DRUMS & VOICE JAZZTRONICA DUET

From the natural sound of impact and vocalizations,
in the polymorphic dimension of electronic music

The pioneering electronic jazz duet of vocalist Angeliki Toumpanakis and
drummer Ilias Doumani is coming to the PLYFA venue for the first time, on Friday April 28,
inviting individual artists to an intermedia audio-visual performance
composition and interaction.

The two musicians in their concerts present personal compositions and her pieces
bebop, modal, hardbop jazz scene. Through the lyrical theme of the originals
of their tracks and the assembly of a drum voice eletronica sound universe, they quote
their personal reading of contemporary socio-political reality.

In this performance they invite the jazz trumpeter Dimitris Papadopoulos and the
photographer Giorgos Vitsaropoulos to compose, experiment, and present
their own aesthetic reproduction in the concepts of the pieces and their sonic polysemy
“Drums Voice Jazztronica Duet“.

On Friday, April 28 at the PLYFA venue, the public will have the opportunity to experience a
special artistic collaboration where digital soundscapes, vocals and frequencies
explosions transform into shadows, movement and video projections that coexist in absolute
coordination with the performers, sometimes mirroring their action and sometimes
"acting" autonomously as another performer on stage.

A few words about “Drums & Voice Jazztronica Duet’ (@2014)
Angeliki Toumpanaki – vocalist, voice teacher, sound experimentalist, Ph.D.
Molecular Oncology – explores and teaches the mechanism of phonation, studies them
“extended” vocal techniques, traditional musical idioms and phonemes
through improvisation, artistic expression and the interdisciplinary path.

Ilias Doumanis – drummer, composer, drum teacher, mixed-media practitioner, sound
designer – systematically investigates, through composition and orchestration, the combination
of drumming with technology.
In February 2014, they create the Nu Jazz drum-vocal duo ‘Drums & Voice
Jazztronica Duet” from their need to experiment, to explore sounds
capabilities and limits of their instruments. Design a multi-layered sound environment with
the use of electronic media & programs and the live looping technique.
The two musicians are exceptional in their genre, presenting innovations in their technique
of their instruments, overcome limitations and constantly evolve.