Saturday night fever
As Saturday arrived with sunshine and joy, we prepared for club night at Cinema in the centre of the City.
The first good news beside from our lunch from the local supermarket (exotic indeed), was that Johannes package had shown up from some mysterious airport belt somewhere in in the eastern region of Europe. The exquisite ski sticks were however still gone.
Our co partner in Kiev, Kotra had arranged a atmospheric setting with a two room dance floor with a great line up from the Kvitnu label. Headliner was Dunaewsky69 who released his new album, and we were special guests. As the evening proceeded, people were suddenly roaming in from the streets of Kiev to take part of this exiting event of cross over art, music, and visual enchantment coming from the VJ corner. And as our performance proceeded on, Zavoloka twisted her laptop with her amusing electronic music, as Johannes ruled his bass as Vasterbottens answer to Bootsy Collins, Lotta went in and out of her characters and showed Kiev how moves can unite with progressive music. Included in the set, was the not yet famous hit song “Move Me”, where Lotta appears as a whispering and strange gollum like figure. Yours truly the light boy, also got a chance proving some hidden skills in an improvisatory song and choreographic euphoria that will be developed for sure… I believe my lampfever has left my conscious mind. The response for our first move in Ukraine was overwhelming, the crowd counting to at least 150 paying persons, and it actually seemed like they really liked it…
Afterwards we could chill in the bar with a refreshing soda, enjoying our brief success and the music from Dunaewsky69 filling the more and more crowded dance floor. As Zavoloka started her solo live set, it occurred to me that all my preconceptions about Ukraine and Kiev were running away like the sweat from my forehead. There is a vital electronic music scene in Ukraine, and a friendly atmosphere which I don’t think can be found at clubs in Scandinavia. People seem to care less about dress codes and acting cool, and i felt a truly open minded vibe and curiosity for experimental music and art.
As the night turned into day we left the club in a cab ride from hell, tired but with a smile upon our faces…