Cactus Quartet
<Jazz/Funk/Blues>

The Cacti Are:
Achilleas Sourlas - Alto Sax (GR)
Anthony Plekhov - Hammond organ (US)
Panos Giotis - Guitar (GR)
Jürgen Meyer - Drums (DE)

The Cactus Quartet is a musical ensemble that started in Berlin in 2012, bonded by the members' love for cacti, jazz and dubious local bars with obscure germanic names. Based on the characteristic color of a cheap Hammond organ emulator, the main elements of the band are the accidental arrhythmic grooves, simultaneous solos and panic attacks. The quartet has been very active in the Berlin music scene performing their music live around the city for little or no money, which is no problem since exhaustive research has shown that musicians only feed on plastic bags and cigarettes. The people that wrote the above text have been fired [a witch!]. Hope you enjoy this latest Cactus platinum demo.. 


Contact
thecactustrio@gmail.com

Upcoming Shows:&#13;
- Sat 13 April 2013 @ Siouxie Cafe (Hermannstrasse 70, Neukölln)&#13;
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Past Shows:&#13;
- Sat 6 April 2013 @ Peppi Guggenheim (Weichselstrasse 7, 12043 Berlin)&#13;
- Sat 16 March 2013 @ Shangl Hangl (Schönstedtstr. 14, 12043 Berlin)&#13;
- Fri 14 Dec 2012 @ Peppi Guggenheim (Weichselstrasse 7, 12043 Berlin)&#13;
- Sat 08 Dec. 2012 @ Siouxie Cafe (Hermannstrasse 70, Neukölln)&#13;
- Tue 04 Dec. 2012 @ Café Tasso (Frankfurter Allee 11, Friedrichshain)&#13;
- Fri 23 Nov. 2012 @ KussKuss Kuche (Nogatstr. 30, 12051-Neukölln)&#13;
- Sat 17 Nov. 2012 @ Cake (Oranienstraße 31, Kreuzberg), at 21:00, free entrance&#13;
- Fri 09 Nov. 2012 @ Malena (Reuterstr.85, Neukölln)&#13;
- Fri 26 Oct. 2012 @ Shangl Hangl (Schönstedtstr. 14, 12043 Berlin)&#13;
- Fri 19 Oct. 2012 @ ZMF (Zur Möbelfabrik Brunnenstraße 10, 10119 Mitte)&#13;
- Fri 12 Oct. 2012 @ Panke (Gerichtstraße 23, 13347, Wedding)&#13;
- Sat 06 Oct. 2012 @ Zatopek (Niemetzstr. 24, 12055, Neukölln) &#13;
- Sat 29 Sep. 2012 22:00 @ Peppi Guggenheim (Weichselstrasse 7, 12043 Neukölln)&#13;
- Sat 22 Sep. 2012 @ Malena (Reuterstr.85, Neukölln)-&gt;9pm!&#13;
- Fri 22 June 2012 @ Cake (Oranienstraße 31, Kreuzberg), at 21:00, free entrance&#13;
- Thu 21 June 2012 @ Atelier Uberall (Oppelner Straße 12, 10997 Berlin), at 18:00 open-air Fete de la Musique&#13;
- Sat 16 June 2012 @ Shangl Hangl (Schönstedtstr. 14, 12043 Berlin)&#13;
- Fri 15 June 2012 @ Peppi Guggenheim (Weichselstrasse 7, 12043 Berlin)

Contact for beat 
 rokafater@gmail.com 

BIO


E-BASS IMPROVISATION
EXPERIMENTAL 
FREEJAZZ
"...otherworldly sounds"


Schräge Volksmusik, Elektro, Geräuschkulisse...

Mauri Pous - git/comp
Lars Sauthoff - bass
Alex Doll - drums
Music for grooving ´n brianing, 
music for body ´n soul.

I am primarily a guitarist, I enjoy Jazz, Blues, Funk, Folk, Flamenco, Gypsy, African and Indian music. This page showcases some of my solo material, both originals and covers and rehearsal recordings by The Stuart Thomas Quartet (STQ) featuring the considerable talents of:
Jerome Auxant (drums) https://soundcloud.com/jerome-auxant
Chris Pitts (bass) 
Mark Dorricott (keyboards) https://soundcloud.com/markd54321  
More tunes featuring this band can be found on the https://soundcloud.com/sound-underground

I am no longer working with the quartet but feel proud of some of recordings here and very much enjoyed working with those guys. 
Much of the track artwork was also created by me. 

Please feel free to leave comments. 
If you are interested in booking me I can be contacted via my at my email kindofstu@hotmail.co.uk.

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