Lineup

PANTALOONS (Slo)

The Pantaloons trio first emerged as part of the Chilli Brass Band, where we – Luka Belič, David Nik Lipovac and Aljaž Markežič – also first met. Soon after one of the rehearsals for CBB, we had a jam which clearly indicated that our tenor saxophone, drums and tuba should start creating something together. The winter of 2016 brought us our first composition, which opened the door to our many other works, which are slowly filling up our repertoire. Our music smells of Balkan trumpeters’ parties with a hint of youthful London jazz scene, and is seasoned with influences of jazz, funk, breakbeat, dubstep and more. As Radio Študent’s choice for the concert tour Klubski Maraton in 2019, we got the chance to shake up the Slovenian music scene. In anticipation of our upcoming adventures, we started 2020 as INES#talents with a gig at the international music festival MENT in Ljubljana.

“Mischievous, well harmonized, but most of all always in the mood to dance, Pantaloons are one of those bands that certainly won’t leave you indifferent.” (Festival MENT)

Links:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/pantaloonsTrio/

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/pantaloons_trio/

Bratko Bibič & Dedley Woodleybears (Slo/A/CZ)

Bratko Bibič (Slo) –  accordion, vocals

Paul Schuberth (A) –  accordion, vocals

Victoria Vicy Pfeil (A) –  saxophones, vocals

Tomáš Novák (CZ/A) – violin, vocals

Composer and accordionist Bratko Bibič invited 3 younger Austrian musicians to participate in a special episode of his musical creativity – Paul Schuberth (A) – accordion, vocals; Victoria (Vicy) Pfeil (A) – saxophones, vocals; Tomáš Novák (CZ/A) – violin, vocals. Bibič regularly collaborates with accordionist and composer Paul Schuberth in the 15 piece accordion orchestra  Die Wiener Ziehharmoniker since its formation in 2009 and together with accordionist Otto Lechner they are a part of the accordion Trio Fantasticus.

Together with the Dedley Woodleybears, they first performed in Slovenia in August 2015 in LJubljana, Izola, Labor and Novo Mesto (Goga Festival), twice in Vienna in 2016 as well as Germany. They concluded their series of concerts in March 2017 at the 17th Akkordeon Festival in Vienna, one of the biggest accordion festivals in Europe. They performed a concert of Bibič’s ‘imaginary film narrative’ ‘medleys’ and from the various other available pieces they used elements of avant-garde jazz, ‘new music’, experimental world music, critical labour songs and also Turkish, Slovak, Macedonian folk songs as well as improvisation.  

The performance of  Bratko Bibič & Dedley Woodleybears is a part of the release of the album ‘Hommage à cliché’  by Bratko Bibič (Klopotec 2020)

Links:

Dedley Woodleybears: »Rea Billy Tation« (Live 2015)

Dedley Woodleybears: »Winterrose« (Live 2015)

Paul Schuberth (solo): »Hommage a cliche« (Bibič) ORF Ö1-RadioCafe (+  live streaming)  (2020)

Paul Schuberth (solo): “Spompanadl” (Shuberth) (2020)

Paul Schuberth & Tomaš Novak: “Abuela latente” (Novak) (2020)

Etno HistEria World Orchestra

n an intense week of musical creativity 70 musicians gather to make up the eighteenth edition of Etno Histeria World Orchestra and prepare a unique repertoire. Including etno world music as well as authorship composition, it covers the spectrum of Balkan rhythm, Scandinavian melodies, Rezija songs and suburban Paris electro-hop. The process doesn’t include any musical notation and is based on mutual teaching, learning and communication of musicians from approximately 15 different countries. Etno Histeria is dismantling cultural stereotypes and is creating fresh, yet traditionally rooted music that enchants the spectator and puts on a spectacle.

On Wednesday 29th July @Sajeta.

Quartzite 4tet (Slo/Ita/Nl)

Quartzite is extremly compact granular and metamorphic rock – that’s how quartet named their music, the sound of this ensemble explores between boundaries of the classical-contemporary music, jazz and rock. The explosive energy is reflecting in their highly structured compositions leaving space for adventurous risk taking moments and no-holds-barred improvisation. Created their own music language. 

The international quartet met while studying at Codarts, University of Arts, Rotterdam. They became friends – than lovers, than even something more and basically became a rock; QUARTZITE 4tet in 2016. The same year quartet already won the 2nd price at Erasmus Jazz Award 2016 + best soloist award in De Doelen Rotterdam(the very first performence). In just 2 years after the start, Quartzite 4tet already shared the stage like Tivoli Vredenburg, Lanteren Venster, De Doelen, Maas Theater, InJazz festival, other festival and venues in Europe. Rapidly growing quartet from Rotterdam had a debut CD called Recrystalliation released in March 2017 and it is preparing for new release in 2020. 

Each member has an impressive list of credits accomplished over the years. 

Alessio Bruno – the winner of »European Jazz Contest, Nov 2017 
Wietse Voermans – the winner of »Keep An Eye« award Dec 2017 
Elvis Homan – the winner of Leiden Jazz Award, March 2017 
Marko Jugovic – the winner of Hartman Award 2017.

Quartzite 4tet are:
Marko Jugovic – vibraphone (IT), 
Wietse Voermans – sax (NL), 
Alessio Bruno – bass (IT) 
Elvis Homan – drumms (SLO). 

Povezave:

BANDCAMP: https://quartzite4tet1.bandcamp.com/releases

ŠKM BANDA (Slo)

Beltinška zasedba ŠKM Banda (Štefan Kovač Marko Banda) ne potrebuje daljše predstavitve. Po dobrih petnajstih letih delovanja, petih studijskih albumih in fluidnem gnetenju svoje edinstvene glasbene realnosti, imenovane post-jazz, so prekmurski čarodeji zopet v procesu snovanja njihove naslednje plošče, katere čisto sveži material boste lahko slišali privič tudi na Sajeti 2020.

Kvartet se je v zadnjem času od etnografsko obarvanih zvočnih krajin deloma vrnil k svojim koreninam in bolj surovemu, rockovsko obarvanemu zvočnemu miljeju.

ŠKM banda se giblje v post-jazzu in post-rocku, a po novem v ospredje postavlja agresivnejši pristop h komponiranju, igriv preplet kitarskega šuma in mogočnih zvočnih zidov. Za sladokusce!

https://skmbanda.bandcamp.com/

CONTAGIOUS (Ger)

Sabine Ercklentz – trumpet, electronics
Andrea Neumann – insidepiano, mixer
Mieko Suzuki – turntables

CONTAGIOUS are Sabine Ercklentz, Andrea Neumann and Mieko Suzuki. The Trio was founded in summer 2018, and creates a constant tension between club-oriented, danceable and experimental music.

The turntablist Mieko Suzuki has been active in Berlin’s club scene since many years and hosts the collaborative, multidisciplinary music event KOOKOO at OHM Berlin among others. Ercklentz Neumann are an innovative voice in the experimental music scene in Berlin. Together, through mutual contagion, they seek to discover new aesthetic spaces. They plunder each other’s musical spheres, appropriate them and switch roles: in fragile sound textures pulses become audible. Groovy beats implode in noisy fragments, which grow to a trance like stream. Autonomous sound becomes danceable – beat become transparent.

CONTAGIOUS is a solid blending of avant-garde experimentation and electronic music. Formed by two innovative voices from the Improvisation scene of Berlin (Andrea Neumann and Sabine Ercklentz) and Mieko Suzuki, a well-crafted and creative DJ and musician who’s operating in Berlin venues and festivals since a long time.

Contagious is one of the most forward thinking, mind-melting projects to hit the electronic music scene. Intense and powerful, yet rooted in a tradition of crafting and sculpturing of in the most creative ways, all this building up within a solid structure of instant composition and improvisation. The trio plunder each other’s musical spheres, appropriate them and switch roles. Andrea Neumann on her infamous Inside Piano, an instrument she pioneered and crafted, is applying the most creative feedback processing to simple piano strings and sending them occasionally to Mieko Suzuki’s processing rig, who also uses her own pre-recorded sounds and her skills on turntables, while Sabine Ercklentz’s trumpet sounds blast through her processing system and altogether the three musicians communicate into logics of composition and futuristic structures, where fragile sound textures and pulses become monumental.

“Contagious” is also the debut album (released in November 2019 on Morphine Records), recorded and produced by Rabih Beaini.

The Trio wanders in new aesthetic areas, sound is a texture where the processing rigs are constantly developing new forms and evolutions. Structures and grooves implode in noisy fragments, growing into a deep trance state.

Links

https://contagious-contagious.bandcamp.com/
FB PAGE: CONTAGIOUS

River Octopus (Slo)

River Octopus (Slo)

River Octopus ali Sotoška hobotnica je solo projekt Andraža Erznožnik Podreke, ki ga je zasnoval prav na Sotočju, delovati pa je začel lansko leto. Njen obstoj je namenjen dušam, ki so v iskanju pravega čustvenega toka in notranjega miru. Njena naloga pa je pomagati dušam na njihovi poti in jim dati sočutje, ki ga potrebujejo. Ko duša začuti njeno prisotnost udari strela. 

Andraž je pred tem kot solo artist in v glasbeno-plesnih duetih večkrat nastopil na raznih art festivalih po Sloveniji (Integra, Kalejdoskop, Opus 1, Živa). 

Na Sajeti se River Octopus premierno predstavlja živi publiki.

SOTOŠKE NEVIHTE

Sotoške nevihte so edinstven naravni pojav, ki se zgodi v poletnem času. Sotoške nevihte so nevihte, ki očistijo dušo vsega težkega, stresnega, negativnega. Napolnijo te s pozitivno nabitimi elektroni emocij, energije. Ponujajo spiritualen prehod iz starega v novo leto pri tem pa vzpodbujajo živalske nagone. Vse se začne, ko zapiha veter. Naznanja prihod oblakov, ki se dvigajo iznad gorovja in potujejo od Krna proti planinam Čadrga ter po Tolminskih koritih do sotočja, kjer so duše zbrane in plešejo vsaka svoj ritual. Drevesa plešejo ples vetra in v daljavi se zasliši prvi grom, ki vodi prve nevihtne kaplje v bitko. Ko pade prva kaplja se duše spremenijo v živali, takrat se začne nevihta.

Kaplje nas najprej oplaknejo vsega negativnega, pri tem pa jim pomaga grom, ki svojo glasnostjo odpre in prečisti naše kanale. Leto gre h koncu, kaplje postajajo vse večje in gostejše, grom postane glasnejši, energije vesolja se zaletavajo ena ob drugo in povzročajo naelektreno trenje, ob katerem se nebo razsvetljuje in kaže pot v novo leto. Duše se prepustijo nevihti, ki ob živalskih zvokih in gibih iz njih ven vabi negativne energije. Soča in Tolminka dvigneta svoje bregove. Duše se zdaj lahko okopajo. Vso svojo energijo spustijo v reko, da jo bo ta lahko odnesla naprej.

Ob najglasnejšem gromu se nevihta postopoma začne umirjati, spet zapiha veter in začne trgati oblake. Skozi pogleda žarek sonca in naznani novo leto. Ko se nevihta oddalji, sonce zavzame nebo, bregovi se znižajo, reki pa odnašata staro energijo naprej. Iz Soče se dvigne meglica, ki te boža po obrazu in pomirja utrujeno telo. Sonce nas napolni z novo svežo energijo.

Povezave

SVOJAT (Slo)

Andrej Fon: kitara, saksofon, glas, besedila

Tadej Čauševič: bobni

Ivo Poderžaj: bas, glas

Trio Svojat, je nova zasedba Andreja Fona. Gre za čisto pravi rokenrol bend, ki je zrasel iz izjemne slovenske prostoimprovizacijske scene in ga sestavljajo Andrej Fon, Ivo Poderžaj in Tadej Čauševič. Formacija tria je klasično rokerska, gre pa za nekakšen bendovski eksperiment, žanrsko težko opredeljivo zasedbo, ki plava v vodah avant-rocka, post-punka, no-wavea in improvizacije. 

V začetku leta so pri ZARŠ izdali album in že po nekaj poslušanjih, je jasno, da gre za preplet brezkompromisne, kompleksne in brutalno iskrene gobe v kateri so žanrske meje popolnoma zabrisane. Svojat na svojem debiju kažejo izjemno raznolikost v pisanju skladb, zanimive notranje obrate in scenoslede, vrhunsko muziciranje in še več. Pravijo, da so v živo še bolj prepričljivo neprdvidljivi! 

“Ja, Slovenija je dobila nov Triglav, novo sestavljanko iz treh kosov in nov vrhunski trio, ki svojo pot začenja pri RŠ ali ob njegovi podpori (…) in je tako še en trio, ki je zrasel iz vrhunske slovenske prostoimprovizacijske scene, ki je svoj mah vzela že pred nekaj leti, danes pa celo v globalnem smislu kaže izjemne rezultate. “

Dušan Bulajić, Tolpa bumov, 9. 1. 2020, Radio Študent

Povezave:

https://zars.bandcamp.com/album/svojat

ALL STRINGS DETACHED (Slo)

Originally All Strings Detached is a duet formed in 2013 by Jana Beltran (voice, guitar) and Vesna Godler (voice, bass guitar).

The first two ASD albums, ‘Heavy Rain’ (2014) and ‘There’s Something Painful about the Pearls’ (2017) were well received by the public and by the media. With a dark modern minimalism and slower tempos which defy the contemporary sonic saturation the duet established itself as a convincing, fresh voice in the Slovenian music scene.

The ‘Septet’ album follows the aesthetics of the first two albums. Their excellent choice of guest musicians, exceptional performances and complex song writing opened doors to something new. Album production and mixing was handled by Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts, The Strange). The album was recorded live with no overdubs at the BearTracks studio with Robi Bulešić.

The extended All Strings Detached line-up appearing at the XXI Sajeta consists of:

Jošt Drašler (electric bass, double bass),
Vid Drašler (drums),
Klemen Bračko (viola, string arrangements),
Barja Drnovšek (violin)
Bojan Cvetrežnik (violin) 

Links:

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biddlebros/videos/515560726009780/

BANDCAMP: https://allstringsdetached.bandcamp.com

MLADINA: https://www.mladina.si/195383/all-strings-detached-septet/

Ana Kravanja & Tea Vidmar (Slo)

Ana Kravanja – voice

Tea Vidmar – voice

Ana Kravanja and Tea Vidmar are musicians searching for a mutual voice in the space between inhaling and exhaling. They are focused on repetitive rhythmic singing, composed of simple voices, syllables, inhales and exhales, which makes the listener feel like there is a ‘third voice’ present. Besides this magic, the musicians are interested in the transitions from the sonic qualities of free improvisation into melodies of undeterminable origin. 

Ana Kravanja is a musical improviser and multi-instrumentalist. As an improviser on violin she has collaborated with many Slovenian and foreign musicians and dancers. She creates music for narration, dance, theatre, animations, and films and works as a mentor in musical workshops for adults and children.

Tea Vidmar is active in the field of street theatre, music, and vocal performances. She also performs in individual or group vocal-theatrical performances and concerts of improvised music. As a pedagogue, she teaches voice stage presence.

Zhlehtet (Slo)

Rok Zalokar je jazz pianist in skladatelj, aktiven med Ljubljano in Rotterdamom. Je vodja avantgardne pop skupine Kukushai, svojega klavirskega tria ter improvizirane hiphop godbe Million Ear. Med drugim je nastopil tudi na North Sea Jazz Festivalu, enem največjih jazz festivalov v Evropi in prejel nagradi Erasmus Jazz Prize in Jazzon.

Njegov najnovejši projekt Zhlehtet predstavlja njegov producenski alter ego,  skupaj s kolektivom glasbenikov Ljubljanske impro scene. Kozmični jazz zasedbe prepleta akustičen zvok z elektroniko, kompozicijo z improvizacijskimi koncepti in orisuje zvok 21. Stoletja.

Od začetka 2019 se je v zavetju studija pripravljal produkcijski kolaž katerega glavni fokus je masa zvoka in njegova tekstura, na momente se ljudje skupaj zasmejijo, drugače pa samo zvenijo, rezultat je 響み (Toyomi) – stara japonska beseda za velik zvok/odmev in ljudi ki se skupaj smejijo.

Rok Zalokar – klavir, sinti
Urška Preis – harfa, efekti
Lenart De Bock – saksofon
Jošt Drašler – kontrabas
Vid Drašler – bobni

Povezave:

BANDCAMP: https://rokzalokar.bandcamp.com/album/toyomi

Etceteral (Slo)

Etceteral is a new project by Boštjan Simon, Marek Fakuč and visual artist Lina Rica, in which they are exploring the boundaries of repetitive polyrhythmic music. The play of sequences and patterns are complemented by improvisational escapades through science fiction black holes. The DSI Evolver Synthesizer adapts to the tone of Simon’s saxophone seamlessly as well as Fakuč’s bass drum. In this way it appears as an interference or a third element spawning from the musical dialogue. Lina Rica with her interactive visuals takes makes all together a synesthetic experience.

Etceteral are:

Boštjan Simon, baritone saxophone and DSI Evolver

Marek Fakuč,  drums, Moog Grandmother

Lina Rica, visuals

Etceteral so:
Boštjan Simon, bariton saksofon in DSI Evolver
Marek Fakuč, bobni in Moog Grandmother
Lina Rica, vizualije

BANDCAMP: https://etceteral.bandcamp.com/releases

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/etceteral/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/biddlebros/videos/515560726009780/

Upperground Orchestra (Ita/Lbn)

Upperground Orchestra is Rabih Beaini’s playground when it comes to stage diving and obscene perforative skills. He’s on electronics in a band full with gifted/lauded/vibrant members of Italy’s free jazz and improv scene Piero Bittolo Bon on woodwinds, Alvise Seggi on bass, Tommaso Cappellato and Daniele De Santis both on drums.

After a promoter double-booked two acts for a concert in an Italian squat in 2002, a truly magical impromptu jam session took place between the artists. Several more performances followed over the years, with the line-up evolving to its current status. Within loose scenarios of free jazz, krautrock, and deep cosmic jamming, in which Rabih’s experimental electronics, touching freeform between house and techno, meet the virtuosity of the instrumentalists – a chaos ensues which is relished and from which new planes are explored. True to the original core of improvisation, the Upperground Orchestra exists primarily as a live-experience, creating music with the individual energy of each place they play. With just a handful of releases to date, starting with ’Solaris Eremit’, released in 2008 on Beaini’s Morphine Records, epic remixes of Terrence Dixon’s ‘Room 310’ on Meakusma, 2012’s ‘The Eupen Takes’ LP and the re-imagination of Theo Parrish’s ‘Falling Up’ on Third Ear Recordings, Upperground Orchestra’s new LP Euganea is released in June 2019 on Morphine Records, featuring material previously recorded during a residency and live concert in Villa De Vescovi in Italy.

“Led by Lebanese DJ and musician Rabih Beaini, Upperground Orchestra hangs in the ether of Kieran Hebden and Steve Reid’s rapturous mid-2000s experiments. The Venetian group stitches heady electronic clicks, washes and whooshes in and out of its heart-racing free jazz.”  – Viking’s Choice – NPR

Releases:

SOLARIS EREMIT
THE EUPEN TAKES
EUGANEA

Links:

FB: UPPERGROUND ORCHESTRA

https://uppergroundorchestra.bandcamp.com/

Sebastjan Grego (Slo)

Sebastjan Grego je pričel z igranjem kitare na tolminski glasbeni šoli pod vodstvom prof. Mirjane Antih Čebokli in šolanje nadaljeval na Umetniški gimnaziji Koper, kjer je bila njegova mentorica Tanja Brecelj Vatovec. Leta 2004 je bil sprejet na Univerzo za glasbo in upodabljajočo umetnost na Dunaju v razred prof. Brigitte Zaczek, pod vodstvom katere je leta 2011 uspešno magistriral. Leta 2010 se je izpopolnjeval na Conservatoire National v Strasbourgu pri prof. Alexisu Muzurakisu. Leta 2015 je izdal svojo prvo zgoščenko z naslovom »Guitar Recital«, leta 2018 pa zgoščenko z naslovom »Landscapes«.

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