reworked with a brooding, contemporary intensity. Singer Katina Kangaris has a cool, no-nonsense approach contrasting with fierce guitar and bouzouki work from Morphitis, helped by violin and oud from Hassan Erraji. Gypsy Girl, from 1933, sounds like a dark, rumbling underground rock workout here, while 1927's Derbederisa veers from jaunty to sudden bursts of furious guitar work.