Sofa Sessions #23 — next Thursday
Live at Kaņepes Kultūras centrs, streamed online
(the link will be shared later in Stories), and later available on YouTube.
Line-up: Didzis Staris / Ieva Balode / Mareks Ameriks / Mark Kadek
Entry free
#music #vinyl #riga
Sofa Sessions #23 — next Thursday
Live at Kaņepes Kultūras centrs, streamed online
(the link will be shared later in Stories), and later available on YouTube.
Line-up: Didzis Staris / Ieva Balode / Mareks Ameriks / Mark Kadek
20:00 / Didzis Staris
Didzis Staris (sometimes performing as Raksta) is a modular synthesis, vinyl, archery, and fine tea enthusiast from Latgale, now mostly based in Cēsis.
From gramophones in childhood to cassettes, CDs, and back to vinyl, his journey through music spans formats and eras. Each set is a shared trip through memories, moods, and emotions—often best experienced in nature at sunrise.
This time: birdsong, ambient, touches of jazz and vocals, and some dub/techno.
21:00 / Ieva Balode — filmmaker, founder of Baltic Analog Lab
“Through music we embody our feelings and transcend them into bodily experience - be it a loud scream or a grounding chant. Music has been an essential part of my life even though I work with image making. My filmic origins starts from the music - I encounter visual world as audible experience that moves and grounds my spirit and embodies this vibration into visual and physical world.
I want to welcome you for an immersive deep listening experience through my ambient, spiritual jazz, experimental and world music collection I have acquired during my world travels.“
22:00 / Mareks Ameriks
Mareks Ameriks (DJ Mareks Ameriks) is a vinyl DJ, founder and head of the jazz label “Jersika Records,” as well as a producer and drummer in the bands “Kuba,” “Satellites LV,” and “Rīgas Modes.” A passionate enthusiast of vinyl culture and a devoted music fan.
23:00 / Mark Kadek
“Tribute to Matthew”
A sonic excursion through abstract experimental and kraut jazz, Tunisian and psychedelic rock, and Lebanese dabke—a retrospective journey through Mark’s vinyl shelf, trying to catch Matthew’s echo.
Entry free
A trip through psychedelic rock and electronic improvisation with Nina Elektrichka.
Nina enriches cultural scene from various angles - constantly developing in visual arts, music production, performing as a DJ live. She is constantly exploring modular synthesis, combining audio-visual worlds, as well as, curating music and art related events.
Full set on our YouTube channel — link in bio.
Sofa Sessions #14
#vinyl #music #vynilcollection
Hip-Hop, Jazz & Funk by Marto
Owner of Down Street record store and a dedicated music collector. He began collecting vinyl in the mid-2000s, starting with house music. Since opening the store, his collection has expanded beyond electronic music to include genres like jazz, funk, hip-hop, and more. For the Sofa Session, he’ll be sharing selections gathered over the past four years.
Full set on our YouTube channel — link in bio.
Sofa Sessions #10
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Classic Airwaves | Selected by Ingus Baušķenieks.
Ingus Baušķenieks is one of the most vivid and influential figures in Latvia’s experimental music scene — a musician, producer, and co-founder of Dzeltenie Pastnieki.
Full set on our YouTube channel — link in bio.
Sofa Sessions #18
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Sofa Sessions #22 — next Thursday. Live at Kaņepes Kultūras Centrs, streamed online (the link will be shared later in Stories), and later available on YouTube.
Line up: uinis, Zahars Ze, Aija Vaska, Arturs Liepins
20:00 / uinis
“Music has been a part of my life for as long as I can remember, but I only started collecting vinyl records relatively recently—since 2021.My collection mainly consists of 90s East Coast hip-hop, including both well-known classics and lesser-known indie releases. The sound that defines it is jazzy, laid-back hip-hop as well as rhythmic boom bap.I enjoy not only listening to this music myself, but also sharing my collection at various enthusiast events.”
21:00 / Zahars Ze
Zahars Ze is Riga based artist & designer working in ceramics, illustration and mural painting. With years of buying good music, the collection has grown into shelves of priceless picks. For an hour in sofa Zahars bringing bits of post punk and leftfield electronica.
22:00 / Aija Vaska
Well-known DJ from Kaņepes Kultūras centrs, Aija Vaska, invites you into a deeply personal listening experience — sharing carefully selected gems from around Europe.
Having recently embraced a growing affection for vinyl, Aija brings a fresh yet thoughtful approach to digging and selection. Expect rich sonic landscapes, unexpected turns, and a journey that moves between genres, moods, and distant places.
23:00 / Arturs Liepins
Arturs Liepins, best known as one half of the internationally recognized Latvian duo Domenique Dumont and former member of the experimental post-rock band Dun Dun (2002–2009), is also a film composer and sound engineer. He has collaborated with a wide range of artists from Latvia and abroad, including Damo Suzuki of Can during his visit to Latvia. DJ sets have never been a regular outlet, appearing only occasionally. This vinyl set is a journey to the roots of the music that has accompanied and inspired a career spanning more than two decades, touching on the sounds that shaped it along the way.
Entry free
World Fusion & Cosmic Electronica with Oneanders
Sintija Andersone / oneanders — film producer, experimental film director, and performance artist with a deep-cut love for sound. Behind the decks, she blends house with touches of acid, indie dance, and trance, always following instinct. Her sets drift through moods and continents, often weaving in the textures of world music. On the road, she never skips a dig — old records, new finds, local gems — always chasing that one sound that hits different.
Full set on our YouTube channel — link in bio.
Sofa Sessions #16
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Avant-Garden Drift — Michael Holland | Art Rock • Psychedelic • Global Music.
Michael is a collector of music and artist based in Rīga , his show Ono on Nts radio (formerly OnoTesla) has been active for ten years this month. His interest in sound is slowly translating into himself producing his own music or soundtracks for occasional art commissions. Everything happens slowly and Michael has always enjoyed the slower pace of discovering sound, always looking for records in places you might not expect to find anything at all.
Full set on our YouTube channel — link in bio.
Sofa Sessions #19
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