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The Participating Artists:
Yiorgos Kaloudis (Greece)
Yiorgos Kaloudis is one of the most important
Greek cello players. Through his compositions,
personal technique and different timbres of the
instrument, he produces a post-modern and am-
bient/alternative environment, which combines
classical, jazz and funk elements, as well as
elements from Greek traditional music. He fre-
quently collaborates with Alkinoos Ioannidis.
Michalis Siganidis (Greece)
Michalis Siganidis is unquestionably one of the
most important Greek artists. He is a composer
and double bassist, and a man with a very unique
view of the world of music. Siganidis delivers
a wide-open, yet coherent mix of jazz, blues,
funk, traditional Greek sounds, free improvisa-
tion, electronics, poetry, a sharp social outlook
and plenty of humour. He is also a member of the
groups Heimerinoi Kolymvites and Primavera en
Salonico. He presented at this year’s festival for
the first time, the solo set called
doc-fic-o,
using
tape and loops along with double bass and guitar.
Sancho 003 (Greece)
Sancho 003 is a duet with Fotis Siotas (violin,
viola, keys, vocals) and Kostas Pantelis (electric
guitar). They compose and perform music based
on two instruments and two loop stations synced
manually. Their work has been characterised as
cinematic. They performed mostly pieces from
their latest album
Muzga
as well as new mate-
rial.
Mo Kolours (UK)
Mo Kolours is a half Mauritian, half English, half
percussionist, half beatmaker, who released his
first EP
Drum Talking
in May 2011. His music is
a melting pot where English electronica and hip-
hop fuse with African percussion, rhythms and
vocal styling. It’s a potent mix that ranges from
psychedelic dub to Dubstep flavours, always
keeping Sega music firmly at its heart.
Acapella Solo Loop (Cyprus)
Acapella Solo Loop is the solo project of Deme-
tris Spyrou, also a member of the band Ιntibah
and the theatre group Ypoga. His music is based
on personal research in progress, on the revolu-
tion of the human voice as an autonomous musi-
cal instrument, and the use of every-day objects
to create musical accompaniment.
Giannis Koutis (Cyprus)
Giannis Koutis, as part of his
Stand Alone
Project
, creates and loops electric and acoustic
sounds with oud, percussion and vocals, using
a vast palette of sound effects. His sounds range
from classical Arabic to modern western music,
with the element of improvisation playing a key
role in his performances.
Sancho 003 (Greece)
Giannis Koutis (Cyprus)