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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Baby Guru@ Six Dogs II

Baby Guru -at- Six D.O.G.S.
5 years Inner Ear

Their LP: Baby Guru – Baby Guru
Label: Inner Ear
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Green
Country: Greece
Released: Mar 2011
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Style: Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock

Their Baby Side

A1 Holy Grey
A2 Here Comes The Luliluri
A3 Marilu
A4 Bounce
A5 Baby Guru Theme
A6 I'm Only Spinning
A7 Secondary Angle And Shades Of Infinity

Their Guru Side

B1 Perfect Make-Up
B2 Navigation
B3 Rainy Day
B4 Kicks With Mary
B5 Ariel (Reprise)
B6 Inner Space
B7 Promenade

Inner Ear is an independent record label, created in 2007 in Patras. Over these years it has released some of the most interesting albums of independent artists and bands. More information about Inner Ear artists and releases can be found here

To celebrate their 5th anniversary Inner Ear took over Six d.o.g.s from 9 to 22 January, presenting an exhibition of the cover artworks of all the albums released during these years, finally the anniversary culminated with a Baby Guru gig on the closing date of the exhibition in the Gig space.

Here is a video -sample- from that night

Saturday, January 7, 2012

King Elephant

King Elephant _at_ Bios

King Elephant recently released his homonymous solo album. These photos and video are from the presentation of the album at Bios.Athens

Who is King Elephant?

Drumming, mixing, producing and a big philosophical nothing. No money no honey, etc … member of Baby Guru.

He started music lessons on the accordion at age 5. At 8 he switched to the saxophone; piano and guitar followed, until he found his place behind the drums at 16.

In 2004 he started working on “homemade” recordings and productions until he decided to study sound engineering.

At the end of 2009 with two childhood friends they formed Baby Guru and in March 2011 they released their debut album.

A few words about his Album

Inner Ear invites you to an exotic musical journey through the exciting jungle of King Elephant. One of the three members of Baby Guru, who introduced himself to us in their recent gigs as the quiet force behind the drums, now comes with his first solo album, to confirm that creation and in his case, music is the best form of self-psychoanalysis.

At a time of his life when everything went wrong, King Elephant found refuge in his basement studio and like a true nocturnal devoted all his late night energy into a game with sounds and instruments (piano, saxophone, percussion), recording himself and creating infinite samples. Obi Serotone (Baby Guru) assisted on vocals and then began the adventure of editing.

Cutting and sewing countless samples, King Elephant began to build tracks, always with percussion as the dominant element.

The result is a colorful journey to sound, like a kaleidoscope of changing forms, which stimulates the senses and excites the imagination. Primal sounds and African drums, jazzy moods, meditation samples, melancholic melodies and psychedelic vocals co-exist in the kingdom of “King Elephant”.

The album “King Elephant” is released from Inner Ear in limited edition vinyl including cd.

[ more about the LP ]

More links about King Elephant: [ MySpaceLink ] [ SoundCloudLink ]

Saturday, May 14, 2011

Baby Guru @ SixDogs

Baby Guru is an ever evolving musical organism conceived on a rainy day

Tired of the typical rock band thing- Emphasis on spontaneity and unexpected inspiration.

Obsessed with the kraut rock legacy and mama Africa percussion experiments- Charmed by the analog warmth of proto electronica and the raw power of garage punk.