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“With music you feel a moment that you already lived in the past, or a moment you will live in the future or a moment you will never have at all. It travels with you and saves you.” CALMDOWN is a musician.
BIOGRAPHY
CALMDOWN
is the escape room of Elisa – Irini Vidalis.
CALMDOWN was born around 2012.
& her music has been in the undergroung scene for a while now. It is a mixture of electronica, art pop, trip hop & classical. The Greek-born music producer mainly has been working as a solo act in Berlin since 2012, running everything independently. Elisa studied piano & has been composing and recording her whole life, with a modest set up of bad quality mics & simple piano melodies in the early years, yet now producing full shows with live band, instrumentalists visual artists, which takes Elisa’s powerful electronic compositions to another level. Mixed with Elisa's explosively fierce voice, in upbeat yet calm tunes, CALMDOWN leads audiences into a state of daydreaming. The lyrics are symbolic and poignant, digging deep into emotions & topics most people deny themselves, allowing listeners to connect profoundly with their unconscious.
''THROUGH MUSIC YOU CAN FEEL A MOMENT THAT YOU LIVED IN THE PAST, OR A MOMENT YOU WILL LIVE IN THE FUTURE OR A MOMENT YOU WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE AT ALL. IT TRAVELS WITH YOU AND SAVES
YOU.'' CÅLMDOWN
After residing on a Greek Island her whole life, she moved to Berlin in her early 20s to explore her mother’s German roots. In 2011 she got involved with Kulturschlund, an independent artist group which designs musical, literary, philosophical & theatrical events. In 2013 she gathered all the words & musical material of her creative life, & created her first DIY album ‘We will make it, we will win Darling’, which was announced as best album of 2014 in LIFO MAG Athens. Since then, she released a.o 5 albums, 2 EPs, a documentary & a poetry book. In 2018 she released her latest album ''CALMDOWN AIRLINES'' & was nominated as best newcomer for ''All is pretty in Berlin’', among names such as Alice Phoebe Lou at ''Listen to Berlin Music Awards''.
In 2021 she collaborated with music producer and Trip Hop Pioneer Howie B (Björk, Brian Eno, U2, Tricky a.m), with him doing a remix for her latest single “Seasalt Symphony”. In 2021/2023 her Project ''PRISONER K'' was twice selected and funded and gave her the possibility to finish her third part of the Trilogy - her album - ‘PINK’ which she released on the 23rd of September.
