Louvana Presents 'Basement Sessions'
- by Louvana Records
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- 01 May, 2012
A Spring Series, May Thurdays 2012
Info:
Satiriko Theatre Basement
(Vladimiros Kafkarides St. 11-15, Aglantzia)
Ticket prices: €12 (3 May) - €15 (10 May) - €10 (17 May)
Info and pre-sale: 7000 7610
Doors 9
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LOUVANA PROUDLY PRESENTS:
‘BASEMENT SESSIONS’
Louvana welcomes May with a special series of musical events in collaboration with Satiriko Theatro in Aglantzia. Louvana will be using the basement of this exceptional venue for the appropriately named "Basement Sessions". Six ensembles will perform in pairs for the first three Thursdays of May, giving each evening a different musical character, always keeping to the standards of Louvana's high artistic quality.
Programme:
Thursday 3 May
Sancho 003 (GR) +support: Chris & Terry
- After a mind-blowing performance at Lefkosia Loop Festival where they sold out their album in a matter of minutes, they return to present their second album, which will be released at the end of April by the Greek records label, Inner Ear. It is, of course, the band of violinist Fotis Siotas and guitarist Kostas Pantelis from Greece, both members of Thanasis Papakonstantinou's band. Here the do something completely different. Sancho 003 have made live looping an art of the highest level, achieving their own unique sound, full of dreamy soundscapes, intense outbreaks and ethereal melodies.
Support for the evening come from Chris & Terry from Limassol, an improvisational act, which uses analogue synths and drum machines.
The musical idioms that would best describe this first night of the series is ambient, cinematic, electronic and psychedelic.
Webpage:
www.facebook.com/sancho003
Thursday 10 May
Stelafi +support: Pavlina Constantopoulou
- They released their first album "O Siderokoftis" with Louvana Diskoi last fall, receiving amazing reviews and rightfully being called one of the best production works to ever come out of Cyprus. Sticking to their 8-piece band, Stelafi (singer/actress Stella Fyrogeni, singer/guitarist Lefteris Moumtzis and percussionist Andreas Trachonitis), backed by Pavlos Michaelides (violin), Mario Michael (bass), Dimitris Kakavoulis (keys), Mike Michael (trumpet, horn) and Demetris Yiasemides (trombone, flute) are here to prove that Siderokoftis is more than capable to take off, even from a basement.
- Pavlina Konstantopoulou we know very well from her participation in various groups such as: The Kafeney Quartet, The Handmade, from the nights dedicated to the music of Hadjidakis with Pavlos Michaelides, as well as her collaboration with Elias Vamvakousis on the album "Eimai Zen kai me Tarazeis". In the "Basement Sessions" she makes a fresh start as she will be opening the evening with more personal material, using her incredible voice and guitar skills, supported by Manos Mathioudakis on bass and Yiannos Kyriakides on drums.
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Webpage:
www.facebook.com/stelafiThursday 17 May
Rite of Passage +support: Isaac’s Cello
- Rite of Passage came to existence out of mutual need. They are
influenced by the circumstances and realities of their environment, the
mechanisation of life, the lowering of the quality of all types of
nourishment-both physical and intellectual- mass endorsed apathy to
everything only to name a few, and the way in which this is also
purported through mass, produced-mass consumed music
Hence the mutual need of the members to escape these widespread mentalities, predominant in music-making at present and search for new ground on new founding principles, while provoking all listening to abolish these norms within them, through an intense sound, analogue effects and rhythmic complexity.
This will be the first appearance of the trio for 2012, within which they are getting ready to release their first album.
It’s been a year since the youthful band Isaac’s Cello have released their debut with Louvana Diskoi. They have joined forces with Rite of Passage, another two times and since then, they have appeared at Schoolwave Festival in Cyprus and Greece. They also return after a long absence from the live since to complete this unique evening of psych – prog – rock.
Webpage:
www.myspace.com/riteofpassagebandAll the shows will feature live visuals by Giorgos Ioannou (Static Noise)
- Rite of Passage came to existence out of mutual need. They are
influenced by the circumstances and realities of their environment, the
mechanisation of life, the lowering of the quality of all types of
nourishment-both physical and intellectual- mass endorsed apathy to
everything only to name a few, and the way in which this is also
purported through mass, produced-mass consumed music
Once in a lifetime, you’ll experience a pandemic. Once in a blue moon, you’ll have a chance to escape to a secluded island. Once on a red Thursday, as the local saying in Cyprus goes, you’ll be in a situation with a group of complete strangers, fully immersed in the sparks of creation flying forth. On A Red Thursday (9 March) is the product of just such a gathering of musicians from a multitude of backgrounds, journeys, skills and preferences. Their first single, ‘ Until We Meet Again’ , performed by Eurotoire team members Panayi and Jolien marks the beginning of sharing their experiences of stepping outside their comfort zones with the world. Following this first offering is alternative RnB number ‘ So Lonely ’ (3 February) performed by Maris Pihlap. ‘ Figures ’ (25 February) is the final single before the album’s release and sees Raveloe and Tamara van Esch punk out in a commentary on obstacles womxn face.
DOUBLE LP, DIGITAL ALBUM -
found.ee/OnARedThursday
In a songwriting programme piloted by Cypriot label, Louvana Records called Eurotoire, songwriters, producers, and session musicians from ten countries were invited to gather in Cyprus to test their limits, trust strangers, and allow their artistry to merge. Their initial week-long meeting began on a Thursday in June at Studio eleven63 in the island’s capital of Nicosia and blossomed into fifteen demos. After another two writing and recording sessions in July and September, the tracks bloomed into the Eurotoire team members’ fully-fledged album. Now they’re using On A Red Thursday to spread the word about the power of surrendering to creative instinct and collaborating with the unknown. On 13 February, the Louvana Records YouTube channel premiered a short documentary created by all eighteen artists with a single camera shared between them. Clips shot by the artists were edited together by videographer Antonis Pouliasis to depict their journey from complete strangers to collaborators as they untie forces to create an album together.