35th edition - 12th July, 2019
After almost a year of technical break, we're back in the game with Sofar Sounds Krakow. Our first event was a special ''Iranian'' Sofar, created in cooperation with Krakow's city council (www.krakow.pl), mr Jan Burkat, mr Jerzy Donimirski (donimirski.com), Perskie Dywany, East Analytics, and Uvibe. Posters for our event were designed by Spaced Studio, everything was filmed by Rafał Kuczyński, and the audio was taken care of by Manufaktura Dźwięku. The event took place at Studio Luma, a place located at ulica Ślusarska 9, near Kazimierz district. At first, our city leader Marianna Kosch introduced to the audience the story behind Sofar Sounds.
There were only two Iranian artists playing that evening: Farkey & Sasan Bakhsheshi. During their sets, people could see a range of beautiful photos from Iran taken by Poza Trasą Adventure. Colorful Persian rugs were lying on the floor and people needed to take off their shoes in order not to damage these rugs somehow. Farkey, an Iranian musician who plays electronic ambient/electronic/minimal got to the stage first. It was his first live performance (and he has only one song on Soundcloud) and much to that, it was incredible to experience it there, at Studio Luma, in Poland. The musician used a voice of a famous Iranian singer in some of the songs he played. His music created a rather soothing atmosphere and you could see people moving their heads to the rhythm, seating and smiling with eyes closed. By the end he played a quite spontaneous (and great) improvisation on Nord Stage 3 and people were very pleased with his performance. We recommend all of you to listen to his music.
Then, after 10 minutes break, Sasan Bakhsheshi started his set by saying that when he arrived in Poland a few days before the event and met many amazing people, he noticed that Poland and Iran are not so much different from one another, because both countries got through so much in history and survived. As he told the audience, he plays an „industrial noise music”. It wasn't a usual 3 or 4-song set like artists play at our events, it was rather a long sequence of sounds cut into two parts. The music felt like a journey through space and time – a link between two countries, two cultures. The sound gradually became louder and louder. Some songs started quite peacefully, then they shifted toward a more industrial-driven or noise-driven vibe which created a peculiar atmosphere, a feeling of loosing oneself into music. And once again, you could see people moving their heads or shoulders to the rhythm, and enjoying the set very much, as they could not stop applauding after the musician ended his performance. An amazing music worth listening to!
After our gig, people cheerfuly talked with one another and with the artists, praising their music. But the special ''Iranian'' edition of our Sofar without the help of all the aforementioned people and organizations and, of course, all of the audience, music lovers who came to our gig. Our next gig is very near. 19th July – we're coming!












