"Schwarts" is a newly
founded cultural club from Kassel in Germany,which has set itself the target to
promote art, culture and music of underground scene. For this purpose Schwarts
team organize a series of festival with
the idea to present a different country as a partner each year and to mainly
take artists of this nationality into the program. This year Schwarts chose Greece as their partner which
is also the second exhibition venue of Documenta this year.
The first Schwarts festival took
place in Panoptikum club from 5 to 6 May. The venue inside was decorated with
dolls and gothic aesthetic and the
Schwarts team welcomed people with black
costumes. On Friday ,the program was dedicated to dj sets and art
exchibitions…In various rooms the
visitors could explore photography exchibitions by Marilia Fotopoulou and other artistic projects and
in the main stage the 5 djs offered a
dancing program. DieSeele (Rise&Fall-transmission) joined the party with
his own set.
Saturday 6 May was dedicated to the live performances by 4
Greek projects. First on stage the the Brussels-based personal project of the
Greek musician and vocalist Eleni Nasiou
MELATONINI accompanied by the
bass player Eliza Lozovska and the intermedia artist Emmanouela Charatsi a/k/a
Man.Ou.Elle. Weird rhythms and noises really produced a dramatic effect with
dark soundscapes and the mystical
visual appearance onstage producing an impressive artistic result .The songs :
‘poser’ and ‘separation’ delivered the band’s strongest moments. They left me
an excellent impression and I think in the future they can give us quality
music.
After a short intermission, on stage KRIISTAL ANN-Anna’s
Michailidou personal project - which also offered us about 45 min. of ethereal
synth melodies .The warm and emotional voice of Ann accompanied with beautiful
visuals created a poetic and sometimes
dramatic atmosphere. We enjoyed
favourite songs like: ‘fading lights’ , ‘she walks in beauty’ , ‘remembrance’ ,
‘Antigone’.
Kriistal Ann continued with the
PARADOX OBSCUR – the minimal synth project from Rhodes island which she has
with Toxic Razor . About 1 hour with dancy ebm and minimal synth tunes
accompanied by Anna’s passionate voice and sometimes Toxic’s deep vocals.The high tempo danceable rythms and the
powerful visual design raised us to dance. The best moments were :
‘flesh’ , ‘dirty parades’ and a beautiful remix of ‘dark fortress’but the big surprise for all was when the Mexican guy Rogelio Serrano(Equinoxious) went on stage and performed the song ‘cosmodromo’ with Kriistal Ann.
Finaly the live gig closed with
another great performance by the Athenian dark cold wave duet SELOFAN. We enjoyed
some songs from the new album ‘Cine
Romance’ but especially from the previous ones ,visualizing the songs on stage adding up an artistic output to the concert. Joanna
and Dimitris gave their best and captivated the audience for about 1 hour.
The gig closed with another dj
set by Rise&Fall( transmission/ DieSeele).
It was an unforgettable
experience and I would like to thank the organizers ,the groups and anyone
else involved ,for the two
beautiful days we spent in Kassel ,two
days with Greek colour..
Enjoy the following videos:
Selofan-Orient
Paradox Obscur-Dirty Parades
Kriistal Ann+Equinoxious-Cosmodromo
Kriistal Ann-She Walks In Beauty
Kriistal Ann-Remembrance
Melatonini-Separation
Melatonini-Poser
photos by Marilia Fotopoulou
Enjoy the following videos:
Selofan-Orient
Paradox Obscur-Dirty Parades
Kriistal Ann+Equinoxious-Cosmodromo
Kriistal Ann-She Walks In Beauty
Kriistal Ann-Remembrance
Melatonini-Separation
Melatonini-Poser
photos by Marilia Fotopoulou
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