Replay vom 25.11.2018

FESTIVAL SHOWCASES COLLECTIVES OF EASTERN EUROPE + BERLIN SECOND EDITION FROM NOV 28 - DEC 1 2018 AT VARIOUS VENUES

Beyond folklore clichés and Cold War discourse, below the radar of the tastemaking music press, DIY, alternative, independent music scenes are thriving in Central and Eastern Europe. Since 2010, Easterndaze has explored and mapped local DIY scenes operating in a digital realm, introducing the creative personalities and collectives behind them to provide context.

The concert & flm screening series Easterndaze × Berlin: DIY Music Topographies (curated by Lucia Udvardyova and produced by Natalie Gravenor) follows up on the frst edition in 2016, by presenting music collectives from Eastern Europe, pairing each of them with groups from Berlin’s diverse DIY scenes in the name of collective spirit and communal effort.

The concert series takes place at several important Berlin arts and music venues. The festival exemplifes a decentralized curatorial model—the lineup of individual each event is curated by the collectives themselves.

Audiovisual sister duo WIDT (Antonina Nowacka and Bogumila Piotrowska) from Warsaw and legendary Berlin-based producer Christoph de Babalon rejoin forces after their commissioned work for the 2016 edition of the festival, presenting their new, mutual album and project TEYAS. The labels T&U (Budapest), Exiles (Budapest) and Total Black (Berlin) will release a joint cassette compilation on the occasion of the festival, entitled “Easterndaze x Berlin: Total Black x Exiles & T+U” reflecting the aesthetics and philosophies of their individual platforms.

The accompanying flm program will be presented at Soundwatch Music Film Festival Berlin (soundwatch.de) Nov 7 - 16 at Lichtblick-Kino.

Easterndaze × Berlin is funded by Musicboard Berlin.

http://easterndaze.net/