Daniele De Santis & Dario Papavassiliou
Daniele De Santis and Dario Papavassiliou come together at KET to celebrate their recent musical encounter with a special dual concert. A meeting of two unique but complementary instrumental explorations which share a suspension between heritage and its transfiguration. Across two sets, an intimate journey unfolds at the antipodes of sound, where acoustics and electronics weave layered textures into the fabric of Mediterranean tradition.
🔷 Multi-instrumentalist Dario Papavassiliou divides his interest between traditional Middle Eastern string instruments (oud, santur and others) and electric organs; currently, he is exploring the harmonic and textural possibilities offered by Eastern Mediterranean and Middle Eastern tuning systems using a modified quarter-tone organ as well as more traditional acoustic instruments. He contributed santur to Balm (Viki Steiri, 2024) and To Vouno (Xenophon Yfantis, Maria Vakali & Michalis Kotsirakis, 2025) and has recently performed at KET, Athens (with Omar Abozekry as Mastic), Underflow Records, Tzamia Krystalla and Pano Spiti, Athens (with Athens Arts Collective), EXA, Athens (with Soirée Keyf) and the Puppet Theatre Barge, London (with Tip The Waiter); together with Viki Steiri, he co-hosts Muddy Bless on Stegi Radio. He grew up in London, and now lives in Athens.
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🔷 Multi-instrumentalist, percussionist and producer of Italian origins, Daniele De Santis is also known for his activities as sound engineer and curator, especially within the realm of Dromoscope platform. Perpetually in refinement, his peculiar musical language is enrooted in the mediterranean and middle-eastern traditions as much as in instant composition and abstract electronica, while also feeding in a spontaneous crafting of experimental sound devices and original instruments. A research particularly prominent in the augmented percussions of Prepared Drums, or in the sophisticated atavism of GRÜN’s electrical machinery. Daniele counts appearances for international festivals such as Berlin Atonal, CTM, Strøm, PHONO, Irtijal, Terraforma, SeaNaps, NUMACircuit.