Locomondo live @ Block 33 | 26 & 27.04.13

More info to be announced soon…

Locomondo is a 7 member band based in Athens, Greece. It is the first band which fused the Caribbean sound together with Greek musical elements and Greek lyrics, producing a fresh sound and a new approach to the already known forms of the Caribbean as well as the Greek music.

Since 2004, they have released 6 albums and have toured extensively in Greece, Germany and the Netherlands with great success. During the course of these years, they have shared the stage with bands such as Manu Chao, the Skatalites, Chumbawamba, Alpha Blondie, Ojos de Brujo, the Wailers, Aswad and Ska Cubano among others. They have collaborated with Amparo Sanchez from Amparanoia and Natty Bo from Ska Cubano on their third record “Me Wanna Dance” and have participated on the single of the German group Beat n’ Blow “Hey Girl (Greek version)” which received ample airplay on Funkhaus Europa and Radio Multiculti. Vin Gordon, the veteran trombonist of Studio One, the world famous Jamaican studio, has participated in their second album, which was recorded in Jamaica in 2005.

Locomondo have entered the charts of Radio France Internationale with one of the songs of their first album “stin Athina”, been included in the cd of the German reggae magazine “Riddim” in the issue of August 2008, and have been part of the “Radio Chango” family since 2007. In their live shows, Locomondo try to capture the energy and the feel of a party, where the crowd and the band share the common experience of a great “fiesta”. Many of their songs have been big hits in Greece.

In 2008 they have written the soundtrack for the film “To gamilio party (The wedding party)”, which was directed by Christine Crokos, an upcoming Greek-American director. In the summer of 2009 they played a series of German festivals, such as Stemweder open air, Fusion festival and Chiemsee reggae festival.

In November 2009 Locomondo released a double live cd. “Locomondo Live!”, was recorded during their summer 2009 tour in various shows in Greece. They also had the honour of having their cover of the traditional song “Frangosyriani” being included in Fatih Akin’s latest movie, “Soul Kitchen”. The film won the Special Jury Prize award in Venice film festival in 2009, where the song was played during the red carpet walk for the premiere of the film.

In December 2009 Locomondo traveled to Istanbul for the Turkish premiere of the film “Soul Kitchen” and played a live show in Babylon club. In May 2010 the band released the song “Goal!” as a download single. The song is inspired by the beauty of the football game. Later in June the same song is also released with German lyrics as “Tor!”.

In April 2011 Locomondo release their first record outside of Greece. This compilation album called “Best of” consists of a selection of songs from their previous discography, plus a “Locomondo” version of Griechischer Wein, an Udo Juergens classic speaking about the life of the Greek immigrants in Germany in the 60’s.

More info:

locomondo.gr

facebook.com/Locomondo.official

youtube.com/user/locomondo

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CHICness & Piccadilly (-) MINUS present Santé on Saturday February 16!

À votre santé!“ – that’s how french people and, occasionally, some extra-sophisticated middle-class-intellectuals everywhere are drinking to the health and well being of each other. So it’s pretty obvious, how the label-moniker Avotre came about. On the one hand, it draws a line to its initiator Santé – busy, renowned, Berlin-residing producer, DJ and soundwizard. On the other hand, it already hints towards the agenda of this enterprise. Around all those labels popping up all the time, mostly being just virtual phenomenons, the Avotre-cosmos aspires to grow into a distinctly recognizable and even sensible matter of heart. To put it straight: Avotre is concerned about its scene’s well being.

That said, Avotre is not like the common, genre-specific label as we know it all too well, not another Techhouse-imprint that’s dropping hardly distinguishable productions every week. The basic principle coming to effect in this venture would be called ‘laissez-faire’ in its mother tongue. It’s not just Housemusic about to happen here, there are rather all sorts of things about to happen. Be it R’n’B, be it Downbeat, Disco and whatnot. Stylewise, Avotre offers a home for everything that represents the different tempers of the contributing producers. Belonging to this crew are, next to Santé himself: the already capturing, on Gigolo and Souvenir releasing Re.You, Munich resident Sascha Sible, who already came into picture with releases on Be Chosen and Souvenir and Ahmad Laren from New York, who just recently moved to Berlin and Hamburgs very own New Comer Sidney Charles wo had his debut at Kling Klong.

After all: who says, an Avotre-release necessarily needs to be a vinyl or an MP3? There are a lot of other things in the making, all of which have one thing in common. The knowledge, that music always encloses a sense of life.

More info:

santemusic.de

facebook.com/santemusic

residentadvisor.net/dj/sante

soundcloud.com/sante

facebook.com/wearechicness

World Reggae Poster Exhibition @ Block 33 | 21-28.02.2013

After the National Gallery of Jamaica the exhibition comes in Greece! Thessaloniki hosts in Block 33 the best 100 posters of the competition.

On the initiative of the Art and Design College AKTO the International Exhibition Reggae Poster WORLD – A – REGGAE, comes in Thessaloniki after a very successful presentation in November in Athens. Visitors to the exhibition, which is organized in cooperation with the Parallaxi and Block33, will have the opportunity to enjoy the best 100 posters, of the global competition «International Reggae Poster Contest, 2012» in which creators with 1142 posters from 80 countries were involved. Initiators and creators of the competition are the Jamaican Michael Thompson and the Greek Mary Papaefstathiou.

The exhibition will be attended by the creators of the competition mentioning “From the response we had and the number of participants is obvious the influence of this music on an international level,” says Michael Thompson. “Indeed, the huge worldwide participation in the contest IRPC, reflects the positive energy of Reggae. The different approach and different perspective to the projects submitted are a strong testament to the world-wide love of Reggae… ” adds Mary Papaefstathiou.

Opening hours: 17.00 – 21.00

Opening act:

Full Circle Reggae
Stefanatty (One Drop Forward) meets Sistah Jammaroots

More info:

block33.gr

facebook.com/block33.gr

facebook.com/events/469207146479540

See all the posters of the competition reggaepostercontest.com/winners/winners2012

Opensuse Conference 2013 @ Olympic Museum Thessaloniki | 18-22.06.13

On July 18, 2013, hundreds of hackers from around the globe will come to the country where the modern age of reason started. In the place where over 2500 years ago great thinkers sat down and taught the art of logical and critical thinking, we will sit down and talk critically about logic and code.

Most sessions at oSC13 will evolve around oSC project, oSC technology and the Free and Open Source software (FOSS) community in the vincinity of us. Meet many of the people that make FOSS happen, learn from and have fun with them.

Location / Venue

14th FURNIMA

This year, given the economic crisis and its impact particularly on the furniture sector, the organizers aim at creating a new market and for this reason they have been developing a series of actions in order to achieve this goal. For the first time this year, the exhibition, properly organized according to the seasons requirements, shall operate only for commercial visitors on Friday and Saturday whereas it will be open to the public on Thursday and Sunday

This year, the 14th FURNIMA – International Exhibition on Machinery, Raw Materials, Tools, Furniture Equipment & Materials – shall be organized parallel to Furnidec business at pavilion 5. This will be the only sectoral exhibition in Greece for 2013 and will host the novel salon “INNOVATION”, which will present all innovative products.

The 7th FURNIDΕC BUSINESS and 14th FURNIMA offer and attractive participation package which consists of the following:

• Construction proposal for a special designed stand at an attractive price
• Financial participation terms according to a flexible way of payment
• Special prices at specific city hotels
• Invitation and accommodation for 150 important hosted buyers from Greece and foreign target countries: Bulgaria, Ukraine, Russia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Albania, Romania, Israel (Ηosted Buyers Program)
• Targeted promotion of the event on selected mass media in Greece and abroad.

Moreover, it is important to stress that particularly this year the organization of Furnidec business and Furnima coincides with Infacoma and Energytech, the leading sectoral exhibitions on Construction Materials and Energy that attract a very large number of Greek and foreign visitors.

Opening Hours:
Thursday, Friday & Sunday: 11:00 – 20:00
Saturday: 11:00 – 21:00

Firewater @ Principal Club Theater | 16.03.13

Firewater is an international band which draws musical and lyrical inspiration from around the globe. The group was formed in 1997 in Brooklyn, USA, by writer, ringleader, and mouthpiece Tod A. Now they call everywhere home. They have never looked back.

Firewater believes that music can be more than wallpaper, that lyrics can express more than hot air, and that emotions honestly conveyed can overcome the superficial differences between people often imposed by borders, politics and language. Firewater believes in the undying energy of punk rock – wherever it may be found.

Firewater are optimists in a pessimistic world. They celebrate weddings, and births, and funerals. They fight for the freedom to travel, to create, and to breathe. They want to live until they die. They hope you like their music and their message. Feel free to dance.

More info:

http://www.bloodshotrecords.com/artist/firewater

http://www.facebook.com/firewatermusic

Tickets Presale:

Ticket House | 102 Mitropoleos, +30 2310 264880
Stereodisc Record Shop | 4 Aristotelous Sq, +30 2310 262912

Roger Molls Band (FR) @ Gaia Live | 18.05.13

Roger Molls has been a beatmaker for the past few years but has always been a self-taught artist who has dablled in this and that. He started as a video artist as part of a club [Cone production] that he set up in 2001 with a group of students. He made a number of short films, videos and clips that were selected and shown at video festivals such as les Rencontres audiovisuelles of Lille, Videoformes in Clemont Ferrand, Bochum festival in Germany, the International festival of Rotterdam.

His music being the core element of his videos, he then decides to take a step further and writes his first pieces of music in 2007. He keeps on producing more music while working within different bands and finally joins a hiphop band in north of France called La spirale. He produces several pieces of music for the band and crates all the artwork of their album “Envers et contre tous”.

With this wealth of experience in the audiovisual arts and fuelled by his passion he now launches his first solo album with the help of American rappers and a fewEuropean Djs. Mixing hip-hop and downtempo, building a “French touch” in a very Anglo-Saxon world, surrounding himself with old tape recorders in the midst of new technologies, Roger Molls delivers here a very personal work.

Love Light & Lοllipop Productions proudly present…

Roger Molls with his band… straight from France!

More info:

rogermolls.com

facebook.com/Roger-Molls-The-Beatmaker

youtube.com/RogerMolls

Ticket Presale

Ticket House | 102 Mitropoleos, +30 2310 264880
Stereodisc Record Shop | 4 Aristotelous Sq, +30 2310 262912
Lotus Record Store | 7 Skra, +30 2310 260776

Goldierocks Dj Set in The Selector Party @ Matter Club | 01.03.13

Goldierocks is Sam Hall- international DJ, theatrical performer and TV/radio broadcaster. Sam spends her time invading festivals and after-parties all over the world. Always up for an adventure: she’s eclectic, passionate and a bit of a giggle.

A showcase for debauched glamour-puss rock’n’roll – Timeout

Sam has stage dived, rocked out and propelled herself off various stages around the globe having DJ’d her unique blend of festival chic, bassy remix and wonky electro to thousands across five continents. Everywhere from Ibiza Rocks to Glastonbury’s East Dance Stage, inside the igloo disco of Snowbombing in Austria to the palm fringed shores of Lake of Stars Festival in Malawi Southern Africa; Australia’s Gold Coast to cowboy country, playing SXSW in Texas. Soviet bunker clubs in Kazkahstan to yachts in Monaco, The MTV European Music Video Awards and Shanghai Fashion Week.

Festival it girl, touring DJ and international party know all – Clash Magazine

As well as exclusive private parties for the likes of Giorgio Armani, Madonna, Jade Jagger & Richard Branson plus warm up slots to Soulwax & DJ Mehdi. 2011 saw her perform to rammed stages at endless festivals including Creamfields, V, Leeds, Secret Garden Party, Bestival, Wakestock, Isle of Wight, T4 on The Beach, Glass Butter Beach, Latitude, Beach Break Live, O2 indigo, London Eye plus live dates in Albania, China, Africa, Monaco, Poland & Czech Republic.

She could be the most influential woman in pop – Evening Standard

Offstage Sam presents her weekly global radio show ‘The Selector’ (now broadcast in over 34 countries on FM radio to 4 million listeners & on NME Radio in UK). Recently described by The Sunday Times as “more irresistible as the best of John Peel… the country’s coolest radio show”. In 2012 Goldierocks will be heading to Cairo, Israel, Mexico and Brazil to promote the show.

If she’s not one to watch I don’t know who is! – I-DJ Magazine

Sam Hall is also the newest voice to BBC Radio 1 having covered for Dev several times this year. She also hosts a Friday late night specialist dance show ‘Selector After Dark’ on Mexico’s Ibero FM, China’s Loop FM & Warsaw’s Roxy FM.

So don’t miss the amazing DJ set of Goldierocks in Thessaloniki and celebrate with us the presentation of the program “The Selector”, which will broadcasting every Friday 15.00 – 17.00 from FM 100.6!

More info:

goldierocks.co.uk

facebook.com/djgoldierocks

soundcloud.com/goldierocks

selector-radio.com

Dj Gypsy Box | United Global Beats | Mexico

Check out the view of the Latin Balkans from Mexico with DJ Gypsy Box. His forte is fusing the folk styles of the Southeast European between Latin America soul cultural crossroads with the most eclectic sounds of contemporary electronic music. He’s a resident DJ at clubs in Barcelona, Valencia, Sevilla & Madrid, the founder of the travelling Balkan Fever Party and an active member of the United Global Beats collective. A master of dance-floor filling, he has already brought his sound to different clubs and festivals in Argentina, Chile, Mexico, Spain, France, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Finland, England and Ireland; shared the stage with artists like Shantel, Boban Marcovic and Fanfare Ciocarlia, and the DJ booth with such luminaries as Robert Soko, DJ Click and the Bubumara Collective. An electronic Gypsy trail-blazer.

Openig Acts

Dj Didis | Afrobrazilian funky music
Nik Turbis & Dj Yu-gi | Dj set & live drums

More info:

block33.gr

facebook.com/events/341098046004215

soundcloud.com/gypsy-box

Claptone @ Shark | 10.03.13

The hottest name of the dance music scene today in Europe and the producer of the hits “Cream”, “Another Night”, “She Loves You” and “Good to You”, comes for the first time in Thessaloniki for a unique dj set, on the decks of Shark Bar | Restaurant.

Support Dj’s…Nikos Ploumis & Linos.

Claptone | exploitedghetto.de/artists/claptone

In a now long forgotten world, many generations ago, a bird like shape emerged from wooded dark- ness, floating and fluttering, drifting and dreaming. Backlit by a bright glow of iridescent light, the undecipherable form wore a dazzling golden mask. Its long beak swooped down like an inverted horn and since then, people have referred to the mythical being simply as Claptone.

Years spending wandering medieval landscapes have informed Claptone’s view of the world, experi- encing both magical mystery and muted melancholy he enchanted onlookers with occult instruments and beguiling sounds. Forever surrounded by a sense of intrigue, the world soon cottoned on to the elusive yet enchanting musical powers of this otherworldly beast. The results are that today his sha- manistic sonic powers take him all around the world.

Whilst Claptone has continued to roam in his own circles, 2012 AD proved to be a year dominatedby his infectious ‘Cream’ track. It became an immediate hit, topping new world charts at Beatport and RA, whilst the sonic conjuring of the ‘Night On Fire’ EP also lured all those who heard it, with the result another Top 20 hit. But that’s not all, for the creativity flows freely in our hero, and his ‘Another Night’ also proved to be just as successful on the dancefloor. Deep and woozy, the Claptone sound pairs theatre with tragedy, feel good vibes with acute melancholia and imbues each groove with a Rhodes laced funk, an organic string hook and myriad earthy elements.

Up to the present day, Claptone releases have been birthed on Germany’s influential Exploited label, picking up props from the likes of Pete Tong, DJ Sneak, Soul Clap, DJ Hell, Jesse Rose, A-Trak along the way. Who or whatever Claptone is, it is alive, with a life of its own, evolving and revolving in equal measure, exploring new sounds naturally and forever taking inspiration from long gone and occult worlds.

So far, esteemed and influential dancefloors at clubs in Berlin, London, Paris, Melbourne, Shanghai, New York and many others around the world have fallen under the sonic spell of this secretive alche- mist. The future is unpredictable for Claptone, but a new release ‘Wrong’ including the track ‘No Eyes’ with the inimitable JAW from French funsters dOP is on the horizon. Beyond that, your guess is as good as ours…

More info:

exploitedghetto.de/artists/claptone

facebook.com/claptone.official

facebook.com/sharkgr

Doors open: 17:00
Reservation number: +30 2310 416855