The Unfamiliarnaires

are the artists and musicians Dolores Flores and Marius D.Kettler, a duo that has been making music together since 1992, combining music with art, video and performance. Their repertoire ranges from melodic melancholic poetic pop to experimental spoken word, alternative junk rock songs and atmospheric soundscapes. The sound is analog, combined with electronic sounds and field recordings. Influenced from classical to punk rock, from chansons to folk, all these components play a role in their way of making music.

Dolores Flores - Music - ARTkustik

art-into-music - The multimedia artists Dolores Flores and Marius D. Kettler founded ARTkustik in the summer of 1992, on their art exibition in the Old street car depot, Berlin.  Their idea was to combine art, music, video and performance. Poetic, melancholic, atmospheric. Their repertoire ranges from melodic pop oriented songs to spoken word experimentel and hypnotic sound scapes.  Influenced from classical music to punk rock, from chansions to folk all these elements play a role in the making of ARTkustik.   They have performed live throughout Berlin, in galleries and in venues such as Franz Club, Pfefferberg, Boudiour, Fete de la Music etc. ARTkustik is an ever changing and developing project, exploring the boundaries between music, and visual art. From self produced no budget music videos to music compositions for installations and performances.    
Dolores Flores: (American) texts, vocals, guitar, bass, keybords. Marius D. Kettler: (Berliner) sounds, flute, drums, keybords, and sound engineering.

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