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It's electronic music but with traditionnal instruments like the Persian santoor with 96 strings hammered, the piano's ancestor, Greek baglamas -a small bouzouki of the rembetes, African kalimba and voice.

It's bass, world music, industrial, improvised.

Adapted to the place of performance, to the here and now,  establishes a connection to the Aegean music and the club scene.

There is no one label to name it, not a genre to describe it, which also means it can fit in many places, many circumstances and truly touch a surprizingly broad audience.


An excellent video by PinEyemedia : Alcalica Live in Turkey with guest musicians Murat Ertel (saz) and Cosar Kamci (darabuka) with footage from Berlin, Ankara, Istanbul, Paris &  Padova.





ALCALICA at MYFEST Kreuzberg 1st of May 2010 photo Magdalena Axinteanu 		ALCALICA on Facebook
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contact for booking
or purchasing our music
julie (at) alcalica . org  
leon (at) alcalica . org

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Press
october 2010 interview in Monkie Mag (Greek)
spring 2009 article in Wound Magazine (English)
spring 2008 interview in Roll p.1 & p.2 (Turkish)

 link to another excellent video by Pineye Media


 
ALCALICA is a band based in Berlin and Mytilini (Gr) playing Industrial World Music: poetic drum'n'bass, elektro/dub music with vocals and traditional wooden instruments such as Persian santoor, Greek baglamas and kalimba. We play live in ever changing constellations adapting the music to the place and the people we play with.
 
ALCAICA has released 5 vinyls on photovoltaic records and appears on various compilations Most recently our remix of the magnificent Baba Zula was released on Doublemoon Remixed II.

ALCALICA is also a production company tailoring filmscores and sound design for feature films, art films, documentaries but also dance pieces, theater, promotion clips and the likes.

So far only pirate digital copies of our music are available for sale on the internet, this means that we don't see a penny of it. If you want to purchase good quality recordings and released material just drop us an e-mail, we are setting up a shop here available soon. Of course on this site you will find a lot of music.

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