Dimitris Makridis & Tushar Manek...
and of course our songs would never be the same without the support and contribution of our chilled friends Antonis Tsoukatos, Rohit Pradhan, Matthaios and Konstantinos Tsahourides, Kelsey Collins, DJ Vicious-Vee, Matthew Houghton, Christos Sidiropoulos and Katie Collins.
Influences
In alphabetical order... AiM, Air, The Album Leaf, Al-Pha-X, Aphex Twin, Basement Jaxx, Bjork, Bliss, Boards of Canada, John Cage, Cantoma, Chemical Brothers, Chicane, Cocteau Twins, The Cure, Ross Dally, Dead Can Dance, Deep Forest, Enigma, Brian Eno, Future Sound of London, Peter Gabriel, Goldfrapp, Groove Armada, Manos Hatzidakis, Ibizarre, Chris Isaak, Jean-Michel Jarre, Kinobe, Kitaro, KLF, Leftfield, Lemongrass, Lemon Jelly, Levitation, Loop Guru, Massive Attack, David Miles, Robert Miles, Moby, Nightmares on Wax, Nitin Sawhney, DJ Shadow, Ravi Shankar, Viju Shah, Nacho Sotomayor, The Orb, William Orbit, José Padilla, Pink Floyd, AR Rahman, Erik Satie, Pierre Schaeffer, Sigur Ros, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Telefon Tel Aviv, Mikis Theodorakis, Thievery Corporation, U2, Underworld, Stavros Xarhakos, Yannis Xenakis, Zero 7...
The Grinds were formed in early July 2006 when they took a night stroll downtown during a cigarette break from their production sessions after suffering from serious headphone fatigue... Having listened to a great deal of ambient, electronica, and dance music records for years they decided to crush, grind and blend diverse musical elements and infuse an eclectic selection of flavors to their productions from their own ethnic musical background and beyond... Intermixed musical gestures, beats and melodies are all fused together to spark unique tunes with a strong passion for sensual voyages where only mind and soul can travel...
The duet find inspiration in rare traditional instruments and songs, as well as in stimulating synthetic sounds and textures, and in life itself as a whole, where a particular mood or feel can spark off the creation of a new work of art almost instantaneously; at any time, any place... The Grinds met at the University of Westminster in 2005, where both studied the craft of audio production and slowly started producing music together.
Their debut album "Under The Chillin’ Sun" was conceived and realized during the early summer of 2006, and it's inspired by the motive to express the creators' feelings through their culture, experiences and inner need to produce "global" music; a music that knows no frontiers... Up to this date, the pair are close to the final stages of the album production and are planning to release "Under the Chillin’ Sun" very soon… Its promotion has just got started!
Hey guys! Long time no speek ;) Hope u had a great time during summer! Hows the music business going? Do we have any exciting news?? :))) You have a great day, cheers x
From dusk till dawn: Ideal for enjoying endless frapedies near the sea, under the umbrella of a beach bar. Without any doubt the perfect soundtrack!!! Bravo!
Heck yeah baby. My cheerful just went to ecstatic! That's so wicked Summer Breeze is going to get airplay! I love the updated version on here. I'm keepin' my eye out for the mp3... :) Much love, Kel xx
Helloooo! That is great news guys!! I ll make sure i tune in to listen to ur songs:)) Hope everything will work perfectly for you! But its summertime already...so why dont u visit us for some quality time under the sun???:ppp cheers xxx
It's been a long time! The summer's been interesting. It has been 33 degrees here the past few days, the first hot days we've had! How are you doing? Are you both still in England these days? I hope that you are doing well!
I am excited to hear about your album nearing completion! I'm sort of working on getting a new one together myself. You'll have to tell me when you're all finished, I'd love to hear it!
Life is kewl bro.. well everythin is good in mumbai these days except the temprature with high humidity. Thanx for liking the songs. wats goin on with u...? by the way i find ur music too very kewl and y not its coming all the way frm UK. would like to learn many things abt production frm u guys. very keen to know abt ur production setup..Hope its not very different frm india....
