For the first time in Moscow
you have a chance to see the only session of musical and visual hypnosis from trip-hoppers
SOFA SURFERS!
Sofa Surfers is an Austrian
project which manages to produce a fantastic music on the cross of alternative
rock, trip-hop, dub, acid-jazz and chill-out. Few more tags may be added but it
won’t help to learn the essence of their music. This might be just the case
when it’s better to hear them and even more better if live because integral
part of the performance is a fascinating visual show.
Sofa Surfers early works got the most positive though subjective
comparisons with Massive Attack by mass media. Their track «Sofa Rockers» was included into the
cult mix-compilation Kruder & Dorfmeister «The K&D Sessions» in 1998. Such masters of underground
hip-hop as MC Dalek and Sensational and others took part in recording of the
album «Encounters» (2002). 2012
album «Superluminal» happened to be so successful that it attracted a
lot of new audience.
Deep bass, hypnotic rhythms, hip-hop recitative immersing into
trance, incredibly powerful enveloping sound and completely stunned audience –
these are the main concert characteristics of these gloomy Austrians.
Sofa Surfers are coming to Moscow
at full strength and – what is of special importance to their fans – with
original Nigerian vocalist Mani
Obeya!
Opening act of the show will be a band from Moscow named Kirma. For 4 years already this unconventional band plays in the best clubs of Moscow and St.Petersburg giving joy to the fans with own compositions and those of related bands like Archive, Stateless, dEUS and Portishead. “Magazine” was the first single played by radios. “Delight”, the biggest hit of the band so far was included into soundtracks for two movies already. A distinguished characteristic of the band is the unique and bright vocal of Eugenia Blagova and quality modern sound. The musicians do not restrict themselves within the boundaries of only one style and make the best use of their opportunities with trip-hop, lounge and dynamic pop-rock. Apart from authentic material there is always a place for Again (Archive) and Down Here (Stateless) in their program. At the moment the band is preparing their second album.