STAGES A/LIVE at Onassis Channel on YouTube introduce Nightstalker at Gagarin 205
Online Premiere on 10.01.2021 at 21:00 EST
How can a winter pass without concerts? The Onassis Foundation is supporting the local indie concert venue scene through a series of filmed live performances by bands and artists from the alternative Greek music scene, STAGES A/LIVE. By being next to all artists, but also everyone who plays their part – technicians, lighting specialists, and all those professionals without whom the music that has shaped us would never have reached us.
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We cannot imagine our lives without that little parts of the music venues that shaped us. The Onassis Foundation supports all local alternative music venues. First stop at Gagarin 205: Nightstalker at Onassis Channel on YouTube.
On January 10th, 2021 we stay tuned and volume up at Onassis Channel on YouTube, where the Nightstalker at Gagarin 205 is playing. Rough sound, groovy rhythms, the voice of Argy and the secret of Nightstalker's music, directed by Christos Sarris. Their raw Rock’n’Roll simplicity, stunning riffs, and electric haze are parts of the band that made them relevant for more than 30 years. Nightstalker is a band that goes beyond labels, promising a different kind of eχplosive digital live performance than those on a crowded stage. Over the years they've been saddled with every label under the sun. In the 90's it was grunge… Then it was stoner rock… And never try to call them a ‘Greek rock act’ either. They play rock music, plain and simple, and have been doing so to rave reviews for the past three decades. In a world full of bands that fracture at the first hint of a bad review, Nightstalker are a powerhouse that after 8 releases and over 500 worldwide shows, continue to stand at the forefront of the European hard-rock scene. In January 2020, they presented their latest album at Gagarin 205. A year later, they return with a different kind of live performance.
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STAGES A/LIVE is a series of concerts without audiences but with lots of music, hosted by the Onassis Foundation YouTube Channel. An alternative digital world tour featuring our favorite bands and artists, and everything we’ve experienced with them at legendary past lives held at landmark venues such as Gagarin 205, AN Club, and other music stages in Athens and Thessaloniki.
Until we can all be together again at a live concert, music will be bringing us closer, even though we’re far apart, helping us to relive memories and concerts shared with thousands of people – both friends and strangers – via our screens. Greece’s indie music stages were created to support young artists, and have supported yet more audiences with bands once unknown that went on to become legends, in no small part thanks to their performances at historic concert venues. Fuzzy memories that today spark nostalgia, and a need for these stages to pull through – places where we feel safe and full of energy.
In this difficult time for people working in the arts, the Onassis Foundation is actively supporting these spaces that, due to the pandemic, are close to shutting their doors for good. Stages drained of artists, of technicians, of audiences – and of life.
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Gagarin 205 took its name from cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin – the first human to journey into outer space and orbit the Earth, in 1961. This major concert venue opened its doors to the public in September 2002. It sits at the heart of the Greek capital, at 205 Liosion Street and, at capacity, can host 1,200 people standing, or 600 seated. Inaugurating its activities on September 27, 2002 with Barry Adamson’s first solo appearance in Greece, the venue has now been operating for 18 seasons. In overview, the last 18 years have seen more than 1,400 different events held in the space, including: concerts from across the spectrum of the contemporary Greek and international scenes, DJ sets, music and film festivals, tributes to directors and film screenings, record label parties, and more. An average of more than 100,000 tickets each year marks the Gagarin 205 Live Music Space as the undisputed benchmark leader among concert spaces – and arts spaces more generally – in the Greek capital.
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Credits
Concept & Curation: Christos Sarris
Production Coordinators: Smaragda Dogani, Elena Choremi
Production: Onassis Stegi
Nightstalker
Argy Galiatsatos: vocals
Andreas Lagios: bass
Tolis Motsios: guitars
Dinos Roulos: drums
Tonia Antoniou, Nina Foskolou: vocals
Band Technician & Stage Sound Engineer: Tasos Malliouras
Filming
Director: Christos Sarris
Director of Photography: Evan Maragoudakis
Cameras: Dimitris Zivopoulos, Orfeas Kalafatis, Koralia Dogani
Recording Engineer: Philippos Marinellis
Assistant Engineers: Vassilis Zampikos, Tasos Malliouras
Mixing Engineers: Costas Chrysogelos, Philippos Marinellis @DNA Lab
Editor: Tryfon Karatzinas
Colorist: Manthos Sardis
Photography: Pinelopi Gerasimou
Gagarin 205 Live Music Space
Gagarin 205 Manager: Marina Danezi
Light Engineer: Melina Zervaki
Sound Engineer: Grigoris Prassas
Production Manager: Steven Elpiziotis
Production Assistant: Philip Zamidis
Onassis Stegi
Technical Manager: Lefteris Karabilas
Technical Director & Project Support: Phil Hills
Lighting Technicians: Antonis Kokkoris, Giannis Psarros, Pavlos Pappas
Assistant Lighting Technician: Giorgos Tsitsigos
Stage Technicians: Aris Ragavis, Nikos Nizamis
Production Manager – Production Management Consultant: Dimitra Dernikou
Production Coordinators: Smaragda Dogani, Elena Choremi
Line Production: Irilena Tsami, Nikitas Vasilakis
Director of Culture: Afroditi Panagiotakou
Deputy Director of Culture - Culture & Strategy Advisor: Dimitris Theodoropoulos
Communication & Marketing Manager: Dimitris Drivas
Head of Content: Alexandros Roukoutakis
Head of Creative: Christos Sarris
Social Media Manager: Vasilis Bibas
Campaign Manager: Kanella Psychogiou
Copywriter: Margarita Grammatikou
Onassis Creative Studio: Constantinos Chaidalis
Onassis Media Office: Vasso Vasilatou, Katerina Tamvaki
Legal Support
A.S. Papadimitriou & Partners Law Firm
Special thanks
Prodromos Tsiavos, Antonis Seitelmann, Mando Lyst Chastouki
We would like to thank for the kind allowance of certain stage set usage from the following performances:
Direction: Thanos Papakonstantinou
Set Design: Niki Psychogiou
Sculpture & Construction: Alekos Bourelias
Choreography: Margarita Trikka
Set Design: Artemis Flessa
