Here’s a great initiative. The guys from the Yerevan and Belgrade musical parts of the Russian diaspora are coming together to create a small but very good festival. They invite representatives of the Serbian alternative scene, as well as music experts — the daytime program will be dedicated to lectures on musical culture.

Parraton: Yerevan Echoes in Belgrade

Concerts

• Tapan — a duo from Belgrade combines tribal rhythms, industrial textures, and dark electronics.
• Nebilet — a group from Yerevan reinterprets emo: heavy riffs and scream vocals give way to refined, almost chamber pop arrangements. Their music combines sincerity and subtle irony, taking the genre into softer and stranger territories.
• Kadm — an avant-garde funk collective meets only a few times a year to reinterpret the sound of post-punk from the 1980s — spring reverb, dry guitars, tape noise, and funky grooves.
• Bureau 404 — the band draws inspiration from the alternative scene of the 90s, emo, and shoegaze. Influenced by Sunny Day Real Estate, Smashing Pumpkins, and Sonic Youth, they have created a sound that is both nostalgic and modern.
• Lesya Lass — a singer from Armenia whose music combines indie pop, synth-pop, and jazz. Flute and synthesizers are the basis of her sound. Known for performances at major Russian festivals and collaborations with the bands “Комсомольск” and “Несладко.”
• Swiss Disease — a shoegaze band from Belgrade. Their music is ethereal soundscapes and introspective lyrics.
• Radio Kašmir — a post-rock band from Belgrade, inspired by underground poetry and the sound landscape of Eastern Europe in the 1980s.

Lectures

• Wassily Minkow — Tibicen: a new tool for exploring the world's traditional music. Creator of the Tibicen blog dedicated to traditional music, where hundreds of releases are collected. At the event, Vasily will present a tool that allows tracking the “genealogy” of musical genres.
• Станислав Старченко — Indigenous Peoples of Taiwan: culture and music. Having spent seven years in Taiwan, he visited many indigenous communities and personally got acquainted with their traditional dances and songs. In his presentation, he will talk about the history, culture, and music of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan.
• Dušan Pavlović — Night Waves Sessions: searching for identity through music. A Serbian radio host and music researcher, author of the monthly program Night Waves Sessions, exploring intercultural sounds, traditional music, and global fusion. He will discuss how he works with world music and how musical identity shapes his approach.
• Боян Джордевич — Ring Ring and Todo Mundo: stories from the independent scene. A Serbian music journalist and art director, known for curating the Ring Ring and Todo Mundo festivals, hosting long radio shows, and compiling albums like Srbija: Sounds Global and Rromano Suno. He will share his experience in music journalism, radio formats, and the festival sphere.

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.

More details here.

Cool! Pure DIY. This is something to support and definitely attend.