About Me
Expert Medicine were originally formed in 1997 by Alex Zabaras on guitar and Babis Kourtaras on bass.
Their sound started to change with the arrival of Andreas Siourounis on drums, Jennie Kapadai on vocals and DJ Everlast (of FF.C.) on decks, in 2001, 2002 and 2004 respectively.
Expert Medicine write their lyrics in English. The combination of electric and acoustic instruments with samplers and decks is characteristic of their sound, as well as the use of loops taken from cinematic themes and songs of the sixties and seventies. The band’s influences range from funk and acid-jazz to pop, freestyle and hip-hop. They sort of flirt with the atmosphere of Bristol’s trip-hop scene, giving it a definite dance twist.
Up to this day, Expert Medicine have performed live at several music venues and open air festivals in Athens. These include opening for Arto Lindsay (House Of Art, 11.2004), a joint live gig with The Herbaliser (club22, 3.2005), the opening act at the 1st Ejekt Festival - featuring The Chemical Brothers as headliners (Athens Olympic Venues, 6.2005), and the performances at Vavel Comics Festival (Technopolis, 9.2004), at the European Music Day Festival (Kotzia sq., 6.2004 and Klafthmonos sq., 6.2005) and at Synch Festival (Lavrio, 7.2006).
Expert Medicine are essentially a creative collective of people who employ a fusion of sound and vision as their creative means. Their gigs always include visual projections of video art and loops created and manipulated live by Spyros Papadoulakis. Yiannis Petris, along with the members of the band, are in charge of art direction while Akis Paschalakis and Yiannis Skandamis are in charge of sound.
Their first studio recording album was released May 2006 by DNA Lab_el, followed by a sold-out live show (House Of Art, 10.5.06) and it features 11 tracks written 2002 through 2006. It also features performances by two exceptional musicians, Yiorgos Kaloudis on cello and Daniel Armando on percussion.
