Spider festival presents:
NAKED (Serbia)
ŠLAGWERK (SI)
Naked, the exceptional core-band from Belgrade and the Slovene dj and mc trio Šlagwerk, will perform on the 14th of September 2018, at 9 PM in Gala Hala (Metelkova) in the Slovene capital of Ljubljana as part of the seventh international Festival of Radical Bodies: Spider (12th – 16th of September), which focuses on experimental performative practices in the field of contemporary dance, while trying to uncover the hidden connections between speech, music and gesture. Naked will for the first time in Ljubljana present its unique blend of global urban groove, spiced with african and balkan tunes, swing, funk and free jazz. In the last decade they performed over 400 concerts all over the world. They guarantee an unforgettable celebration of world music mixed with experimental jazz, trippy dub psychedelics, classical violin trips, dark clarinet intervals and spaced-out saxophones.
A few months ago they released their fourth studio album YES! (Narrator records), where they managed to confront the recent traumatic history of the Balkan peninsula, while celebrating its’ rich heritage and musical influence in 12 songs, which embody the basic ideas of freedom and hope. The album features a special vocal performance on two bonus tracks by the renowned singer Tal Tula Ben Ari (Israel). Naked are: Branislav Radojković – bass; Djordje Mijušković – violine; Goran Milošević – drums, percussions; Rastko Uzunović – clarinet, saxophone.
Šlagwerk combines several mc’s and dj’s famous for causing havoc in the Slovene club scene since the 90’s. While mixing dnb, hiphop, breakbit and jungle their sets echo the numerous anomalies of our everyday lives. The group consists of: Dado Sheik – MC, producer (Tadej Markelj), Fraw Blanka – MC (Kaja Janjić) in Dj Zhe (Miha Žehelj). Kaja didn’t miss a party since the 90’s and made her extensive mark on several dance floors, while Miha and Dado had the opportunity to share a stage with numerous renowned stars of similar genres, mainly UK sound. Šlagwerk follows a typical pattern of sets intentionally chosen by Dj Zhe, while Dj Dado and Fraw Blanka lift the floor as mc’s.
