Saturday, November 27, 2010. He is 8 p.m. On the way to Carthage Acropolium, the colors of the E – Fest already appear from afar. By getting closer, a real traffic jam in the parking lot, in front of the window and in the cathedral hall. It’s L’Echos Electrik #4, the flagship event of the electronic scene in Tunisia. Digital art is celebrated in Carthage!
Around 20.30, Hayej (Zein Abdelkafi) and Gazih (Ghazi Frini) open the ball of the electronic trance. Associating experimental video (by Gazih) and living, mind -blowing and aggressive sounds of Hayej.
At 21.30, one of the pioneers of this trendy generation, Shinigami San (Zied Meddeb Hamrouni) takes over with Skndr (Skander Besbes). The two artists have a live long format “tailor -made”. Live is saved, and then downloadable to the site www.hextradecimal.com
Around 23.00, the crowd is under the magic of the cathedral, the sound and the scrolling images on the big screen of the scene. More than 1,300 people combined, impatient to attend the event of the year: High Tone is, finally, on the Tunisian scene of the E-Fest! This French group is the pioneer of the dub in Europe and in the world. He mixes Dub Jamaican, hip hop, jungle, drum’n’bass, techno, oriental sounds and sounds of various sources.
It is almost an hour, the concert ends. The artists leave the scene and the light invades the space to reveal the enormous disorder that reigns in the cathedral. Since his first editions, the young people of the Fest have got into the habit of bringing alcohol back to the Fest concerts. Sometimes you feel like it is a large outdoor bar. Note that many, do not enter the cathedral and are content to drink quietly outside …
The lodges have become the favorite place of vomiting vomiting or sleeping strangers who prevent artists from resting or preparing for their performance. Beer cans thrown everywhere … At the Fest, you find everything: heat couples, group fights, security agents that harass you every time you want to go out to take air…. Unfortunately, these problems affect the reputation and the smooth running of the festival.
All the same, you should know that the E-Fest is organized by a single person, Afif Riahi, who is the founder of the Festival des Echos Sonores in Tunis. This activist of the digital scene in Tunisia founded the concept of digital art in our country. He brought back world stars such as High Tone, Filastine, Black Storbe, Dark Project and other renowned groups. So, no need to tell you how important it is to stop this destructive behavior which is starting to hinder the public and the artists of the festival … good understanding!
