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colonel

..all for the groove

About Me

Miltos Zervos (aka Colonel) was born 1978 in Athens. Grew up in Corfu and at the age of 18 moved to England to study cinema and culture. Then had a Masters in Ethnomusicology at SOAS University in London along with theoretical and practical music classes in several styles of percussion.Has performed with the pocketful of people Dance Company (LONDON), The Percussionauts (London), Mango Juice(Barcelona), DAH tirdi Ensemble (Barcelona)Currently a DJ?Producer for the CAST_A_BLAST crue and a percussionist for BLEND SEXTET.


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Member Since: 5/5/2006
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Influences: Funkadelic parliament, Madlib, Zakir Hussein, chucho valdes,ray barreto, beastie boys, monty pythons,Camaron,Petroloukas Halkias,Art Blakey, king Tubby, Simon Poshford, dj shadow, dj food, NinjaTunes,Stonesthrow,Breakestra,Herbaliser,Bach, Payo Mycho, Radio Tarifa, Ahmed Missirli, Semirani bros,Greatful dead, pink floyd(early works), Rachmanninov,Rosemberg trio, Richter,astor piazzola, stephan Grappelli, django Reinghart, Miles davies,walter davis jr, shakti, bill laswell, Toumani Diabate, Giovanni Hidaldo, Ayrto Moreira, Nana Vasconcelos, manu dibango, John lee Hooker, muddy waters, eric burdon, peter green, Bodycount, grand master flash, Jovan Chaus, antonis kalivopoulos, tetras tou peiraia, fela, george benson, kuti, tony williams,stanley jordan, Guem, art ensemble of Chicago, Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D'Rivera, Cachaito & Cachao Lopez, tito puente, Stephan Galland, Sanju Vishnu Sahai, Sami Amiris, Sly, Ottis Reading, Tabla Beat science, Capoeira and the beat goes on ...
Sounds Like:..dub, downtempo, up beat, jazzy, funky, folk, break
Record Label: cast_a_blast
Type of Label: Indie