Milo Ke Mandarini

The creation of Milo Ke Mandarini was the result of sharing a very personal way to feel the traditional music and folk culture from the Mediterranean. The musicians Carlos Ramírez and [a8997400], both native to Toledo, formed this duo in 2008, going on stage in different places and folk festivals of the Iberian Peninsula. Encouraged by their incessant passion for traveling and discovering other cultures, during the following years they continued their instruction with top class maestros of modal music in places like Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey, as well as the Iberian Peninsula. Their music finds inspiration in subtle things like water flowing, the sound of goat’s bells or the heat of a winter bonfire. They have created this project on a slow burning fire. It nourishes itself on pure Iberian songs, it tells of the sephardic diaspora and is performed with instruments that come from the eastern Mediterranean countries and sometimes that they build with their own hands. The sounds, merged and recreated, become familiar to us, as in earlier times. Their live performances bring us closer to these styles of music, played with a great deal of sensitivity and respect, performed in a fresh and genuine way, and at the same time retaining the identity and distinctive nuances of this music. The result is an acoustic and minimalist sound both deep and meaningful. Without losing sight of the modal tradition, they open up to the creation of new compositions and improvised performances, retaining the essence of the traditional cultures they appreciate so much and to which we all belong.