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Street parties are a modern phenomenon,
here in Cyprus, in Eleftherias square where we are now,
We're throwing the first ever Official Street party,
after the 4 parties we did before.
I wanna tell everyone watching this,
that the energy surrounding this area right now is truly remarkable,
And I'd like to give a message to the world,
If you can, support this endeavour.
Let them carry on as they are and be noticed,
and something good is sure to come out of it.
Tonight we have an event,
which consists of live performances..
by four local bands ..
who mainly write and perform their own tracks.
That's what i wanted to show with this..
That there's bands in Cyprus, in Nicosia
that make their own music, their own tunes
their own lyrics etc..
For me, Hip Hop and Rock share a lot in common.
People writing such music are a bit displeased
with what they observe around them in society..
and they feel the urge to express their disapproval,
their pain, their hopes, their feelings.
I don't really have high expectations.
I won't consider limited attendance as a failure.
Whatever.
I just hopes it turns out to be a good show.
Team spirit. We lack the team spirit.
Everyone is trying to do their own thing.
But we can do our own thing and be together at the same time.
How is a metal head different than me?
Is he more badass than I am? Cause he's into metal?
Stupid perceptions. These are stupid perceptions.
If the bands could do it..
and come all together..
and collaborate, man!
Let them do their own thing,
but they should be able to stand together on the same stage.
If tomorrow,
when a couple of festivals are created,
and have my 200 fans show up,
your 200 fans, their 200 and so on..
and we manage to gather a crowd of 2000,
at this festival,
tomorrow, they'll start taking you more seriously, right?
Cause they'll stop and say 'Opa!'
Opa, they did all this themselves and got 2000 people in,
I wanna sponsor them now.
You understand what i'm trying to say?
But they'd rather bring artists from abroad..
and have all those additional expenses on their backs, more than 5000 euros..
and have all those additional expenses, like hotels and stuff..
and gather like a 700 people crowd
and you pay for hotels, and expenses and stuff..
Why don't you just do something with local bands?
It needs people, though.
I needs people, i told you,
to gather this whole thing up,
not govern it,
just to organize 3-4 times a year..
and bring everyone together, man!
That's the only way.
This is, I believe, the reason why the artists can't move forward in Cyprus.