GRAVITAS në ARMATA
E mërkurë, 17 tetor 2018
21:00h

KONCERT:
/ CHINABOT Collective /
LAFIDKI (Kamboxhë)
PISITAKUN (Tajlandë)

Koncerti përkrahet nga Komuna e Prishtinës dhe Promoting Private Sector Employment (PPSE).

ARMATA ka kënaqësinë të ju prezentoj kolektivin CHINABOT (www.chinabot.co), platformës eksperimentale të krijuar për ta ndryshuar dialogun rreth muzikës aziatike.

LAFIDKI është artist audio/vizuel i bazuar në Londër dhe themelues i CHINABOT. LAFIDKI është nofka e Saphy Vong, i cili ka prodhuar muzikë eksperimentale elektronike nga viti 2008.

PISITAKUN është prej Bangkokut, Tajlandë. Ai filloi të eksperimentoj me arte vizuele dhe muzikë nga viti 2014 dhe është i interesuar në muzikë në mjedise të ndryshme mediale. Ai përdorë inspirime të ndryshme në këngët e tij, si ngjarje historike, zëra sintetik, dhe instrumente muzikore.

LAFIDKI:
Kniom Nahn – https://vimeo.com/213274047
Tycoon Typhoon – https://vimeo.com/258096891
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/lafidki

PISITAKUN:
Black Country – https://youtu.be/Yuj8YIpBsIg
000088 – soundcloud.com/chinabot/pisitakun-000088

/ Për GRAVITAS /
Gravitas (lat. Graviteti), në kontekst shkencor, është fenomeni natyror ku të gjitha gjërat me masë ose energji i afrohen njëra tjetrës; në shoqëri, kjo fjalë përshkruan dikë ose diçka që ka peshë dhe rëndësi. Gjatë GRAVITAS, ARMATA shndërrohet në qendër të toneve dhe harmonive, zhurma unifikohet dhe bëhet dimenzionale, duke krijuar platformë me rëndësi për dialog kulturor.

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GRAVITAS at ARMATA
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
21:00h

CONCERT:
/ CHINABOT Collective /
LAFIDKI (Cambodia)
PISITAKUN (Thailand)

The concert is supported by Prishtina Municipality and Promoting Private Sector Employment (PPSE).

ARMATA has the pleasure of presenting CHINABOT collective, an experimental platform created to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music. Artists include LAFIDKI from Cambodia and PISITAKUN from Thailand.

LAFIDKI:
Kniom Nahn – https://vimeo.com/213274047
Tycoon Typhoon – https://vimeo.com/258096891
Soundcloud: soundcloud.com/lafidki

PISITAKUN:
Black Country – https://youtu.be/Yuj8YIpBsIg
000088 – soundcloud.com/chinabot/pisitakun-000088

/ About GRAVITAS /
Gravitas (lat. Gravity), in a scientific context, is a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy are brought toward one another; socially, this word describes someone or something that has weight and importance. During GRAVITAS, ARMATA becomes the center of tones and harmonies, noise is unified and turns dimensional, creating a platform of importance for cultural dialogue.

About CHINABOT (www.chinabot.co)
Chinabot is a platform and collective created to change the dialogue surrounding Asian music. In 2017, a digital diaspora community, a multi-disciplinary label and network of Asian artists decided to cooperate on a new way to collect and promote exciting Asian music. We want to show a slice of what we like, the cultures we come from and our own ideas. We’re an online community and a virtual home celebrating the music that falls between the gaps — a place for adventurous listening.
Chinabot is positioned at the junction point between the influence of Asian music on contemporary/traditional sounds, music outside the mainstream and the development of experimentation. We work with composers, sound artists, improvisers and musicians to develop projects that rearrange the furniture of the musical world. We want to question our assumptions about what music is and where it can go.

CHINABOT Press Release:
https://www.chinabot.co/s/Press_Kit.pdf

About LAFIDKI (chinabot.co/lafidki)
LAFIDKI is a London-based sound/visual artist, and founder of Chinabot. LAFIDKI is the moniker of Saphy Vong, who has been releasing experimental electronic since 2008. He was born in a refugee camp in Phanat Nikhon (Thailand) to Cambodian refugee parents who fled Pol Pot’s regime. He released his EP ‘Absynthax’ via Orange Milk records. He’s a sound artist and conceptual collagist who performs around the world. His music is an confluence of ideas, synthesising multiple underrepresented histories, geographies, musical genres and cultural signifiers into compelling, colourful sonic material that packs contemporaneous dancefloor weight.
LAFIDKI has played at a number of international festivals: Donau Festival 2018 (Krems), VIA 2012 (Pittsburgh), Nuit blanche – French Institute 2016 (Kyoto/Japan), represented Cambodia at Tallinn Music Week. He has shared stage with Hype Williams, KXP, Tzusing, James Ferraro, Nightmares on Wax, Molly Nilsson, Andy Stott, Varg, Tropic of Cancer, Laurel Halo, Amnesia Scanner, Faka and James Holden.

Bandcamp interview:
https://daily.bandcamp.com/2017/08/14/chinabot-electronic-label-feature/

About PISITAKUN (chinabot.co/pisitakun)
PISITAKUN is from Bangkok, Thailand. He started making visual arts and music in 2014 and is interested in music in different media environments. He uses a variety of inspirations in his songs, such as historical events, synthetic sounds, and musical instruments. In 2016, the album “Black Country” began to be prepared. In this album, Pisitakun is talking about a country full of dialogues between dark voices.
As Thai history currently unfolds under martial law following the military coup d’état on 22 May 2014 – the thirteenth since the end of the absolute monarchy in 1932 – Pisitakun’s practice represents a decisive break from many of his Thai peers: he questions fundamental and increasingly universal values without merely decrying the fact of corruption or offering neat palliatives.
Pisitakun’s works are based on political speculation and the external and internal frustrations artists are subject to.

The Quietus Interview:
http://thequietus.com/articles/24151-pisitakun-kuantalaeng-thailand-noise-artist

THE QUIETUS
“A stellar beginning to a new project well worth keeping an eye on as it gathers speed.”

THE WIRE MAGAZINE
“The Chinabot project is only at the beginning of what is bound to be a vital and illuminating journey.”

MIXMAG
“Each track on the compilation has its own unique cultural identity through contributions from Asian artists.”

BANDCAMP
“The Chinabot label Is Uniting Asia’s Next Generation of Electronic Experimentalists.”