Live at the Athens MusicPort! On Thursday, May 29, “Imam Baildi” will perform live at the Athens International Airport, taking passengers and airport visitors in a unique musical journey, with their characteristic vintage sounds and many more musical surprises! By fusing the sounds and the melodies of the ‘40s, the ‘50s and the ‘60s with today’s music, Imam Baildi have created their own identity, inviting audiences into unique journeys, similar to the one they have prepared for the Athens airport event, shortly before their tour in Canada! The airport event is part of of the Fly me to the Moon / MusicPort project, an Athens Airport cooperation with the culture platform “ελculture”. • Thursday 29 May 2014 from 13:30 – 14:30, at the Departures Level - Airport's shopping Centre (public access area).
ελculture tel.: +30 210 6430 683/+30 6976 597444 e-mail: info@elculture.gr www.elculture.gr Imam Baildi Imam Baildi were formed when brothers Orestis and Lysandros began to experiment with remixes of songs from past decades. They stem from a family with a long connection with rebetiko: their father owned both a record label specializing 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 musical environment. In parallel with their activity in Greece, Imam Baildi have a constant flow of live shows and discographic presence abroad. Their 2 albums have been featured on the top of the European World Music Charts, they have toured 3 times in Europe and they give more than 30 gigs per year outside Greece, counting among others participations in some of the biggest European festivals -Sziget, Lowlands, Roskilde, Transmusicales De Rennes- as well as their last year's participation in South by Southwest, USA' s biggest music conference. This year they have already completed a tour in the USA, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium while they are getting ready for their first show in Canada.
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