DAVE CLARKE PRESENTS: WHIP IT WAVE – DOLLKRAUT BAND / COLDGEIST / JOB SIFRE E.A.
Dave Clarke returns to Melkweg for a special edition of his electro night. Whip It WAVE brings icy live performances and punk electronics to the intimate Upstairs.
Melkweg Upstairs
22:45 - 05:00
More info here: https://www.facebook.com/events/208333746697891/
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
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ESNS to focus on Switzerland in 2020
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) highlights the very best emerging acts from a different country every year, showcasing the diversity of musical talent across Europe. In cooperation with Swiss Music Export, ESNS is proud to announce the focus on Switzerland at ESNS 2020.
Jean Zuber of Swiss Music Export: “The Swiss music scene is thrilled to be the focus of ESNS 2020. For many years, Swiss acts have showcased in Groningen and quite a number of them started their international careers through ESNS and the ETEP programme.
Switzerland is not only home of a very active and creative artistic scene, it has the highest festival density in the world and a vivid independent record industry. Swiss Music Export will join forces with many music organisations in order to ensure a creative role for ESNS 2020. We can hardly remember a more creative and original era in Swiss music and we’re excited to showcase in Groningen next year.”
ESNS booker Robert Meijerink is proud to have Switzerland on board on its next edition. “Switzerland stands out for its cultural diversity with a very eclectic music scene which has been making waves over the past couple of years. Swiss acts can rely on a professional infrastructure when it comes to their live music venues and festivals. Besides this, key partners of ESNS such as Yourope and the European Broadcasting Union are based in Switzerland. A significant number of artists have been crossing European borders already. We can’t wait to get started with Swiss Music Export and their partners to work on ESNS 2020.”
Registrations for ESNS 2020, which takes place from January 15 - 18, 2020 are available from 12:00 hrs at a super early bird rate of €265 through our website.
Acts wishing to play ESNS 2020 will be able to submit an online application for a showcase at the festival from May 1 until September 1, 2019.
About ESNS
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the key exchange for emerging European music talent, with a proven track record of helping to break new acts on the international music scene, with now well-known names such as Alice Merton, Alma, Altin Gün, Boy, Cari Cari, Dua Lipa, Mario Batkovic, Sigrid, Sophie Hunger and Zeal & Ardor over the past couple of years and from this year’s line-up: Black Midi, Flohio, Fontaines D.C., girl in red, L’impératice, Manon Meurt, Mavi Phoenix, Pip Blom, Reykjavíkurdætur, SONS and Tamino.
The conference side of the event attracts more than 4,000 entertainment industry professionals from all sections of the industry, including representatives of over 400 European festivals. Each year, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases all over the city of Groningen as well as offering a comprehensive and focused conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities.
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Music PR | Event PR | Festival PR
Suede to Headline OFF Festival
Suede, one of the most important guitar bands of the 90s, is coming to the OFF Festival on the heels of their excellent album The Blue Hour. They’re joined by the Masecki Jazz Trio, playing music from the Cold War soundtrack and more, and Polish punk legends Dezerter, performing their cult debut record. And get ready for more metal, soul, rap, synth-pop and the best in music today.
Suede
In chronological terms, Suede is a Britpop band, and it’s often lumped in with that genre, but the group’s ambitions and potential have always far exceeded the average capabilities of that mass mobilization. A more apt comparison would be to the work of David Bowie. Suede is nearly as versatile and boasts one of the most charismatic frontmen of our times, Brett Anderson. If songs like “Beautiful Ones,” “Trash” and “So Young” weren’t part of your soundtrack to the 90s, then it probably means you were too young. But Suede isn’t coming to the OFF Festival as part of some sentimental blast from the past. After all, their recent LP, The Blue Hour, full of breathtaking, wonderful songs recorded with producer Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, U2, Ride, and more), was one of the best albums of last year. Or maybe even the best.
Trio Jazzowe Marcina Maseckiego
Marcin Masecki has performed at the OFF Festival several times—with Paristetris, Profesjonalizm, Warszawska Orkiestra Rozrywkowa, and alongside Jacek Sienkiewicz—so we’ll spare you the list of adjectives. You know all how “phenomenal” and “versatile” he is. There’s no other pianist like him—and we don’t just mean in Poland. Marcin returns this year as the leader of a jazz trio that also features bassist Piotr Domagalski and drummer Jerzy Rogiewicz. What makes this project so interesting is that the avant-garde Masecki has long shied away from jazz—a great musical tradition that he’s finally ready to face up to. The set will feature tracks from the soundtrack of Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War.
Superorganism
Their first hit was titled “Everybody Wants to Be Famous”—achievement unlocked. That’s one challenge Superorganism can check off their list. This indie-pop sensation invaded last year’s festival lineups and released their debut LP on Domino. With musicians hailing from the U.K., Japan, Australia and New Zealand, the merry eight-piece ensemble is one of the most international and colorful projects on the scene today, and the band’s music is equally eclectic and original. If their day at the OFF Festival is a rainy one (not to jinx it!), head on over to the Superorganism show: it’s always sunny where they’re playing.
The Body
No One Deserves Happiness is the title of the shocking yet beautiful 2016 album from The Body, and also a phrase that aptly describes the atmosphere of their music. It’s completely devoid of light, happiness and breath; it’s a kingdom of despair. The Body’s discography has since accumulated a few new releases, some of which are collaborations with other bands (they’ve put out albums with Full of Hell, Uniform, Thou and Krieg, among others). If there’s one thing you need to know about The Body, it’s this: there’s no realm too extreme for Chip King and Lee Buford to venture into, and there’s no experiment that the duo wouldn’t dare try. The Body inhabits the fringes of the metal scene, but it’s hard to find the right category to describe the group’s music—unless “terrifyingly good” is a genre.
OM
Think quasi-religious raptures, plodding, meditative tempos, and a psychedelic sound, but underpinned by a somber, doom-metal drive. The Californian trio OM is tough to pigeonhole or place in any specific music scene, but the supergroup’s lineup tells you a lot about their potential. Their frontman is singer/bassist Al Cisneros, who also heads up stoner/doom legends Sleep, joined by Emil Amos (of the cult act Holy Sons) on drums and Tyler Trotter (Phantom Family Halo, Watter) on keyboards. Get ready for a hypnotizing ritual.
IC3PEAK
The world learned of IC3PEAK last year, when the band’s tour became the target of a crackdown by the FSB and other Russian state agencies. Shows were canceled or faced last-minute relocations to other—often informal—venues, while concert promoters received threats, and the band members themselves were arrested. Unfazed by these efforts, Nastya and Nick continued performing to equally fearless—and increasingly large—audiences. What makes IC3PEAK noteworthy, however, isn’t just their musical dissident status in Russia, but also their art, which combines dark witchhouse sounds with underground hip-hop and the melancholy melodies of the East. The two have described their music as audiovisual terror, and not without good reason: this isn’t just something you listen to (like their excellent new album Сказка), it’s also something you watch. In fact, their brilliant, controversial videos are what drew the ire of the Russian authorities in the first place.
slowthai
A comment under one of his YouTube videos says everything you need to know about this artist: “Nobody has lyrics that capture Britain’s lower class anxiety like slowthai. Dude is a low-key messiah.” No wonder that when slowthai burst onto the scene, he drew comparisons to Sleaford Mods, The Streets and the early years of grime. But the first band are old men with problems of their own, no one’s heard from The Streets in a while now, and grime has become a cash cow for the music industry. That’s why Tyron Frampton, a.k.a. slowthai, is the premiere rap voice of the British streets. And he does not have good news for you...
Durand Jones & The Indications
Do the likes of Marvin Gaye and Gil Scott Heron have worthy successors today? It’s a tough challenge and a high bar to clear, but one possible candidate is Durand Jones, who sings straight from the heart. Jones started out performing gospel in Louisiana, before moving on to the University of Indiana, where he assembled a few exquisitely sharp-eared musicians to form the Indications. Their debut album was hailed as the greatest hope of American soul, while their forthcoming album American Love Call, slated for releases in March, only upholds the title. “Move and groove” is Jones’ motto, and by the looks of it, everything’s on the right track.
Jakuzi
Fantezi Müzik, Jakuzi’s 2016 debut album (actually a re-release on City Slang a year later), introduced the world to the thriving Turkish underground scene. The band’s style combines catchy, sweeping choruses with post-punk angst, but with an individual, characteristic flavor that’s unique to Jakuzi. The upcoming album Hata Payı, scheduled for release in April, is said to follow that theme into the darkness. We can’t wait to find out what that means.
Emerald
You’ve seen and heard her at the OFF Festival before. Emerald Rose Lewis joined M.I.A. on stage last year as a DJ and hype woman. Her mixes are well know to audiences of Rinse FM, i.e. anyone who tries to stay abreast of the latest news from the London club scene. Emerald’s specialties include 2-step, UK Funk, house and garage.
This year’s OFF Festival also features the previously announced acts: Aldous Harding, Neneh Cherry, Daughters, The Gaslamp Killer, Electric Wizard, The Comet Is Coming, Perfect Son, Phum Viphurit, Black Midi, Boogarins and Lebanon Hanover, as well as Bamba Pana & Makaveli, Loyle Carner, Lotic: Endless Power and SAMA’.
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 February 24 or until the first round of tickets is sold out! Campground tickets are also available for 80 PLN.
Festivals worth taking a flight for this summer
Whether it’s discovering new underground acts or indulging a travel buzz, music fans demand an extraordinary experience from festivals these days. A festival no longer means piling into a field for a weekend and accepting the meagre facilities on offer. More often it’s a wallet-friendly trip to a different European country, to combine music with local culture, nightlife, sightseeing and gastronomic delights. From partying in a 17th century Balkan fortress or an Icelandic glacier, to pool parties, beach raves or lakeside gigs, there’s something here for everyone. Make a music festival your holiday of a lifetime in 2019…
SEA STAR FESTIVAL - SUPERSTAR DJs AND MEDITERRANEAN POOL PARTIES IN CROATIA
May 24-25 | seastarfestival.com
Acts Announced: Sven Vath, Nina Kraviz,
Sea Star is another coastal dance extravaganza hatched by the experts behind EXIT, so it’s no surprise that it’s been nominated in the Best Medium Sized Festival category in this year’s European Festival Awards – less than two years after its first edition (it was also nominated for Best New Festival last year). Sea Star will return this year to the idyllic Stella Maris lagoon in Umag, Croatia on May 24 and 25, with special opening and closing parties on the 23rd and 26th. With over 70 artists on six stages, from local Balkan heroes to international superstars, Sea Star is an event with high production values in a stunning Mediterranean paradise. And if you need a time-out from dancing, Umag’s historical Baroque and Renaissance buildings and winding streets are a hive of quaint bars and restaurants. Still, it won’t be long before you’re drawn back to the lagoon with that 4/4 pulse nearby… Sea Star festival takes place from May 24-25, with an opening party on May 23 and a closing party on May 26.
SECRET SOLSTICE - GLACIER RAVES AND SURREAL MIDNIGHT SUNSHINE IN ICELAND
June 21-24 |
Acts announced: Black Eyed Peas, Robert Plant and the Sensational Spaceshifters, Martin Garrix, Rita Ora, Patti Smith, Morcheeba, The Sugarhill Gang with Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, Foreign Beggars, Pussy Riot, Kerri, Chandler, MK, Mr.G, Jeremy Underground, Boy Pablo, SMASH TV and many more.
Secret Solstice is all about unique experiences – the most obvious being the fact that the sun doesn’t set for the whole 96 hours, so get used to midnight pool parties in bright sunshine. As well as an eclectic line-up of US, European and local acts, Iceland’s premiere music festival is a bucket list party in the capital Reykjavik during the magical summer solstice. The carbon-neutral festival prides itself on using Iceland’s stunning natural spaces and rugged landscape as a backdrop – while the main stage hosts many of the blockbuster acts, you can literally have an underground vibe, at exclusive raves in a glacier and a 5,000-year-old lava tunnel. Back above ground, catch DJ sets in naturally heated lagoons or at boat parties in the midnight sunshine – and marvel at glistening waterfalls, black sand beaches, caves and vast volcanic fields on special day trips. Secret Solstice is celebrating its fifth anniversary, and 2019 is set to be its biggest edition yet.
EXIT FESTIVAL - PARTY IN A 17th CENTURY FORTRESS OVERLOOKING THE DANUBE IN SERBIA
July 4-7 | exitfest.org
Acts announced: The Cure, Amelie Lens, Boris Brejcha, Carl Cox, Charlotte De Witte, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Dj Snake, Greta Van Fleet, Jeff Mills, Lost Frequencies, Maceo Plex, Paul Kalkbrenner, Peggy Gou, Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals, Tom Walker, 65daysofstatic, Adriatique, Boston 168 Live, Dax J and many more.
For four days every summer, the 17th century Petrovaradin Fortress opens its gates for EXIT – the award-winning music festival in Serbia’s second city, Novi Sad. EXIT began in 2000 as a student protest fighting for political change, and over the years it’s grown into one of Europe’s biggest festivals, with [thousands] partying in the stunning citadel perched high on a cliff overlooking the River Danube. The positive activism remains in the air, and each year has a specific theme (it was ‘Freedom’ in 2018). EXIT has possibly the most diverse line-up of any European festival, with 20 outdoor stages that feature everything from death metal to pop, indie, reggae and techno – among cobbled paths, courtyards, grass verges, ramparts and underground tunnels. The Dance Arena is the festival’s energetic hub, with 20,000 raving in the fortress moat waiting for the awe-inspiring moment when the sun rises above the ancient walls. Many DJs say the Dance Arena is the greatest place in the world to play, and after Nina Kraviz closed EXIT 2018 with an extended set until 9am, she called it “one of the most special places on Earth”.
DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE – WHERE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE WHEN NO ONE CAN SEE YOU
July 5 – 7 July | rabbitresort.nl
Acts Announced: Editors, Janelle Monáe, Underworld, Thom Yorke - Tomorrow's Modern Boxes, Foals, Vampire Weekend, De Staat, Balthazar, dEUS plays The Ideal Crash, Grace Jones, Robyn, The Roots, Ronnie Flex &
OFF FESTIVAL - A VOYAGE OF UNDERGROUND DISCOVERY IN POLAND
August 2-4 | off-festival.pl
Acts Announced: Suede, Neneh Cherry, Aldous Harding, Superorganism, Perfect Son, Electric Wizard, The Gaslamp Killer, IC3PEAK, Daughters, Lotic: Endless Power, Lotic: Endless Power, The Body, Dezerter
OFF is a unique boutique festival that values experimentation and diversity above everything else – with founder and organiser Artur Rojek’s hands-on vision an inspiration to ambitious promoters and dreamers worldwide. OFF takes place in ‘Valley of Three Ponds’, Katowice – a beautiful green hideaway in the industrial Silesia region, with a huge choice of bars, restaurants and cultural centres to explore in the city close by. OFF ignores popular trends in favour of an expertly curated programme of esteemed artists – with the festival bringing many acts to Poland for the first time. It was created in 2006 as a way for Rojek to indulge his “dreams and passion for sharing music”, even if that means a black metal band can play next to a techno DJ, a post-punk act, avant-garde noise-rock, hip-hop, jazz, post-rock and beyond. From the greatest international underground heroes to essential forward-thinking Polish artists, OFF is an inspirational meeting of minds.
LOWLANDS - MUSIC, ART AND CULTURE CLASH AT THE DUTCH CAMPING PARADISE
August 16-18 | lowlands.nl
Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, The Prodigy, A$AP Rocky | Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, The National, New Order, Royal Blood, Anne-Marie, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, Giorgio Moroder, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Jon Hopkins, Jorja Smith, Paul Kalkbrenner, Ronnie Flex & Deuxperience
Agoria (live), Antal, Denzel Curry, FKJ, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Helena Hauff, Honey Dijon, Hunee, JOJI, JUNGLE, Jungle by Night, Mall Grab, Marcel Dettmann, MY BABY, Parcels, The Streets, Thomas Azier, Weval, Willem, Ziggy Marley and many more.
A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise is the Netherlands’ most prestigious music festival that’s been a rite of passage for the Dutch since 1993. It takes place in rural Biddinghuizen – only an hour away from Amsterdam, so there’s even a chance to add in a city break either side. It’s a true music, arts and culture weekender, featuring the world’s biggest headliners on the circuit, as well as installations, theatre, comedy, film, debates and even science workshops. Each of the uniquely designed stages are covered so you can party rain or shine, and the iconic ‘Armadillo’ area is the festival’s power station, quirky bars, DJ booths and artisan restaurant areas that surpass regular festival food stalls. The Dutch are world-renowned as expert festival organisers, and Lowlands is a perfect smooth operator, from the intuitive layout to the lack of queues for bars, food and bathrooms – with the best campsite facilities of all the big European festivals. It’s a proper lost weekend too – Lowlands doesn’t do day tickets, so once you arrive on the Thursday you’re on a journey with your fellow happy campers until Sunday. This vibe was picked up by 2018 headliner Nile Rodgers, who posted: “Lowlands was fire! This was an amazing f-ing crowd! Truly insane, and that’s how we like it!”
SEA DANCE FESTIVAL - PARTY ON THE STUNNING ADRIATIC COAST IN MONTENEGRO
August 30– September 1| seadancefestival.me
August 30– September 1| seadancefestival.meSEA DANCE FESTIVAL - PARTY ON THE STUNNING ADRIATIC COAST IN MONTENEGRO
Sea Dance in Montenegro is an extension of the EXIT family – a gold standard guarantee in the festival world. Like EXIT, Sea Dance is also an award-winner, and was voted Best Medium Sized Festival at the European Festival Awards after its first edition in 2014. The festival bottles some of the magic of EXIT’s dance stages and transports it to the alluring golden sand beach of Budva on the Adriatic coast, with narrow medieval streets just a short walk away. EXIT’s famous No Sleep Novi Sad stage is repackaged for Sea Dance, with over 100 performers shared around numerous other stages. Evan as a relatively new addition to the festival scene, Sea Dance already has reputation for securing the biggest names in electronic music. Montenegro was recently listed by Skyscanner as the number one cheap holiday destination, with mountain biking, hiking and watersports available for those with energy left after dancing all night to the world’s biggest DJs.
AMSTERDAM DANCE EVENT - IMMERSE YOURSELF IN ELECTRONIC MUSIC CULTURE
October 16 – 20 | amsterdam-dance-event.nl
Acts to be announced soon
Amsterdam is world famous as a hub for nightlife and electronic music, and every October it becomes the centre of the electronic music universe for five days during the Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE). Some 400,000 people hit the Dutch capital every year for ADE, which features more than 2,500 international artists performing in over 100 of Amsterdam’s most iconic venues including Melkweg, Gashouder, Claire, Shelter, Paradiso, the NDSM Docklands and De School. But it’s not simply a five-day rave – ADE offers an inspirational conference programme that covers all aspects of dance music culture and the industry. By day, across Amsterdam’s five main districts, there are dozens of seminars, workshops, exhibitions, artist interviews, feature and documentary screenings, DJ showcases and tech classes. Amsterdam Dance Event takes place over five days every October and is the ultimate festival for electronic music fans, who can even learn more about the culture between the parties.
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
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OCTAVE ONE TO DEBUT NEW AUDIO VISUAL PERFORMANCE
The CityFox Live is an electronic music festival to exclusively showcase, focus upon, and celebrate the art and craftsmanship of LIVE performances. So where better for once-in-a-generation pioneers Octave One to debut their latest masterpiece.
An all new Audio Visual performance from the brothers awaits those attending the Live/Electronic extravaganza on February 16th in Brooklyn.
Spanning three stages across Avant Gardner with a chill-out lounge Cityfox LIVE will feature new, never-before-experienced sets in their rawest and most organic form. It is because of this Lenny and Lawrence have chosen to do the first play of their new performance here.
Additionally, they have just announced that they will be attending the AVA FESTIVAL on March 15th (Printworks, London) where they will not only be showcasing the new performance but also doing an exclusive audience Q&A.
As always the guys are criss-crossing the globe, here is a quick look at what the next couple of months looks like...
February 2019
Sat 16 February´19 - Advant Gardner, New York City - USA
Sat 23 February´19 - Mind Club - Florence - Italy
March 2019
Sat 02 March ´19 - Metrodance, Alicante - Spain
Fri 15th March '19 - AVA FESTIVAL, Print Works, London - UK
Sat 16 March ´19 - L'Ostra Club, Nancy - France
Fri 29 March ´19 - Le Petit Salon, Lyon - France
Sat 30 March ´19 - Film Studio Kiev, Ukraine
April 2019
Thu 04 Apr´19 - Detroit Love @ Vujaday Music Festival - USA
Sun 21 Apr´19 - Paaspop Festival Schijndel - Netherlands
Fri 26 Apr´19 - Joshua Brooks, Manchester - UK
Sat 27 Apr ´19 - Tresor, Berlin - Germany
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Dutch Impact at ILMC presents Lewsberg, EUT and Canshaker Pi
The Dutch Impact Party is an annual highlight of the ILMC schedule, offering as it does a magical combination of food, booze and tunes.
With showcases from three of the hottest new musical exports from the low country, Lewsberg, EUT, and Canshaker Pi (scroll down for more info), come and join Dutch colleagues and the wider live music industry for a mesmerising evening at a Grade II-listed public house.
The Greyhound boasts a huge selection of cask ales, and with it being just a few minutes walk from the Royal Garden Hotel, you won’t even need to rev up your broomstick.
The Greyhound, 1 Kensington Square, Kensington, London, W8 5EP
18:45 - 21:30 | Wednesday 6 March 2019
Brought to you by: Dutch Music Export | Powered by Eurosonic Noorderslag, Dutch Performing Arts and Buma Cultuur | With the kind support of The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands
Invite only: email for guestlist
Lewsberg
Lewsberg are a four-piece rock group from Rotterdam, who take their name from writer and fellow Rotterdammer Robert Loesberg, famous for his dark and subversive 1974 novel Enige Defecten, which, with its theme of counterculture and big-city cynicism during the 1960s and 1970s, is a huge source of inspiration for the band.
After putting out The Downer ep and single Non-fiction Writer in 2017, Lewsberg released their self-titled debut full-length album in the Netherlands in 2018. Nine rudimentary and repetitive rock songs, full of a tough, nonchalant intensity. The English lyrics, delivered with a heavy Rotterdam accent, show a tendency towards existentialism and black humour. The album will be re-released worldwide in January 2019.
“Rotterdam Talking Heads/Television enthusiasts jut out with a riveting chugger of blase threat and moral ambivalence.” — MOJO
EUT
Bursting onto the independent music scene with a bold new attitude, Amsterdam’s EUT bring a fresh dose of energy to 1990s nostalgia. Drawing on influences from bands such as the Pixies, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blur, Weezer, Hole, Wilco and Beck, EUT met at art college in 2016 and haven’t looked back since. Fronted by charismatic whirlwind front woman Megan de Klerk, the band combines beautifully crafted songs with captivating melodies, catchy pop hooks and immediate lyrics on topics such as youthfulness and coming of age. Part of a local scene that includes breakout band Pip Blom (now signed to iconic British label Heavenly Recordings) EUT are at once dynamic and intriguing, without sounding too polished.
The band started to make waves internationally after playing packed shows at the latest editions of Reeperbahn Festival in Germany and Les Transmusicales in France. Their sparkling and stunning new indie-pop single Supplies was recently picked up by BBC Radio 1’s Jack Saunder’s as a ‘Next Wave’ track and is starting to build momentum on UK radio. EUT's debut album Fool For The Vibes will see a UK release later this year.
Canshaker Pi
“Canshaker Pi will blow the world away with their sound. They are loud, young and not too snotty. They play guitar rock. They don't sound like anything in the Portland Oregon high school system I can tell you that – confident, frustrated tunes beyond their years. Get in the way of these lads and sparks will fly for sure.” – Stephen Malkmus
Indeed, a Canshaker Pi show can be described as one big kamikaze run. The Amsterdam-based quartet's inflammable brand of indie rock is a gleeful but high-stakes affair. The first thing you notice about Canshaker Pi is how they relish puerile dicking about, albeit never just for the sake of just “dicking about.”
Beneath their fidgety, high-strung stage antics simmers a piercing intensity, one that perhaps comes with a creeping awareness that the days of being young, wild and free will eventually pass. Canshaker Pi frantically capitalise on their youthful zest with a relentless now-or-never stride.
EXIT festival gathers leading DJs for a massive Dance Arena blowout
Judging from previous years’ production, the spectacular Dance Arena stage at the globally acclaimed EXIT Festival will once more push the envelope. Carl Cox already confirmed his return to one of the greatest electronic music stages in the world, and now other leading headliners of today will join him in Serbia on the first weekend of July. Even with more names to come in the following weeks, EXIT seems to be gathering its strongest techno and house lineup at the colossal Arena! It will feature a 2-hour live set by one of the greatest techno producers, the Berliner who packs up stadiums with ease – Paul Kalkbrenner! His live set in front of half a million people at Brandenburg Gate in 2014 is now firmly a part of the music history. Electronic heavyweights will share ranks with new age heroines Amelie Lens and Charlotte de Witte, who have gone a long way since their teenage days in Belgium. Thanks to their true love of music and playing numerous sold out shows around the planet, they both became global superstars and a unique phenomenon of today's music!
EXIT Dance Arena 2019 - The biggest year ever: https://youtu.be/pzaEvJhhu-8
Also joining the bill will be Detroit's virtuoso Jeff Mills with his signature futuristic techno sound in the setting of the magnificent Petrovaradin Fortress, where one of the Europe's major festivals is held each summer. The great Maceo Plex, an ultimate headliner of the greatest festivals and a producer of impeccable sound who singlehandedly changed electronic music and erased genre divisions, is also arriving to one of his favorite stages. Nowadays, as almost a resident at the Serbian festival, he once told in a documentary about the Dance Arena, how he used to wonder whether he will play at EXIT! Another superhero who looks forward to Arena is Boris Brejcha, a German producer with his recognizable “joker” mask, who created his own sound dubbed the “high tech minimal” which has since become one of the most popular styles. For the first time ever, the overwhelming sight of EXIT's Dance Arena will fall in hands of Peggy Gou, the rising Korean star whose music selection and the sheer feeling for the floor many consder to be nothing short of sensational while her single "Itgehane" marked the last year in the eyes of critics and fans alike.
But perhaps the most emotional debut this year’s Arena will be that one of Dax J, who holds some of the loudest accolades from the fans worldwide, together with all the leading media and the biggest festivals. He will be marking exactly 10 years after he has won EXIT's DJ competition as an anonymous artist back in 2009 which then got him his first EXIT performance at one of the festival's smallest stages! Another strong debut at the Arena goes to powerful Monika Kruse, a German techno boss who runs one of the most important record labels in the world – Terminal M. After numerous demands and at a time when they are on top of their game, the popular tandem Adriatique will be making their way to the trenches of the Petrovaradin Fortress, followed by the two rising stars and one of the most exciting live acts of the moment, Johannes Brecht and Satori!
Coinciding with the rise of the regional scene, the strongest resident lineup this year comes from the top of charts, standing shoulder to shoulder with the headliners! Among them are the No.1 regional duo, Mladen Tomic and Sinisa Tamamovic, top selling producers from Bosnia, as well as the Serbian local hero, Ilija Djokovic, whose hit single “Atom” is at the Beatport's top spot right now! Croatian producer Lawrence Klein and Bosnian DJ Forniva, as well as the Serbian tandem Miloš Vujović and Ranchatek whose music is published by Carl Cox, will be bringing more powerful b2b sets! Arena will receive an influx of fresh local faces too, such as Runy and Coeus, whose production is played by the Tale of Us and many other top acts!
Second release EXIT tickets almost gone!
EXIT tickets can be found at exitfest.org, and for those who wish to bundle them with accommodation and local transfer, there are also packages from €135. The default accommodation is the festival camp which is located on a sand beach in Novi Sad, next to the river Danube, while hotels can be booked through EXIT’s official tourist agency at exittrip.org.
EXIT Festival will be held 4-7 July 2019 at Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia and the first phase lineup already includes The Cure, Greta Van Fleet, Carl Cox, Paul Kalkbrenner, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Phil Anselmo & The Illegals, Sofi Tukker, Jeff Mills, Amelie Lens, Charlotte de Witte, Maceo Plex, Boris Brejcha, Dax J, Peggy Gou, Monika Kruse, Tarja, The Selecter, Peter and the Test Tube Babies, Adriatique, Johannes Brecht, Satori and many more to be announced in the weeks ahead.
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Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Lowlands Festival drops the first wave of acts for 2019
A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise 2019
16th - 18th August 2018
www.lowlands.nl/english
Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, The Prodigy, A$AP Rocky Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, The National, New Order, Royal Blood, Anne-Marie, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Jon Hopkins and many more!
‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ drops the first wave of acts for their 27th edition with an impressive selection of artists covering a wide range of genres with something for everyone. Ticket sales start Saturday 2nd February at 11:00 CET via Ticketmaster.
Taking place from 16 to 18 August at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen, A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise is Hollands biggest most adventurous cultural outdoor event, that maintains an intimate vibe and friendly atmosphere as a township with thousands of inhabitants arises in the middle of the country for the festival.
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 all covered 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!
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Lineup
Tame Impala, Twenty One Pilots, The Prodigy, A$AP Rocky | Anderson .Paak & The Free Nationals, The National, New Order, Royal Blood
Anne-Marie, Billie Eilish, Franz Ferdinand, Giorgio Moroder, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, Jon Hopkins, Jorja Smith, Paul Kalkbrenner, Ronnie Flex & Deuxperience
Agoria (live), Antal, Denzel Curry, FKJ, Frank Turner and the Sleeping Souls, Helena Hauff, Honey Dijon, Hunee, JOJI, JUNGLE, Jungle by Night, Mall Grab, Marcel Dettmann, MY BABY, Parcels, The Streets, Thomas Azier, Weval, Willem, Ziggy Marley
Boy Pablo, The Chats, Code Orange, Courtesy, Denis Sulta, Dimension, Dub Inc, I Don't, Know How But They Found Me, IDLES, Marc Rebillet, Moonlight Benjamin, POND, Slaves, This is LOVSKI, Two Feet, Whitney
More acts will be announced soon with over 250 acts in total performing at this years event.
Tickets
The ticket sales start Saturday 2 February at 11:00. Tickets available via Ticketmaster (and include festival entry, camping + shuttle bus from / to railway station or Dronten Lelystad.. 3 days tickets from 200 Euros available at www.lowlands.nl/english
Camping and Glamping
Your festival ticket includes camping at the seven luxury campsites with flushable toilets and hot showers. There are also plenty of affordable camping and gllamping options from basic tent packages to teepees, wooden huts or caravans. Perfect if you don’t want to carry all your camping gear with you and for a stress free festival experience Book now here: http://gllamcamp.nl/en
Connect
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OFF Festival Katowice 2019: The Power of the Individual
From Aldous Harding and Neneh Cherry to Electric Wizard and Lotic: Endless Power: As always, individuals, talented madmen, and creative outsiders are the driving force behind the OFF Festival.
This year’s OFF Festival also features the previously announced acts: Daughters, The Gaslamp Killer, The Comet Is Coming, Perfect Son, Boogarins, Lebanon Hanover, and Bamba Pana & Makaveli.
Newly announced artists....
Aldous Harding
This is an invitation to a party. But Harding’s Party, one of the most beautiful and riveting albums of 2017, is more of a folk-tuned meditation than a crazy night of dancing. It’s an intimate journey into the self, a search for answers to the most challenging questions about life and death. The New Zealand-based singer is now putting the finishing touches on her third release, this one produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Sparklehorse), so we’re sure to hear the next chapter of her enthralling story this summer in Katowice.
Neneh Cherry
Neneh Cherry reigned the charts in the 1990s (who could forget “7 Seconds”?), and after a prolonged, near-twenty-year hiatus as a solo artist, she returned with a whole new artistic concept. She remains a wonderful vocalist and a keen observer, ready to dish out uncompromising critiques of a world that is veering dangerously off course. Just listen to last year’s excellent release Broken Politics, an ostensibly quiet album that’s nevertheless streaked with anxiety and darkness. Produced by Four Tet (who is joined on one track by Massive Attack’s Robert Del Naja), the LP is sure to win the approval of fans of trip-hop and Gil Scott Heron alike.
Electric Wizard
If Hammer Films’ horror movies had a musical equivalent, it would be the British doom/stoner scene, a natural descendent of Black Sabbath, but with few of Tony and Ozzy’s apprentices in its ranks today. The school’s notable alumni undoubtedly include Electric Wizard, a Dorset quartet that has spent the past quarter century steeped in distortion, reverb, mystical incantations, and clouds of smoke. Whether they play tracks off of their now-legendary album Dopethrone or more their recent work on Wizard Blood Wizard, there’s only one possible excuse for not headbanging at this show: you’ve been decapitated by Electric Wizard’s massive sound.
Loyle Carner
“Being a rapper is wicked—it means I can have ADHD and make money, something not everybody gets to do,” Loyle Carner told the Guardian, and he wasn’t kidding. After years of learning to manage his condition with therapy, he now takes solace in cooking (his kitchen skills are so good that he runs his own cookery school) and music. And he’s enjoying increasing success in the latter: his debut album Yesterday’s Gone (2017) was nominated for a Mercury Prize, a Brit Award, and an NME Award. This year, look forward to new tracks by the British rapper and a live performance in Katowice.
Lotic: Endless Power
An American by birth but a Berliner by choice, J’Kerian Morgan, aka Lotic, aka Lotic: Endless Power is among the most unique figures on the electronic dance music scene today. One Pitchfork reviewer managed to capture the essence of his sound perfectly, describing it as “balanc[ing] on the edge between agony and ecstasy, sweetness and malevolence.” After a series of underground releases on such respected labels as Janus Berlin, #FEELINGS, and Sci Fi & Fantasy, in 2018 the producer debuted with the full-length album Power, released by Tri Angle (home to The Haxan Cloak and Forest Swords). Uniquely absorbing and original, the record is unlike any LP released in 2018. Lotic: Endless Power is currently preparing a special showcase of his new material in cooperation with the visual artist Emmanuel Biard and the fashion designer Chaz Aracil.
Phum Viphurit
Born in Thailand and raised in New Zealand, Phum Viphurit is, in musical terms, a global citizen, one whom many see as a worthy competitor to Mac DeMarco. His specialty is the emotional or happy folk balled, though he’s no stranger to soul-style zeal and the occasional alternative extravagance. Whatever the mood, Phum is invariably convincing and charming, and he proves as much on his debut record Manchild and the single “Lover Boy,” the teaser for his his upcoming sophomore LP.
Black Midi
Little is known about Black Midi aside from the fact that they’re from London and that they’re considered among the hottest live acts in the UK—a reputation they earned by blowing festival audience’s minds at The Great Escape, Eurosonic, and SXSW. This is the kind of math/noise rock that unwavering evangelists of the guitar band have been waiting for. Not since This Heat has an act combined progressive rock and punk this perfectly.
SAMA’
Who plays techno in Palestine? Well, Sama Abdulhadi, for one. The DJ, producer, and promoter has been throwing electronic music parties in Ramallah for well over a decade. Her name and artistic pseudonym is the Arabic word for “heaven.” And it does look like the heavens have blessed her activity, because SAMA’ has performed everywhere from the UK to Egypt and Paris, all while working on her own original productions.
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 290 PLN. This price lasts until February 24 or until the first round of tickets is sold out! Campground tickets are also available for 80 PLN.
Lost Frequencies and Tom Walker confirmed for EXIT Festival
Some of the hottest and the most acclaimed acts in music will be arriving to the Petrovaradin Fortress for the next edition of the EXIT Festival in Novi Sad, Serbia, July 4th to 7th, including The Cure, Greta Van Fleet, Carl Cox, Phil Anselmo, as well Sofi Tukker, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike and many others. They will be joined by the chart toppers, dance wizzard Lost Frequencies and the indie rocker who owns one of the greatest hits of 2018, “Leave a Light On”, the man with stardust in his footsteps, Tom Walker! EXIT Main Stage will also welcome Belgian electronic tandem, Two Pauz, whose tracks received the seal of approval from Lost Frequencies and Martin Garrix! https://youtu.be/drT2sMtFCHI
An outstanding hitmaking master, the Belgian superstar Lost Frequencies is coming to Exit’s Main Stage! His tracks, such as “Are you with me” and “Reality”, numbering Youtube views in hundreds of millions, have conquered the tops of the most important European charts, while “Are you with me” went diamond in Germany! After shaking up the audiences at numerous festivals around Europe, including the Sea Dance festival last summer, the DJ born under the name of Felix De Laet is coming back to this year’s EXIT with some contagious tracks, including the summer hit collaboration “Melody” with the talented James Blunt, receiving almost 100 million YouTube views, as well as the new version of the popular song from the end of the last century, “What is Love”, which thrilled even its original performers! Although only 25 years old, Lost Frequencies built a respectable career, among other things due to the fact that the festival giant Tomorrowland has let him host his own stage for four years in a row, dubbed the Lost Frequencies & Friends Stage!
Tom Walker, born and bread in Scotland, gained instant stardom when he published his internationally acclaimed “Leave a Light On” which sold an incredible 2 million copies around the world and hit Number One in numerous countries, and it has been streamed 300 million times so far. Apart from going platinum in several countries, this track launched Walker’s popularity in the United States, where his name reached top charts and popular TV shows. His skill was recognized at the BRIT Awards as well, where he is nominated for the Best British single, as well as the Best New Artist. EXIT Festival audience will have the opportunity to listen to his tracks such as “Just You and I“, “Fly Away With Me“, „Angels“, as well as the cooperation with the energetic Rudimental, “Walk Alone“. We are impatiently waiting for his debut album “What A Time To Be Alive“, announced for March, where he collaborated with producers who have supported global stars such as Adelle, Arctic Monkeys, Ed Sheeran and Years&Years.
Two Pauz, the duo from Brussels, will bring their own mix of melodic and strong electronic sound that makes them unique. Apart from “Space”, a deep house track published via Martin Garrix’s label STMPD, Two Pauz did a remix for Lost Frequencies’ hit “Melody” alongside names such as Ofenbach, giving us a unique new song twist.
EXIT tickets are available at exitfest.org, and for those who wish to bundle them with accomodation and local transfer, there are also packages starting at €135. Default accommodation is the festival camp located on the city beach, while hotels can be booked through EXIT's official tourist agency at exittrip.org.
EXIT Festival will be held 4-7 July 2019 at Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia and the first acts have already been announced, including The Cure, Carl Cox, Greta Van Fleet, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Lost Frequencies, Tom Walker, Phil Anselmo & The Illegals, Sofi Tukker, 65daysofstatic, Tarja, The Selecter, Atheist Rap, as well as guitar heroes Arcturus, Entombed A.D, Peter and the Test Tube Babies and Total Chaos.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk