MATHAME AV:SHOW in Athens
+ special guests
SONA
LYKE
22nd May 2024
City of Athens Lycabettus Theatre
Global superstars Mathame, known for their eclectic style of beats and continue to be at the very pinnacle of the melodic and majestic house & techno world, is coming to Athens for an explosive party that's different to anything they've done before in the city.
An unforgettable immersive experience driven by the audio-visual technology of the future, on the 22nd May 2024, at Lycabettus Theatre.
From the solitude of volcanic Mount Etna to stages around the world, melodic techno duo Mathame writes songs that inspire a generation of producers, and transports fans to heights that are out of this universe.
Brothers Matteo and Amedeo Giovanelli conjure magic with emotive and cinematic soundscapes, crafting sci-fi worlds and ethereal energies that linger in the air like candles in a great cathedral.
Despite a 12 year difference, Matteo and Amedeo have always been close. Raised in a home filled with records and cassette tapes, their parents ran a successful pirate radio station in Italy. Matteo, being the eldest, had a cultural head start, cutting his teeth as a local hip-hop DJ in the late ‘90s and early 2000s. He followed that with a deep-dive into the world of film, studying at university and graduating to become a professor, all the while writing and directing a series of artful movies.
Young Amedeo, meanwhile, looked up to his brother but cut a clear path of individuality. He helped his brother on film sets, dutifully studying hours of Matteo’s favorite intellectual films, but it was Amedeo who first dedicated himself to producing electronic music. Always musically minded, he’d studied violin for years before giving in to DAWs and synthesizes, but the influence of classical pieces and theatrical soundtracks hangs heavy over Mathame’s modern catalog.
It wasn’t until their parents moved to the enchanting slopes of Sicily’s Mount Etna—an active volcano—that the Mathame project was born.
“It’s a magical place,” Matteo says. “We have this big view on the termina. You get to see the forest. You feel the volcano all the time, rumbling. We stayed there for five years.”
The brothers took a step back from city life to help their parents run a quaint bed and breakfast. It was hard work in the summer, cooking meals and entertaining guests from around the world, but in the winter, the whole Italian island fell quiet.
“We were completely alone,” Amedeo says. “Winter on the slopes in the clouds is really heavy, because it's freezing. You listen to the rumbling of the Etna volcano. It’s magical, but also there is nothing around.”
In that isolation, Matteo and Amedeo propped each other up with music and brotherhood. That’s where the first chords of future Mathame hits were produced, and it’s that strange air of sadness and beauty that fans admire in breakout singles “Skywalking” and “Nothing Around Us.”
When the winter ice melted and life resumed, Mathame emerged onto the club scene with these melodies in hand, finding quick support from emerging superstars Tale of Us and the Afterlife records family.
like wildfire, pounding from the sets of every DJ from Ibiza to Miami in 2018 and 2019. A new wave of copycat releases launched as producer’s clamored to recreate that “Mathame sound.” Meanwhile, the brothers hit the tour circuit hard, playing 90 to 100 gigs a year on the success of a few EPs and a standout signature sound.
“We're not the kind of act that releases every two or three months, because we want to have goose bumps for every track, and every remix we do,” Matteo says. “After ‘Skywalking’ and ‘Never Give Up,’ we started to think about an album, because we always feel that we are not just the DJs. We write and perform our own music.”
Links:
Website - www.mathamemusic.com/
Instagram - www.instagram.com/mathame_/
Twitter - www.twitter.com/mathame_ofc
Facebook - www.facebook.com/MathameMusic/
SONA
Less than 12 months into serious pursuit of a career in electronic music, South African born SONA has had explosive success, increasingly in demand and playing festivals and venues across Africa, South Africa and the world.
SONA produced and co-wrote “Texts Go Green” featured on Drake’s latest album Honestly, Nevermind; The album broke Apple Music’s record for first-day streams worldwide and is the platform’s biggest dance album in history!
As a result SONA went on to debut at #1 on the Billboard top R&B Producer’s list and clocked in at #15 on the Overall Hot 100 Producers on July 2. No mean feat for even the most seasoned music makers.
SONA stepped into the global spotlight as Black Coffee’s + 1 for the 63rd Grammy Awards, SONA went on to dazzle onlookers at the illustrious Boombox Room in Las Vegas with an impressive B2B set alongside his father.
Further debut performances at La Mesa in Los Angeles and GOSPEL in New York have quickly cemented the ever growing buzz surrounding this sizzling hot, new talent. Keep a very close eye on his rise!
Links:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/esonaaaa
Twitter - https://twitter.com/esonaaaaa
LYKE
Known for creating the cyber vocal in Mathame’s international smash hit ‘Nothing Around Us’, Lyke is still one of the youngest producers to have ever collaborated with labels such as Afterlife Recordings and Drumcode. Born in 2000 as Luca Piantanida, the young Italian studied piano and jazz before crossing over into the electronic music space. Drawing from techno and other electronic influences through his refined melodies and harmonies, distinctive voice and authentic synths, Lyke’s unique sound has been speaking volumes every step along the way, leading to his official signing with Armada Music in 2020 and the release of his first single with the label: ‘AROSE’.
Links:
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p/Lyke-100042932202696/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lyke_music/?hl=en
Soundcloud - https://soundcloud.com/absinthe-586540741
Venue:
Lycabettus Theatre
Lycabettus Hill
114 71, Athens
*Disabled tickets are available upon contact and submission of the required documents via email: boxoffice@thehubevents.gr