STEGI.RADIO Takeover | Day 2

Main Stage

20:00 – 21:45 | Veil
21:45 – 22:45 | Nalyssa Green
23:00 – 00:00 | Plaid
00:15 – 01:00 | Phelimuncasi
01:00 – 03:00 | AFRODEUTSCHE

Upper Stage

20:00 – 20:45 | Charbel Haber
21:00 – 22:00 | Heith
22:15 – 23:45 | Παιδί Τραύμα
00:00 – 01:00 | FILM | “Answering the Sun” by Rainer Kohlberger
01:00 – 02:15 | FILM | “The Atrocity Exhibition” by Jonathan Weiss
02:15 – 02:45 | FILM | “The Electric Kiss” by Rainer Kohlberger

-1 Stage

20:00 – 21:00 | Miss Trouli
21:00 – 22:00 | Ice_Eyes
22:15 – 23:00 | Prison Religion
23:15 – 00:30 | Poor J’Darr
00:30 – 01:45 | TSVI
01:45 – 03:00 | Ayshel

Foyer +4

20:00 – 21:00 | STEGI.RADIO
21:00 – 3:00 | BUILTONSOIL

Galaxy Studio

12:00 – 13:00 | A Laughter Meditation Playshop w/ Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda
13:00 - 14:00 | Break
14:00 – 15:00 | A Laughter Meditation Playshop w/ Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda

Veil

Veil, aka Marina Legaki, formed groups with friends as a child and fantasized about running a newspaper, and being in a band and a graffiti crew. As a member of the fictional Bombers Without Manners crew and Submission punk band, she played out her dreams. The universe somehow brought OMMU and Blind Mind Editions, Inner Life on STEGI.RADIO, Bad Sandwich, and DJ sets at Sklires Indies, Lulu, Latraac, and her personal highlight, Killymeia Festival, which allowed her to create new print and sound fantasy worlds. Love to those who spread our music: Kath, Agent Mo, Eleni Poulou, Matteo, Seou, Kostis, and Hard.

Nalyssa Green

Plaid

Phelimuncasi

Phelimuncasi formed in 2012 in the Umlazi township of Durban, South Africa, as a trio of Gqom vocalists comprised of twins Makan Nana and Khera and Malathon. Their music is definitely enchanting and potent, richly imbued with an immense storytelling tradition that harks back to southern African toyi-toyi: Α powerful dance of protest and struggle accompanied by rhythmic singing that was used during an anti-apartheid demonstration to intimidate police and security forces. No surprise that Phelimuncasi have been called to perform at many political functions for the African National Congress and South African left-wing Pan-Africanist party EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters).

AFRODEUTSCHE

AFRODEUTSCHE (Henrietta Smith-Rolla) is a British-born Ghanaian-Russian-German artist, composer, producer, and DJ based in Manchester. Her polyrhythmic compositions integrate a wide array of musical genres, including Afrofuturistic electro and techno, classical solo piano, and Detroit legacy house; all memorable journeys into deep, abstracted sound. AFRODEUTSCHE’s DJ style is a synthesis of Drexciyan and Underground Resistance-inspired selections, intercut with a variety of forward-thinking UK techno such as Bola and Lego Feet.

Charbel Haber

Charbel Haber is a musician, performer, visual artist, and composer from Beirut. His work has seen him collaborate with artists from a wide range of disciplines (film, video art, visuals, theater) both in Lebanon and the rest of the world. In addition to his solo ambient works (released on Discrepant, Scum Yr Earth, Nahal, Ruptured, Al Maslakh), he founded the post-punk group Scrambled Eggs and is co-founder of two experimental record labels (Those Kids Must Choke, Johnny Kafta’s Kids Menu). Haber has collaborated with notable artists from the fields of free rock and improv (Michael Zerang, Mats Gustafson, Jean- François Pauvros, Tony Buck) and is a member of multiple music ensembles (Malayeen, Johnny Kafta Anti-Vegetarian Orchestra, Omarchestra). His latest works are a multimedia release on Nicolas Jaar’s Other People label and “Enfin La Nuit” with Fadi Tabbal, released on Nahal Recordings.

Heith

Heith’s music crosses many different sonic landscapes, but it sets the ground on a no man’s land of electronic music, where organic and digital clash thoroughly and constantly. Often reminiscing confusion and puzzlement, his music paves the way for a mediated conflict between different practices, something that was extremely clear in his latest opus, “X, Wheel,” released by PAN in October 2022, where synths, percussion, and electronics often occupy and dispute the same space as organic elements, such as guitar. This renders his music extremely textural, thus visual and rhythmic, surpassing the over-explored European tradition of melody-harmony, above all, in a contemporary ritualistic form yet to be mapped.

Paidi Travma

Paidi Travma writes his songs in a high-rise apartment building in downtown Athens. His true identity was revealed for the first time in his new album “Mainstream,” which offers a thorough insider’s view into a family's relationships. His discography includes two more concept albums, namely “Mystikes Horeftikes Kiniseis” [Secret Dance Moves] (2018) and “Tha Katastrepso ton Kosmo” [I’ll Destroy the World] (2020). Following a highly successful music tour for the promotion of “Mainstream,” which culminated with a spectacular live performance in Athens accompanied by strings and brass instruments, Paidi Travma and his band are found in top form. The ensemble presents shows that develop full-blown artistic proposals and stand out for their energy and the audience of hardcore fans.

Miss Trouli

Wannabe pop icon, DJ, and club culture researcher, Miss Trouli is a true dancefloor aficionada. Her inquiries meddle with the embodied experience, healing process, and dissolving of hierarchies taking place on the dancefloor.

Ice_Eyes

Prison Religion

The Richmond, Virginia duo’s work offers escape while also holding up a mirror to where we’re at societally – and yelling about it. The music, then, is meeting the need both sonically and subject-wise for what they weren’t hearing elsewhere, evolving over the years alongside the conversation of its two members, friends Parker Black and Warren Jones. Their sound is a genuine reaction to the world around them: We are already in the apocalypse. Where once Prison Religion’s songs looked out to space, on their most recent album, “Hard Industrial Bop,” the pair has fallen back to Earth, defecting from the laws of a war-torn planet, fighting against an impenetrable world order of known abusers and fear.

Poor J’Darr

Poor J’Darr is a young and upcoming producer from Athens, looking to find his way in life through electronic music.

TSVI

TSVI, aka Guglielmo Barzacchini, is an Italian DJ and producer living in London; he makes functional, electronic percussive tracks with influences originating from a diverse range of music all over the world. TSVI is a leading light of London’s rave underground scene and co-founder of the UK-based record label Nervous Horizon, which is shaping the contemporary sound of highly percussive, stripped-back club music. His debut album, “Inner Worlds,” released in October 2018, is an exploration of his Hindu upbringing and the Sufi Islam introduced by his partner. In late 2019, Barzacchini debuted his new alias, Anunaku, on London-based label Whites; the project is strictly focused on dance floor material within the 125–130bpm spectrum and explores the use of various drums from around the world combined with elements of the UK underground club music.

Ayshel

Ayshel is a young DJ based in Athens. Her selections are located somewhere between tribal beats, hypnotic melodies, and industrial sounds. Her sets are mostly based on electro, through a constant exploration of dark and ethereal atmospheres while also trying to bridge her metal music origins with techno and acid elements.

BUILTONSOIL

BUILTONSOIL is a collective formed by visual artist ACMAERKL and musician Klearchos Papastylos.

Answering the Sun (2022, 59΄, dir. Rainer Kohlberger)

The invitation is to squint our eyes and allow the most amazing trips to unfold. The work is a bombardment of colored fields and a wall of sound, followed by a hallucinatory, silent, inky-black sequence.

The Atrocity Exhibition (1998, 102΄, dir. Jonathan Weiss)

Based on J. G. Ballard’s novel of the same title, the film follows Travis Talbert, a university professor fascinated with humankind’s history of violent self-destruction. Joined by his colleague, Dr. Nathan, and his mistress, Talbert begins staging elaborate reenactments of humanity’s most grotesque and infamous acts against itself. At some point, Talbert considers using his talents to begin World War III as the ultimate nihilist statement.

The Electric Kiss (2024, 18΄, dir. Rainer Kohlberger)

Rainer Kohlberger continues his mission to explore and push the boundaries of our sensory perception in new and surprising ways. In “The Electric Kiss,” algorithmically generated images are harmoniously paired with a tantalizing score by Jung An Tagen. Richer in text than its predecessor, “Answering the Sun” (screened in IFFR 2022), this work explores the past, the present, and the future while questioning the relationship between ourselves and the constructions of reality.

A Laughter Meditation Playshop w/ Laraaji and Arji OceAnanda

Laraaji honors the ability of laughter to foster peacefulness and ease meditation with his Laughter Meditation Playshops. This playful and high-spirited exploratory practice promotes relaxation, reduces stress, and reconnects us to our own Beautiful Inner Child.

This workshop is open to individuals of all ages and backgrounds. No prior meditation or laughter experience is necessary—just an open heart and a willingness to let go and laugh.