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DFC 2017
Anchor 3
Partners
The DFC pilot version was planned and executed by Don Dada in partnership with Ciné-théâtre Le Majestic in Bizerte, and later also Cinéma Amilcar. This pilot version has been the fruit of independent DIY efforts without any sponsorship or funding. It included exhibitions and performances in 3 different venues and the aim is to develop the didactic aspect in future editions.
Exhibitions
#1 Live short film soundtrack: Triton
Performer: Fusam (TN-SE)
Genre: Ambient, Noise, Soundtrack
Duration: 12 minutes
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#2 Live Freestyle Alpha & Fusam
Performer: Fusam: Heny Maatar (TN-SE), Alpha: Saif Amri (TN)
Genre: Abstract beat, hip hop
Duration: 20 minutes
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#3 Live Zvoov & VJ Bav
Performer: Ahmed Bahriya & Tima Savchenka (TN-RU)
Genre: Electronica, Ambient, Techno
Duration: 60 minutes
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#2 Live Fusam & VJ Nuts
Performer: Fusam: Heny Maatar (TN-SE)
Genre: Electronic, Rock
Duration: 60 minutes
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#2 Live Ulcerium & VJ Nuts
Performer: Ulcerium: Mahdi Riahi (TN-GER)
Genre: Breakcore, Hardcore
Duration: 60 minutes
Artists
Artists
ZVOOV
Tunisian/Russian duo who succeeded to merge both of their different backgrounds. Zvoov was established in 2016 and as soon, they started playing different local clubs in Sousse and Tunis.
Their music is a mellow hybridation of ambient synth and electronica/ techno rythms. Ahmed Bahriya is a hip hop beatmaker and Tima Savchenka is a shoegaze vocalist and guitarist.
They came together to create a texturally rich and stimulating music.
Zvoov is a promising Tunisian rising electronic music duo.
In September 2017, Zvoov released their debut album entitled "Appolo 13".
VJ BAV
Achref Bettaieb, young tunisian self-taught VJ and a film editing student.
His passion towards image and film made him discover vjaying as new tool of artistic expression. He accompanied some electronic musicians and djs in different corners of Tunis club scene.
VJ Bav builds his own imageries and integrates them into a blend of surrealistic landscape.
ULCERIUM
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Tunisian extreme music producer based in Hamburg Germany.
Mahdi Riahi is a multi-instrumentist who started his musical journey in the Tunisian metal scene. At the age of 19, he released his self produced one man band album under the name "Vomit the Hate".
Years later, he turned to producing other forms of extreme music mainly electronic genres such as Breakcore and Hardcore techno.
Under the moniker Ulcerium he attracted several labels of the genres and released 2 Albums under French label Peace Off and Japanese label Murder Channel. Mahdi is also an artwork and web designer.
VJ NUTS
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Youssef Mars, Tunisian VJ, graphic designer and 3D designer.
VJ Nuts started exploring the universe of Vjaying in the year 2016, and found open doors to screen his work in different clubs around Sousse and Tunis. VJ Nuts designs his own visuals and fit them into a wide range of sonorities. In this DFC he accompanied Fusam and Ulcerium for a successive 2 hours set that went from IDM/Ambient to the most agressive broken beats.
ALPHA
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Founding member of Kasserine based hip hop collective Insanity انسانE.T, Saif Amri is not just another rapper on the list of tunisian hip hop artists. Often described as the dark poet, Alpha's text and voice speak about fundamental human issues and visions. One of the few conscious rap artists of Tunisia, Alpha was the guest artist of this DFC to perform a freestyle rap next to Fusam's live abstract beat.
Despite the fact that he has got thousands of followers and views on his youtube channel, Alpha's appearance on DFC was his first stage experience ever.
FUSAM
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Fusam is the solo-project of composer and multi-instrumentalist Heny Maatar. A cinematic venture fusing electronic elements with ambiances and rock instruments. In denial of boundaries, Fusam is a quest tending to grasp the universality of the phenomenon of sound.
Meaning “Schizophrenia” in arabic, “Fusam” follows a deconstructionist approach to music in a narrative stream of consciousness where music is a constantly evolving journey, in which new and fascinating pathways are being explored. Heny Maatar also works as a cultural project manager with Don Dada and has been leading different projects internationally.
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