noise, a few decks below » sister overdrive http://blog.noise-below.org is a hub for experimental music & its by-products. it aims to promote the activities of the greek experimental/underground (or whatever one might call it) music scene, as well as its various links internationally. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:07:46 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 two new editions on ‘organized music’ http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/07/19/two-new-editions-on-organized-music/ http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/07/19/two-new-editions-on-organized-music/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 17:43:55 +0000 kostis http://blog.noise-below.org/?p=1702 dimitra lazaridou-chatzigoga | stroke by stroke
organized music from thessaloniki #14
cd edition, 400 copies
http://thesorg.noise-below.org/2/?p=487

 

sister overdrive | honey
organized music from thessaloniki #15
c40 edition, 100 copies
http://thesorg.noise-below.org/2/?p=482

 

electronics musician Giannis Kotsonis presents an electroacoustic/noise suite under his ‘Sister Overdrive’ alias, while zither player Dimitra Lazaridou-Chatzigoga “graduates” from her duo with Ferran Fages, ‘ap’strophe’, to give us her uncompromising solo debut in the form of ‘Stroke by Stroke’.

digging deeper, Sister Overdrive’s ‘Honey’ is made out of electroacoustic and concrete sources, thickly processed through Kotsonis’ laptop to produce and unfold a most engaging sequence of events. On ‘Honey’, his work thrives on harsh textures and elemental qualities of sound, offering in the process a most immersive and rich abstract work.

‘Stroke by Stroke’ is not for the faint of heart either. Those expecting gentle plucking to emerge from her zither will be surprised, to say the least. Chatzigoga uses objects, preparations, e-bows and other tools to extract large and confronting soundscapes from her instrument, and here she lays down, track by track, different combinations of techniques, contrasted with each other in the context of the album while at the same time laying them against the ambient sounds of the city -which she sublty allows to slip through to the recording. What results is a poetic and suggestive work that serves as the best introduction yet to Chatzigoga’s soundworld.

 

]]> http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/07/19/two-new-editions-on-organized-music/feed/ 0 black to comm // sister overdrive, αυτή την κυριακή στη θεσσαλονίκη http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/03/09/black-to-comm-sister-overdrive-%ce%b1%cf%85%cf%84%ce%ae-%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%ba%cf%85%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%ba%ce%ae-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b8%ce%b5%cf%83%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%af/ http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/03/09/black-to-comm-sister-overdrive-%ce%b1%cf%85%cf%84%ce%ae-%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%ba%cf%85%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%ba%ce%ae-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b8%ce%b5%cf%83%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%af/#comments Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:38:16 +0000 kostis http://blog.noise-below.org/?p=1492

η granny records και το noise, a few decks below παρουσιάζουν

black to comm (de)
sister overdrive (gr)

κυριακή, 13 μαρτίου
@ facta non verba, θεσσαλονίκη
ίωνος δραγούμη 65
21:30, είσοδος ελεύθερη

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black to comm είναι το προσωπικό όχημα του marc richter (ιδιοκτήτη της  εταιρείας dekorder) ο οποίος παντρεύει τους ήχους απο παλιά σύνθ, συμβατικά όργανα, tapes, εφέ και πειραγμένα βινύλια. Δημιουργώντας μια σκοτεινή electronica -άλλοτε γύρω από επιβλητικούς ambient ήχους και άλλες φορές με σύντομες εκφραστικές μινιατούρες- μας οδηγεί στα πλέον υπνωτικά μουσικά μονοπάτια.
http://www.blacktocomm.org/

στο προσωπικό του πρότζεκτ, sister overdrive, ο γιάννης κοτσώνης (1/2 του αυτοσχεδιστικού ντουέτου acte vide) χρησιμοποιεί φυσικά και ηλεκτρονικά εργαλεία, στοχεύοντας σε ένα δυναμικό και ρευστό πλαίσιο ήχων και παρεμβάσεων στο χώρο.
http://soundcloud.com/manichope


]]> http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/03/09/black-to-comm-sister-overdrive-%ce%b1%cf%85%cf%84%ce%ae-%cf%84%ce%b7%ce%bd-%ce%ba%cf%85%cf%81%ce%b9%ce%b1%ce%ba%ce%ae-%cf%83%cf%84%ce%b7-%ce%b8%ce%b5%cf%83%cf%83%ce%b1%ce%bb%ce%bf%ce%bd%ce%af/feed/ 0 black to comm: in thessaloniki and athens, mid-march http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/02/28/black-to-comm-in-thessaloniki-and-athens-mid-march/ http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/02/28/black-to-comm-in-thessaloniki-and-athens-mid-march/#comments Mon, 28 Feb 2011 07:47:31 +0000 kostis http://blog.noise-below.org/?p=1467 noise, a few decks below, knot gallery and granny records present:

photo by renate nikolaus

march 13
thessaloniki, @ facta non verba
ionos dragoumi 65
21:30

black to comm (de)
sister overdrive (gr)

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march 18
athens, @ knot gallery
mixalakopoulou 206 & pyrrou
20:30

black to comm (de)
korhan erel + nikos kyriazopoulos (tr/gr)
lunar miasma (gr)

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black to comm is the personal project of marc richter (label owner of the dekorder imprint), in which he brings together the sounds of old-fashioned synthesizers, conventional instruments, tapes, effects, manipulated vinyl and so on, in creating dark electronica sounds and imposing ambiences. Either through epic drone-y tracks or in brief song-like miniatures, he carries the listener to some uniquely hypnotic musical paths.

http://www.blacktocomm.org/
http://soundcloud.com/manichope
http://soundcloud.com/korhanerel
http://www.myspace.com/kyriazopoulosnick
http://www.myspace.com/lunarmiasma
http://www.factanonverba.gr/Indexb.htm
http://knotarts.blogspot.com/

]]> http://blog.noise-below.org/2011/02/28/black-to-comm-in-thessaloniki-and-athens-mid-march/feed/ 0 toys in heaven, concert in athens (venue change, new details) http://blog.noise-below.org/2009/09/16/toys-in-heaven-concert-in-athens-venue-change-new-details/ http://blog.noise-below.org/2009/09/16/toys-in-heaven-concert-in-athens-venue-change-new-details/#comments Wed, 16 Sep 2009 09:20:09 +0000 kostis http://blog.noise-below.org/?p=585 the previous post about this concert contained some details that have since changed.  New venue, extra artist, etc. See below:

(apologies for the large picture size, but i have no access to any image editing tools at this moment)

bienalle_finallast

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