SCENIUS SOUND 001

SCENIUS SOUND 001

The Athenian scene in dialogue with the international avant-garde

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The first SCENIUS SOUND brings an entire evening of experimental and improvised music, live performance and visual art to PLYFA. A journey between the international avant-garde and Athens’ contemporary music scene.

In Building 7A, new formations, international artists and musicians from the Athens scene come together through successive performances and new collaborations.

THE MESSTHETICS & JAMES BRANDON LEWIS

The Messthetics & James Brandon Lewis make their first appearance in Athens, and we are delighted to welcome them to the first SCENIUS SOUND.

Joe Lally on bass and Brendan Canty on drums, the rhythm section of the legendary Fugazi, join Anthony Pirog on guitar and James Brandon Lewis on tenor saxophone. Together they connect the energy of post-hardcore with jazz, improvisation and experimental sound.

KOPER8

Ingrid Laubrock (saxophones), Tom Rainey (drums), Jannis Anastasakis (guitar, electronics) and Giuseppe Doronzo (baritone saxophone) come together as KOPER8, a new international quartet moving freely between composition and improvisation. They come to Athens as part of the European tour for their debut album.

GIORGOS XYLOURIS / THODORIS ZIARKAS / NIKOS THESSALONIKEFS

Giorgos Xylouris, Thodoris Ziarkas and Nikos Thessalonikefs form a new trio especially for SCENIUS SOUND 001, connecting the Cretan musical tradition with improvisation and contemporary approaches to rhythm and sound.

FAUDUJUDU

Italian saxophonist Fausto Sierakowski, drummer Dimitris Klonis and guitarist Jannis Anastasakis form a newly founded improvising trio. Saxophone, guitar, drums, bass synth and live electronics meet without predetermined forms.

INK & SOUND  by VINCENT DE BOER

Dutch visual artist and calligrapher Vincent de Boer connects calligraphy with movement, rhythm and sound. Known as the unofficial fifth, and only non-musical, member of Ill Considered, he hand-paints their record covers. At SCENIUS SOUND he creates in ink live, alongside the musicians on stage, in a specially designed space inside the hall.

STOMA  (LIE-DOWN CONCERT)

The programme concludes with STOMA: Spyros Evangelatos on baritone guitar, electronics and voice, Apostolis Vasilopoulos on electric guitar, and Petros Kolotouros on drums and percussion. The trio uses improvisation to explore the outer reaches of electric and electronic sound.

The audience is invited to lie down and listen, in complete darkness, to a final performance of spontaneously composed music, an entirely different mode of listening.

Admission is first-come, first-served, subject to the capacity of the hall.

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Duration: Approximately 5 hours. There is no scheduled intermission; performances follow one another with short transitions in between.
Suggested for: 16+