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TECHNO DIVA TIJANA T AT THE CELEBRATION OF 18 YEARS OF MASTERS "Music cannot be simply abolished and replaced by some virtual experiences", warns Tijana • On Sunday afternoon she will perform with Felver and Mimi

Adulthood brings sweet rights, but also obligations, but the Masters Club has shown its responsibility in presenting the highest quality electronic music in the last 18 years. In that period, all the most important actors of the domestic scene performed here, as well as great world names. Just this Sunday, September 27, the only club among tennis courts is celebrating its 18th anniversary.

Indestructible and in a corona atmosphere, the Masters begins their coming of age with the performance of Belgrade techno diva Tijana Todorović. Although until recently she flew to performances on all continents, we have only been able to hear Tijana on online streams lately. He will demonstrate his attitude that music must not be stopped even in the worst circumstances on the terrace of the Masters five years since his last visit to this club.

– We spent our time in quarantine without a collective dance. How did you experience that demanding period in which music and dance did not come to the fore?

I must admit that the measures we had in Serbia fell very hard on me. I could not explain to myself why we were not allowed to leave the house or throw garbage for four days and I do not think that any of these measures were healthy and justified, which later turned out to be true. I had a strong need to do something for the people around me and somehow help to get through the whole situation. I had one big project – I played music alone for 12 hours in an empty Drugstore club in Belgrade, during curfew. I locked myself into the club and put the last atom of strength into that set and live stream. During the stream, donations were collected for all employees of the club who were left without income during that period. Collective dance and this transcendent experience of indulging in music is something that has always existed in civilization and it seems to me that it will not be possible to be abolished and replaced by some kind of virtual experiences.

– How did you spend that time?

I walked for at least two hours a day at times allowed, tidied the house, listened to records, cooked every day, looked at old photos, re-established contacts with dear people who are far away and for whom no time has been found in the last few years of intense travel. Judging by social media, I had a very similar dynamic as everyone else. I tried to stay as active musically as possible.

– Many of us in isolation had a lot of time listening to various music. What were you listening to? Have you discovered any new exciting music?

I used that time to listen to my own collection of records. For the last five or six years, I’ve traveled so much that I’ve done everything in my life on the fly. There was a record that I bought, but I didn't get to listen to, records that I didn't play for a long time and forgot how they sounded. Demanding albums whose listening I postponed for the "right moment". I listened to a lot of it and was very happy with what I found.

– What do you think will be the future of music and dance events in the new normal?

I wish I had the gift of looking to the future and being able to answer this question. I really don't know. Currently, there are two tendencies, one is the simulation of live events in the virtual world, the other are events where the audience is separated at a "safe" distance. Honestly, I don’t like any of that. With the fear of sounding stubborn and old-fashioned, I would say that in both cases the essence of the experience of events of this kind is lost.

– We listened to you a year ago at the foot of the Masters on Stereotype. What do you expect from this performance in the new circumstances?

I expect a lot of dear friends from Zagreb, joy that we can gather and dance at all. I expect all the music to sound like I’m hearing it for the first time since I’ve taken a slightly longer break from playing and listening to music. I worked at the Masters exactly five years ago, on the same this weekend in September 2015. That magical night marked my entry into a new life cycle. Let this afternoon in the Masters be an equally powerful experience …

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