After recent and successful Melodica Hamburg (
http://www.myspace.com/melodicahamburg), Athebustop will take part to the first Melodica Acoustic Festival in the awesome by-the-sea city of Brighton (UK)! Wow!
SATURDAY JULY 25th, 2009
MELODICA ACOUSTIC FESTIVAL
c/o SANCTUARY CELLA CAFE
BRIGHTON, UK
INFO:
http://www.myspace.com/melodicabrightonREAD MORE ABOUT MELODICA..
Designed to celebrate the local music scene while providing an
invaluable platform for emerging artists to network and develop new
creative relationships, the festival currently operates in Melbourne
(Australia), Sydney (Australia), Hamburg (Germany) and Reykjavik
(Iceland).
Melodica was born in December 2007 by Pete Uhlenbruch aka Owls of the
swamp, a forward thinking Melbourne musician who wanted to create a
genuinely attentive space for other artists to perform and interact in,
and foster a sense of community in an increasingly challenging industry.
The debut festival was an intimate affair in a local cafe, resonant of
the German coffee houses of the 60s. 18 acts played over two days, and
the overwhelming response from those artists was how refreshing it was
to play in a space where the appreciation of the music was paramount.
Artists from all events have since commented on the profound creative
inspiration from engaging and networking with other kindred performers,
while on the audience's part, the calibre of the acts and the ambience
of the event were what set the event apart.
Supported by their local music scenes, Melodica is quickly developing
into one of the premier acoustic performances in cities around the
world.
It all seems a far cry from such humble beginnings in Collingwood,
Melbourne just a few months ago, but doesn't surprise Uhlenbruch, who
believes that positivity, community and exploration of mutual interest
are more powerful than many musicians realise. “The point of the
festival was to empower artists, to get them interacting and supporting
each other, to create a sense of community, and that's exactly what has
happened,' says Uhlenbruch. “What I didn't expect was that it would
happen so quickly, and on a global scale!”