“Dave De Rose presents…” #1
The versatile sound artist Dave De Rose (Moloko, Mulatu Astatke, Rokia Traoré, Mark Ronson…) created last season at KET a monthly cycle of live performances that was embraced by the city’s artistic communities and the audience of the space.
The first season brought together artists from the fields of improvisational music, dance and video art: Savina Yannatou, Saber Rider, Petrina Giannakou, Erato Tzavara, Niki Kokkoli, Nikos Papavranousis, Nefeli Papaioannou, the music group Rave At Your Fictional Borders, Candy Karra, Dimitra Kousteridou, Iakovos Pavlopoulos, Dimitris Chatzizisis (Foken), Dimitra Alibinisi, Eva Stavrakaki, evi nakou, Simos Riniotis, Elpiniki Saripanidou, Ismini Slijper, WERA, Panagiotis Kostopoulos, Natalia Baka and Sofia Zafeiriou.
For the first night of the second season, he performs with Tasos Stamou, Elpiniki Saripanidou and Petros Kolotouros.
Elpiniki Saripanidou: dance / movement
Tasos Stamou: electronics
Petros Kolotouros: video
Dave De Rose: μπάσο / ντραμς
The performer and dancer Elpiniki Saripanidou is a graduate of the National School of Dance. She has participated in artistic productions as a dancer and movement curator. Her practice focuses on imagery, the creation of imaginary characters through disguise and the interaction of body, voice, sound and objects. In 2023, she presented “Burst Forth” in Athens, a solo work based on metamorphosis.
Tasos Stamou is a composer of contemporary electroacoustic music and improviser. His relocation to the UK shaped his music towards the assimilation of new innovative currents and the search for an imaginary and nostalgic Greekness. In recent years, he has turned towards the confluence of these two trends through a trilogy of electroacoustic music influenced by Greek musical tradition (Musique Con Crete / DAD / Antiqua Graecia). His CV counts over 300 live performances and recordings. He has collaborated with numerous musicians from the field of improvisation and experimental music (Adam Bohman, Anna Homler, Steve Beresford, Sharon Gal, Mike Cooper, etc.).
The audiovisual artist Petros Koloturos explores through his work the sensory possibilities of the combination of image and sound. He has directed music video-clips, video-dance and video art as well as projections for music concerts. Documentaries that he has directed or participated have won awards at international festivals in Greece and abroad. He is a drummer in two active musical groups and a graduate of the postgraduate program “Culture and Documentary Film Production” of the University of the Aegean and the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the University of Patras. Both in music and cinema he applies and explores the condition of free improvisation.
With a career that has included collaborations with renowned artists like Moloko, Mulatu Astatke, Rokia Traore, and Mark Ronson, among many others, Dave De Rose has spent the past 14 years pursuing underground music projects. He’s a core member of the space-age Gnawa project Electric Jalaba and the Athenian newborn Rave At Your Fictional Borders, as well as the director of Agile Experiments (2018-present). Agile Experiments has been well received by the underground experimental jazz community worldwide, releasing 11 LPs in 5 years. Catching the attention of the British Library’s “Sound Archive” project early on, they requested to have it in their catalog to archive and preserve the music as part of the nation’s audio and cultural heritage. Dave’s own label, DDR Records, boasts 25 independent record releases encompassing anything from ambient, songwriter-funk, free improv, jazz, and electro-acoustic techno.
Artwork: Tasos Stamou