KAPA Društvo za kulturno-umetniško produkcijo
AKC Metelkova mesto, Masarykova 24, SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone386 (0) 1 431 7063
Katarina Deskovič, Venue Manager, Artistic Director
KAPA Association for Cultural and Artistic Production
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Background
The name KAPA is abbreviation of the original title the Collective of Anarcho-pacifist Action. Since the early 90s KAPA has been engaged in the fields of alternative and independent scene in Ljubljana and Slovenia. During this time they have organised series of concerts, festivals and other projects of civil importance. All activities are being held inside the cultural place Metelkova City, www.metelkova.org, the last stronghold of independent culture in Ljubljana.
Activities
The main activity of KAPA is organisation of concerts and festivals, mainly taking place in Gala hala venue and Gala hala summer stage but also in other venues in Slovenia. Approximately 100 events are organised throughout the year, mostly concerts but also video projections, DJ nights and other activities aimed at developing young, alternative and non-authoritarian culture. Most concerts are of the avant- and art rock, dub, hip-hop, punk/hard core variety, and many other types of sound. KAPA has also some accommodation facilities for hosted musicians.
KAPA is a producer and has its own audio recording studio. Several concerts have been recorded live. KAPA also has its own publishing house and has run an educational programme called Pick Up.
KAPA are publishing CD's (under the label name KAPA records), providing places for rehearsal and we have an audio recording studio. Lately we work in the fields of international promotion of Slovene music, mostly the bands, signed to our label KAPA records, that has signed the bands, as follows: Red Five Point Star, Moveknowledgement, We can't sleep at night, Srečna mladina, Buldogi, East Rodeo and Backstage.
International promotion
KAPA has worked extensively in the field of international promotion of Slovene music (tours, concerts and residencies for groups such as Moveknowledgement, Red Five Point Star, Backstage, Srečna mladina, Olivija and Intimn Frizurn and DJs Dado and Borka). It also books Paprika Korps, East Rodeo, Radical Dub Collective and some other bands.
KAPA collaborates with a wide range of festivals and agencies including Drugi Most (Grenoble), Festival du Monde aux Balkans, Kao Konnektion (Lyon), Project Zikeo, Alors, on le fait ..., Palac Akropolis (Prague) and Know Your Neighbour.
See also
External links
- Gala hala website (in Slovenian)
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