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Blackberries are a psychedelic four-piece from Western Germany. Formed in 2009, the band grew from the seeds of early Motown records, mid-60’s pop groups, mesmerizing Psychedelia and german-based Krautrock. Fusing these influences with their very own vision of musical expression, they create a unique vibrant energy which already won over audiences of bands like Miles Kane, Friska Viljor, Local Natives, Imagine Dragons or Bastille and eventually gave birth to their debut album “Music for the Night” in 2012.

Now, two more years of hard work and intense musical experimentation have passed, in which they not only redefined their frontiers in the development of new sounds, but also locked themselves into the studio to come out with even more pulsating and hypnotizing tunes. Like a magic carpet that floats between neo-psychedelic experiences, a passion for hooks and melody and the untamed aesthetics of early Kraut, Blackberries are heading to a new landmark in the continuing journey of constant reinvention.

Kapela Maliszów is a family band started by multi-instrumentalist Jan Mailsz and his children - Kacper and Zuzanna.
The band is inspired by traditional music of - Beskid Niski and Pogorze, in South Poland.
Folk songs and dance music from Gorlice county is traditionally played with a violin, a basolia ( a folk instrument similar to a cello) and a drum in, an archaic way with a great amount of freedom, joy and improvisation, not only reconstruction of old melodies.
The violin owned by the band leader used to belong to his father Jozef, who in the thirties of the 20th century played at wedding parties. Jan also inherited a drum made by his father in the fifties. The drum is still used by the band. They call this music “Father’s notes”.
In 2013 they won "Stara Tradycja" (Old Tradition) Competition at "Mazurkas of the World" Festival in Warsaw.
In 2014 they took 2nd place at "Nowa Tradycja" ("New Tradition" Festival, organised by Polish Radio).In the same competition Kacper Malisz (16 years old, violin, cello, nyckelharpa) won a special prize "Golden Violin" for the best musician in the festival (!)
They've also took 1st place at "Mikołajki Folkowe" 2014 Festival in Lublin . These two are the most important folk competitions in Poland. 
They played at Ethnoport Poznan 2015, Etnokraków Festival 2015, Crossroads 2015, Cross Culture Festival 2014.
In 2014 Kapela Maliszów performed for the president of Poland Bronisław Komorowski.
Their music was posted on CDs which contained top polish musicians to promote Poland on WOMEX in 2013 and in 2014. 
In 2015, the band toured Germany , Belgium, Great Biritian. They’ve played at BBC3 Charlie Gilett stage at WOMAD in England, and also at Rainforest Festival in Malaysia.

Line-up:

Jan Malisz - violin, cello, guitar, hurdy-gurdy, accordion, vocals
Zuzanna Malisz - vocals, baraban drum, frame drum
Kacper Malisz - violin, nyckelharpa



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"The vibe is so transcendent in places you feel you are in motion listening to it, transported in a stupor through some faerie glade and awake before you have time to register what has happened." - The Quietus

Beautiful and talented sirens from the most dangerous coasts of the Baltic Sea have found concert stages to be the best hunting grounds of sailors. They are dazzling, powerful and seducing not just with their outer beauty but mainly because of how they make music. The choir strives for rich, feminine, captivating sound, using it for every musical era and style. The repertoire of Sireen comprises music from Renaissance to contemporary works. The choir takes special pride in working with young and talented Estonian composers like Evelin Seppar, Maria Kõrvits, Pärt Uusberg and Sander Pehk. The sirens have been noticed giving concerts in churches and village halls as well as on rocky beaches and abandoned warehouses. While the choir is purposefully mutinous and revolutionary in its performances, the quality of music and professional sound still remain as priority. This enables the choir to cooperate over genres and with nontraditional partners.
The choir was founded in 2011.

Koos noore ja andeka dirigendi Nele Erastusega taotleb Sireen hõrku ning naiselikult tummist ja lummavat kõla, otsides ja kasutades seda iga muusikaajastu ja -stiili juures. Kammernaiskoor seob naiskoorile omase heliseva ja mitmekülgse kõlavärvi kammerlikult selge ja peene vokaaliga. 
2011. aastal loodud koori kõlas on tunda erinevatelt elualadelt tulnud lauljate sisu – alternatiivsust, kontraste, mitmemõõtmelist paindlikkust ning individuaalsust, mida õhkub koori igast poorist. Sireeni repertuaar varieerub vanamuusikast tänapäevase heliloominguni. Eriti väärtustab koor koostööd noorte ning andekate Eesti heliloojatega (Maria Kõrvits, Sander Pehk, Evelin Seppar, Pärt Uusberg). Sireene on silmatud kontserte andmas suurematest kirikutest ning vallamajadest kiviklibuste randade ja tehasehooneteni. Kuigi koor on oma esitluses taotluslikult mässav ja uuendusmeelne, on selle prioriteet siiski muusika kvaliteet ning professionaalne kõla, mis lubab koostööd teha žanriüleselt ja kooslustes, mis väljuvad harjumuspärastest piiridest.

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