Sixth June

Sixth June are an audio/visual project from Berlin with origins in Belgrade,[1] formed in 2007 by visual artist Laslo Antal and actress Lidija Andonov. All their releases have seen the pair explore multiple sides to their dark cinematic post new wave sound.

Sixth June
Sixth June, Lidija Andonov & Laslo Antal, 2019.
Sixth June, Lidija Andonov & Laslo Antal, 2019.
Background information
OriginBerlin, Germany
Belgrade, Serbia
Genres
Years active2007 (2007)–present
LabelsGenetic Music, Mannequin Records, Aufnahme + Wiedergabe, The state51 Conspiracy, Sweet Sensation
MembersLaslo Antal
Lidija Andonov
Website[www.sixthjunemusic.com]

History

In 2009 Sixth June performed at EXIT Festival in Novi Sad.[2] 2010 they moved to Berlin and released their first album Everytime on German label Genetic Music[3] and had appearance at BIMfest in Antwerp.[4][5] The Sixth June Video “Oh no it's burning” was part of the Berlin Music Week.[2] On sixth June 2011 they released the EP Back For A Day.

2012 they were performing at Wave-Gotik-Treffen in Germany.[6] 2013 they released the mini album Pleasure and had appearance at Nuit Fantastique in Brussels[7] and Summer Darkness in Utrecht. After Berghain concert in 2014 the Berliner Zeitung describes their sound as "sweet, cool, dark elektropop" and close to Propaganda or Depeche Mode.[8] Music videos and live projections are a large part of the performance of Sixth June, adding a theatrical aspect. Having two people in the band who are closely connected to film, theatre and video art helps Sixth June to be recognizable not only by the music but the visual-image they create as well. After the release of their Pleasure EP (in December 2013), peek-a-boo magazine described their work as: The music from Laslo Antal and Lidija Andonov sounds indeed very 80’s, but at the same time contemporary as well. After hearing their brand new 5 tracks 12 EP Pleasure, I feel like to use these words again....[9]

Name and influences

Sixth June's band name has no concrete reference to June 6 in history. Their music is strongly influenced by 1980s Dark culture bands and their albums, such as Seventeen Seconds (The Cure, 1980), Music for the Masses (Depeche Mode, 1987), Dead Can Dance (1984), Mask (Bauhaus, 1981).[10] Formative is Lidija Andonov's warm melancholic voice.[11]

Discography
  • Everytime (2010) – Genetic Music / No Emb Blanc
  • Back For A Day, EP (2011) – Mannequin Records
  • Pleasure, EP (2013) – Mannequin Records
  • Virgo Rising (2017) - aufnahme+wiedergabe
  • Without a sign (demos and unreleased tracks, 2018) - aufnahme+wiedergabe
  • Trust (2020) - The state51 Conspiracy
  • 1984 (2021) - Sweet Sensation

Videos
  • Everytime (2007, in Novi Sad)
  • Oh No it's Burning (2008, in Subotica)
  • Come Closer (2011, in Berlin)
  • Back for a day (2011, in Berlin)
  • Drowning (2014)[12]
  • Night before (2017)
  • Nebo (2017)
  • Other Side of Love (2018)
  • Call me, II (2018)
  • In Dreams (2019)
  • Winter didn't Come (2020)
  • Negde Neko (2020)
  • Read all my dreams - short film (2020)

References
  1. Juliane Liebert (3 December 2013). "Sixth June Are Twisting History". Vice. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  2. Leah Blewitt (5 June 2011). "FAULT Featured / Sixth June". Fault magazine. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  3. Uwe Marx (31 October 2010). "Reviews – SIXTH JUNE "Everytime" (LP)". Gothic magazine. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  4. BIMfest 2010 – Lineup, Bimfest.be
  5. Didier Becu (6 February 2011). "SIXTH JUNE – We play music, and mostly with synths, that's true but we wouldn't call it minimal". Peek-A-Boo Magazine. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  6. "~ Official Website Wave-Gotik-Treffen Leipzig ~". Wave-gotik-treffen.de.
  7. Chris Konings (24 September 2013). "SIXTH JUNE – Music opens certain sources of myself, and probably its mostly melancholy and darkness than some other emotions". Peek-A-Boo Magazine. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  8. Aleksandar Zivanovic (4 June 2014). "Erst hauchen, dann peitschen" (in German). Berliner Zeitung. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  9. "SIXTH JUNE , Pleasure EP , Music, Vinyl review". Peek-a-boo-magazine.be.
  10. "BIMFest Bandportrait – Sixth June". bimfest.de. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
  11. "Photographic image" (JPG). Image.issuu.com. Retrieved 7 June 2023.
  12. "Video premiere: Sixth June, "DROWNING"". Mannequin Records. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
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