Showcase: Drums & Voice Jazztronica Duet (GR)
May 8 - 10:10 pm - 10:35 pm
In February 2014, the drummer and composer Ilias Doumanis and vocalist and researcher Aggeliki Toubanaki created the nu-jazz project Drums & Voice Jazztronica Duet.
With the specially designed electronic drums set, digital percussion sounds, effects, samples and real time loops, the two musicians arrange forms, harmonize and compose.
The same time they deconstruct the usual role of the two instruments, moving from the natural sound of percussion and vocalizations to the polymorphic dimension of electronic music.
Their concerts create an unprecedented audio-visual experience for the audience.
Their original compositions are characterized by polyrhythmic sequences and extended vocals, multicultural influences and improvisational interaction, resulting in a multidimensional synesthetic sound environment; the original lyrics state their position on the social, political and moral conditions of our world.
Ilias Doumanis
Drummer, composer, educator and mixed media practitioner.
Through composition and orchestration, he explores systematically the combination of drumming with technology.
He has composed original music and was responsible for the composition/sound design for many radio and television advertisements, and mini-documentaries on experimental tourism and social and humanitarian projects.
Ilias Doumanis belongs to the organizing team of the Community Sounds Sofar in Greece and collaborates by having an “endorsement” deal with Yamaha, Vic Firth and the Zildjian Company.
Since 2008 he is an Honorary Professor of London College of Music.
Aggeliki Toubanaki
Aggeliki Toubanaki – vocalist, vocal educator, researcher, producer, PhD in Molecular Oncology – Medical School Athens University; she explores the potential of the human voice through improvisation, artistic expression and the multidisciplinary route.
Since 2005 she is the creator, producer and lead vocalist of various musical projects. She teaches vocal improvisation, leads Vocal Circles, and conducts multicultural choirs.