SUNDAYS ARE FOR LOVERS!

Peruvian electronic superstar Sofia Kourtesis, one of the most remarkable creators of modern electronic music, will take over Athens Conservatoire on February 23rd.

When she began work on her debut, Kourtesis was seemingly unstoppable. A string of rapturously received EPs and singles made her one of the fastest rising stars in the electronic world and beyond. She has already graced the cover of Mixmag, released a brilliantly energetic and moving Resident Advisor ‘RA Session’, appeared on ‘End of Year’ lists from the likes of The New York Times, Pitchfork, DJ Mag and Spotify (#6 Best Electronic Song) and played instant sell-out early shows at London’s Lafayette and Manchester’s YES as well as standout performances at Glastonbury, Green Man, Wide Awake and Primavera and tours supporting Caribou and Bicep. 

Sofia is a staunch protester and campaigner for gender equality, protection of queer people and access to safe abortions in Peru. Her music career taking off is therefore tinged with guilt, as touring means less time for this kind of work, “I feel that I am not doing enough”, she says. 

Her solution is to incorporate her politics into her music career as much as she can. She hadn’t spoken about the real reason she left Peru before but now she now hopes her music and words – she is instantly inspiring in conversation – will resonate with others, her experience sadly, infuriatingly, still commonplace. ‘Estación Esperanza’ for example opens with recordings of a Peruvian protest against homophobia. It also features a rare guest spot from Manu Chao, someone who Kourtesis immensely respects for the way he weaves politics into everything he does. As someone who rarely collaborates Chao was moved by a (long) letter Kourtesis wrote him about her family, her politics, her worldview, and what she wanted to achieve.

Links:
Website - www.sofiakourtesis.com
Facebook - www.facebook.com/sofia.kourtesis/
Instagram - www.instagram.com/sofiakourtesis
Soundcloud - www.soundcloud.com/sofia-kourtesis

Fafi Abdel Nour

Fafi Abdel Nour finds beauty in the margins and the bliss in between - a passionate artist and community builder, on a mission towards imagining better futures through musical connectivity and understanding between humans.

As a DJ, Fafi never fails to captivate dancers into a sense of timelessness & otherworldly joy. His sets distill the liberatory kinetics of house music down to its very essence, embodying an era of music unaffected by genre-constraints or rules. Dissolving boundaries between sound, movement and being, dancers can expect everything from spellbinding melodic passages, house-inflected body music and enchanted breakbeats melded into flourishes of ecstatic sensation.

Oscillating between jubilance and insight with a distinctive sense of narrative and technical finesse, Fafi’s selections expand the universe of mystic, passionate and evocative strains of house - tapping into the source of music’s fundamental ability to transform lives, through a deeply personal level of expression transmuted directly from his soul through the speakers.

Always encouraging us to connect with one another and celebrate the myriad of differences we share in our world, Fafi’s vibration has radiated simply by embodying his truth and encouraging others to do the same for themselves. 

Links:
Instagram - www.instagram.com/fafi_abdel_nour
Soundcloud - www.soundcloud.com/fafi_abdel_nour

Sandra

Sandra (Eisenblut) is the inspirer, resident DJ and founding member of Cosmic Bordello, an Athenian family-style rave party to dance your matter away, reconnect and form anew. As music navigator and groove weaver, she creates magnetic, soul-expanding sets that unfold like a sonic story, guiding you through ecstatic peaks and shadowy valleys. She unveils a musical universe of deep, trippy, and cosmic, yet groovy sounds with splashes of electrotropicalia inspired by her travels in Latin America and Berlin, bringing out a sense of togetherness with her multi-layered music style.

Links:
Instagram - www.instagram.com/yacumama
Soundcloud - www.soundcloud.com/kassy

Venue:
Athens Conservatoire
Vasileos Georgiou B 17-19 
Athens, 106 75
www.athensconservatoire.gr

Age restrictions: 18+