N.K.<br>Friday Nov 11th, 2011 Doors 21:00 Concert 22:00 <br><h3><strong>Antifrost label night</strong></h3>
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<p><strong>Solo Acts by: Coti: electronics/ Nikos Veliotis: feedback / ILIOS: oscillators, field recordings<br>
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Trio Mohammad (cello/contra-bass/oscillators) presenting <strong>Spiriti</strong></strong><br>
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<p><strong>Costantino Luca Rolando Kiriakos</strong>, born in Milan,
Italy in 1966, moved to Greece at the age of 6, where, better known as
Coti or Coti K., has been involved in various Athens pioneering
electronic bands since the mid eighties (Ricochet, Dada Data, Raw,
Spiders’ Web, In Trance 95). He works as a musician, composer,
installation artist, record producer and sound engineer, and
collaborations include: Tuxedomoon, Stereo Nova, Blaine Reininger, The
Raining Pleasure, Nikos Veliotis, Ilios and others. He has released
various solo CDs, written music for film, theatre, dance companies and
TV. A member of club 2-13, he has played live electronics with many
musicians including Evan Parker, Phil Durrant, Nikos Veliotis, Rhodri
Davies, Andrea Neumann, Phill Niblock, Mark Wastell, Matt Davis and
others.</p>
<p><strong>Nikos Veliotis</strong> is cello player and video artist who
at last after all these years needs little introduction to the greek
music-loving public. Whether endlessly bowing, simply plucking, or
grinding his cello to pieces, he’s guaranteed to add immesurable weight
the proceedings. He’s been known to perform in the experimental outfits
of Cranc (Rhodri & Angharad Davies), Looper (Martin Kuechen &
Ingar Zach), Texturizer (with Coti K), Mohammad (Coti again, and Ilios),
Vertical (with Anastasis Grivas) but also with the occasional
songwriter type (David Grubbs, Giannis Aggelakas).</p>
<p>Active since the early 90′s in sound art and image, <strong>ILIOS</strong>
has been exploring the extremes of sound and image derived phenomena.
Through constant change in his sound palette touching and surpassing the
limits of the sound spectrum ILIOS advocates for an anti-career. Some
of ILIOS recorded output has been regarded by the media as: “The sound
of death” or “The most enervating record imaginable”. More than 200 live shows, lectures and workshops in 30 countries in:
Asia, South + North America, Europe, Oceania pushing the space and body
resistances to a hard test pursuing a state of alert for the human
senses. Numerous audio releases including: “Kenrimono” based on sounds
of pachinko parlours, “Vento Elektra” based on electric signals and home
electricity, the “Symphonies for oscillators and internal combustion
engines”, based on car vibrations; and many others. Also works for
contemporary dance companies, theatre, films, animation. Collaborated
with many sound artists live and in studio. Has been commissioned works
by: World New Music days (Switzerland), Resonance Fm (UK), Yelp DanceCo
(Greece), Fabrica (Italy), SineQuaNon (Greece), Grey (Denmark), DogPack
(Greece), KineKine (Greece) a.o. Curatorial works include: “Electrograph – “Athens Sound Media” a
festival on sound media in Athens (Curator + Co-director), Greece 2001
to 2006 ,SDR Muestra de Arte Sonoro de Santander in Santander, Spain
since 2008 (Curator + Co-director), [Un]Commonsounds project
(Co-director), sound events for the Athens Biennial (Curator), among
others. Current parallel music projects include: Mohammad (Coti K /
ILIOS / Nikos Veliotis), Loudspeaker (Chessex / ILIOS / Karkowski). <br>
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<p>Since 1997, runs <strong>Antifrost</strong>, a publishing
platform/label for sound media with more than 50 works published till
date by renowned artists from all over the globe.</p>
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<p><strong>MOHAMMAD</strong> is the project of Coti K, ILIOS and Nikos
Veliotis. Having worked separately in the experimental field they
decided to join forces in order to study and work on the principles of
inter-modulation using contra-bass (Coti K.), oscillators (ILIOS) and
cello (Nikos Veliotis).</p>
</div><strong>A review by (ParisTransatlantic):</strong><br><p>
This 280-copy limited edition triple-LP box, the sequel to last year’s
intriguing Roto Vildblomma, will, I suspect, appear in many reviewers’
best-of lists. Mohammad – Nikos Veliotis, Coti K and Ilios – seem to
have been born to produce ominous sonorities together, and this set
definitely places them in favorable position to dominate Subsonic Valley
while keeping a residence in Dark Melody County. There may be three
discs, each with its own title (respectively, “Malad Van”, “Yap Divòce
Tectónica” and “Dis Koraci”), but the core of this music is one and only
one: the purveying of gaping tremor, either self-sufficient or
strategically placed in a basic configuration not describable as a
“tune”, but maybe a part of one, perhaps conceived by Black Sabbath,
played on a mellotron and transposed down an octave. The timbral recipe –
cello, double bass and oscillators – leaves no doubt on what the ears
identify and descramble for the brain to retransmit to the body. The
essential traits are right there: a powerful kind of subliminal throb –
the sort of oscillation that sets loose objects in rattle-and-buzz mode
at less than whispered volume – is persistently in motion, almost never
absent. Its clutch is occlusive and convincing, the habitual sturdy
pulsation materializing in a few seconds. Still, it’s not just
low-frequency galore. The lyrical material (no better way to call it)
revolves around extensive tones intertwined in mournful counterpoint and
a quasi-systematic use of glissando, a phenomenon which some scientist
should study to understand its emphatic repercussions on human
consciousness. Similarly, the extraordinary morphing hum that
characterizes “Ülvi Borzadás” at the onset of the second album would be
valuable for therapeutic purposes. On the other hand, “Moniman”, the
awesome “Tectonica” and “Grad” sound like East-European folk melodies
slowed down to tortoise pace, unembroidered funeral marches for the
ottava alta. Not to mention a handful of infinitesimal details
(including even a barking dog) that underpin the gloomy moods and the
sense of physical desolation. Act fast and secure a copy of what is
destined to become a cult item.–MR</p>
<p>websites:<br>
<a href="http://www.mohammad.gr/">www.mohammad.gr</a><br>
<a href="http://www.nikosveliotis.com/">www.nikosveliotis.com </a><br>
<a href="http://www.siteilios.gr/">www.siteilios.gr </a><br>
<a href="http://www.cotik.com/">www.cotik.com <br>
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<p><b>N.K</b></p>
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2.Hinterhaus Etage 2 <br>
12059 Berlin Neukölln <br>
0049(0)17620626386</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nkprojekt.de">www.nkprojekt.de</a></p>