Skaņu Mežs 2013A lighthouse in the Baltic states

Riga, the largest city of the Baltic states, is preparing to host the annual kaleidoscopic “Skaņu Mežs” festival on October 10-12. It will be the 11th time when festival’s studious organisers invite people to immerse into more experimental, conceptual music shows and to feel city’s cultural life convulsions. Festival will take place at three different monumental locations: cinema theater Splendid Palace, concert hall Palladium and Latvian Railway Museum. Probably great financial support from the European Union and Latvian Cultural Ministry allowed organizers to invite a great number of international, extremely talented and honourable artists and occupy these magnificent architectural buildings presenting their specially developed performances for this festival. According to the organizers each night will have its own concept that is accompanied by literal interpretations: ““Spaces,” “Chambers” and “Rooms”. These imaginative titles reflect the nature of music played at each event: “Spaces” refers to the epic soundscapes of this evening will create; “Chambers” – dance music attraction to dark, surreal and isolated venues; “Rooms” – this title plays with the concept of chamber music”.

Many of our readers should agree that this kind of musical adventures with so many honoured artists happen too rarely and it is a sin to miss this influential journey through flowing invaluable contemporary electronic music soundscapes. Secret Thirteen is very glad to be a media partner of this very promising and constantly expanding festival, also with the opportunity to visit all the specific venues, to study technical exposition quality, artist performances and the whole floating atmosphere between the audience and surroundings. For those who don’t have a possibility to visit “Skaņu Mežs” festival this year, we promise to bring an exclusive review about the memorable performances, organising and the overall visual and spiritual sense that our journalist will see, hear and experience out there.