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General Info

  • Genre: Ambient / Electronica / Visual

    Location Athens, Gr

    Profile Views: 49759

    Last Login: 5/3/2012

    Member Since 2/11/2008

    Website www.zengardenofficial.com

    Record Label CosmicLeaf Records

    Type of Label Indie

  • Bio

    Zen Garden were born in 2007 by core- creators Stefanos Tortopoglou (Music: Synths, Guitars, Samplers, Programming) and Roxani- Eleni Garefalaki (Vocals, Lyrics, Performance: stilts, silks) both of whom are on an ongoing journey through the corridors of music. It is a circle of people in an interactive creation, which integrates: Yiannis Smeros and Yianna Medvedeva in Aerial Acrobatics- silks, Physical Theatre- stilts, Spyros K. (bell), member of Visual Vibe Project in live Visual environment, Michalis Mazis in Bass and guitar, and the Percussionists: Manolis Kambouris and Giorgos Koukoulis. In 2008 they create the 'Feeling in Process' project with which they were the opening act in Juno Reactor Live in Athens (19.4.08), and the opening act of international Aurora Festival (Kavala 25.8.08). With their project 'Semantic' they opened the Future Sound of London in Athens-23/5/09 at Olympic Softball stadium- Elliniko. Moreover they perform also with their projects: AudioVisual live set and electroacoustic live quartet. In all their projects they explore and look into the creation of an experience which travels through musical landscapes, marrying electronic with natural sound, as well as the magic of live visual art and movement. They have participated in live acts around Greece (Ghost House ,Club Mansion, Soul Club, Void dance bar, Olympia Mall -Trikala 25.10.08 , opening of Athens Motorshow live etc), dressed with music the production "Deva" of the DanceTheatre Synergion of Arts and of the DanceTheatre Fygein Adynaton "Facts and Faculties", did the soundtracks of short films 'Gaia' and 'Long Distance Drunk' (by Post Bukowski Project) while on the other hand they have taken part in the music orchestration of artmentary Chania/Eco (directed by V. Kalaitzis). They participated in free concerts for the familiarization of public spaces (by AAAGO at Propilaia 19/12/08), the festival of University of Ioanina (29/5/09) and festivals like Eco Festival (25/6/09) and the Void Network's : Space Technologies (Kratiras Theatre), Electro Free festival (Athens University), Indie Free festival '09 (Strefi hill, Athens). Their album 'Simple Thought' was released by Cosmic Leaf Records (10.3.2010) and various songs were included in the compilations 'Mahamaya' by IT record shop (France) and 'the Chill Spectrum' by Uxmal records (Mexico).

  • Members

    STEFANOS TORTOPOGLOU, ROXANI GAREFALAKI, MANOLIS KAMPOURIS , YIANNIS SMEROS, YIANNA MEDVEDEVA, S.BELL, GIORGOS KOUKOULIS, MICHAEL MAZIS, KONSTADINA GRIKOU, APOSTOLIS METSO

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    LIFE, DREAMS, TRAVELS AND CULTURES OF THE WORLD.

  • Sounds Like

Zen Garden "Felling in Process" is a circle of people that introduces a multi-layered art experience by combining a variety of mediums to a dance theatre like performance, dressed as a music concert. The music ranges from ambient and free style electronica to tribal dance. Electronic soundscapes and natural musical instruments (vocals, bass, pagan percussion, guitars) are seamlessly interwoven with physical theatre, aerial acrobatics and stilts surrounded by live visual art environment.

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