Why you shouldn’t miss the 13th Borderline Festival

In its 13th edition, the Borderline Festival unfolds in Stegi and in other parts of Athensin a three-day event dedicated to the future of contemporary music, with the participation of young Greek and emerging international artists.

From the Kypseli Municipal Market, in the heart of the city, up to Gagarin 205 and the Carhartt WIP Stage at -1 of Stegi19 Greek and international artists meet from April 26 to 28 in a genre-defying lineup where Detroit techno meets reggaeton and deconstructed club.

This year’s schedule Borderline Festival is curated (of course) by STEGI.RADIO, i.e. Voltnoi & Quetempo and with them Akis Khondassis, and aims to cause an experiential experience and completely special for the ears, mind and feet of those who find themselves this three days in the spots where the musical date is given.

Here are our 3 thoughts on what makes Borderline Festival the-place-to-be next weekend.

#1 Borderline Festival is a journey into… the future of music

Fresh faces, new soundscapes, adventurous producers and DJs, such as Crystallmess, Bambii, aya, Sangre Nueva, AUX 88 and Rosa Pistola they meet with artists from Athenssuch as ANFS, AMKA, Frenzee and Agent Mo, creating a grand experience..

For more than a decade, Borderline Festival has harnessed the elements of fantasy, magic and surprise through a series of DJ sets and live performances. Looking far and beyond dystopian worldviews, he explores the ways in which music, like a spell, can transform everyday reality and distort our sense of time and space, bringing to light hidden narratives and offering uncanny and vital visions of the past, present and future.

In this direction, from April 26 to 28, Borderline Festival 2024 embraces the transformative power of magical realism, returning to the heart of Athens with a festival that aims to expand the act of listening.

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#2 Multicultural encounters with music as a vehicle at Borderline

Her Friday, April 26, the Borderline Festival 2024 begins at the Municipal Market of Kypselicombining her labyrinthine flow Nigerian rapper Aunty Rayzorthe history Detroit electro by AUX 88a DJ set by BAMBII beyond the boundaries of genres and BPMs, and fresh rap, trap and reggaeton selections from ZoneToZone.

The following day, on April 27, the outdoor stage of the Kypseli Municipal Market begins with the eclectic selections of Agent Mo, producer of STEGI.RADIO. Next, deconstructed club pioneer Rabit meets Sangre Nueva – the fiery B2B2B project of Kelman Duran, DJ Python and Florentino – and Mexican queen of reggaetón, Rosa Pistola.

After midnight, the festival continues at Gagarin 205: from the punk energy of the Greek band Frenzee to the wild dancefloor experimentation of Bill Kouligas and Crystallmess and the apocalyptic techno of ANFS.

Her Sunday, April 28, Borderline Festival 2024 closes at the Carhartt WIP Stage, at -1 of the Roof with distorted electronic sounds and live sets from aya, AMKA, Lamin Fofana, Trevor Mathison, JJJJJJerome Ellis and Kosti Kondo.

#3 What is music if not a spell?

What is the act of listening if not a collective ritual? Music distorts time, flattens it and expands it at the will of its creator. The musician is a magician who reminds the listener of the constant movement and wonder of things. Hidden worlds are revealed, a sense of past, present and future is restored.

Music remythologizes reality, making it magical, intensifying both its open element and the possibilities it hides within it and are waiting to be awakened. The listener listens, moves, dances. A collective mind and body participates in this primordial ritual and, through this action, remembers what it has always unconsciously known: there are conditions and forces at work in this world that one may not fully understand, but can play into. with them and overthrow them.

Borderline Festival 2024 comes with a vision of magical realism. It aims to penetrate the reality of our time, not through escapism, but through imagination, vision and empathy beyond the barriers. From Athens to the Mediterranean, in a time plagued by war, inequality, extreme impoverishment and unbearable alienation, the Borderline Festival invites a collective deep listening to the sound of ever-emerging change…