2. Low Bap Low Bap is a sub-genre of the Greek hip-hop music scene, that emerged in the mid-1990s as the sound of the prominent Greek hip-hop group Active Member. It's characterized by slower tempo and rapping than usual, often combined with lyrics of political content. The words "Low Bap" don't have a specific meaning, they merely represent a perspective on life, society and politics that people in the movement have.
3. The Low Bap movement has been expanded, so that today it includes bookstores, youth centers and specialized magazines. Cinematic attempts, concerts, and festivals have also taken place in an effort to broaden the scope of the movement, and introduce new bands to the genre's range of followers.
4. The beginningIn June 1992, during a live performance of Public Enemy in NikaiaB.D.Fooxmoor, X-Ray and MCD met each other and created one of the first Greek hip-hop groups,Active Member. People inspired by this attempt at the creation of Active Member, soon founded Freestyle productions a production group that assisted in the production of Active Member's first two disks, two more LP's (a B.D. Foxmoor's personal disk and mixed collection of tracks from groups that existed that time) as well as a maxi single.
5. In 1995, hip hop music was not well-known in Greece. That time, Active Member managed to attract great discographic companies and signed up with the consortium Warner (Warner Music Group). This time DJ MCD leaves the groop. Some months later, the third disk of Active Member was produced, under the name To Megalo Kolpo (The Great Wangle), and became widely known. In that album, Active Member decided to rename hip hop as they had taken it in, thus naming it Low Bap. In 2002 X-Ray leaves the group and DJ Booker and Sadahzinia get on it.΄Presently, the group is one of the most widely recognized in Greece, staying away from the rest of the Greek hip-hop scene though. They are deeply involved in the music industry and community, including organizing events such as the annual Low Bap Festival in Athens. They also encourage the youth to enter the scene, and have released records comprised by demo songs sent to them by new performers.
6. The Place Modern Perama got the look of a small settlement in 1920s, when some refugees from Constadinoupoli and a Black Sea tried to start their lives again in that place. In 1928, the first dockyards of Perama were founded. That caused the coming of many new residents, mostly islanders. Till today, life in Perama is related to the dockyard zone, since most of the residents of Perama work at the dockyards. However, last years, the residents face unemployment and other serious problems. At this place, that is considered to be degrading, began the attempt of the creation of the new music scene, Low Bap, with Michalis Mitakidis, known as B.D.Fooxmoor, being the leading person.
7. Some of the songs of the Active member are: Η μελωδία της παρακμής, Όταν βρέχει να τ` ακούς, κυνήγι μαγισσών, κάμερα στραμμένη πάνω μου, ο αδιάφορος, φύλακας άγγελος, παράξενος, το τέλος είναι μαγεία, πάμε, φυσάει κόντρα, άκου μάνα, Θυμάμαι, λαβωμένο ξωτικό, τι άλλο φοβάσαι, μια ιστορία από της φωτιάς τα μέρη, and much more. Here follows the wind blows against
