Škrijelj / Malmendier / Vryzas & Viki Steiri
Two sets of experimental sound and free improvisation: the trio Škrijelj / Malmendier / Vryzas and Viki Steiri present their own separate projects, while at the end of the evening all the musicians come together on stage for a collective improvisational composition.
🔷 The Škrijelj /Malmendier/ Vryzas trio was formed in 2023 in France. Since then, the 3 improvisers have performed numerous concerts in experimental music venues and international festivals in Europe. Their sound is characterized by a lively dialogue between acoustic and electronic, where traditional techniques overlap and transform into new textures, ensembles and intensities. The Škrijelj /Malmendier/ Vryzas trio appears for the first time in Greece and specifically in Athens and the stage of the TV Control Center, where they will present a set of electroacoustic free improvisation.
Emilie Škrijelj: accordion, electronics
Tom Malmendier: drums, percussion
Dimos Vryzas: violin, FX
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYHl3YbhMu0&t=477s
• Emilie Škrijelj: explores the accordion in its smallest folds and uses it both as a percussion instrument and a generator of electroacoustic materials. Inspired by her research around the turntable, modular synths and field recording, she brings the accordion to the abstract territory of electronics by manipulating the bellows, rubbing its contours and exploring its extremities.
www.emilieskrijelj.com
• Tom Malmendier: born in 1984, he started playing music very late and completely by accident, believing that with a guitar in hand, you looked (a little) cooler. Nothing serious came of it until 2006, when a very good, somewhat tired friend accidentally left his drum kit in Tom’s living room. Today, Tom is mainly active in experimental and improvisational music. What interests him most are musical and human encounters and the mixing of scientific disciplines.
www.tomalmendier.com
• Dimos Vryzas: is a violinist, improviser, sound artist and composer from Thessaloniki, Greece. For several years now his focus in music has moved toward free improvisation. With a unique approach that comes out of a comprehensive spectrum of influences, from classical and folk music to rock, noise and ambient music, he is interested in exploring the limits of his instrument, working with the contrasts of acoustic / electric sound and exploring new ways of expression within music. While the violin is the main source of his sound, he often uses his voice as well as other instruments. Creating various soundscapes, podcasts, working with noises, composing music for film and theater are also at the core of his work.
www.dimosvryzas.com
🔶 Viki Steiri: is a composer, cellist and interdisciplinary artist with an interest in experimental electronic music, free improv and composition for other media. Her first solo LP ‘Βalm’ was released digitally by Alien Jams and on vinyl by Rekem Records in 2024. She is a member of the improvised music/art group Ectopia and has collaborated with visual artists such as Monster Chetwynd, Urara Tsuchiya, musicians including Saint Abdullah, Sofia Jernberg and on releases such as ‘Future Chorus’ with Eleni Ikoniadou and ‘sex robot’ with Sidsel Meineche Hansen. In the past she has co-hosted a radio show on NTS radio with Chloe Frieda and performed with the Eddie Prévost improvisation workshop. She has performed at Le Guess Who? Festival, Cafe OTO, ICA (London), New Museum (New York), KW (Βerlin), among others. She is based between London and Athens.