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Comely rmx ft BrCulture and Max Wright

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Released: Jan 1, 2009

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Comely rmx ft BrCulture and Max Wright
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3. Imam Baildi - Samba Clarina.mp3
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Carantino Manouche
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BuscaRitmoft. Delinquent Habits&MC Yinka
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03.Imam Baildi_Akrogialies Dilina.mp3
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Genre: Folk / Hip Hop / Pop
Location Athens, Gr
Profile Views: 262542
Last Login: 10/24/2011
Member Since 3/5/2007
Website www.imambaildi.com
Record Label Kukin Music / EMI
Type of Label Major
Bio
Members
Orestis Falireas - dj, programming, bass Lysandros Falireas- drums, percussion Giannis Diskos - clarinet, alto sax, bagpipe Periklis Aliopis - trumpet Lambis Kountourogiannis - el. guitar Alexis Arapatsakos - bouzouki Rena Morfi: voice MC Yinka 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...
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Injecting a retro Greek band into a club sound system.

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Press quotes

“Imam Baildi has helped to open me up to original rembetíka recordings that used to sound harsh to my over-sensitive ears.” – Charlie Gillet - The Guardian (UK)

“This is a great album, with a great idea behind it.” – Songlines (UK)

“Imam Baildi, the exceptional Greek release of global pop” – Westdeutsche Rundfunk (GER)

"Los Angeles rap meets Greek buzuki" – Lisa Mulins on PRI's The World (US)

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About

Imam Baildi is a very popular Southeast Mediterranean dish consisting of aubergine stuffed with onion, garlic, and tomatoes simmered in olive oil. It is a similar fine blend that Lysandros (drums, percussion) and Orestis (DJ, programming) Falireas do - only in musical terms!

On the one hand the unique sound of rebetiko, a sort of outlaw Greek blues that captivated the country’s music scene from the turn of the century until the early 1950s, and one the other hand a combination of remixing techniques the brothers were subjected to while studying in Europe. Bouzouki meets electro swing and Greek roots meet hip hop and mambo. Just add an MC, a female voice and a fair bit of Balkan flair to the mix and there you have it… It's Imam Baildi's global pop!

Falireas brothers stem from a family with a long connection with rebetiko: their father owned both a record label specialising in the genre and a popular record shop in central Athens with a vast 78rpm vinyl collection. Therefore the idea of mixing rebetiko with different types of music came about naturally to the siblings that grew up in such a rich musical environment.

Their self-tiled debut was released in 2007 on EMI Greece to great critical acclaim, followed by more than 130 live shows in Greece around Europe that included support slots for Massive Attack, Ojos De Brujo and Gogol Bordello and performances at France’s Transmusicales de Rennes and Denmark’s Roskilde Festival.

Imam Baildi have just released their second collective effort bearing the name ‘The Imam Baildi Cookbook’. Along with original compositions and mixes it features collaborations with LA hip-hoppers Delinquent Habits and Maxwell Wright of Ojos de Brujo fame, Barcelona’s flamenco/world/hip-hop darlings.