The Eye chats with Keep Shelly in Athens

Your music has been called down tempo electronica.  Where do you see your style fitting in within the electronica genre?

We like to say we are making downbeat pop. That means that there are many genres that can be identified in our music. There is a wide range of influences we share and that reflects on our tunes. We are more ambient and no one would call us a band that makes dance music, [but] our up tempo songs are still down tempo-ed. I think that is [what we are] all about: creating a dreamy atmosphere that makes people calm down and get in a trip, guided by intricate electronics and soft voices…

Where does the name for the band come from?

There is a neighborhood in Athens called Kipseli. But somewhere in Athens there might be our Shelly…

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