Gordan combine traditional Serbian singing with abstraction, energy and minimalism. Their music is marked by radical reductionism, seemingly endless ascension and a passion for experiments.
The Serbian singer Svetlana Spajić is an internationally recognized and acclaimed artist. She has mastered the complex singing styles of Balkan music in all its local forms like no other contemporary singer. Guido Möbius plays bass and various electronic sound generators.
Additionally he uses guitar amps, microphones and effects to provoke feedback which either harmonize or are juxtaposed with the song. It is a dialogue between sound and noise which is accentuated or fragmented by means of Andi Stecher’s expressive drumming. Together the trio form a dynamic body of sound. Gordan will present their new album on this night, out on Glitterbeat on May 10th 2024.
Gordan recorded their debut during the first wave of the Covid19 pandemic in Europe in March 2020. Due to the lockdown in Berlin at that time the city didn’t have many distractions to offer, so the trio just concentrated on work. The atmosphere of being isolated in a recording studio had a big impact on the musical results. All three band members came up with ideas for new pieces, which were immediately tested, worked out and recorded. On abstract instrumentals provided by Stecher and Möbius, Svetlana Spajic sometimes reacted with personal interpretations of serbian traditionals, and the other way around. Most of the time it was as if the music just happend to the band; playing together felt natural from the first moment on.
Gordan
Sunday, 27.10.2024 | Doors 20:30 / Starts 21:00 CET
Kantine Berghain | Am Wriezener Bahnhof | 10243 Berlin/Friedrichshain
