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A Victim of Society (GR) / No Recess at Hamam Bar Prishtina
October 18, 2017 @ 8:00 pm
THE WEEK OF NO RECESS brings you A VICTIM OF SOCIETY, psych/noise band from Athens, Greece.
“Enough Said”: https://www.youtube.com/
“Jane’s Insane”: https://www.youtube.com/
“Once again”: https://www.youtube.com/
“Potential Mental Patient” (LIVE): https://www.youtube.com/
LINKS:
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/
Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/
CATALOGUE:
http://inner-ear.gr/
https://fuzzclub.com/
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BIO
A Victim Of Society started as a lo-fi project in 2011 by Vagelis Makris (vocals, guitars) and Fotis Ntouskas (guitar) in Athens, Greece.
Their first release was a DIY limited edition 6 track cassette (120 copies released and sold out). In 2011 they released a 7″inch EP via Sweet Mistake Productions/Fractal Press and the same year their track “You’re Gonna Hate Me” was included in the compilation Reverb Conspiracy vol. 1″ released from Fuzz Club Records in collaboration with Austin Psych Festival.
During 2013 they opened the gigs of bands such as The Black Angels, Moon Duo, Dirty Beaches and Disappears.
Their debut album “Distractions” was released via Inner Ear in April 2014. In 2015 Pantelis Karasevdas (drums) joined the band. The second album is called “FREAKTOWN” and it’s out now via Inner Ear Records and The Fuzz Club Records’ web store.
STORY
Some things are not meant to be heard, cause there aren’t any words to describe them. They’re just unexplored feelings without names.
Vangelis, who from now on we will call him V, was a naive young man, tired from the continuous insecurity of everyday life. One day V, decided to record and upload an EP on Soundcloud under the name “ A Victim Of Society ”. Things would change forever from that moment on.
People heard V’s music, some loved it and some hated it. Fotis, which from now on we will call him F, belonged to the “hate” category. In a peculiar way, F, after a while, would became the main guitarist of the band A Victim Of Society and he loved to be a part of it.
As a duo, they have given birth to their first baby caled “Distractions”. V, F and “Distractions” were very happy and curious for the future. They traveled a lot, they’ve been to Berlin, Rome, Skopje, but they always returned to their hometown, Athens. In Athens they have shared souvlakia with Steve Selly in Exarcheia, while he was a member of Disappears. They chatted with Alex from The Black Angels about old romances. They got drunk with Alex and Francesco from Dirty Beaches and they end up hugging tightly.
Years passed by quickly, some friends stayed, some friends left. One of them, Pantelis, which from now on we will call P, never left. P, had two drum sticks for hands and as you can imagine he was pretty good at banging random things with enormous energy. One day P, joined V and F at a noisy jam session that the latter casually used to have. They got together to make another baby. And the baby wasn’t a boy nor a girl. It is fast and strong, loud and weird and they continue raising it free from the thoughts of everyday’s insecurities. And they named it “FREAKTOWN”. And they will keep on doing it over and over again.
QUOTES:
Brooklyn Vegan
“A total trip through spacey guitar effects, distortion-drenched vocals, and demonic surf-rock melodies.”
GIGsoup
“Doggedly relentless drum and bass work, buzzsaw vicious guitar parts and urgent, yelped vocals.”
Glamglare
“Nothing short but phenomenal!”
Music And Riots Magazine
“You’ll get lost in their layered textures, lyrical themes and tripped-out sound.”
Live Eye TV
“They manage to sound epically tight and loose all at the same time.
No Fear Of Pop
“Strangely upbeat, placed somewhere close to 50s rock’n’roll heyday with a few subtle cold wave
influences.”
IMPOSE
“AVOS mixing the sweetness with sour grapes, sardonic sneers, and a harder proof.”
Exclaim
“Fuzz-laced, tension-building arrangements.”
My Old Kentucky Blog
“A sound that approximates what Can might have sounded like had Trent Reznor ever been given an opportunity to front the seminal Krautrock unit.”
Music Alliance Pact – July 2011
“A plaintive, lo-fi mixture of nostalgia wrapped up in deeply ingrained noir sensibilities.”
Electrophone
“Ça rappelle Black Angels en plus sombre, Dissapears en plus froid, ça s’écoute fort et ça prend un malin plaisir à jouer avec vos nerfs.”
Black Online
“Mit “”Distractions” hat das Duo aus Athen ein in Griechenland viel beachtetes Debüt veröffentlicht, welches spacige Gitarreneffekte mit dämonischen Stoner-Rock-Riffs und sphärischen Soundflächen verbindet.”
Details
- Date:
- October 18, 2017
- Time:
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8:00 pm
- Event Categories:
- Billboard, Recreational
- Event Tags:
- A VICTIM OF SOCIETY, Fotis Ntouskas, Hamam Bar Prishtina, Vagelis Makris
Organizers
- Hamam Bar Prishtina
- No Recess
Venue
- Hamam Bar Prishtina
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Hajdar Dushi 8
Pristina, Kosovo 10000 + Google Map