Imam Baildi (GRC)
Modern Greek
Friday 2nd March / Doors at 21:00 / Tickets at the door: 90 kr. (70 kr. for students)
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 the brothers Lysandros and Orestis Falireas and their 8-piece band do - only in musical terms!
So here’s what happens in their melting pot: Bouzouki meets electro swing, Greek roots meet hip hop and mambo big band orchestration carefully brewed in order to sound retro, and original Greek - Balkan brass action meets uplifting MC’s and Cuban montuno’s.
Their self-titled debut was released in 2007 to an international critical acclaim, followed by more than 200 live shows in Greece and around Europe that included support slots for Massive Attack, Ojos De Brujo and Gogol Bordello and performances at France’s Transmusicales de Rennes, Denmark’s Roskilde Festival and Istanbul’s Babylon Club.
‘The Imam Baildi Cookbook’ released in Dec 2010, is their 2nd collective effort. Along with original compositions and remixes it features collaborations with LA hip-hoppers Delinquent Habits and Maxwell Wright of Ojos de Brujo, Barcelona’s flamenco/world/hip-hop darlings. It reached no.5 in the European World Music Charts (June ‘11).
