THE STROY is probably most famous by their special events and big scale productions in extraordinary locations such as the mines, stone-pits, abandoned factories, large vehicles and high buildings. Those live events, empowered with magic lightning and astonishing pyrotechnical effects, acquire potent dimensions of the spectacles and the power of modern urban rituals.
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2006 - CONA/THE ZONE, Railway Museum, Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
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| The official release
of THE STROY’s last album ‘Cona/The Zone’ was followed
with another production at the Railway Museum. For the first and last
time THE STROY presented the Cistern-carriage, an instrument with
15 tons of weight, made of rebuilt cistern carriage, that they have
been developing for several years. The concert, homonymously named
- with the album, got excellent reviews and enthusiastic reactions
of the public, as one of the most exciting and innovative Slovenian
music groups of all times. >> photos |
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2005 - SINGAPORE ART FESTIVAL |
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| THE STROY visited Asia
for the first time in the summer of 2005, when they were invited by
their government to take part on Singapore Art Festival. THE STROY
had to transport almost 5 tons of equipment to Singapore and it was
very exciting to see that dirty and rusty machine in the heart of
that sterile state, where even the chewing gum is prohibited. The
machine had started to rust even more in that humid climate, the crew
was beating the sweat out and 30.000 people in three open air events
were completely shocked and amazed. >> photos |
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2004 - TAZ - TEMPORARY AUTONOMOUS ZONE, Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
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| Production ‘Temporary
Autonomous Zone’, inspired by the writings of Hakim Bey, has
been carefully prepared for 5 months together with Aldo Ivancic (music
and sound effects), choreographer Matej Kejžar and 5 dancers.
The premiere of this co-production with Exodos and Cankarjev dom was
in Cankarjev dom in October 2004. >> photos |
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2004 - SLADARNA, Laško (Slovenia) |
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| During the big summer
festival ‘Pivo in cvetje’ (‘Beer and Flowers’)
in their hometown Laško, THE STROY got a chance for another spectacular
event: they managed to build a specially designed machine on the top
of the local brewery, the highest building in town. The sound system
was pulled up with acrane so that the whole town was supplied with
the sound system. This loud performance with spectacular pyrotechnic
and light effects, projected on the walls of the building under their
feet, was experienced with about 40.000 people. >> photos |
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2002 - GREMO! (LET’S GO), Railway Museum, Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
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| Their first return to Railway Museum
was a big concert in December 2002, when their second album ‘Gremo!’
(Let’s Go!) was released. Another in series of unforgettable
events and machine transformations. >> photos |
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2002 - BBC Music Live, Leeds (United Kingdom) |
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| THE STROY visited England
for the first time in June 2002, when they held performance on BBC
Music Live in Leeds. Their huge machine was installed in front of
the City House, so it made fantastic scenery and screen for their
lightning and pyrotechnic effects which followed this spectacular
event. >> photos |
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2002 - STROYEBUS, (Slovenia) |
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| In the beginning of
2002 THE STROY got an old city bus which they rebuilt in an apocalyptic
looking vehicle with all their instruments, sound system and autonomous
power supply. THE STROY has made few performances with this more than
15 meters long vehicle that year, before they cut it into pieces and
dragged the remains to the junk yard. Most of folks have memorized
their performance with STROYEBUS on Biker’s Weekend in Lendava,
Slovenia, in June 2002. >> photos |
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2001 - POGON/DRIVE 01, stone-pit Rečica pri Laškem (Slovenia) |
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| THE STROY’s last
gig in a series of spectacles in stone-pit Recica was held in August
2001. The guys have pushed the risk to the limit when they burnt 500
liters of burning gasoline behind them while performing. The heat
wave pushed few thousand people one meter back in less than a second.
Witnesses of this event still claim this has been the most exciting
performance of THE STROY so far. >> photos |
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2000 - RAILWAY MUSEUM, Ljubljana (Slovenia) |
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| For the promotion of
their first album ‘Ventilator’, THE STROY found a new
venue for their unique events. They performed in Railway Museum for
the first time in March 2000. This place together with industrial
zone and abandoned trains nearby inspired the members of the group
for many further years, so they came back several times in next few
years. |
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2000 - SILA 00 (The Force 00), stone-pit Rečica pri Laškem (Slovenia) |
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| THE STROY crew came
back to stone-pit Recica pri Laškem in August 2000 to construct
and build up a completely new Machine, this huge 10 meters wide and
8 meters high rig. When new machine was finished, THE STROY celebrated
the rise of their new totem with a spectacular performance in front
of a few thousand enthusiastic people. This dangerous challenge was
shot by national TV as a part of a documentary about THE STROY. >> photos |
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1998 - BAZA (The Base), stone-pit Rečica pri Laškem (Slovenia) |
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| After the first performance
at this venue, where nobody had ever performed before, in the summer
of 1997, the second in series of their productions was held in stone-pit
Rečica near Laško, Slovenia. Project ‘The Base’
was held together with pyrotechnic group ‘Fire Sculptures’
from Metelkova, Ljubljana. Although yet in a smaller scale, this performance
is mostly remembered as very dangerous with lots of fire and heavy
smoke. |
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After-flood results in rehearsal place>> photos |
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The Cistern>> photos |
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Unplugged in Jure Longyka live radio show 'Izštekani'>> photos >> audio |
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TV Production |
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‘SATURDAY NIGHT’ - Performance in ex Dekorativna spinery, Laško (Slovenia) 1999 |
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| This performance
was specially prepared for National TV show ‘Saturday Night’
in abandoned spinery Dekorativna Laško and produced in co-production
with Television Slovenia. Intro of this concert was performed together
with didgeridoo players ‘Uluru’ and there was also an
exclusive featuring of Siniša Hranjec (ex IN4S, Wreck) on electric
guitar in composition ‘Have A Noise Time’. Director: Njegoš Maravić |
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‘SILA’ documentary, TV Slovenia 2000 |
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| In August 2000 TV Slovenija
shot a documentary TV film about constructing THE STROY’s new
machine for Sila/00 project at the stone-pit Recica near Laško.
In one hour the film uncovers their work in their hometown Laško
and nearby stone-pit in Recica. We can follow THE STROY’S members
to the junk yard, searching for new instruments, see their rehearsal
place and witness on how an impressive giant sound machine is growing
in the middle of rocky scenery of the stone-pit. We can also see the
interviews with all the members of the group during the film that
ends with a spectacular performance in front of 5000 overwhelmed people. Script: Edvard Žitnik Director: Brane Bitenc |
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‘NOVI SVET’ (NEW WORLD), serial, TV Slovenia 2002 |
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| At the end
of year 2002, the tribe contributed in the final shots of a new TV
serial, directed by Maja Weiss and produced by TV Slovenia. |
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