Following a successful kick-off in March and another sold-out show in September, SON Estrella Galicia continues its mission to bring exceptional live music experiences to Berlin. On November 27th Greek indie pop sensation Σtella will take over the stage at Gretchen. With her genre-blending sound, this promises to be another highlight of the concert series.
Headline act of the evening will be Greek artist Σtella (pronounced Stella). She just released her mesmerizing new album “Adagio” on Sub Pop. “Adagio” is a pop record that feels like a warm blanket; it swaddles its listeners with nylon-string guitars, featherlight percussion, psychedelic keyboards, and staccato drums.
Written and recorded over the span of five years with a consortium of international collaborators, including !!!’s Rafael Cohen and British songwriter Gabriel Stebbing, “Adagio” is a 27-minute meditation on love and desire, rest, and time. Though the bulk of it is sung in English, as all her records have been, Σtella also delivers her first two songs in Greek, “Omorfo Mou,” and a cover of a 1969 cult classic of the Greek New Wave, Litsa Sakellariou’s “Ta Vimata.” “Adagio” follows the release of her 2022 Sub Pop debut, “Up and Away”, which has catapulted her beyond three million monthly Spotify listeners and has secured key licensing placements in the MAX show Industry and an online H&M Clothing commercial.
Questions and Answers
3 FACTS
1: People can’t live without sugar
2: People can’t live without love
3: People can’t live without dreams
11 QUESTIONS
1. What is the biggest inspiration for your music?
Everyday life. My life, other people’s lives.
2. How and when did you get into making music?
I wrote my first song at 14, when I was first in love. It was so cheesy that I didn’t try writing again until I was 27.
3. What are 5 of your favourite albums of all time? (yes we know it is difficult).
Nirvana – Nevermind
Michael Jackson – Thriller
Kate Bush – The Kick Inside
Fleetwood Mac – Rumours
Queen – Greatest Hits
4. What do you associate with Berlin?
I’ve spent a lot of time in Berlin over the years, made some good friends, and often visit to play shows or just hang out.
5. What’s your favourite place in your town?
The coast line on the way to Sounion temple.
6. If there was no music in the world, what would you do instead?
I guess I’d be somewhere by the water with a fishing rod… or in a workshop building furniture.
7. What was the last record/music you bought or listen?
Last record I bought was an album by Cymande (1972), and the last thing I listen to was a song called ‘Triangle’ by Patche.
8. Who would you most like to collaborate with?
Dolly Parton.
9. What was your best gig (as performer or spectator)?
As a performer, one of my most memorable gigs was in Dublin just a month ago. As a spectator, I’ll never forget seeing Rufus Wainwright at the Theatre of Lycabettus many years ago.
10. How important is technology to your creative process?
Super important. It makes my life easier—in the most wonderfully perplexing way.
11. What can people expect from your concert here in Berlin?
Hopefully have some fun and leave with a warm heart — plus a brand-new song I’ll be performing for the first time in Berlin.
