Imam Baildi - Great Greek Music

Here is another great band,  the name of the band is Turkish and it iss a name of a Turkish dish, "Imam Bayildi",  literally means "the imam was thrilled" or "imam fainted". This is a great band with mix of old greek songs from records and new beats. Give it a try. 
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Yunanistan - Athena dan 2005-2006 yillarinda kurulmus cok guzel bir grup. Bir Turk yemek tabagi ismi ve mukemmel nostaljik vocaller ve yeni enstrumental karisimlarindan olusmus keyfli bir muzik dinletisi icin dinlemenizi tavsiye ederim. Grubu begendiyseniz iTunes dan da destekleyebilirsiniz. 

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Genre: Electronic, Funk, NewAge, Folk, Ethnic | Greece

A generational blend bridging the gap between gotan project and white label remixes: IMAM BAILDI, the Folkloric Mashup.Named after a greco-turkish delicacy, the mysterious Imam Baildi have come here to take over the crown of Los Hermanos Latinos only with a distrinctly Balkan flavour. Sampling old school musicians and lining them against Jay-Z, the Beasties and Dre & Snoop Dogg, it's a clash of civilisations that works a treat! This is one of the most original and best mash-ups you'll hear all year!

01. Η Ζωή μας είναι λίγη - I Zoi Mas Ine Ligi
02. Δε Θέλω πια να ξαναρθείς -De Thelo Pia Na Xanarthis
03. Samba Clarina - Samba clari
04. O Πασατέμπος - O Pasatebos
05. Comely - Comely
06. To μινόρε της αυγής -To Minore Tis Avgis
07. Τα ξένα χέρια - Ta Xena Heria
08. Ντυμένη σαν αρχόντισσα - Dimeni San Arhodissa
09. Πόσο Λυπάμαι - Poso Lipame
10. Σούστα - Sousta

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Samples

Here is another sample. This is a great example for International brotherhood. A Greek band named after a Turkish Dish singing a Serbian song. This feeling reminds me the lyrics of John Lennon`s Imagine:

"Imagine there's no countries 

It isn't hard to do 

Nothing to kill or die for 

And no religion too 

Imagine all the people 

Living life in peace "

and here is the Ederlezi cover from Imam Baildi

About the Group

Brothers Orestis (L) and Lysandros Falireas formed the band Imam Baildi in 2005. The band blends samples from old Greek music with Balkan-flavored live solos

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Biography

Orestis Falireas - dj, programming, bass

Lysandros Falireas- drums, percussion

Giannis Diskos - clarinet, alto sax, bagpipe

Periklis Aliopis - trumpet

Minas Liakos - el.guitar

Alexis Arapatsakos - bouzouki, lute

Haris Kremmydas - sound engineer

After a few successful experiments with old Greek tunes we liked from our father's collection of 78rpm vinyls, we decided to produce an entire album using samples from Greek tunes from the 40's, 50's and 60's. The outcome is hard to describe in terms of genre since all the tracks vary in style. Nevertheless, all of them carry the oriental vibes of the original tracks. The idea was to bring forward some of these forgotten gems from Greek artists of the past century and blend them with modern sounds and rhythm into something new and unique. It took a lot of experimentation and loads of time and effort because what we most feared was ending up with a cheap sounding boxy beat over an old sample pattern. We focused on truly blending old and new, in bringing every addition under the old recordings' skin. To what extent we have achieved that is not for us to say, for that matter we would very much appreciate any feedback. The Imam Baildi album was released 29th October 2007and is also available on iTunes.

An Interview with the band: 

Imam baildi is a delicious Turkish dish made with eggplant, onion and garlic. What does your band’s name refer to when it comes to music?

It was a kind of joke, but our music has a variety of materials just like imam baildi -- and it’s very delicious. People always enjoy a good meal and good music, and our music is enjoyable, too.

You are all very young musicians; how did you come up with the idea of using old tunes in your music?

Rather than old tunes, new productions inspired by old tunes attract us the most. Just like the way DJ Cam from France uses some samples from old jazz tunes in his new productions, or the way Moby uses old disco and funk tunes, we started our music sampling old tunes and bringing up some new remixes.

What about the musical roots of your family?

There are no other musicians in our family, but our father is a record producer, and he has been running a small record company for a very long time. An uncle we lost was also a producer, so we have always been into music. My father’s record company is not a big one, but is very well known.

In 2007, you released an EP with mash-ups of old tunes with a cappella and hip-hop songs by Jay Z, Beastie Boys, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. Do you have any future hip-hop plans?

We never released these records; these were all experimental, but now we are getting into old Greek tunes and Balkan music, but we can think about trying something different, mixing old Greek tunes with different types of music.

Your first video from the new album, “Samba Clarina,” is like a very traditional dance hit, and it feels like a song directly from a wedding celebration either in Turkey or Greece.

[Greek and Turkish] music and our traditions are so similar. We share a lot, both in our music and in our culture. From the single instrument clarinet to the music of rembetiko originally from your territories, we share so many things.

There’s is a sample from famous Turkish musician Selim Sesler in your album. Do you know any other Turkish musicians?

We know Mercan Dede and accordion player Muammer Ketencoğlu very well. The band Laço Tayfa and pop singer-songwriter Sezen Aksu are also well known in Greece.

Imam Baildi was the first Greek band to perform in “Les Transmusicales de Rennes,” one of the most prestigious festivals in Europe. How did the crowds react?

There were four different stages [where performances were taking place] at the same time, and there were almost 2,000 people watching us. The crowd was dancing [to our music] there although they were not used to listening to our tunes. We were actually onstage after midnight, and the crowd still had the energy to dance.

You once shared the same stage with famous Massive Attack in a festival as an opening act. If you had a chance to collaborate live onstage with a headliner, who would you like that to be?

We were the starting act for the Gypsy punk band Gogol Bordello, and it would be great to collaborate with them onstage. The band Ojos de Brujo, which we shared the stage with in Athens, was also awesome. Ojos de Brujo is from Barcelona, and they make a kind of fusion that brings hip-hop elements together with flamenco. And we would also love to collaborate with Moby.

Once you produced fusions with hip-hop, then you came up with fusions with Greek and Balkan tunes. Are you going to experiment more with different fusions?

We are open to new music. We keep experimenting with old Greek tunes, but for the next album we can try something new together with Greek tunes.

Are you planning to perform in Turkey?

Our agency Pasion Turca is planning a promotional tour; we would like to visit Turkey before the summer. We may have a surprise in store for Turkish audiences with a concert.

What is next for Imam Baildi?

We have already started working on a new album. We are also working on some remixes for some popular Greek artists like Giorgos Mazonakis. We will start our concert tour across Europe before the summer.