Annabouboula | ja

ANNABOUBOULA is a Greek expression meaning a confusing, mixed-up noise-- or "brou-ha-ha". It was thought up in the late '80s as a potential band name by Greek- American producer- turned- anthropologist CHRISTOPHER LAWRENCE, who promptly enlisted Greek singer ANNA PAIDOUSSI to front a downtown New York-meets-Athens experimental recording project.After hearing demos of Anna backed by a psychedelic trance-rock band, guitarist/ composer/ producer GEORGE SEMPEPOS came on board. In 1986 a debut EP "Hamam" was issued by Virgin Greece; exported to the US, France, and England, it became an underground cult classic. In the years that followed, the project evolved into...