YPSILANTI - The theatre of the absurd -

- Theater of the absurd -

Welcome to the whimsical and ludicrous universe of

. You will meet with an eccentric and surprising band with variegated inspirations and fertile imagination. Explore and discover the band and its ypsilantists, its inspirations and its origins through several excerpts of ypsilantic sound. Have a nice trip, and on your return, give us your comments and impressions, that are always extremely appreciated.

We are in the process of translating all the site pages. However, it's a long process and we have limited time. Please excuse this drawback and enjoy the site. If, during your journey in this universe, you notice any mistake, please let us know. Fell free to translate any page and mail it to us... It will be more than helpful.

A bust of Dimitrios Ypsilanti

The etymology:

Alexandre Ypsilanti (Istanbul 1792-Vienne 1828) is Greek by birth but later became general for the Russian army. After several battles to the front, he quitted Russia to find shelter at home, in Greece, where he became a great inspiration for his subdued peoples. His leadership brought the Balkans to unite and induced them to revolt against the Turkish invader. Alexandre Ypsilanti died to the fight in the course of this revolution, but his brother, Dimitrios, took the revolt of the Balkans in hand that would lead them to the liberation of their oppressors.

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Another historic link.

It�s inspired by this tradition of courage and tenacity and from the determination of this Greek family to refuse and react against the oppression that Ypsilanti is born. This energy arising from the liking for change and the call into question, translate it in words and music. The band is also profoundly inspired by madness and its frontiers, the absurd of our world and the existence. That's what inspired the title of our site: the theater of the absurd. By means of amphigourous considerations, madness join the absurd to give rise to boutering and the burlesque fantasy that also emanate from Ypsilanti

Lets see who are those Ypsilantists...

The Ypsilanti family was an inspiration for others. For example, a city in the southeast Michigan is also called Ypsilanti. But only the name link us to this city. May-be one day, Ypsilanti the city will present

the band!

A view of the city of Ypsilanti

You want to know more about those pathetic flights of fancy? Keep you informed of

what's happening

for

, and come to meet us on the next occasion. Then you'll understand how profound are the damages!

Were you at the d'Auteuil, on the 29th of november 1998? Well, Ypsilanti

was there with an impressive and enthusiastic crowd. Our music and its burlesque theater was there too. The show have been greatly appreciated and full of our genuine color. Here are few imagesof this show that was very important to us.

But as Chicoutimi haven't been built in one day, our music is inspired by a

many other great bands, who influenced us. Those bands water us and germinate the seeds of our own inspirations (that is an image...).

At last! They're arriving those Ypsilanti

�s sounds. The page is in construction and it will show you the historic of the band by the mean of different musical excerpts. From the prepsylantic era to the actual formation, including the transition projects. There is already some excerpts. Come to listen to the YPSILAUDIBLES