I played a gig last night in Gala Hala with BeatMyth, where we were the closing act of the Kapa Records festival. There were several bands on the bill that I was really interested in seeing and I certainly wasn’t disappointed. After great performances by the guys from Coma Stereo, Ewok, and Ludovik Material (I’ll admit that I’m not really a huge fan of old the school punk stuff by Buldogi) I felt really lucky to be able to play with such great bands, and it’s nice seeing that Slovenia still has a kick ass alternative scene. There’s probably less audience and less money than ever before, but the bands are playing harder and giving less of a fuck about what anybody thinks about them.
When we started organizing our own monthly Safari events with Igor and Zana, it was mainly to give ourselves an opportunity to deejay more regularly, but as the event developed it turned into a chance to work with musicians, bands and DJs that we really respect, while our deejaying has also become a presentation of our own production. We had no real vision of who we were going to book at the beginning (the list of Slovenian live electronic musicians seemed quite short), but as it turned out, new and new names kept popping up, along with the veterans who have been on the scene for a while and new acts that haven’t even played live yet. So after 8 months of hosting our favorite artists we have quite a list of people we still want to bring to our event. I think next season is going to be a lot of fun!
Včeraj sem z BeatMyth nastopal v Gali Hali na Kapa Records festivalu. Nastopalo je kar nekaj bendov, ki me zelo zanimajo, in vsi so presegli moja pričakovanja. Coma Stereo (ravnokar so izdali odličen album), Ewok (nenapovedani nastop je bil njihov prvi odkar obstajajo, a so zveneli kot že popolnoma izpiljen bend), in Ludovik Material (ti so iz sebe iztisnili še zadnje atome energije po naporni turneji, iz katere so se vrnili boljši kot kadarkoli prej), so mi dali jasno vedeti, da gre slovenski alternativni sceni zelo dobro. Publike in denarja je manj kot prej, a so zato bendi toliko bolj odločni in se ne ozirajo na mnenja drugih.
Ewok palyinga at Kapa fest is Gala Hala
When we started organizing our own monthly Safari events with Igor and Zana, it was mainly to give ourselves an opportunity to deejay more regularly, but as the event developed it turned into a chance to work with musicians, bands and DJs that we really respect, while our deejaying has also become a presentation of our own production. We had no real vision of who we were going to book at the beginning (the list of Slovenian live electronic musicians seemed quite short), but as it turned out, new and new names kept popping up, along with the veterans who have been on the scene for a while and new acts that haven’t even played live yet. So after 8 months of hosting our favorite artists we have quite a list of people we still want to bring to our event. I think next season is going to be a lot of fun!
Ko smo lani z Igorjem in Zano začeli organizirati mesečne Safari evente, smo si želeli le bolj pogosto rolati. Dogodek pa se je razvijal po svoje in na koncu je postal predvsem priložnost za sodelovanje z glasbeniki, didžeji in bendi, ki jih res spoštujemo, naše didžejanje pa je postalo tudi predstavitev lastne produkcije. Najprej nismo imeli najbolj jasne vizije, koga vse bomo poklicali, saj se je zdel seznam slovenskih elektronskih glasbenikov, ki nastopajo v živo, precej kratek. Vendar so se poleg že uveljavljenih imen začela pojavljati vedno nova, celo takšna, ki še niso nastopala prej. Po osmih mesecih gostovanja naših najljubših izvajalcev nam je ostal še dolg seznam actov, ki jih hočemo povabiti. Mislim, da bo naslednja sezona zelo zabavna!
Flyer for next month's Safari
That said, I must announce this season’s final Safari line-up before Zana and I split to Japan for the summer. Last month was one of my personal favorite events, because it was a great honor to host the first ever show of Napravi Mi Dete in Ljubljana. This month we have a brand new act coming to Gromka again, and I’m super excited to see them play live. The band is called Ewok, they’re basically a trio of my favorite Slovenian musicians. My bandmate from Moveknowledgement Miha Šajina has been making great electro/techno influenced music for a while now and I really like his ideas as a musician and producer. He’s joined forces with the oddball vocalist Milan from Intimn Frizurn, who are still one of my all time favorite Slovenian bands, and kick ass drummer Luka Kuhar from Na Lepem Prijazni. They played a short surprise gig in Gala Hala last night and we were all pretty much blown away. These guys are possibly already the best live band around, and their studio stuff sounds brilliant as well. And they’re a totally fun band to watch! Do.Not.Miss.This.Show.
Oh, and let’s not forget, the lovely Svemir Mango (aka Eva and Kukla from Napravi Mi Dete) will be joining us behind the decks with their brilliantly hilarious mix of everything that’s fun in dance music. Me, Zana and PlankTon are also determined to finish the season with no holds barred dj sets!
Pred nami je še en zadnji Safari preden se z Zano čez poletje odpraviva na Japonsko. Prejšnji mesec je bil meni osebno en najljubših eventov doslej, saj smo imeli čast gostiti odlične Napravi Mi Dete na njihovem prvem ljubljanskem koncertu, tokrat pa v Gromko prihaja še en čisto svež bend, ki se ga noro veselim. Ewok so projekt, ki ga sestavljajo trije resnično nadarjeni glasbeniki. Moj “sodelavec” iz Moveknowledgement Miha Šajina že dolgo ustvarja svojo lastno muziko pod vplivom tehna in elektra, njegove glasbene in produkcijske ideje pa so mi zelo blizu. Zdaj je združil moči s karizmatičnim odbitim vokalistom Milanom iz nekdanjih Intimn Frizurn in odličnim bobnarjem Luko Kuharjem iz Na lepem prijazni. V petek so odigrali kratek koncert kot gostje presenečenja na Kapa Festivalu v Gali Hali in mislim, da smo vsi po špilu ostali bolj ali manj brez besed. Že zdaj so eden najboljših live actov daleč naokoli, njihov studijski material pa tudi zelo veliko obeta. In ne pozabimo še eno pomembno dejstvo: delajo zelo zabavno muziko! Ne zamudit tega špila!
Tudi dj sekcija se bo potrudila slediti energiji Ewokov. Z nami bodo za mešalko nepredvidljive Svemir Mango, ki jih nekateri poznate kot Evo in Kuklo iz Napravi Mi Dete, z Zano in PlankTonom pa bomo prav tako dali vse od sebe, da zaključimo sezono v stilu!
Event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/398326393546108/
SAFARI VOL.8- Thursday 24.5.2012
starts 22:30
LiVe:
EWOK
Moveknowledgement+Intimn Frizurn+Na lepem prijazni=
pop, kakršnega lahko le sanjamo
(http://soundcloud.com/
DjS:
PlankTon (www.facebook.com/
N'toko (www.soundcloud.com/ntoko)
Zana (www.soundcloud.com/
Svemir Mango (www.facebook.com/pages/
VisualS:
Koala™(Jet Jam) (www.jetjam.net)
Gromka. 24.5.2012. ob 22:30
Vstopnina: 3evre
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