Club Marathon

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Klubski maraton Radia Študent

Cesta 27. aprila 31, SI-1000 Ljubljana

http://www.myspace.com/klubskimaraton

Phone386 (0) 1 242 8800

Organised byRadio Študent (RŠ)

Luka Zagoričnik, Project Manager

luka.zagoricnik@radiostudent.si

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Radio Študent (RŠ) started its project Klubski maraton, or Club Marathon in 2001. Since then, the Club Marathon has worked to support and promote the domestic musical scene, opening itself to a wide range of genres and creating opportunities for the entire range of independent, alternative musical production.

Concept/ion

An essential part of the basic orientation of Radio Študent (RŠ) is to discover and encourage young and relatively unknown Slovene musical artists and bands that show originality, creativity, and the potential to evolve into respected Slovene innovators. This attitude is clearly demonstrated in its project Klubski maraton started in 2001. The programme has its roots in the legendary Novi Rock [New rock] festival that took place from 1980–2000. In the year 2000 the festival was divided into Novi Novi Rock and Klubski maraton when the traditional co-organisers split into two organisations, ŠKUC Ropot and Radio Študent (RŠ) Club Marathon respectively.

Since 2001 the six-week tour of the Slovene youth and alternative club circuit offers young musicians the experience of touring, performing and making public appearances. Conversely, Radio Študent "gives" around 20 concerts (and critically-selected musical artists) to Slovene clubs, supporting and connecting with the Slovene musical and club scene.

After live concerts in the Radio Študent studios and the Slovenia tour, at the Finale at Klub Menza pri koritu all bands/artists perform, demonstrating what they have achieved during the tour.

Radio Študent also releases a CD compilation of the event every year. An alternative concert known as Concert Marathon, which includes bands who did not make the final cut, is also organised.

Venues

Club Marathon begins in September with live concerts in the Radio Študent studios, followed by the tour of Slovenia, which ends with a special Finale in the beginning of November at Klub Menza pri koritu.

Selected bands have presented their music to the public around Slovenia at venues such as Nada Žagar Youth Club (MKNŽ) (Ilirska Bistrica), Rdeča ostriga Club (Škofja Loka), MIKK Youth Information Cultural Club (Murska Sobota), Pekarna Cultural Centre (Maribor), MC Podlaga (Sežana), AKD Izbruh (Kranj), Bela krajina Youth Cultural Club (MKK Črnomelj), Postojna Youth Centre, Velenje Youth Centre (MC Velenje), Pivka House of Culture, Mostovna Cultural Centre (Nova Gorica), Brežice Youth Centre (MC Brežice), Society of Allies for Soft Landing (DZMP) (Krško), MKC Koper Youth and Culture Centre (Koper-Capodistria), MMC Mink Multimedia Centre (Tolmin), Club Rov (Železniki), Club Arterija (Borovnica), Youth House Grom (Gornja Radgona), Club Kompleks (Ravne na Koroškem), Club Kljub (Celje), Klub Swenak (Idrija), Klub Zakon (Vrhnika), Pr' Gabrijelu bar (Cerkno), C.M.A.K. Cerkno, Club Unterhund (Ormož), Youth Cultural Centre Akumulator (Domžale), Youth Club (Šmartno ob Paki), Youth Cultural Club Kotlovnica (Kamnik), Club Prostor (Šentjur), and Cultural Centre Bajta (Železniki).

International cooperation

The concerts of the tour are also organised in the neighbouring countries of Croatia (e.g. Club Močvara in Zagreb), Hungary, and Italy for the 6 chosen bands.

Festival editions

Among the bands and musicians which have performed at various editions of Club Marathon are Moveknowledgement, Kraški solisti, Dani Kavaš, Melodrom, Deca debilane, Ruins Matador, Salamandra Salamandra, Muškat Hamburg, Intimn Frizurn,Štefan Kovač Marko banda, Tavžntroža, and Nikki Louder.

In 2009 the jury of Radio Študent selected 6 bands who created uncompromising original contemporary music: Barely Modern, Flyspoon, Loudspeaker Alliance, New Wave Syria, Radical Improvisation Duet, and Zircus.

See also

• Radio Študent (RŠ)

External links

• Klubski maraton at MySpace
• Radio Študent website (in Slovenian)