Hailing from Cyprus’s divided capital Nicosia, Buzz’ Ayaz is bringing a breath of fresh Eastern Mediterranean psychedelia, rock and blues to Ljubljana in support of their upcoming debut album, released via Glitterbeat Records.
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Their dynamic offbeat grooves, tribal-like drumming and fierce bass clarinet riffs produce a grimy trance-like reverie, while a sparky energy runs through the sharp and often unexpected arrangements. The result is a fuzzy urban soundscape of synth textures and dubby electronics, 70s psych organ allusions, growling reed utterances, big beats and microtonal Anatolian melodic spices.
Using folk music as a colourful palette with which to create a contemporary mosaic, a 21st-century sonic universe with a strong local identity and tang, the band reflects turbulent Nicosia, a melting pot of Greek, Turkish, and other cultures. The members of the band – all of them activists in their own right – come from both sides of the city’s divide, and include the founder of award-winning group Monsieur Doumani. Their coming together is a deliberate attempt to create a musical body that gives voice to the whole city, one that echoes above its concrete-and-barrel walls and checkpoints, in a borderless island under the same sun. We’ll experience them live in Šiška just after the release of their debut album via the acclaimed label Glitterbeat Records.
Grunt is a nomadic musical horde with which the local music scene finally joins the European wave of band bringing together the legacies of the West and the East – in this case the Balkans, Turkey, and beyond. Wandering through and exploring indigenous soundscapes, Grunt stamp them with an original authorial touch through their musical compositions and production. The lineup includes members from local bands such as Zlatko Kaučič’s Kombo ABC, Nesesari Kakalulu, Kavasutra, and Koromač.
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Organisation: Kino Šiška.
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