Hugo Race Fatalists @ Block 33 | 29.03.13

Hugo Race is a prolific and visionary performer, musician, writer and producer. Originally from Melbourne, Australia, Hugo’s creative journey has given him ‘world citizen’ status, having lived over the course of the last 25 years in Italy, France, Germany, the UK and the USA. Hugo’s songwriting draws on pop culture from rock n roll to soul to delta blues to avantguard electronic soundscapes.

A founding member of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds (he appears on the debut, “From Her to Eternity”, and features on several other Bad Seed’s cds and various compilations), Hugo then founded the seminal Australian art-punk cult band The Wreckery (1985), released through the White, Rampant, Citadel and Normal labels. (A Wreckery retrospective,”Past Imperfect”, was released in 2008 through Memorandum/Fuse Records, Sydney; in September 2010, The Wreckery in its original line-up will tour Australia supporting Peter Hook’s ‘Joy Division’).

Hugo Race’s most recent releases are with the internationally acclaimed “BKO” by Dirtmusic (recorded in Mali, Africa and released by Glitterhouse Records), the electro-acoustic instrumental “Between Hemispheres” (Gusstaff Records/MGM), and the French/USA ‘alt-country’ Lilium’s new album “Felt”, (Glitterhouse). With his trans-continental collective The True Spirit and his various Helixed productions and collaborations, Hugo defies any easy label and has staked out a creative territory entirely his own.

Hugo Race’s new solo album “Fatalists” is raw, lyrically driven and centred around Hugo’s deep, soulful vocals (critics often compare Hugo’s singing to artists like Mark Lanegan and Leonard Cohen). Recorded in Italy, guitarist Antonio Gramentieri (Sacri Cuori, Delavega), Arizonan violinist Vicky Brown (Desoto Caucus, Lilium, Calexico), percussionist Diego Sapignoli (Sacri Cuori, Delavega), and Dutch bassist Erik Van Loo (Willard Grant Conspiracy) create a melodic, acoustic sound that casts Hugo’s songwriting and voice in a whole new light.

More info to be announced soon…

More info:

hugorace.com.au

hugoracemusic.com

facebook.com/hugoracefatalists

Therapy? @ Block 33 | 16.03.13

Our favorite band from Ireland returns to Greece for the promotion of their new album “A Brief Crack Of Light”. After more than twenty years of travel and thirteen studio albums, Therapy? have managed to emerge as one of the most influential alternative rock bands. Albums like “Troublegum” and “Infernal Love” have been loved and became a huge commercial success, but at the same time had marked a whole generation of people who grew up in the hard sound of the 90’s.

Therapy? declare themselves as “children” of Motorhead, The Stooges, Killing Joke, and it doesn’t seem strange at all that they attract many music fans from the metal, punk, goth and pop scene. The only sure thing is that Andy Cairns and his team know very well what a rock ‘n’ roll concert is and this is what they promise in their upcoming appearances in Greece and Thessaloniki!

Tickets Presale:

Ticket House | 102 Mitropoleos, +30 2310 264880
Nephilim | 10 P. Ioakeim, +30 2310 268013
E-tickets: eventbrite.com

More info:

therapyquestionmark.co.uk

facebook.com/Therapyofficial

Max Cooper @ Block 33 | 07.03.13

The facts are easy to establish: Max Cooper has more than 50 original releases, tracks and remixes under his belt, from glitchy reinterpretations of big bands like Hot Chip and Au Revoir Simone to straight dancefloor 12″s like his breakthrough “Serie” originals and remixes for names like Agoria, Dominik Eulberg, Extrawelt, Pig and Dan, Kaiserdisco and Sasha.

The approach, meanwhile, is anything but simple. A melancholy composer whose live sets can raise blisters in a club, Max Cooper is as comfortable writing abstract electronica as he is writing dancefloor techno 12″s . A rationalist with an otherworldly, idealistic side, Cooper is also a wildly creative musician who until recently had a day job as a sober scientist.

And he’s swung from extreme to extreme since he first took to the decks 11 years ago.

As Max Cooper sees it, there’s conflict, but it’s part of the music-writing process. Each side of his personality sparks ideas off the other, and what remains constant is his own unique and starkly emotional style. From his breakthrough trilogy of “Serie” releases on Traum Schallplatten – the first released in 2009 and with each track inspired by a different scientific or mathematical concept – Cooper has built a reputation for one-off originals, killer remixes and challenging DJ and live sets.

Since his first release in 2007, his back catalogue now includes two mainstream Hype Machine smashes with reworks of Hot Chip and Portishead, several Beatport genre top 10s, work with the visual artists Whiskas fX and Nick Cobby and an increasing number of collaborations with artists a long distance from Cooper’s dancefloor beginnings.

With his time now mainly spent writing and touring music, Cooper continues to release his own originals, with ‘The End Of Reason’ described by Resident Advisor as “a truly sublime beatless tour de force that recalls Philip Glass, Aphex Twin’s most serene moments and even Henryk Gorecki’s Symphony No. 3”, and the UK’s IDJ magazine saying that Cooper “consistently proves himself to be one of the most peerlessly beautiful recording artists in modern dance music”. Stark, emotive and original, Cooper is, according to Skrufff.com, “One of the greatest new talents to emerge on the dance scene in the last few years”.

More info to be announced soon…

More info:

maxcooper.net

facebook.com/maxcoopermax

soundcloud.com/max-cooper

GRITO ROCK Thessaloniki – Olympus 2013

Happening in thirty countries around the world. This year the Grito Rock will be hosted FOR THE FIRST TIME in Greece.

At the beginning of 2013, a small group of people, united and active in order to learn to work together, take responsibility, trust others and create their own our reality. So we took over the coordination of the Grito Rock Festival in Thessaloniki.

The Grito Rock is taking place in three hundred cities in thirty countries around the world: Latin America, Europe, Oceania, Africa! Grito Rock means “rock scream” in Brazilian and launched in 2005 as an alternative to the traditional carnival. The festival is held in all cities between February 1 and March 3.

facebook.com/FestivalGritoRock?fref=ts
facebook.com/toquenobrasil?fref=ts

Grito Rock takes the name of the city or the country that is hosted (Grito Rock Buenos Aires, Grito Rock Spain etc). The Grito Rock Thessaloniki – Olympus 2013 starts on 1 and 2 March in Thessaloniki, and finishes on March 3, Katerini. From 2014 will be hosted in even more cities.

This year’s festival is dedicated to Olympus and in collaboration with the Voluntary Action Group Pieria will emerge very important issues for the protection of this sacred mountain. The opportunities created by organizing the Grito Rock Thessaloniki – Olympus 2013 are summarized in the following:

• Connection to large network of civilizations in the world, constructed and emerged interchangeably.
• Opening of sending Greek artists abroad and hosting international artists to our stage.
• Raising issues of our local society worldwide, such as the protection of Olympus in this case.
• Through the festival, creating the opportunity to come together and work together. People, artists, groups and productions from all over Greece, will create a strong network that allows us to realize everything we couldnt do individually.

Admission to the festival is free to the public, and none of the coordinators, participants and organizers will receive financial compensation. It is simply an attempt… to know us better!!!

More info:

facebook.com/GritoRockThessalonikiOlympos2013

facebook.com/events/382532468510160/

The Speakeasies Swing Band @ Block 33 | Entrance Free

Originated in Thessaloniki, Greece in early 2010, although the idea of a Swing band was spinning on the minds of the founding band members for a long time. The Speakeasies Swing Band made their first appearance in SwingALONICA, a swing festival held by “Lindy Hop Greece”, in May 2010 at Block33. This lead to a successful collaboration both with the concert hall and the dancing team. Since then, the band played several times at Block33 and on all of Lindy Hop Greece’s events or festivals (Swing n’ Swim Dance Camp I & II, Swingalonica x-mas 2010). They have participated in various festivals and they have toured in many cities around Greece and Europe. Among others, they have played with “Cherry Poppin’ Daddies” and “Rhythm Junkies”.

In March 2011 they wrote their first own song “Bright Lights Late Nights” in order to create a music video. At the end of the same year they repeat the same experiment resulting in a new video, “Black Swamp Village”  in which among others the internationally known dancers Kevin St. Laurent & Jo Hoffberg were involved. Thus, in July 2012 they publish their first album “Bathtub Gin”, while with their track “Bright Lights Late Nights” becomes part of the German collection “Swing Style Vol.3”.

On Saturday, February 16th, at the Cultural Center Block 33 , in a unique concert with free admission,you will have the opportunity to enjoy the Speakeasies’ Swing Band! in an endless program in which among others you will hear new tracks of the band and new song covers!

More info:

speakeasies.gr

facebook.com/speakeasies

facebook.com/events/124929317681695/?fref=ts

Midi Radio Party @ Block 33 | 09.02.13

Movement Dark Roasted & F.M.U. (by FMEDIA EVENTS) in collaboration with MidiRadio.net present..

MIDIRADIO 2 YEARS ANNIVERSARY !!!

Live Acts:

– Lupin (Yellow Sunshine Explosion/Ovnimoon)
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Lupin/170625112979261

– Atom Device vs D-TWIN (Digital Nature/MDR)
https://www.facebook.com/AtomDevice
https://www.facebook.com/dtwinmusic

DJ Sets:

– Dj Nexon (Headshell)
https://www.facebook.com/headshellmusic

– Dj Sadi (Plasmatica Group)
https://www.facebook.com/groups/plasmaticagroup

warm up by Freedou
https://soundcloud.com/freedou

Admission:
10€ (before 01:30) | 12€ (after 01:30)
Beers: 4€ (0,5L) / Drinks: 7€

600 People Capacity
Live VJ Show | Friendly Security
Free Parking Area

C u soon .. !!

Belleruche (UK) + Rsn & Esterina (GR) @ Gaia Live

Belleruche, pioneers of Turntable Soul, are coming to Thessaloniki for a unique live concert on Saturday, April 27th @ Gaia Live.

Belleruche, of  Tru Thoughts Records from Great Britain have made out in Trip Hop and Turnable Soul scene, which was described by the press as the “up – tempo version of Morcheeba”. Kathrin Deboer on vocals, Ricky Fabulous on guitars and DJ Modest on the decks, will excite the audience with their great hits like “Nothern Girls” (the song that was characterized as one of the best in 2008), “Gold Rush”, “Minor Swing” and the most recent remix of Britney Spears’ “Toxic”.

Belleruche will be in Thessaloniki to present us their latest album” Rollerchain”, as well as older hits…

Supporting Act : Rsn & Esterina (GR)

Tickets 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

More info:

belleruche.com
facebook.com/BellerucheUK

Splash Wars | 23.02.2013 | Block 33

Propaganda rollin co | Zoltan tribe | Pony Licks

What happens when 4 dynamic groups of the city join together in a shared event? A crazy colorful party!

On Saturday February 23rd the first neon party takes place in Thessaloniki. After great success in cities like Berlin, London, Belgrade, New York and Athens… it’s time for Thessaloniki. An evening of absolute freedom, without thoughts, positive energy, music and lots of fun.

The colors that will be used will glow under the black light of Block 33… creating a night that we have not experienced before. Uzzi, Nuff, D-jahsta & Camelorg b2b Waif occupy the decks of the new venue of ​​Block 33 and takes us off with electro-dubstep-trap-hip hop-drum ‘n’ bass rhythms.

Put on your white clothes… and come to fill our lives with colors! The first NeoN party in town is a fact.

* Colors available during the party are dermatologically tested and come out after washing

** A mini bus will return participants of the party for FREE from Block 33 to the city center (Eleftherias square) every half an hour (first route on 02.30)

Doors open at 22.00

Entrance 7€

Free after-party transfer (mini-bus)

The National Fanfare of Kadebostany @ Principal Club Theater

The National Fanfare of Kadebostany, recently renamed, Kadebostany was founded in 2008 by its charismatic president, Kadebostan. Determined to develop the local cultural life and to represent the country beyond its borders, the president decides to put together a new orchestra.

In 2011, Kadebostany release its first album Songs from Kadebostany on the Swiss label Mental Groove. Since then, the band has performed in a variety of festivals and concert halls around the world such as Montreux-Jazz Festival, Mutek-Mexico, Wilde Renate-Berlin, giving more than 100 shows.

Encouraged by this success, Kadebostany is now recording their second album “Pop Collection”. This album consists of the best songs played on the national kadebostanian radio. The first single from this second album Walking with a Ghost is already avaible on Itunes.

On the last night of February, the Principal Club Theater invites and introduces us to the surprisingly beautiful Kadebostany with all their surprises and their beautifully organized chaos! The sounds of cello, accordion, banjo, saxophone, bassoon. The noise and the dionysian euphoria! Getting ready for a party with pop, electronic, balkan, instrumental, oriental and pompous rythms and many others not described! And above all … getting ready for dance and madness!

More info:

kadebostany.tumblr.com

facebook.com/Kadebostany

twitter.com/kadebostan

Balkan Fest vol. 2 | 15.03.2013 @ Block 33

The biggest Balkan Festival after last year’s great success returns back…

The NGO “Kids In Action” and the free press Exostis Magazine will transform Block 33 on Friday, March 15 into a scene made out of Emir Kusturica’s movies.

Balkan Fest after last year’s huge success, will be held for the second consecutive year in the same place, ready to welcome the thousands of visitors this year. The festival aims to highlight the culture and the common characteristics of people of South East Europe. This year’s festival will host artists from the Balkan region, enhancing communication between young artists, dialogue and exchange of experiences, while aiming to be a bridge of cooperation between active agencies in ​​South East Europe, such embassies, cultural or educational associations.

For one day visitors at Block 33 will travel to cities in the Balkan peninsula through video projections, will be enchanted by images of Balkan filmmakers and photographers, will taste delicious Balkan cuisine and will have fun with music and Balkan sounds.

MUSIC

Baildsa | baildsa.com

Oratnitza | oratnitzaband.wordpress.com

Superhiks | facebook.com/Superhiks

Daltov | youtube.com/watch?v=LiFzEL1tiAU

CINEMA

Balkan directors’ short films by AZA Cinema Club | tisff.eu

ART

“Albanians in Greece” exhibition by Roland Tasho

FOOD

Tastes from Balkan by Buba Mara restaurant | bubamara.gr

Organisation by:

Exostis Magazine
Kids in Action
Block 33

More info:

facebook.com/events/483352158373838

Tickets Presale:

Stereodisc Record Shop | 4 Aristotelous Sq, +30 2310 262912
Propaganda Rollin co store | 7 Isavron St, +30 2314 012735