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About Me

After a few successful experiments with old Greek tunes we liked from our father's collection of 78rpm vinyls, we decided to produce an entire album using samples from Greek tunes from the 40's, 50's and 60's. The outcome is hard to describe in terms of genre since all the tracks vary in style. Nevertheless, all of them carry the oriental vibes of the original tracks. The idea was to bring forward some of these forgotten gems from Greek artists of the past century and blend them with modern sounds and rhythm into something new and unique. It took a lot of experimentation and loads of time and effort because what we most feared was ending up with a cheap sounding boxy beat over an old sample pattern. We focused on truly blending old and new, in bringing every addition under the old recordings' skin. To what extent we have achieved that is not for us to say, for that matter we would very much appreciate any feedback. The Imam Baildi album was released 29th October 2007and is also available on iTunes. Album cover art by Bizare www.myspace.com/bizareone
Greek press articles & interviews online:
K-kathimeriniEleutherotypiaTa NeaE-Typos

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De Thelo Pia Na Xanartheis Video by White Room
Imam Baildi Live @ Guru Bar
Video created by Alex Kanakis
Live at Transmusicales de Rennes
Samba Clarina Video by White Room
Rehearsing Comely before a show with Spyros and the crocodile back in the early days

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Member Since: 3/5/2007
Band Website: look no further
Band Members: Orestis Falireas - dj, programming, bass
Lysandros Falireas- drums, percussion
Giannis Diskos - clarinet, alto sax, bagpipe
Periklis Aliopis - trumpet
Minas Liakos - el.guitar
Alexis Arapatsakos - bouzouki, lute
Haris Kremmydas - sound engineer
Influences: Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Charles Mingus, Jimmy Hendrix, James Brown, The Beatles, Marvin Gaye,Mahala Rai Banda, Manolis Xiotis, Herbie Hancock, Kraftwerk, Led Zeppelin, Vasilis Tsitsanis, Frank Zappa, The Beasty Boys, Bill Evans, Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow, DJ Cam, DJ Krush, Four Tet, Madlib, Talib Queli, Jay Z, Dr Dre, Snoop Dog, The Pixies, The Police, Bob Marley, Mano Negra, Ojos de Brujo, The Strokes, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Ismael Rivera, Oscar de Leon, Poly Panou, Avishai, Jacques Lu Cont, Mylo, Depeche Mode, Funkadelic, JJ Cale, Otis Redding, Roni Size, Clifford Gilberto, Amon Tobin, Adam F, Rage against the Machine, Juan Carlos Jobim, Grupo Batuque, Plaid, Squarepusher, Felix da Housecat, Kaity Grey, Tortoise, Edit, 8fm, Tipper, Air, Daft Punk, Black Eyed Peas, Art Blakey, Boban Markovic, Taraf de Haidouks, Martires del Compass, Common, Cut Chemist, Erikah Badhu, The Roots, Gill Scott, Mickey Avalon, Kenny Dope, Mr. Scruff, RJD2, Roots Manuva, Senor Coconut, Stevie Wonder, Talking Heads, Ugly Duckling, Akufen, Saian Supa Crew, Willie Bobo, Dexter Gordon, Jazzanova, Herb Albert and the Tijuana Brass, Ernest Ranglin, Herbaliser, Oscar Peterson, Wu Tang Clan, Cinematic orchestra and loads more that we are forgeting right now...
Sounds Like: Remixed Greek tunes from the 40s 50s and 60s.
Record Label: Kukin Music / EMI
Type of Label: Major

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Check out our interview at Avopolis by Dimitris Lilis : www.avopolis.gr/incoming

www.avopolis.gr/incoming
Posted by Imam Baildi on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 11:22:00 PST