Ming Beck feat. Sabina Andrea Allen

Ming Beck is an Athenian instrumental group born out of the collaboration between Dimitra Kousteridou (live electronics), Dave De Rose (bass & fx), and Demian Gomez (drums & percussion). The trio explore and implement a minimalistic and highly repetitive style, blending elements of krautrock, noise, groove, and electronic music to create hypnotic, trance-like pieces, evolving in flow. Their music focuses on rhythmic intensity and otherworldly evolving textures rather than traditional melodies or song structures. Drawing from both electronic and live instrumentation, the trio crafts simple, looping patterns that gradually build, placing heavy emphasis on rhythm with Demian’s precise drumming and Dave’s raw basslines forming the backbone of their sound. Dimitra’s live electronics add layers of pulse and abstraction, creating a “techno-like” groove that weaves through their music.

For this debut live show at KET they will be collaborating with choreographer and performer Sabina Andrea Allen.

Dimitra Kousteridou is composer, researcher and sound artist, currently lives and works in Athens, GR. Her work is driven by a desire to invent a language in composition that examines tactile and sound aspects within site-specific installations and performances, originating from improvisation. Through multidisciplinary forms that include ephemeral situations and fractures of objects, she creates a space for research while using the sound and natural attributes of materials in time. Recently working on improvised sound compositions with handmade instruments (interactive sound circuits). 

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 is a drummer, bassplayer and a producer who has spent the past 15 years pursuing underground music projects. He’s a core member of the space-age Gnawa project Electric Jalaba, Rave At Your Fictional Borders, is the director of  international improvisation collective Agile Experiments (2018-present) as well as a prolific producer and dedicated music educator.

Demian Gomez describes himself as a pure noisemaker. He is an Argentinan/Native-American percussionist and drummer who was born into a working musicians family in Bueno Aires. In the early days of his musical journey he played everytype of musical styles his environment had to offer: chacarera, andina, tango, milonga, flamenco, cumbia, gypsy music, rock n roll and even metal. Since moving to Greece 19 years ago he’s been influencing the Athenian music scene with his infectious groove styles playing in original bands such as Los Petralonicos and renoun singersongwriter Maraveyas amongst many others.

Sabina Andrea Allen is a Greek-American choreographer and performer with a background in Contemporary Dance Practice. She was selected as an Artist-in-residence at U(R)TOPIAS – Academy of Choreography, Mystery 59, Eleusis Festival ’23-’24, She is the co-founder of the Corpus Franca company and has served as co-director and choreographer of many projects, She has a strong background in street-style dance and conducts improvisation workshops.

Artwork: Demian Gomez