Parraton: Yerevan Echoes in Belgrade

Here’s a great initiative. Folks from the Yerevan and Belgrade branches of the Russian music diaspora are coming together to create a small but very special festival. They’re inviting representatives of the Serbian alternative scene, as well as music experts — the daytime program will feature lectures on musical culture.

Parraton: Yerevan Echoes in Belgrade Concerts Tapan — a Belgrade-based duo blending tribal rhythms, industrial textures, and dark electronics.

Nebilet — a band from Yerevan reimagining emo: heavy riffs and scream vocals give way to refined, almost chamber pop arrangements. Their music fuses sincerity with subtle irony, taking the genre into softer and stranger territories.

Kadm — an avant-funk collective that gathers only a few times a year to reinterpret the sound of 1980s post-punk — spring reverb, dry guitars, tape hiss, and funky grooves.

Bureau 404 — inspired by the '90s alternative scene, emo, and shoegaze. Influenced by Sunny Day Real Estate, Smashing Pumpkins, and Sonic Youth, they’ve crafted a sound that feels both nostalgic and modern.

Lesya Lass — a singer from Armenia whose music combines indie pop, synth-pop, and jazz. Flute and synths are the core of her sound. She’s known for performances at major Russian festivals and collaborations with bands like “Komsomolsk” and “Nesladko.”

Swiss Disease — a shoegaze band from Belgrade. Their music features ethereal soundscapes and introspective lyrics.

Radio Kašmir — a post-rock band from Belgrade, inspired by underground poetry and the sonic landscape of 1980s Eastern Europe.

Lectures Wassily Minkow — Tibicen: a new tool for exploring traditional world music. Creator of the blog Tibicen, dedicated to traditional music and home to hundreds of releases. At the event, Wassily will present a tool that allows you to trace the “genealogy” of musical genres.

Stanislav Starchenko — Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan: Culture and Music. Having spent seven years in Taiwan, he visited many indigenous communities and got firsthand experience with their traditional dances and songs. His talk will cover the history, culture, and music of Taiwan’s indigenous peoples.

Dušan Pavlović — Night Waves Sessions: Seeking Identity Through Music. A Serbian radio host and music researcher, author of the monthly program Night Waves Sessions, which explores intercultural sounds, traditional music, and global fusion. He’ll talk about how he works with world music and how musical identity shapes his approach.

Bojan Djordjević — Ring Ring and Todo Mundo: Stories from the Independent Scene. A Serbian music journalist and art director, known as the curator of the Ring Ring and Todo Mundo festivals, host of long-format radio shows, and compiler of albums like Srbija: Sounds Global and Rromano Suno. He’ll share insights into working in music journalism, radio formats, and the festival scene.

May 17 and 18. Concerts — from 19:00 at Kvaka 22, lectures — May 18 from 17:00 at DC Krov.

Tickets at the door: 800 dinars for one day, 1200 for both days.

Awesome! Pure DIY. This kind of thing deserves support — and yes, you should definitely go.