EXPERIMENTAL ZIAFETTI
“Mama, don’t send me to America, I’ll wither and die there”
“Mama, don’t send me to America, I’ll wither and die there” | Antonia Kattou (CY)
🗓️ Friday 13/10 🕗 19:00
📍 Lumina Botanical Gardens
Traditional Cypriot wedding songs meet rebetika and reveal two kind of brides. Lyrics, electro-acoustic elements, up-cycled objects and field recordings create a textural storytelling by exploring the notion of marriage.
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I am a composer, researcher, free improviser and sound artist currently based in Nicosia. My work encompasses acoustic and electroacoustic composition, free improvisation, field recordings, analogue electronics, post-folk and storytelling.
Stelios Antoniou
Stelios Antoniou (CY)
🗓️ Friday 13/10 🕗 19:30
📍 Lumina Botanical Gardens
Utilising the timeless traditions and techniques of female potters of Kornos, I will design a vessel of similar sound to the Chinese wind instrument Xao, to produce a ceremonial dance album that celebrates cultural heritage and artistic evolution.
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I am a multidisciplinary musician and music producer based in Paralimni. My work encompasses acoustic percussion, drums, heavy fundamental rhythms, improvisation, experimental sonic sounds and digital audio editing/mixing for various formats. I also perform and produce heavy electronic music under the alias Krimson Vial.
Kasska
Kasska (CY)
🗓️ Friday 13/10 🕗 20:00
📍 Lumina Botanical Gardens
Kasska’s music is like a friendly conversation – simple yet profound. Lo-fi beats blend with Cypriot language and soul, inviting you to a genuine emotional experience.
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I am a musician and lyricist with a background in sound art and design, embarking on sonic journeys that aim to transcend boundaries. My performances offer explorations of deep emotions, by infusing electronic elements with the melodic charm of the Cypriot language, in a simple and digestible manner to seamlessly bridge tradition and transformation.
Hadi Birajakli
Hadi Birajakli (SY/EGY)
🗓️ Friday 13/10 🕗 20:30
📍 Lumina Botanical Gardens
Expect a mix of progressive/alternative rock with Arabic elements. No matter what a person is going through, time will always heal.
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I am a multidisciplinary artist that is focused on making progressive rock music inspired by artists like Ziad Rahbani and Steven Wilson. Being Sublunary’s lead guitarist for over six years, I decided to discover my own sound and pursue my solo career. Moving from Syria to Cairo in 2012 due to unfortunate circumstances in my home town, I decided to make an EP that sheds light on what its like moving forward from such events.
DJ Set
DJ Set | NANA (CY)
🗓️ Friday 13/10
📍 Lumina Botanical Gardens
Expect to hear from me a playful, upbeat, vibey, high energy, genre-fluid DJ set traversed, mixed and built up depending on the flow of the dancefloor energy.
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I started out as a self-taught bedroom producer and have developed collaborations, as a contributor, both with local independent record labels here in Cyprus and abroad, and performed live at several events and festivals, using the alias Mindscape. Apart from sound design and live performances, I’ve been following and supporting the underground electronic music scene for several years and later on –yet only recently– appeared behind the decks, passionate about the creative process of delivering versatile DJ sets, at several different venues and festivals.