Lefkosia Loop Festival 2013
5-6 January 2013
Melina Merkouri Hall
We are happy to announce the “2nd Lefkosia Loop Festival”. The festival will take place, as last year, at the Melina Merkouri Hall (Famagusta Gate) on the 5th and 6th of January.
From Greece we’ll have Yiorgos Kaloudis, a cellist who will perform pieces from his two personal albums, and the brilliant double-bassist/composer Michalis Siganidis, in the debut performance of his “doc-fic-o”, a solo set which he will present using tape, double-bass, guitar and vocals. The festival is also hosting, for the second time, the well known Sancho 003 (Fotis Siotas and Kostas Pantelis), presenting pieces from their excellent second album called “Muzga”. From London we have Mo Kolours, a half Mauritian, half English, half percussionist, half beatmaker who dropped his first EP, “Drum Talking”, in May 2011.
The festival wouldn’t be complete without the Cypriot acts Plain History, Acapella Solo Loop and M.Edo, all three of which are brand new artists, as well as Giannis Koutis who will be presenting his “Stand Alone Project”. Raissa Angeli will be our live action painter, accompanying some of the acts in real time. We will also have a video by Leontios Toumbouris and Lito Kattou. Angeli will aslo be presenting the audio-visual installation called “Robot”, with Sofronis Sofroniou.
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Live Looping
The looping technique gives the artist the ability to build, in real time, a complex, multi-layered musical piece. This is achieved by creating melodic and rhythmic phrases (with natural or electronic instruments), that, once structured, can be repeated as recorded samples over which the artist continues to add new lines. More than often, the final result, as well as its parts, can stand as a completed musical piece. The artist can therefore present, through looping to his/her audience, exactly how a song can be build on the spot, and what its major components are, while the listener gets a sense of being a part of the creative process..
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The artists of the festival:
MO KOLOURS (UK)
Mo Kolours is a half Mauritian, half English, half percussionist, half beatmaker who’s dropped his first EP Drum Talking in May 2011. His music is a melting pot where English electronica and hip-hop fuse with African percussion, rhythms and vocal stylings. It’s a potent mix that ranges from psychedelic dub to dubstep flavours, always keeping Sega music firmly at its heart.
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MICHALIS SIGANIDIS (GR)
Unquestionably one of the most important Greek artists. He is a composer and double-bassist, and a man with a very unique view of the world of music. Siganidis delivers a wide-open, yet coherent mix of jazz, blues, funk, traditional Greek sounds, free improvisation, electronics, poetry, a sharp social outlook and loads of humour. He is also a member of the groups: “Heimerinoi Kolymvites” and “Primavera en Salonico”. He will present for the first time, the solo set called doc-fic-o, using tape and loops along with double bass and guitar.
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SANCHO 003 (GR)
It’s the duet of Fotis Siotas (violin, viola, synth, voice) and Kostas Pantelis (guitars). They compose and perform music based on two instruments and two loop stations synced manually. Their work has been characterised as cinematic. We call it brilliant! They will mainly perform pieces from their latest album “Muzga” as well as new material.
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YIORGOS KALOUDIS (GR)
He is one of the most important Greek cello players. Through his compositions, personal technique and different timbres of the instrument, he produces a post-modern and ambient, alternative environment, which combines classical, jazz and funk elements, as well as elements from the Greek traditional music. He is also a frequent collaborator of Alkinoos Ioannidis.
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GIANNIS KOUTIS (CY)
Koutis, as part of his “stand alone project”, creates and loops electric and acoustic sounds with oud, percussion and voice, using a vast palette of sound effects. His sounds range from classical Arabic to modern western music, with the element of improvisation playing a key role in his performances.
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PLAIN HISTORY (CY)
Plain History is a collective of musicians who improvise using analogue synths, bass, flute and loop stations. At the festival they will present the project “Feykos”, which has been prepared for this performance, and includes tape narration and live looping.
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ACAPELLA SOLO LOOP (CY)
It’s the solo project of Demetris Spyrou, also a member of the band Ιntibah and the theatre group Ypoga. His music is based on a personal research, in progress, on the revolution of the human voice as an autonomous musical instrument, and the use of every-day objects to create musical accompaniment.
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M.EDO (CY)
Emiddio Vasquez Hadjilyra music is motivated by the fundamental principles behind audio manipulation in sound design and how they can be attained with a guitar and a few pedals, creating displaced rhythms, folded melodies and accompanying harmonics.
Parallel Actions:
RAISSA ANGELI (CY)
Raissa Angeli is a Cypriot artist who has been trained in sculpture and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Prague. She will provide a visual aid for some of the festival's acts, in the form of a live-action painting show. Her performance will be based on improvisation and will have strong ties to the live looping technique, as she will strive, in real time, to take elements from each looping artist she accompanies and use them to build a final piece of art.
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Ficus Microcarpa: the void of the distance 01
Τhe video presented at the festival is a part of the collaborative project Untitled Dualism by Lito Kattou and Leontios Toumbouris. The video projects an almost static image of two elements, an empty flower pot and the trunk of a Ficus Microcarpa, a tree, which is frequently found in the centre of Nicosia.
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Visuals during the festival will be provided by Maria Spivak and Marina Xenofontos.
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Production Manager: Andreas Trachonitis
Artistic Director: Lefteris Moumtzis
Production Assistant: Mikaela Tsangari
Production: Louvana Records
Sponsors: Ministry of Culture
Supporters: "Kala Kathoumena", Eleven63 Studio, Zedem Media, CyprusNews.eu
Communication: Parathyro
