Listening With the Body — A Mindful Vinyl Journey with Helena Markos

Ambient · Experimental · Dark Electronica · Deep Techno

What happens when we stop analysing music and start feeling it?

Join us at Tea & Vinyl House for a special evening of mindful listening with Helena Markos, exploring the connection between sound, memory, emotions and the body.

For this intimate session, Helena will share a deeply personal selection of vinyl records collected over the past 20 years across the different countries she has called home. Each record carries a story, a place, a memory — together forming a sonic diary of her life.

Moving between ambient, experimental music, dark electronica and deep techno, the session invites you to experience sound beyond its rhythms and melodies.

Instead of listening with your mind, we invite you to listen with your body.

Where does the sound land? What sensations arise? Does a melody bring back a forgotten memory? Can you feel a texture, imagine a colour or recognise an emotion in the music?

There are no right or wrong answers. Just space to explore.

Listen. Feel. Create.

This is not a traditional DJ set. It's an invitation to slow down, turn your attention inward and discover your own relationship with sound.

You're welcome to bring a sketchbook, notebook or journal and translate what you hear into drawings, words, poems or abstract shapes.

Or simply close your eyes, enjoy a cup of carefully prepared Chinese tea and let the music unfold.

Throughout the evening, specialty Chinese teas will accompany the listening experience, creating a gentle space for reflection, creativity and connection.

The Evening

18:00–18:30 | Arrival & Welcome Tea

Settle into the space, enjoy Chinese tea and prepare for the listening journey.

18:30–19:30 | Mindful Vinyl Listening Session

An immersive selection of records presented by Helena Markos. An hour dedicated to listening, feeling and exploring the relationship between sound, body and imagination.

19:30–21:00 | Creative Reflection, Tea & Conversation

Time to sketch, write, share impressions or simply enjoy the music and tea. Connect with others and explore what the listening experience brought up for you.

About Helena Markos

Helena Markos comes from a club-oriented background, with more than a decade of experience producing techno and dancefloor music and performing at clubs and events across different countries.

But beyond the dancefloor, music has always accompanied her quieter moments.

Over the past 20 years, she has collected records that became a personal soundtrack to her life abroad — music connected to particular places, memories and experiences.

For this session, she brings those records out of her private collection to share a different side of her musical world, encouraging a more intuitive, personal and mindful approach to listening.

What to Bring

A sketchbook, notebook or journal if you feel inspired to create. No artistic experience is needed.

You are equally welcome to come with nothing at all and simply listen.

Some music is meant to make you dance. Some music is meant to make you feel. This evening, we invite you to discover what happens when you truly listen.