Happy Dog Project is a Greek band formed in an appartment @ downtown Athens, Greece, during the summer of 2000. The band performs it's own music that incorporates elements from balkan/greek traditional odd meters and funky/hip hop beats, mediterranean/middle eastern echoes, jazz impro, noises, dub and electro ambiences. The band's style changed over the years. In the beggining, it was more rough and hip hop-ish with DJ Marble spining vinyls and the band improvising along with guitar, hammond and rhodes in the front row. After some time, thinking and concers, the band focused more to the music of our own region of the world: the mediterranean/balkan/greek music and the rhythm signatures that come form this area. Happy Dog Project performed so far in live various venues, clubs and open air festivals in Greece and in Turkey (15th Akbank Jazz Festival @ Babylon Club, Istanbul). The band's first CD entitled "Dog Days Are Over" was out @ April 2004 from Ankh Records and their second one, entitled "Doggy Style", is out now from Ankh Records as well. Both CD's produced by Manolis Angelakis (with Stathis Ioannou on the second release).
Catch them live @ Technopolis, Athens on 20th June and Hyde Park, London on 21st June
The Happy Dog Project MySpace page
Catch them live @ Technopolis, Athens on 20th June and Hyde Park, London on 21st June
The Happy Dog Project MySpace page
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