Društvo preko #4: Crno Dete & Svetlost (MKD)

Inverted Spectrum Records presents an evening of dark, spontaneous, expressive music in Karmakoma where two legendary alternative jazz bands from Skopje and Belgrade will play together for the very first time. Svetlost, one of the most exciting contemporary ensembles from Macedonia, will be visiting Belgrade while on tour promoting their new album, and they will be joined by the local heroes Crno Dete who at each concert conjure up a new realm of psychedelic, edgy, breathtaking sounds.

Friday, December 6th 2024.

08:15 doors
08:35 Crno Dete
09:35 Svetlost

+ warm up dj set by Inverted Spectrum Records featuring contemporary Hungarian alternative jazz.

Shows will start ON TIME.

entry:

700 rsd (normal)

300 rsd (for musicians who are affiliated with Društvo Festival or have published on Inverted Spectrum Records. Please register your name in advance by writing to invertedspectrumrecords at gmail dot com with the subject line 'December 6th - Karmakoma')

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◥ CRNO DETE

Crno Dete (Black Child) is a cult ensemble made of prominent members of the Belgrade's creative music scene. Founded by Damjan Brkić (Klopka za Pionira) on guitar and Milan Bukejlović (Petrol, Virvel) on drums, the duo travelled through various musical paths rooted in alternative rock and noise rock, as well as Middle Eastern and Balkan folk music, before finally settling on free improvisation. With the addition of Tomislav Marjanović on saxophone, another versatile musician of the Serbian scene, their music acquired a punk jazz flavor, even though defying that or any other clear categorization. The unique, explosive, noisy, melodic, powerful, unpredictable, head-cleansing live performances of Crno Dete are something that any open-minded listener should witness at least once in their life, though ideally on a regular basis as some form of medicine.

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◥ SVETLOST {Skopje}

Formed in 2014, Svetlost is a prominent dark jazz trio from the rich jazz scene of Macedonia. Their music is characterized by an energetic, intricate rhythm section provided by Kristijan Novkovski on drums and Deni Omeragić on double bass and electric bass, which creates a dynamic backdrop for the passionate, melodic, modal phrases of Ninoslav Spirovski's clarinet and saxophone. The result is punky, heavy and elegant all at the same time, like a splendid but damaged monument to a human catastrophe.

At the beginning of 2024, the trio regrouped with a renewed focus, and created their most profound artistic material to date, under the name Everything Was As It Had Been A Minute Ago (co-published by PMGJazz and Inverted Spectrum Records), inspired by moments of personal loss, profound feelings of alienation, disillusion with the prospect of social equality, compassion for the victims of new wars, and a davidian struggle against the mammoth capitalist machine. The trio's new recording, like their previous release which captured them in their 11-piece orchestral form, was featured by Bandcamp Daily among "the most notable jazz releases of the month."

On this tour, Svetlost will be accompanied by the acclaimed violinist, electronic musician and composer Gligor Kondovski who will join them on several songs.

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◥ INVERTED SPECTRUM RECORDS DJ SET

Inverted Spectrum Records is an independent label, booking agency and concert/festival organization initiative active primarily in Hungary, Serbia and Turkey. Since 2018, the label has been publishing the compilation series 'The Music of the Secret Society that Owns Belgrade' which documents the more idiosyncratic layers of the underground music scene in the Serbian capital, and organizing the related Društvo Festival (6th edition: April 2025) as well as the international Društvo Preko event series. On this occassion, Işık Sarıhan from the label will play a warm up set which will feature a selection from Hungarian alternative jazz acts affiliated with the label.

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