Imam Baildi Live in Dubai- 5 February

Imam Baildi Live in Dubai- 5 February

Imam Baildi performs live in Dubai and brings to the audience a blend of Greek music of the 1940’s 50’s and 60’s with intuitive production and remixing techniques. Join us on Friday February 5th at a unique live show where Greek roots meet hip hop and cumbia, Bouzouki meets electro swing and the Greek version of Balkan Brass blends with nostalgic female vocals and their crowd engaging MC. Get ready for the intensity of Greek music blended with new sounds into a 100% danceable live act.

After show party to follow!

Pre-sales: AED 160 www.platinumlist.net
At the entrance: AED 190
For table reservations call (limited availability): +971(0)4359 8888, +971(0)56 538 3409 or email: info@koutoulou.com

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 Lysandros (drums, percussion) and Orestis (DJ, programming) Falireas do - only in musical terms.

On the one hand the unique sound of rebetiko, a sort of outlaw Greek blues that captivated the country’s music scene from the turn of the century until the early 1950s, and on the other hand a combination of trip-hop, drum & bass and hip-hop influences Orestis was subjected to while studying in the UK in the late nineties. Just add an MC, a female voice and a fair bit of Balkan flair to the mix and there you have it… Imam Baildi!

Their self-tiled debut was released in 2007 on EMI Greece to great critical acclaim, followed by more than 130 live shows in Greece around Europe that included support slots for Massive Attack, Ojos De Brujo and Gogond Bordello and performances at France’s Transmusicales de Rennes and Denmark’s Roskilde Festival ambeen selected to represent Greece in this year’s Universal Exposition, EXPO Milanο 2015.
Imam Baildi’s recent collaborations include hip-hoppers Delinquent Habits and Maxwell Wright of Ojos de Brujo fame, Barcelona’s flamenco/world/hip-hop darlings. Their two first LP’s were the first Greek albums to go straight to the top of the European World Music Charts.

Want to introduce Imam Baildi to your friends before you bring them to our upcoming live? Here is a nice compilation from all their albums:
https://soundcloud.com/imambaildi/sets/an-introduction-to-imam-baildi