Sunday 30 June 2013

Safari & BeatMyth at Lent

Here are some photos from Safari's trip to Maribor. We played at Lent's Mladinin oder on Saturday, 29th of June. PlankTon and N'toko performed as BeatMyth along with Karmakoma from Krško and then all three of us deejayed at the after party. Lately every trip to Maribor has been fun, but this one was the best so far . Everybody was so wonderful and we had the crowd dancing and smiling until the morning. Thanks to the organizers and thanks to everyone who showed up and made this night so amazing, hope to see you again soon :)

I took the photos from Creative Underground's facebook page. They were taken by Nejc Ketiš, you can check his work at his Shine Photography website.
















Monday 17 June 2013

Wut it is? Wut is up? Wut is wut?

Here are some photos from the amazing show Le1f had in Kino Šiška last Friday. He is such a charismatic performer and his next level music led the audience into ecstasy. It was so much fun, dancing with him and everybody on the stage and singing along to Wut- definitely a gig I will never forget :)
Big thanks to Kino Šiška for making this Safari's special edition come true!
And thanks to Aleš Rosa for these photos.









If you want to see more photos, you can check David Lotrič' flicker, he made some amazing snaps:

And PlankTon recorded this short clip from the gig. Enjoy!



Info of the gig:
Safari's special edition:
LE1F & N'toko
Kino Šiška/ 14th June 2013

Live act: Le1f (NY), N'toko
DJ's: Mess Kid (NY), Mr. Gucci (zzz), PlankTon (Safari), Zana (Safari)

Friday 7 June 2013

ŽEN

 A week after Le1f in Kino Šiška, Safari kru is organizing one more event, this time it will be just a concert and not an all night party.
 Žen is a Croatian feminist activist band from Zagreb and they will perform in Gromka on the 20th June. You can expect  some wonderful melodies, post-rock guitars and strong lyrics. 
See you one more time before the summer :)

Četrtek, 20.junij ob 22.00, Klub Gromka, vstop prost!

ŽEN je trio iz Zagreba, ki je nekoč slišal na ime Ž/BUKA. Evo, Saro in Ivono smo si zapomnili kot aktivistke, feministke in pomembne akterke zagrebške DIY alternativne scene, predvsem pa po njihovem izjemno melodičnem post-rocku z močnimi besedili. Pod novim imenom ŽEN (triu glasbenic se je pridružila še vizualna umetnica Tanja Minarik)so za dunajsko založbo Unrecords ravno izdale album "I onda je sve počelo". Ta je poln pop inovativnosti in tenkočutnih vokalnih linij, na trenutke skoraj plesne ritme pa vseskozi pretresajo mogočni post-rockovski kitarskimi izbruhi. ŽEN so izjemen primer benda, ki svoj aktivizem živi tako v "real life-u" kot tudi v svoji glasbi.

Pred in po koncertu bo za glasbeno vzdušje skrbela dj ekipa Safarija.


http://xzen.bandcamp.com/ 
https://www.facebook.com/pages/%C5%BDen/355045627500 

Thursday 6 June 2013

Safari special edition: LE1F & N'toko

Special edition of Safari! In collaboration with Kino Šiška we're proud to present the one and only Le1f! 
Le1f is a producer and a rapper from New York and a representative of the city's music scene,  heavily influenced by the 80's underground gay scene and ballroom culture. 
If you don't know him yet, just check his music, check his videos and you'll fall in love for sure. 
That's why for me DJ-ing before his gig is a big honor :)
See you at Kino Šiška!

 

SAFARI v KINU ŠIŠKA:
LE1F & N'TOKO

14. junij 2013
21.00 - 3.00
8/10 eur
Live: 
LE1F- (New York hiphop, electronic)
http://le1f.com/


N'toko (Ljubljana hiphop, electronic)
http://www.ntoko.si/ 

Mr.Gucci (ZZZ): https://soundcloud.com/mr_gucci 
Zana (Safari): https://soundcloud.com/zanacaroline 
PlankTon (Safari): https://soundcloud.com/djplankton
 

Nova elektro-hiphop ekstravaganca iz NYC – prvič v živo v tem delu Evrope!

N’toko premierno z novim materialom, ki bo v kratkem izdan na albumu za japonsko založbo.



Khalif Diouf aka Le1f je svoj specifični miks napredne elektronske produkcije in inovatinega provokativnega rapa dal na plano lansko leto v obliki mixtape albuma “Dark York”, kjer sedem producentov dopolnjuje njegove lastne beate z eklektičnim naborom vsega svežega v sodobni elektronski produkciji - od prvin juke-a, mejne digitalne psihedelije, počasnih basovskih potresov in rahlo bizarne plesne elektronike. S hit singloma “Wut” in “Soda” je osvojil youtube sfero in v sodelovanju s producentom Boody-jem izdal še EP in letos album “Fly Zone”. 


N'toko, ki je pred izidom novega, angleško-jezičnega albuma za japonsko založbo Call And Response, bo izkoristil priložnost da preveri nove komade v živo. Pričakujete lahko torej hiphopersko-elektronski live act, poln novega materiala, improvizacije, hrupa in predvsem plesa.







Time Out 3

And here comes the last month of this Time Out season. If you don't know, Time Out evenings are events in Joga Studio Sadhana, aimed at promoting yoga culture in a wider sense. That means we're trying to expand people's knowledge on yoga beyond body postures and give them a brief insight into yoga's philosophy, psychology, therapy and more. Some topics go even broader than that: Indian dance, music and literature, since India is the motherland of yoga and since great artists of Indian culture were always considered great yogis as well.
So, the last two events before summer break are relaxation with the sound of gongs (performed by Špela Cvetko) and my lecture on Yoga Psychology. I've been fascinated by this topic ever since I read my first yoga book and I have a feeling that this is something I keep explaining to my students anyway. Piece by piece. Now I'm going to give this topic the form of a proper lecture. You'll hear about koshas, chakras, gunas, swara, yamas, niyamas, karma yoga and much more...
Everybody welcome :)

Četrtkov Time Out: Jogijska psihologija
13.junij 2013 ob 20.00
Joga Studio Sadhana

Četrtkov Time Out: Zvočna Gong Kopel
6.junij 2013 ob 20.00
Joga Studio Sadhana

Sunday 2 June 2013

Yoga workshop with Shiva Shankar

I met Shiva Shankar many years ago at the Prashanti Kutiram ashram near Bangalore. He was a very interesting person, a brahmin brought up into yoga since his young age. Ever since then I've been thinking of inviting him to Slovenia for a workshop but somehow I was never in Europe when he was here for his yoga tour. This year it somehow worked out so I'm proud to present Shiva Shankar, an Indian yoga teacher faithful to the tradition, who will give us insight to mantras, asanas, pranayamas, mudras, bandhas, pholosophy and meditation, as based on ancient yogic texts. He will be giving his teachings at Yoga studio Sadhana between 6th and 10th July.



Joga v sodobnem svetu velikokrat predstavlja zgolj metodo za lajšanje stresa ali način, kako do vitkega telesa. Izvzeta iz svojega prvotnega konteksta je torej postavljena v službo fizioterapije, psihoterapije in lepotne industrije. Vse preveč radi pozabljamo na njeno več tisočletno zgodovino, v kateri se je oblikovala kot ena najbolj dovršenih in kompleksnih duhovnih disciplin na svetu. Velikokrat zato jogijski iskalci po izkušnjo pristnosti zahajamo v Indijo, domovino joge. To poletje pa bo Indija prišla k nam. Ljubljano bo obiskal spoštovani učitelj Shiva Shankar in nam jogo predstavil v skladu s starodavno jogijsko tradicijo. Spoznajte se z mantrami, asanami, pranajamami, mudrami, bandhami in filozofijo, kot jih podaja klasično jogijsko izročilo.

Shiva Shankar (z rojstnim imenom Durgaprasad Upadhyaya) se je v hindujsko brahminsko družino rodil leta 1974 v Jagannathpuriju v Orissi. Že od majhnih nog se je šolal znotraj tradicionalnih jogijskih gurukulov, kjer je osvojil sanskrt, veščino manter in poznavanje starodavnih indijskih tekstov. Po zaključenem šolanju se je odločil stopiti po poti Himalajskih mojstrov in svoje življenje posvetiti jogi.

Jogijska znanja je tekom let nabiral v različnih cenjenih institucijah, kot je recimo Iyengar Yoga Institute, Bihar School of Yoga, SVYASA, Yogada Satsang Society, itd… Ko je spoznal cenjenega mojstra meditacije Swamija Vedo Bharatija, ga je le ta iniciiral v Himalajsko tradicijo. Himalajska tradicija velja za eno najstarejših meditativnih izročil na svetu, naslanja pa se na nauke Jogijskih suter, Vedante in Tantre. Po navodilu učitelja se je nato odpravil še v Kailash Ashram v Rishikeshu in se posvetil študiju klasičnih indijskih filozofij in sanskrtskih tekstov Vedske tradicije.

Shiva že več kot deset let poučuje jogo po celem svetu. Tako v Indiji kot tudi v Evropi, na Japonskem, Tajskem in drugje vodi učiteljske tečaje, jogijske seminarje in vikend delavnice, organizira pa tudi odprave na Himalajo. Njegov kurikulum vsebuje hatha jogo, raja jogo, mantra jogo in laya jogo.

OPIS DELAVNICE:

Uvod v prakso:

Meditacija z mantro OM
Molitev Shivi in Sri Patanjaliju (v sanskrtu, razlaga v angleščini).
Vedske shanti mantre oz. mantre miru (v sanskrtu, razlaga v angleščini).
Vodena sončna meditacija z Gayatri mantro.
Pranajame, kot jih poznamo iz klasičnih tekstov

Bandhe:
učenje bandh (energijske tehnike, ki jih uporabljamo v pranajamah): moola bandha, uddhiyan andha, jalandhar bandha.

Asane:
Pozdrav soncu z dvanajstimi sončnimi matrami
Sklop asan, kot jih poučuje Himalajska tradicija, z dodano razlago na podlagi sodobnih znanstvenih raziskav. Povdarek bo na osebnem pristopu in prilagoditvah ter iskanju lahkotnosti in stabilnosti znotraj položajev.

Teorija:
Predavanje o jogijski filozofiji (pregled del, kot so Shiva Samhita, Jogijske sutre, itd), o jogijskem načinu življenja, prehrani, osebni evoluciji, itd…

Terapevtski pristop:
Asane, pranajame in mantre za lajšanje/zdravljenje različnih obolenj, težav…

Yoga nidra:
zavestno spanje, vodeno sproščanje

Zaključek:
petje manter

Delavnica bo potekala v soboto in nedeljo, 6. in 7. julija, od 9.00- 18.00, med 12.00 in 13.00 bo odmor za kosilo.

MASTERCLASSI:

ponedeljek, 8. julij ob 17.30-19.30

torek, 9. julij ob 17.30-19.30

sreda, 10. julij ob 17.30-19.30

Opis masterclassov:

Praksa se bo pričela z mantro OM in molitvijo Shivi in Patanjaliju. Sledile bodo asane; poudarek bo na osebnem pristopu in prilagoditvah, na sinhronizaciji z ritmom diha in iskanjem stabilnosti. Znotraj pozdrava soncu bomo spoznali 12 sončnih manter. Po praksi asan bodo sledile pranajame in spoznavanje muder in bandh. Praksa se zaključi s sproščanjem ali joga nidro ter shanti matrami oziroma mantrami miru ter zdravilnimi vedskimi in tantričnimi mantrami za doseganje harmonije in povezanosti z božanskim.

CENA:

- celoten paket vsega (delavnica, 3x masterclass): 199,00 EUR

- vikend delavnica 150,00 EUR (6. in 7. julij)

- posamezen masterclass 25,00 EUR (potekajo 8., 9. in 10. julija)

- 3 x masterclass: 60,00 EUR (namesto 75,00 EUR)

Informacije, rezervacija in plačilo:
Joga Studio Sadhana
040 90 91 92