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BAMBALAM is a music duo from Vilnius, Lithuania, consisting of Laimonas Staniulionis (percussion: cajon, djembe, udu, asalato, Rav Vast, pandeiro, frame drum, ocean drum, log drum, kalimba) and Julija Ritčik (vocal, acoustic guitar, percussion). Both musicians are well known as 'the driving force' behind Lithuanian band 4FUN, which represented Lithuania in 2007 Eurovision Song Contest in Helsinki. Julija is the lead singer and songwriter of the band and Laimonas is the drummer and producer.
The duo first appeared on public in June 2017, when Laimonas, who's got a genuine passion for exotic percussion instruments, took part in the international 'cajon' percussion contest “Golden Cajon Award“. The entry “Black Betty“, an African-American traditional song, arranged by Laimonas for percussion and vocals, won the contest in the nomination “Cajon with the Band”. The win inspired Laimonas and Julija to put into action their long considered idea of making an EP album based on the most interesting percussion instruments used by Laimis and Julia's vocals, which the duo is working on at the moment. BAMBALAM has also been chosen by a jury as one of 10 contestants to perform live on the “Breakthrough” stage of “Galapagai 2017“ international music festival in Lithuania.
The name “Bambalam“ comes from the word 'bam-ba-lam', repeatedly used in the duo's debut song “Black Betty“ lyrics and resembling the sound of drums or percussion rhythm.
