About EXPORT-IMPORT-TUNES / AHILEA / CD OUT NOW !!!
EXPORT IMPORT TUNES
The guys standing for and behind this project
are
the transjugoslavian dj and producer duo :
Ahilea Durcovski (Ohrid / Macedonia)
Zoran Tomasev ( Sarajevo / Bosnia and Herzegovina).
Two times a month the SCHLIWOBEATZ - Hot Balkan Rhythmz & Wild Gypsy Groovz Club overwhelmes the crowd by providing great sensations of passion, savageness or explosivity through a convincing mixture between traditional and contemporary music.
Behave ! It...s gonna be HOT !!!
Meanwhile the Djs have become resident djs in WIRR / Vienna.
Presse / FALTER / The Best Of Vienna
Nicht nur in Berlin ist Musik aus dem Osten Europas schwer angesagt.
Wer gerne zu Balkanbeats und Gipsysounds abtanzt, hat in Wien mittlerweile jede Menge Möglichkeiten dazu. Die DJs Ahilea Durcovski und Zoran Tomasev etwa sind mit ihrem Export-Import-Tunes-Partylabel schon länger in Sachen Ost-Musik aktiv.
Zweimal im Monat besuchen die beiden mit ihren SchliwoBeats die Espresso-Bar in der Burggasse und das ganz in der Nähe gelegene Wirr - dabei kredenzen die DJs einen Mix aus traditionellen und zeitgenössischen Balkansounds.
Macedonian producer and DJ Ahilea has brought together a
fantastic group of musicians for a wild ride along the Autoput. So fasten your
seatbelts and brace yourselves for a new and visionary take on Balkan music.
Ahilea’s musical cosmos : his grandmothers sang him Walachian, Macedonian and Greek songs and folk music. His parents were more into rock ‘n’ roll. He
grew up listening to the vibrant new wave and pop music of former Yugoslavia that was
popular throughout the entire Eastern Bloc and renowned for its revolutionary
new approaches, creativity and topical references. But, like his colleague
Shantel, it was the traditional music of the Balkans with its melodic and rhythmic
structures that Ahilea was drawn to and which he tried to blend with his very
own electronic lo-fi aesthetic. One particularly rich source of inspiration for him
was the music played at weddings. Yet Ahilea is also open to all kinds of
contemporary urban styles – from funk to reggae, freestyle, electronica, broken
electronics and guitar-led indie rock.
The sound of Café Svetlana recognises the multi-ethnicity and culture of the
Balkans. But instead of flying the nationalistic flag, this is music to be savoured
with a glass of sljivo, palinka, raki or tsuika, an open mind and respect for the
musicians. Every style comes into its own here: Greek rembetiko, Turkish and
Macedonian belly-dancing, Serbian and Rumanian folk dances, Roma songs,
Albanian-Epirotic clarinet sounds, thunderous brass and the mournful yet
cliché-free lament of the fiddle. All with a touch of fresh beats & grooves,
basslines and finely chiselled loops from the master of the mixing deck.
That’s the sound: Nu Pop Music from the Balkans to take you from the bar to the
dancefloor and all the way to the sofa back home!
Jean Trouillet - Essay Recordings
SchliwoBeatz by Export Import Tunes / AHILEA / Dj Line
