Kelly Projects

There’s a conversation happening right now. For someone to inflict violence and terror on another person is a deeper and more complex position. It’s exactly in alignment with the atrocities in this world. It’s an ugliness that reflects how much pain is still circulating among us. Here’s the part I need everyone to sit with: if we tolerate this energy in music in a culture that Identifies itself as unity, as liberation, as the most enlightened room in the building, then we are hypocrites.

When was the last time you pulled up on another crew, just to be there? To support, hang, get to know, curious about their music and their vibe. Without some sort of another reason for doing so, but just to enjoy and spend time.

There are spaces you pass through and spaces that hold you. It's very rare to catch feelings for a space, ones that inspire you to take action, and feel good. Okupa, a hotel, kitchen, co-work, and listening bar nestled in Athens, is firmly the latter. Built around a considered sound system and a philosophy that treats music as something worth actually listening to. It occupies a rare position: part listening bar, part neighborhood anchor, part place to sleep. In a city navigating its own ...