Dutch Acts coming to The Great Escape
The Dutch Impact Party will once again return to The Great Escape Festival, taking place on Friday May 10th in Komedia (Main). The Dutch Music Export is a longstanding partner at The Great Escape festival, since year one the Dutch Impact party has been a highlight in the convention programme and Dutch artists have provided festival goers with many incredible and memorable performances from artists such as, Amber Arcades, Dope D.O.D, Jacco Gardner, Klangstof. and Pip Blom. This year, four of the most promising new up and coming Dutch artists from the Dutch underground music scene will take the stage.
Hailing from the port city of Rotterdam, Lewsberg’s nihilistic rock poetry is reminiscent of college rock tradition in the manner of Modern Lovers, Talking Heads and Velvet Underground. Their recent self-titled LP triumphed across the UK media, with top reviews from tastemakers like Gigwise and The Line of Best Fit. Last Januari Dutch EUT were most recommended by the media at ESNS 2019. This year, EUT are taking their youthful 90s flavoured post pop to Brighton. Describing themselves as “trippy electro hiphop lovebaby”, FATA BOOM is a collaborative project of two Dutch artists whose recent debut LP and flamboyant shows prompted comparisons to the likes of M.I.A., Die Antwoord and Gnucci. Capturing hearts with their impressive live shows The Visual’s sound moves between dark romantic balladry and sweeping experimentalism. With a recent album release mixed by Grammy Award winning Darrell Thorp and acclaim from the likes of Noisey, Clash and BBC Radio 6 Music this is a band to watch in 2019.
This partnership is made possible by the coming together of Dutch Music Export, powered by Eurosonic Noorderslag, Dutch Performing Arts and Buma Cultuur, with the kind support by the embassy of the Kingdom of The Netherlands.
Dutch Impact Website: https://dutch-impact.nl/festival/586b80bb4a151f90cbf8786b
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2016422621803362/
The Dutch Impact Party will take place on Friday, May 10th from 12:00 - 16:00 in Komedia (Main).
Set times
12:15 The Visual
13:15 Lewsberg
14:15 EUT
15:15 FATA BOOM
Other Dutch artists you can see during the Great Escape are Pip Blom a recent addition to the Heavenly Recordings roster and a 6 Music regular,, BEA1991 who has has already attracted critical attention from the likes of The Fader, Gorilla vs Bear and The Guardian with her special brand of louche sonic experimentalism and emotional raw vocals. Jarreau Vandal is part of independent music collective Soulection, known for his eclectic DJ sets and bangin’ edits of Rihanna’s “Work”, Ella Mai’s “Boo’d Up.” and more recently sampling Kanye West’s “Sunday Service” on a new track with Denzel Curry. Another artist releasing new material is London-based, Dutch-Zimbabwean pop innovator Rina Mushonga, who has already received praise from Independent, The Times, Pitchfork, The Line Of Best Fit for her recent album “In A Galaxy”. Finally but by no means least is the Mauskovic Dance Band, who effortlessly mix synthesisers Afro-Latin rhythms and slice guitar riffs to create a contemporary sound rich with cultural influence with praise from the likes of NTS, Worldwide FM and The Quietus.
Thursday
20:30 The Mauskovic Dance Band Komedia
22:15 Lewsberg Horatios
Friday
16:45 Pip Blom Hideout
19:00 Rina Mushonga Hideout
19:30 BEA1991 Shooshh
20:15 Pip Blom Coalition
Saturday
20:15 EUT Horatios
22:00 The Visual The Walrus
01:15 FATA BOOM Komedia Studio Bar
02:00 Jarreau Vandal (live) Komedia
Meet a new generation of Italian artists at The Great Escape.
Italy has a new generation of young and talented musicians redefining what Italian music means within the international music scene. Already known for its fashion sense, cultural monuments, beautiful landscapes and art, Italy's music scene is now gaining global recognition. Ready to make their mark on this year's Great Escape are 5 artists covering a diverse range of genres from emotive introspective rock and shoegaze to riotous exuberant indie-pop and post-punk. These acts should be on your radar for 2019.
Already making waves is Any Other, whose recent LP and international shows have been gathering praise from the likes of The 405, The Line of Best Fit and Eclat Magazine. Italian Rolling Stone boldly called her “Best Italian female musician” proclaiming that her brand of emotive introspective rock would ignite the Italian scene. Italian shoegazers Be Forest make music that harbours feelings of intense otherworldly remoteness reminiscent of 4AD classics described by BrooklynVegan as "...gorgeous, ethereal and moody “Bengala” that has some serious Slowdive vibes." Giungla has already impressed tastemakers with her riotous exuberant indie-pop and shared stages with likes of The xx, Foals, Grimes and Battles with support from Lauren Laverne on 6 Music. Malihini are ones to watch having recently been signed to the Memphis Industries label and featured in Loud & Quiet, Clash and Stereogum to name a few. Finally is The Pier who are no strangers to international showcases having already played at Reeperbahn, Waves Vienna and ESNS. Back home in the south of Italy, their special brand of punk-infused math rock has catapulted them to the main festival stages and secured excited critical reception. Be Forest and Giungla alsoboth played at SXSW in Austin, Texas last month.
La Festa - The Italian Showcase will take place on Thursday 9th May from 12:00 at Patterns Upstairs, 10 Marine Parade, Brighton. Set times below.
12:00 - Giungla 12:45 - Be Forest
13:45 - Malihini
14:45 - The Pier
15:30 - Any Other
Other artist shows during The Great Escape;
Thursday 9th May
18:30 - Giungla at The Arch
20:15 - Malihini at Latest Music Bar
22:15 - Be Forest at Patterns Upstairs
Saturday 11th May
19:00 - Any Other at Patterns Upstairs
20:00 - The Pier at The Hope & Ruin
Listen to all the acts here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6tsOYDFreMkNKi7G0RNhtL
More about The Artists
Any Other
Following the release of her latest LP “Two, Geography”’, Milan-based artist Adele Nigro is ready to take her emotive leftfield project Any Other to the next level. Adele writes, sings, plays, produces and arranges all of her songs, which bear the traces of several different influences, from the American indie-folk of Phil Elvrum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie) to the guitar work of Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs, spiritual free jazz and orchestral arrangements as well as classic songwriting by Carole King and Joni Mitchell, all filtered through a thoroughly contemporary sensibility. Any Other also played Reeperbahn 2018 and ESNS 2019.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RECxqPUWytzhwKabZ1lWx
Be Forest
Hailing from a small town on the Adriatic coast, Italian shoegazers Be Forest (Erica Terenzi, Costanza Delle Rose and Nicola Lampredi) make music that harbours feelings of intense otherworldly remoteness reminiscent of 4AD classics as well as bands like Slowdive, Pale Saints and The Chameleons. Described by Brooklyn Vegan as “gorgeous, ethereal and moody”, Be Forest’s latest LP Knocturne is taking the band across Europe and the US. Be Forest were recently invited to perform at KEXP, watch the full performance here.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7r5O7dHPATQwnRhDu0c0sR?si=wUMqDlCbTlmXR1AXxsrN2A
Giungla
No stranger to international showcase appearances and sharing stages with the likes of The xx, Foals, Grimes and Battles, Ema Drei (aka Giungla) has already picked up praise from tastemaker sites around the world. Bringing together atmospheric electronics with Ema's guitar work, in turns artfully angular then brashly anthemic and with her passionate vocals - her music is riotous exuberant indie-pop as dazzling, tricky and bursting with life as the 'Jungle' she named herself after.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hXIoMXYA65EDbqyLMzr5r
Malihini
Their name may mean ‘newcomers’ in Hawaiian, but Malihini, aka Rome-based duo Giampaolo Speziale and Federica Caiozzo, deal exclusively in the music of lived experience and time-honed emotional intelligence, their disarming musical universe never less than distinctive, yet resonating with a confessional, modern European pop sophistication of a kind elsewhere purveyed by the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jose Gonzalez and Our Broken Garden. Recent debut LP “Hopefully, Again” (Memphis Industries) was written on a retreat on the Aeolian island of Vulcano and recorded in the remote Giant Wafer studio in Powys, Wales.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5A2OulaOqLZ0A1ofOfWZTK
The Pier
Formed by Gabriele Terlizzi, Davide Pasculli and Danilo De Candia, the power trio comes from the south of Italy. Their repertoire includes both instrumentals and songs with English vocals. Often described as ‘indie math rock’, The Pier’s more accurate description involves a furious mixture of math, post-rock and post punk, with influences that include Don Caballero, Radiohead, Foals, This Town Needs Guns and Joy Division. Their new album “Dead Reckoning” came out in December 2018 via Kallax Records. The band is supported by regional music export office Puglia Sounds.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zS3w4G232J242rCI9xmIh?si=R9oDVwx3RoW9JX2HwBK04g
About the Italia Music Export - SIAE
Italia Music Export is Italy’s first music export office, founded by SIAE in November 2017. Its aim is to promote Italian music worldwide, boost music export revenues and to support Italian music companies going global. While supporting the Italian music business, Italia Music Export also advises and assists international professionals interested in working with Italian artists and companies.
More info here: http://www.italiamusicexport.com/
About
Puglia Sounds
Puglia Sounds is an office created by the regional
government of Puglia, Italy (Regione Puglia) in 2010 to boost Puglia’s
musicians and music industry and help establish the region as a major player in
the Italian and international music scene.
More info here: https://www.pugliasounds.it/?lang=en
Lowlands announce more acts, James Blake, The Vaccines, Lil Uzi Vert, Bodega, Black Midi and more
A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise 2019
16 – 18 August
www.lowlands.nl/english
‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ reveals one act every day adding to their already massive line up. New acts announced are (in chronological order); James Blake, The Vaccines, Lil Uzi Vert, Bodega, Eskorzo, Colin Benders, Loyle Carner, Black Midi, Donnie, Bamba Pana & Makaveli, Camo & Crooked, Tamino,
Tickets for the 27th
Just over an hour drive or train
journey from Amsterdam A Campingflight
To Lowlands Paradise is exactly what it promises to be: a true backpacker’s
Garden Of Eden with an extensive program with over 250 acts offering only the
best in alternative music, film,
theatre, comedy, visual arts literature and science. As well as the heavyweight headliners, trailblazers,
impressive installations
including the Armadillo featuring the renowned chimney stacks Lowlands has no
less than twelve stages (among which
a cinema and theatre), going by the names of Alpha, Bravo, Heineken, Lima, Juliet, X-Ray, Echo, which are allcovered
too, so you can enjoy all the music and entertainment come rain or shine.
Lowlands also prides itself in
supplying top notch facilities for its visitors in a way British festivals
can’t seem to match. There’s a wellness village with saunas, hot tubs and
sports facilities, dozens of restaurants from all corners of the earth, food and
drink stalls, a large market with everything from clothes and vinyl stores to a
barber’s shop, its own currency, a local radio station, a daily newspaper
(Dutch only) and, last but not least: seven luxury campsites with flushable
toilets, hot showers and dressing tables. You really can have it all and camp
in comfort and style.
A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise really is the ultimate summer holiday extravaganza!
Watch the 2018 Aftermovie here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Iu1jy9uVZc
Lineup
Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, A$AP Rocky |
Anne-Marie, Bear’s Den, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, Giorgio Moroder, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, James Blake, Jon Hopkins, Jorja Smith, Jungle, Lil Uzi Vert, Paul Kalkbrenner, Ronnie Flex &
Agoria (live), Antal, Camo & Krooked, Colin Benders, Denis
Jungle by Night, Lowlands Science, Loyle Carner, Mall Grab, Marcel Dettmann, Modeselektor Live, MY BABY, Parcels, Sango, De Sluwe Vos Live, The Streets, Tamino, Thomas Azier, The Vaccines,
Ares, Bamba Pana & Makaveli, Black Midi, Bodega, Boy Pablo, The Chats, Code Orange, Courtesy, Dimension, Dub Inc, Eskorzo, I Don't, Know How But They Found Me, IDLES, Girl in Red, Marc Rebillet, Moonlight Benjamin, Put of Control Army, POND, Slaves, This is LOVSKI, Tirzah, Two Feet, Whitney
View
full programme here: https://lowlands.nl/programma/
More acts will be announced soon with over 250 acts in total performing at this
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Italian artists set for the Great Escape Festival
Italy has started to make waves on the international music circuit with acts such as Husky Loops New Candy’s and Soviet Soviet. Already known for its fashion sense, cultural monuments, beautiful landscapes and art, Italy's music scene is now gaining global recognition with the launch the Italia Music Export (powered by SIAE) in 2017.
Ready to make their mark on this year's Great Escape are 5 artists covering a diverse range of genres from emotive introspective rock and shoegaze to riotous exuberant indie-pop and post punk. These acts should be on your radar for 2019.
Already making waves is Any Other, whose recent LP and international shows have been gathering praise from the likes of The 405, The Line of Best Fit and Eclat Magazine. Italian Rolling Stone boldly called her “Best Italian female musician” proclaiming that her brand of emotive introspective rock would ignite the Italian scene. Italian shoegazers Be Forest make music that harbours feelings of intense otherworldly remoteness reminiscent of 4AD classics described by BrooklynVegan as "...gorgeous, ethereal and moody “Bengala” that has some serious Slowdive vibes." Giungla has already impressed tastemakers with her riotous exuberant indie-pop and shared stages with likes of The xx, Foals, Grimes and Battles with support from Lauren Laverne on 6 Music. Malihini are ones to watch having recently been signed to the Memphis Industries label and featured in Loud & Quiet, Clash and Stereogum to name a few. Finally is The Pier who are no strangers to international showcases having already played at Reeperbahn, Waves Vienna and ESNS. Back home in the south of Italy, their special brand of punk-infused math rock has catapulted them to the main festival stages and secured excited critical reception. Be Forest and Giungla are also playing at SXSW in Austin, Texas this month.
More info on the showcase and dates and venues the artists will play in will be announced soon,
More about The Artists
Any Other
Following the release of her latest LP “Two, Geography”’, Milan-based artist Adele Nigro is ready to take her emotive leftfield project Any Other to the next level. Adele writes, sings, plays, produces and arranges all of her songs, which bear the traces of several different influences, from the American indie-folk of Phil Elvrum (The Microphones, Mount Eerie) to the guitar work of Jim O’Rourke and David Grubbs, spiritual free jazz and orchestral arrangements as well as classic songwriting by Carole King and Joni Mitchell, all filtered through a thoroughly contemporary sensibility. Any Other also played Reeperbahn 2018 and ESNS 2019.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5RECxqPUWytzhwKabZ1lWx
Be Forest
Hailing from a small town on the Adriatic coast, Italian shoegazers Be Forest (Erica Terenzi, Costanza Delle Rose and Nicola Lampredi) make music that harbours feelings of intense otherworldly remoteness reminiscent of 4AD classics as well as bands like Slowdive, Pale Saints and The Chameleons. Described by Brooklyn Vegan as “gorgeous, ethereal and moody”, Be Forest’s latest LP Knocturne is taking the band across Europe and the US. Be Forest were recently invited to perform at KEXP, watch the full performance here.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7r5O7dHPATQwnRhDu0c0sR?si=wUMqDlCbTlmXR1AXxsrN2A
Giungla
No stranger to international showcase appearances and sharing stages with the likes of The xx, Foals, Grimes and Battles, Ema Drei (aka Giungla) has already picked up praise from tastemaker sites around the world. Bringing together atmospheric electronics with Ema's guitar work, in turns artfully angular then brashly anthemic and with her passionate vocals - her music is riotous exuberant indie-pop as dazzling, tricky and bursting with life as the 'Jungle' she named herself after.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2hXIoMXYA65EDbqyLMzr5r
Malihini
Their name may mean ‘newcomers’ in Hawaiian, but Malihini, aka Rome-based duo Giampaolo Speziale and Federica Caiozzo, deal exclusively in the music of lived experience and time-honed emotional intelligence, their disarming musical universe never less than distinctive, yet resonating with a confessional, modern European pop sophistication of a kind elsewhere purveyed by the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jose Gonzalez and Our Broken Garden. Recent debut LP “Hopefully, Again” (Memphis Industries) was written on a retreat on the Aeolian island of Vulcano and recorded in the remote Giant Wafer studio in Powys, Wales.
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5A2OulaOqLZ0A1ofOfWZTK
The Pier
Formed by Gabriele Terlizzi, Davide Pasculli and Danilo De Candia, the power trio comes from the south of Italy. Their repertoire includes both instrumentals and songs with English vocals. Often described as ‘indie math rock’, The Pier’s more accurate description involves a furious mixture of math, post-rock and
Music:https://open.spotify.com/artist/3zS3w4G232J242rCI9xmIh?si=R9oDVwx3RoW9JX2HwBK04g
NOTES TO EDITORS:
Download more info and photos of artists here: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/8esc0hoyvz2h591/AADFeOMYjTlzxPREEseLK3Rka?dl=0
About the Italia Music Export - SIAE
Italia Music Export is Italy’s first music export office, founded by SIAE in November 2017. Its aim is to promote Italian music worldwide, boost music export revenues and to support Italian music companies going global. While supporting the Italian music business, Italia Music Export also advises and assists international professionals interested in working with Italian artists and companies.
More info here: http://www.italiamusicexport.com/
About Puglia Sounds
Puglia Sounds is an office created by the regional government of Puglia, Italy (Regione Puglia) in 2010 to boost Puglia’s musicians and music industry and help establish the region as a major player in the Italian and international music scene.
More info here: https://www.pugliasounds.it/?lang=en
OFF Festival Katowice 2019 Jarvis Cocker and Distant Journeys
From Chicago’s clubs
to the Icelandic wilderness and Polish roads: get ready for a trip around the
world, all without leaving Katowice. Joining us will be Pablopavo i Ludziki,
EABS feat. Tenderlonious, Hania Rani, Honey Dijon, Soccer Mommy, and P.Unity.
What’s more, we’ll welcome one
of Britain’s most important alternative artists, Jarvis Cocker.
Jarvis Cocker introducing
JARV IS...
This is going to be insane! Jarvis is finally
coming to the OFF Festival! The artist is best known and loved as the leader of
Pulp, one of the bands that defined the 90s guitar band sound. We’ve listened
to his solo albums (and the one with Chilly Gonzales) over and over, awing over
his musical versatility and brilliant lyrics. We kept in touch through his BBC
6 shows (who cares if it was a one-way channel?). All the more reason for us to
await the artist’s latest incarnation, JARV IS, with great hope and impatience,
especially after the enthusiastic reviews of his first performances in the UK.
Pablopavo i Ludziki z Naprawdę
Dużym Zespołem
Pablopavo became a regular fixture at literary
festivals following the 2017 release of his critically acclaimed short story
collection Mikrotyki
(congratulations!). But Pablo isn’t one to snub his nose at the music scene:
he’s constantly laying down and releasing new tracks with ever-evolving
configurations and lineups of artists and genres, not to mention his myriad
guest appearances (numbering around fifty records, at last count). In 2018 he
released his fifth album—and first venture into the realm of disco—with
Ludziki. This is no Saturday Night Fever,
but more of a contemplative, shoe-gazing dance—somewhat euphoric at the
prospect of no tomorrow, but also sad, because today isn’t much better. Prepare
to hear some old and new material featuring the whole cast
of characters Pablopavo fans have come to love. He might even play the one
about Krzysiek.
EABS feat. Tenderlonious
Electro Acoustic Beat Sessions brings together
a range of artists, from jazz musicians to rappers. Any musical act would be
lucky to have this much talent in one place. Led by Marek Pędziwiatr, the
Wrocław-based ensemble oscillates between genres, blending musical haute culture with swashbuckling
artistic bravado. Their 2017 album Repetitions
(Letters to Krzysztof Komeda), a top-notch effort to grapple with the
eminent Polish jazzman’s musical legacy, landed EABS the very first GaMa Award
and a Fryderyk nomination. Their latest release, Slavic Spirits, delves much deeper into our shared heritage,
attempting to convey the titular Slavic soul through a completely un-Slavic
genre of music. Aiding the band
in this effort is the London-based multi-instrumentalist Tenderlonious, who
takes the stage armed with a flute and soprano sax.
Hania Rani
The pianist, composer, arranger and vocalist
Hanna Raniszewska didn’t just wait around for a stroke of fortune—she worked
hard to make
it happen. There’s no challenge too great for her, no musical aesthetic too
unfamiliar. Hania Rani has reimagined the centuries-old hymns of Henry Purcell
and John Dowland, performed songs by the Polish rocker Grzegorz Ciechowski (in
a duo with Dobrawa Chocher), composed theater scores, collaborated with Misia
Furtak, and formed one half of the duo Tęskno (with Joanna Longić), which
released the excellent album Mi last
year. But the time has finally come for her to launch a solo project. Her first
release as Hania Rani, the outstanding LP Esja,
was recorded partially in Warsaw and in Reykjavik (at the studio of Bergur Þórisson,
best known for his work with Björk and Ólafur Arnalds), and sounds as beautiful
as Iceland and Poland combined.
Honey Dijon
The Chicago-born DJ, trans-rights activist and
fashion icon Honey Dijon splits her time between New York and Berlin. Her sound
reveals
a musical taste shaped in the home (her parents had an impressive collection of
soul and R’n’B records) and in Chicago’s club scene. Her original style is
built on a foundation of eclecticism and boldness.
Soccer Mommy
Sophie Allison cites Taylor Swift and Avril
Lavigne as her idols, but don’t expect an explosive cocktail of country and
radio-friendly pop from this Nashville native. Soccer Mommy’s original
compositions are touching in their fragile beauty and disarming frankness. Her
self-produced albums For Young Hearts
and Collection are definitely worth a
listen, but last year’s Clean is
practically obligatory. “I wanna be that cool,” Sophie sings in one song. Which
is a bit weird, because she already is.
P.Unity
If P.Unity was nominated for a Fryderyk award
for best blues album, it’s only because it’s really hard to pinpoint the exact
genre played by this Warsaw band. It’s definitely funk, but it’s also soul,
jazz and rap, all simmered in a trippy, psychedelic sauce. There’s echoes of
Parliament/Funkadelic and a hint of Prince—but the songs that never made it
into the top 40. If you like P.Unity’s debut album Pulp, or their collaboration with Michał Urbaniak, then rest
assured that that’s merely an overture to their live performance in Katowice...
This year’s OFF
Festival also features the previously announced acts: Foals, Suede, Stereolab,
Neneh Cherry, Aldous Harding, Superorganism, Perfect Son, Electric Wizard, The
Gaslamp Killer, The Comet is Coming, IC3PEAK, Daughters, Lotic: Endless Power,
The Body, Dezerter performs Underground Out of Poland, slowthai, Black Midi,
Masecki Jazz Trio, OM, SAMA’, Jakuzi, Phum Viphurit, Durand Jones & The
Indications, Lebanon Hanover, Loyle Carner, Emerald, Octavian, Ammar 808,
Tirzah, Wczasy, Entropia, and Boogarins, as well as Bamba Pana & Makaveli,
and the Śląsk Song and Dance Ensemble.
The 2019 OFF Festival Katowice will take place August 2–4 at Three Pond Valley, its regular venue. Three-day passes are now available at the OFF Shop for 330 PLN. This price lasts until April 7 or until the second round of tickets is sold out! Campground tickets are also available for 80 PLN.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
THE ENDURING APPEAL OF EXIT – EUROPE’S ULTIMATE BUCKET LIST FESTIVAL
EXIT Festival in Serbia’s second city of Novi Sad has become one of Europe’s most famous festivals, with a reputation as an essential rite-of-passage weekender.
As it approaches its 20th birthday in 2020, the festival is still innovating and branching out – but it will never forget its initial ethos of freedom, social change and youth rebellion at the beginning of the millennium. With its multiple international awards and
A force for social change
Not many modern festivals have a backstory beyond a commercial enterprise, but EXIT was formed in the spirit of genuine youth rebellion. The festival started as a 100-day student protest in 2000 against the Milosevic regime, with an idea to “Exit out of the madness” and a movement for freedom in Serbia and peace in the Balkans. The festival’s mission statement was clear from the beginning – to achieve social change with music and foster
The Stunning Location
Petrovaradin Fortress is simply Europe’s greatest festival setting – a 18th century citadel on a cliff overlooking the River Danube. The ‘Gibraltar on the Danube’ is visible for miles and looms large as you cross Varadin Bridge and through the archways and cobbled streets of Novi Sad Old Town leading up to a night at EXIT. Once inside you soon realise this is way beyond a session in a field. The vast site has ancient cobbled paths, grand courtyards, underground tunnels, grass verges metal staircases and moss-covered castle walls. At its highest point is the Clock Tower and its backwards clock with reverse hands – lovingly nicknamed the ‘Drunken Clock’ by locals. It’s also a perfect vantage point for a view of the city and the Danube below. Petrovaradin Fortress is one of Serbia’s most cherished landmarks and is protected by the state, so it’s a nice touch that it’s handed over to its citizens every year for a huge party. And don’t forget the priceless bonus of the Serbian midsummer sunshine...
The whole city embraces EXIT
From the hundreds of official volunteers at the
The wildly diverse line ups
If you quickly scan the EXIT line-up every year you’ll notice the massive names who’ve headlined, as well as top DJs and hyped acts, with Grace Jones, Liam Gallagher, The Killers, The Prodigy, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Arcade Fire, Pet Shop Boys and New Order just a few of the names who’ve visited Petrovaradin over the years. But dig deeper and you’ll find the most eclectic line-up of any festival in Europe, ranging from indie-rock and pop to techno, hip-hop, reggae, disco, folk and loads more, and if you’re brave enough, the heaviest metal on the planet at the infamous Explosive Stage. There are over 20 stages, not including random DJ sets and gigs in pop-up bars, archways and wooded areas. Certain areas even work as separate mini-festivals with boxed-off well-curated line-ups, such as No Sleep Novi Sad, which zones in on underground dance music. To go further down the rabbit hole you can even perform yourself at the Karaoke Stage.
The spectacular Dance Arena
Even though there is a specific Main Stage, the Dance Arena feels like the real jewel of EXIT, and the engine room that fuels the party till
Value for money
If you’re a UK festival veteran you’ll be allergic to overpriced tickets and food and drink costs that border on extortion rackets. But even though EXIT’s production values are off the charts – from the sound systems to the lasers shows, fireworks and performers – it’s by far the cheapest big league festival in Europe. Four-day festival passes are £99 at the minute – with a 5 tickets for the price of 4 offer. A camping pass is only £27 on top of that, and you can stay for a week. If you don’t fancy camping, local apartments are a fraction of the cost of Airbnbs in many other big cities, and likewise if you’re really treating yourself to a hotel. Once you take into account the cheap food and drink at the festival and around the city, and even the flights, you will most likely spend less than a full weekend at a UK festival.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Rap Gods Wu-Tang Clan added Sea Star Festival among their 12 shows in Europe!
Envisioned by the team behind the multi-awarded EXIT Festival, its sister Sea Star Festival, settled in the scenic Croatian seaside town Umag, saw more than 80,000 international visitors in the past two years. Upcoming edition scheduled on 24-25 May on the banks of the beautiful Stella Maris lagoon will yet again kick off the long summer season. The ultimate headliners have been announced and leading the bill is none other than the greatest rap group of all time Wu-Tang Clan! This will be their only appearance for most of the Central, Southern and Eastern Europe with Berlin, Paris and Moscow being the closest cities to catch them live on their super-exclusive 12-show run in Europe this year! They will be joined by trap-jazz sensation
Wu-Tang Clan to headline Sea Star Festival 2019:
Formed in 1992 in Staten Island, New York, the American collective Wu-Tang Clan is among the greatest names in the history of hip-hop. They are responsible for some of the most important hip-hop tracks, they popularized street rap, disassembled the entire genre concept and transformed it at the business level. Ever since their gathering and the first album, they have been working on individual projects in order to reach stardom. The complete line-up, made up of the leader and visionary RZA and the rest of the Wu-Tang warriors: GZA, Method Man, Raekwon, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and Cappadonna is legendary exactly because of the power, individuality and character of each of the members whose dedication to the Clan is so powerful that they treat each other as family. Their talent has been recognized and marked with various awards, from the Grammy (Method Man) to the title of the most influential hip-hop group in the last ten years (NME). They influenced greatest artists of
Sea Star - A festival in a Magical Lagoon
Sea Star festival promoted by the team behind globally acclaimed EXIT Festival takes place in a beautiful seaside town of Umag at the mind-blowing Croatian coast. It is set in the Stella Maris resort, in a turquoise-color lagoon with most amazing sunsets. Umag represents a breathtaking combo of baroque and renaissance, and Mediterranean climate, while this entire Istrian region is known of its delicious homemade and gourmet food, olive groves, fields of tomatoes and vineyards. Sea Star Festival is a perfect invitation to initiate summer on a stunning location, with world renowned artists and an outstanding production!
The third edition of the Sea Star Festival will be held at the famous Stella Maris lagoon in Umag, on May 24 and 25, with the Welcome Party on May 23 and the closing party on May 26. Tickets for Sea Star festival are available at THIS LINK. Accommodation and travel arrangements can be found at Exit’s official travel agency, ExitTrip’s OFFICIAL WEBSITE.
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The World’s Only Party Inside a Glacier with Martin Garrix & Marc Kinchen (MK) at Iceland’s Secret Solstice 2019
Plus, Intimate Concert Inside 5,200 Year Old Lava Tunnel
Full Weekend, Single Day Passes + Side Event Tickets On Sale Now!
June 21-23, 2019
Reykjavik, Iceland
www.secretsolstice.is
Gearing up for its sixth edition in Reykjavik, Iceland, Secret Solstice welcomes the return of its once-in-a-lifetime add-on events this June 21-23, 2019. Taking place within ultra rare and exclusive settings amongst Iceland’s otherworldly landscapes, this year's nature-inspired musical side events will include Into The Glacier with Martin Garrix and Marc Kinchen (MK) as well as The Lava Tunnel with to-be-announced acts. Held over the summer solstice weekend which sees 72 hours of continuous daylight, festival-goers will have the opportunity to experience bucket-list music events while taking in the captivating beauty of Iceland.
Journeying 80 feet beneath the surface of Iceland's second largest glacier, Langjökull, Secret Solstice is excited to host two editions of Into The Glacier for 2019. In addition to headlining the festival's first night on Friday, June 21, Dutch dance music superstar and DJ Mag's #1 DJ, Martin Garrix will perform within the crystal cave and magnificent ice tunnel formations. On Sunday, June 23 revered DJ/producer and Area10 label head Marc Kitchen (MK) will continue the festivities within the 10,000 year old ice chamber. Limited to only 100 tickets per event, attendees can look forward to exploring over 500 meters of paths carved through layers of glacial ice while experiencing performances from two of the world's biggest DJs.
Also announced for 2019, Secret Solstice presents The Lava Tunnel, an intimate concert experience featuring rising Icelandic talent performing inside of the 5,200 year lava tunnel, Raufarhólshellir. Perfect for music and nature lovers wanting to travel underground to witness natural cave formations, the to be announced lineup will include an acoustic performance on Saturday, June 22. With only 50 tickets available, the highly-anticipated side event will allow adventurers to explore the rare beauty of caves that show the aftermath of a volcanic eruption beneath the surface forming natural subterranean tunnels.
Highlighting the country's breathtaking scenery together with top rock, dance, hip hop and pop talent from Iceland and abroad, Secret Solstice is a must-attend event this summer for adventure seekers and music enthusiasts. This year's edition will feature Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters, Black Eyed Peas, Martin Garrix, Rita Ora, Patti Smith and Band, The Sugarhill Gang with Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio (of The Furious 5), Foreign Beggars, Pussy Riot, Kerri Chandler, Mr. G (live), Boy Pablo and more with a phase 3 lineup coming soon.
Partnering with Beats Travel to offer 8-day packages perfect for solo and group travelers looking to meet other like-minded adventurers, fans can discover Iceland's Golden Circle, the Blue Lagoon and more. Packages include a Secret Solstice weekend pass, accommodation and access to exclusive parties. For more details visit www.beatstravel.com.
Secret Solstice 2019 weekend passes plus Into The Glacier and The Lava Tunnel side event tickets are on sale now while supplies last!
Stay tuned for the third wave lineup announcement coming soon!
SIDE EVENTS
Tickets for Into the Glacier 2019 are on sale now from $292 USD | €260 | £222 | 34990ISK via https://secretsolstice.is/into-the-glacier-2019/
Tickets for The Lava Tunnel 2019 are on sale now from $208 USD | €185 | £158 | 24900ISK via https://secretsolstice.is/the-lava-tunnel-2019/
FESTIVAL PASSES
Weekend Pass from $133 USD | €117 | £101 | 15990ISK
Day Pass from $91 USD | €80 | £69 | 10990ISK
Youth Pass (13-17) from $83 USD | €73 | £63 | 9990ISK
VIP Weekend Pass (18+) from $250 USD | €219 | £189 | 29990ISK
Oðinn Weekend Pass (18+) from $1254 USD | €1099 | £949 | 49990ISK
Kids Pass Free for children 12 years and under
Secret Solstice 2019 line-up
Robert Plant & the Sensational Space Shifters [UK]
Black Eyed Peas [US]
Martin Garrix [NL]
Rita Ora [UK]
Patti Smith and Band [US]
Morcheeba [UK]
Foreign Beggars [UK]
Pussy Riot [RU]
Kerri Chandler [US]
Marc Kinchen (MK) [US]
Mr. G (LIVE) [UK]
Jeremy Underground [FR]
Boy Pablo [NO]
Smash TV [DE]
Högni [IS]
ALXJ [DE]
Ari Árelíus [IS]
Ása [IS]
Árstíðir [IS]
Auður [IS]
Bensol [IS]
Birgir Hákon [IS]
*Birnir [IS]
Captain Syrup [IS]
Carla Rose [IS]
Chris Hirose [DE]
Clint Stewart [US]
ClubDub [IS]
Dilivius Lenni [DE]
Doctor Victor [IS]
Exos [IS]
Floni [IS]
Hatari [IS]
Grúska Babúska [IS]
Ingi Bauer [IS]
Joey Christ [IS]
Jóhann Stone [IS]
JóiPé & Króli [IS]
KrBear [IS]
Logi Pedro [IS]
Mike The Jacket [IS]
Monello [DE]
Nitin [CA]
Oktav DJ [IS]
Pink Street Boys [IS]
Ragga Holm [IS]
Ricoshëi [US]
Rokky [IS]
Skaði [IS]
Séra Bjössi [IS]
Sólstafir [IS]
Sprite Zero Klan [IS]
Sturla Atlas [IS]
Svala [IS]
Una Stef [IS]
Vibes [IS]
The Vintage Caravan [IS]
Vök [IS]
Vom Feisten [DE]
Warmland [IS]
+more to be announced
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
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WESTWAY LAB 2019 - Artist Residencies
Westway LAB, now in its sixth year, invites eight musicians from different parts of the world for a week-long artistic residency. The festival puts together the artists in pairs and each duo presents the result of their work at the end of the week, in a showcase at the Café Concerto of the Centro Cultural Vila Flor. This year Westway LAB is excited to host the Portuguese musicians Beatriz Nunes, João Pascoal, of The Happy Mess, Sofia Ribeiro (Lince), Pedro Ribeiro (Captain Boy); the Venezuelan singer, Yosune, who lives in Porto; Italian singer-songwriter, Violetta Zironi; Slovakian indie-pop creator, Mickey, duo based in Austria; and the Canadian pop-rock band, the Tribe Royal.
At the end of the week in the Candoso Creation Centre, the eight musicians will present the results of their collaboration during
Artist Residency Showcases
QUARTA 10 APRIL, 22H30
Yosune (PT) + Tribe Royal (CA)
Captain Boy (PT) + Violetta Zironi (IT)
QUINTA 11 APRIL, 22H30
João Pascoal (PT) + Lince (PT)
Beatriz Nunes (PT) + Mickey (AT)
As well as the artist residencies Westway LAB combines in an innovative way the realization of an event based with three dimensions: Process (artist residencies), Thought (PRO Conferences) and Product (showcases and headline concerts) across 4 days from 10th to 13th of April in Guimarães. Founded in 2014 with a clear mission: to operate a cultural, social and economic transformation through music, crossing borders enabling the construction of sustainable internationalization of artists and professionals from Portugal.
Since its inception, Westway LAB has always had a strong sense of collaborating internationally and this year the event will realise this by presenting Canada as the spotlight country. On April 12th, the Canadian representation at the Westway LAB 2019 will be fueled by folk territory, which intersects with pop in compositions for female voices by singer-songwriters Sarah MacDougall and Megan Nash and the trio of boys The East Pointers. The music of the duo Les Deuxluxes will be more electrified and will make rock its strength, whereas the band Tribe Royal bases its music in the pop-rock.
On the same night, and
Similarly, the European networks (ETEP and INES) in which the festival is integrated contribute decisively to the important architecture of relationships that are propagated by bringing cultural and economic value to this particular ecosystem. This is the case of the Dutch musician Jacco Gardner who brings to Westway LAB his latest album, "Somnium", in what will be the opening concert of the festival (10 April), as well as the Italian singer-songwriter Violetta Zironi, who promises a performance where the guitar will need little more company than its powerful voice (April 11).
With the Vila Flor Cultural Centre as a base of operations, the 6th edition of the event will once again be spread to various places in the city, through the city showcases that will transform Guimarães into a great stage, taken by artists and the public, who intertwine with magic from music. During the afternoon of Saturday, April 13, it will be possible to listen to the indie-pop of Mickey, a Slovak based in Austria, the American pop of Swedish influences Elin Namnieks or the indie-rock of Izzy and the Black Trees, of Poland, three projects that are part of the selection of the INES network for 2019. From Greece comes the multi-instrumentalist and composer Theodore. The national performance is well delivered to Holy Nothing, one of the most promising national bands, creating the frontier between electronic and post-rock, as well as guitarist Francisco Sales, singer Beatriz Nunes and rock-dirty quartet Smartini.
On the last night of the festival, the music spread by the CCVF in a great celebration. Through a general pass, for the value of 20 euros, it will be possible to attend the concerts of The Black Mamba, Tashi Wada Group feat. Julia Holter, Batida
Artist Line Up (A-Z)
Beatriz Nunes (PT), Captain Boy (PT), Elin Namnieks (SE), Francisco Sales (PT),Holy Nothing (PT), Izzy and the Black Trees (PL), Jacco Gardner (NL), João Pascoal, Happy Mess (PT), Julia Holter (US), Les Deuxluxes (CA), Marta Pereira da Costa (PT), Megan Nash (CA), Mickey (AT), Mister Roland (PT), Neev (PT), Paraguaii (PT), Sarah MacDougall (CA), Smartini (PT), Tashi Wada Group feat. Batida apresenta: The Almost Perfect DJ (PT), The Black Mamba (PT), The East Pointers (CA), Theodore (GR), Tribe Royal (CA), Vaarwell (PT), Violetta Zironi (IT), Whales (PT), Yosune (VE)
More info and tickets here: https://westwaylabfestival.com/
WESTWAY LAB - PRO Conference 2019
For the upcoming 6th edition of Westway LAB, Portugal’s first showcase festival & conference expands its three main conference streams, Westway PRO, INES Sessions and the WHY Portugal Event through the addition of a central Westway LAB Lounge, a permanent networking lounge open throughout the event, offering registered delegates a space dedicated to their formal & informal networking, besides the conferences, roundtables and panels. An environment that constitutes another step forward, as the LAB monicker does not apply exclusively to the Artist Residencies: Westway is also a LABoratory for new projects, new ideas, new partnerships and new horizons. From Westway LAB’s first edition, back in 2014, to the present, this has always been an intrinsic part of the Westway DNA.
As such, in
addition to the above-mentioned three conference streams, the Westway PRO, INES PRO and WHY Portugal Event, the on-going
partnership with AMAEI, the
Portuguese Independent Music Trade Association brings to Guimarães a new
European project, Europe in Synch: a
Music Moves Europe preparatory action of “Training
of Young Professionals”. It is also
fitting in that the idea for the project was born at Westway LAB, precisely two
years ago.
Furthermore, the
partnership with the GDA Foundation
also affirms, this year, the dedication of the GDA Foundation in utilizing technologies
as tools for music circulation. The GDA panel will thus present us with two
Portuguese home-grown platforms seeking new solutions to this age-old
challenge: how to tour more. Finally, through a new partnership with Audiogest, the phonogram producers
society, we are happy to feature a Portuguese
Keynote speaker and “State of the
Art of the Portuguese Industry” roundtable, as well as host not just the
second edition of the WHY Portugal Event, run by Portugal’s export office for
music, but also a meeting of EMEE -
European Music Exporters Exchange, bringing 28 European Export Offices to
Portugal.
Full conference programme and registrations here: https://www.eventbrite.pt/e/bilhetes-westway-lab-pro-music-conference-2019-50355372274
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
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Solomun brings his famous "+1" Ibiza party to EXIT Festival with special guests Tale of Us!
Last summer, global music juggernaut EXIT Festival displayed a true “Arenamagedon” in the colossal trenches of its spectacular stage
After Carl Cox announced his return to one of the planet’s greatest open-air raves, he was quickly joined by Paul Kalkbrenner, Amelie Lens, Maceo Plex, Jeff Mills, Charlotte de Witte, Boris Brejcha, Peggy Gou, Dax J, Monika Kruse, Adriatique, Satori, Johannes Brecht and many others. This “galactic” team of the greatest electronic stars of today will be completed by none other than
Solomun brings his +1 to EXIT 2019 with Tale of Us: https://youtu.be/uPv55EMAzfU
During each week of the four-month summer season on Ibiza, Solomun personally picks one guest to share the DJ stand with him at the Pacha club for the whole night. This party series has seen monumental success, with Mladen’s list of guests including Sven Vath, Dixon, Black Coffee, DJ Tennis, and many other artists including Belgrade very own Vladimir Ivković! At the finale of its annual Ibiza season, Solomun invites Tale of Us, but also plays at the closing of their “Afterlife” series, causing many to dub this “back2back” as the currently hottest at the Spanish island! The Italian duo is currently at the pinnacle of their successful career, with their last year’s performance at EXIT Festival having been received as one of the best sets in recent years. Karm and Mateo have conquered the clubbing scene with tracks such as “Another Earth“, "Northern Star", "Monument", and one of the most popular labels in the past few years.
Apart from locations such as Miami, New York, Paris, Tulum and of course, Ibiza, this exclusive map will include Novi Sad this year as well, as the home of EXIT festival, which
Special EXIT ticket offer: Buy 4, Get 5!
Don't forget that EXIT's favourite group offer is back: friends who buy four tickets together receive one ticket as a present! "4+1" offer will last until a very limited number of packages are sold out! EXIT tickets are available at exitfest.org, and for those who wish to bundle them with
EXIT Festival will be held 4-7 July 2019 at Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, while the always diverse line-up will include The Cure, Greta Van Fleet, Carl Cox, Skepta, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, DJ Snake,
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