Shantidas

Shantidas Riedacker is a lighting architect and musician.
A multi-instrumentalist (guitar, bass, vocals, machines, turntables, etc.), he has focused on the guitar in his main project, Aluk Todolo, since 2004. With four albums to their name, the band tours regularly in Europe and the United States, and has also performed in Russia, Iceland, Turkey, and at festivals such as Roadburn 2011 and 2017, Le Guess Who?, Motocultor, Amplifest, Luff, and others.
Since 2009, he has developed solo work under the name Shantidas, creating singular performances in the form of firecracker concerts or sound-and-light symphonies blending intimacy and megalomania. Shantidas Riedacker often combines his architectural, lighting, and musical approach during performances or concerts with Aluk Todolo, Stephen O’Malley (Solo), Nicolas Horvath, Blacklodge, Inselberg, Sum Of R, and others.