Aggeliki Toubanaki will present her project “Crossovers: From Traditional Melodies to Contemporary Improvisations”, in Tel Aviv, Israel, at 18 February 2020.
The vocalist/performer Aggeliki Toubanaki promotes music bonds. Her artistic endeavor is based on experimentation and aims for the free communication of people, beyond musical boundaries. Having fifteen years of music experience and research in Contemporary Vocal, Electronic and Jazz World, Aggeliki creates musical collectives and proposes exceptional performances.
In Crossovers, Aggeliki Toubanaki and her fellow virtuosi musicians present their vigorous musical blend of sounds and traditional rhythms of different places and epochs, making their exuberant multiform mark! She invites us to join our voices and souls; to surrender to the songs of the world and our heart. She generously presents on stage her passion for improvisation and makes us part of her spontaneous music game, and it’s never the same!
An explosive musical blend; Original compositions, songs of Modern Greek and international music scene, Balkan rhythms, East’s musical roads and Mediterranean Sea’s melodies are connected with contemporary harmony and forms, crossover improvisations, vocalisms, natural and electronic sounds.
The songs of the Greek and international music scene are orchestrated with physical and electronic sounds, loups and polyphonic voices. At the same time, original compositions of the World Jazz album “Toubanaki and The Buzz Bastardz” (2015) will be presented; the album has received excellent reviews as “one of the best Greek albums of the year”.
The Crossovers is an open embrace, a fiesta of emotions, a spectacular journey in time, places and the solid vibes of the music roots!
Members of the Band
Aggeliki Toubanaki: voice, loops, Fxs
Vasilis Ketentzoglou: electric guitar, compositions
Pantelis Stoikos: trumpet, kaval
Dimitris Tsakas: saxophone
Apostolos Kaltsas: electric bass, loops
Petros Kourtis: multi-percussion set
Ilias Doumanis: drums, pads, music design programming
Collaborators
Sound engineering: Paschalis Kolentsis,
Promotion agent: Elli Rouben (Artway-Technotropon)