Ghone + Larry Kagel / KOSTADIS / Giannis Arapis
Three different artistic manifestations of the Athenian experimental scene, from the modular synths of Ghone to the multidimensional sound of KOSTADIS and the deconstructed playing of guitarist Giannis Arapis.
On the occasion of the live at KET, Ghone collaborates with Larry Kagel.
Ghone (Giannis Kontandreopoulos) has been working since 2011 with electroacoustic music, drones of the Asian tradition, field recordings, prepared instruments, modular synthesizers and pure noise, without specific stylistic obsessions or boundaries. He has toured or collaborated with Nadja, Rita Mosss, Friki Crux, Panos Profitis, Despina Charitonidis, This Darkness Of Mine. He has taken part in the Ametric Festival in Chania in 2022, which hosted Pan American and Rashad Becker in the same year. He has collaborated with various labels (Coherent States, Submersion Records, Catch The Soap and Somehow Ecstatic). Most of his work is self-published in digital format and limited handmade packaging. He is a founding member of the instrumental post/prog rock band Afformance. He began exploring noise in 2005 with the band M5x6 and then with the bands Yassa and Holt. Under the name Catch The Soap Productions, he has been involved in concert production and poster, cover and clothing design since 2007.
Self-taught multi-instrumentalist Athens-based composer and producer KOSTADIS uses his guitar as the primary source for sound design, improvisational solo electroacoustic workouts & spiritual escape. He has shared the stage with numerous musicians and bands (Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe, Son Lux, Father Murphy, Id M Theft Able, Turbo Teeth, Panos Alexiadis, Bill Anagnos…). He is an active member of Sclavos, Wham Jah and Lost Bodies. Apart from his participations in albums of other artists (Acid Baby Jesus, In Trance 95…), he has released five personal albums: “UNLEASH” (Phase! Records), “SLUMBER”, “FRAGMENTS” (Sweetohm Recordings), “Holy Cactus” and “Emerald” (Orila).
www.kostadis.bandcamp.com/album/emerald
Guitarist Giannis Arapis plays, composes and improvises experimental rock and jazz music, creating a kind of melodic chaos and thus contributing to the establishment of the electric guitar as the melodic voice of avant-garde music. Among his main influences are Bella Bartók, Dmitri Shostakovich and the early free jazz saxophonists. He has played and recorded with Noël Akchoté, Mats Gustafsson, Eva Lindal, Johan Berthling. He currently participates in the bands Vasilaraps, Ramdat and Mammock.