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title: "Feature: +4"
authors: ["nikomas.md"]
abstract: "Iconic techno entity in Cyprus"

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The broadcasting entity known as “+4” is almost unrecognised in its contribution, and its ubiquitousness. It has become so normalised that we might even forget to give it recognition. Everyone was aware of it, we all knew how special it was to end up at that spot, under that camera, with that +4 television in the background. Everyone involved in the radio station has been influenced by +4, either through the development of , or the countless times these guys have performed with +4.

Broadcasting and Radio play a huge role in subcultures, with pirate radio being an integral part of the history of the growth of underground electronic music culture. Electronic music was the sound of piracy, and it was a sound only accessible through piracy. In this sense, and many others, the culture of producing and communally listening to Electronic music is of the same countercultural essence as pirate radio. Even little satellite islands like Cyprus were taken by these practices, with one young master seemingly at the core of all things underground radio, our very own Grandmaster P. ꜱᴏʙᴀᴍᴏɴᴋ.

Simply put, +4, has been streaming and broadcasting for 10 years now, on an adhoc basis, pretty much whenever someone can play. Perhaps the most recognisable or iconic feature of +4 was the streaming; there was a single camera set up in a now sacred room, somewhere in nicosia, surrounded by speakers and records, and importantly, an old TV which looped an animation of the +4 logo. ꜱᴏʙᴀᴍᴏɴᴋ was one of those “can do it all” ravers, perhaps not professionally, but whether its raves, production, djing, animations, radio set-ups, streaming; whatever needs doing gets done.

More than just providing these things, it’s fair to say that +4’s activities had a huge role in the scene, being a central node out of which the whole Cyprus minimal movement came. It is not about saying who gets credit for what, as everyone contributes to movements, even if it’s through presence or dancing or smiling. If no one was there to dance and smile, no one would bother to do these things, but it’s fascinating to think that mixing certain people in specific rooms, movements can be amplified greatly. +4 is a part of the history of ᴡᴇᴇᴅᴏ_ɪᴛ, I.O.D, ᴀʟᴛᴇʀɴᴀᴅɪᴠᴀ, ᴋʟᴜʙᴅ, Barking Cats Radio.

We spoke to Master P ꜱᴏʙᴀᴍᴏɴᴋ about life leading up to +4 and after. The guy has really done a lot, and CDCY is very thankful for everything that he and his comrades have done.
