UK stations line-up for International Radio Festival
BBC Radio 1, BBC 1Xtra, Jazz FM, MiSoul, Fun Kids, United DJs, Hits Radio and Flex FM are just some of the radio stations taking part in the International Radio Festival in Malta this year.
They’ll be broadcasting live from the Piazza D’Armi in Valletta, reaching over 100 million potential listeners around the globe.
Now in its 9th year, this international broadcasting event represents the first and only global conference to debate and showcase the business, production and curation of the world’s most consumed medium – audio/radio content.
The IRF’s unique conference format presents industry leaders from the world of broadcasting and audio production and features more than 30 international radio stations broadcasting their programmes live-on-air across Malta and the International Radio Festival DAB+ channel and also to their peers and home audiences, reaching over 100 million listeners around the globe.
Radio stations taking part in this year’s event include Bay Radio, Vibe FM, XFM and Magic FM from the host country Malta alongside international stations Ego FM (DE), Le Mouv (FR), M20 (IT), Teenage Radio Immaginaria (IT), Kasheme – Lounge (CH), LikeFM (RU), Radyo 2 -TRT FM (TU), Ibiza Sonica (ES), Kronenhit Radio (AT), IFM (TU), 102FM Tel Aviv (IL), The Big Time (USA), Pride Radio (USA), Kiss FM (AU), Love Radio (CN), plus Sound of India Contest winner RJ Devanki and Mixcloud online radio award winners Dublin Digital Radio (IE) who won ‘Best Online Radio Station’ and Pinata FM (FR) who won ‘Rising Star’ – Listeners Choice award.
IRF Festival Director Darryl von Däniken says: “We are delighted to be heading towards music-island Malta, producing the 9th edition of the IRF midst the historic Piazza D’Armi in Valletta, this year’s EU Capital City of Culture, which is more than apt as the IRF represents the world’s leading broadcasting cultural exchange showcasing ’radio’ nationalities such as India, UK, France, Russia, Turkey, USA and China.”
As well as the live radio broadcasts The Malta edition of the International Radio Festival’s B2B Forum takes place at the historic Mediterranean Conference Centre on 1st November.
BBC R&D’s Executive Producer Nicky Birch will cover developments in voice-first audio formats, while international radio consultant John Simons will lead a panel on the rise of niche radio services from rock to jazz.
James Keen, the newly-appointed Station Director for Channel 103 and Island FM in the Channel Islands, will talk with Andrew Zammit from Malta’s ‘number one hit music station’ 89.7 Bay, about the benefits and challenges of targeting a small island-based audience.
The Conference will also include a celebration of ten years of the UK’s Absolute Radio, with its Content Director, Paul Sylvester; and a look at how audio services are re-inventing radio from Xanthe Fuller, Head of Community at Mixcloud.
Martyn Ware – founder of The Human League and Heaven 17, with a 40-year career as a leading record producer – will be talking about his work past and present, including designing and composing ground-breaking 3D-soundscapes.
The use of Blockchain technology in the audio world will be explored at the International Radio Festival’s Audio Conference in Malta. Led by Cliff Fluet, a digital lawyer from London-based law firm Lewis Silkin, the session will lead the way in the exploring how blockchain can benefit the radio industry.
Find out more about all the radio stations and shows here: https://www.internationalradiofestival.com/
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublciity.co.uk
The Cure Will Headline Award-Winning EXIT Festival in Serbia
After they sold out Hyde Park for 65,000 music fans this year, The Cure are set to perform one of the most anticipated tours of 2019. They will be headlining some of the biggest European music festivals to celebrate 40 years of the band's outstanding work. Leader of this iconic group, Robert Smith has personally picked the renowned EXIT Festival, voted twice as the Best Major European Festival in the last five years, as one of their dates, and The Cure's first appearance in Serbia is scheduled for the festival's opening on July 4th! This already being a tour of a few carefully selected events, it's expected that the tickets for their shows will be the most in-demand of 2019. Such was the case just recently in Ireland, where tickets for their Malahide Castle festival show were sold out in a matter of hours.
The Cure are the first act confirmed for EXIT festival, that will take place at the magical 18th century Petrovaradin Fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia from 4th to 7th July 2019. Emerged from the massive student protest back in 2000, each year, EXIT showcases most diverse music program - from rock to punk, hip-hop, and best electronic music. The acclaimed Serbian festival boasts a very diverse lineup with 40+ stages and zones in moats, trenches and even tunnels, while it has been headlined so far by The Killers, Arctic Monkeys, Guns'N'Roses, Sex Pistols, Grace Jones, David Guetta, Migos, Snoop Dogg, Arcade Fire, Fever Ray, Carl Cox, Richie Hawtin, Nina Kraviz and Paul Kalkbrenner, to name but a few. Apart from stellar line-ups and impressive production, the Serbian festival also offers quite affordable tickets, so it should be no surprise that this show is going to be extremely popular among festival goers who are already booking their next festival summer.
Watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2e8tWh2jLUQ&feature=youtu.be
The Cure are known for great live shows, and their timeless spirit fascinates international media – The Guardian describes them as the band who “maintained their integrity” and which “tore through the 80s the way the Beatles rushed through the 60s, or Bowie the 70s: wildly prolific, constantly changing”. After receiving "Godlike Genius Award" from NME in 2009, the magazine described the show in Hyde Park as "pure perfection”, going on to say that the band is entering their prime years. Rolling Stone described their recent London appearance as having “an intimacy that’s rare for shows of this size". Whether they play at festivals or not, The Cure set list stretches through their entire career, making their shows last from two to three hours, with everlasting hits like "Boys Don't Cry”, “Lovesong" and "Friday I'm in Love” being mixed in with more atmospheric classics such as “A Forest”, “From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea” and “Disintegration”.
Uniting post-punk, pop, gothic, indie and alternative rock to create a sound that is uniquely their own, during four decades of existence The Cure - for the past seven years comprising Robert Smith, Simon Gallup, Jason Cooper, Roger O’Donnell and Reeves Gabrels - have produced 13 studio albums, 40 singles, played 1,500 concerts, and are now teasing the release of a new record. A unique phenomenon on the music scene, they have influenced such diverse talents as Adele, Manic Street Preachers, Deftones, Massive Attack, Nine Inch Nails, Rihanna, The Smashing Pumpkins and Mogwai among a myriad of other performers performing in genres light years away from their own.
They started playing pubs and clubs in and around south London in the early days of punk, and they were known for their uncompromising attitude. Their first record label boss, shocked by the music they played to him, said: “No-one on earth will like these songs!” He was obviously wrong, because during their career The Cure have sold many millions, winning numerous music awards, such as the NME “Godlike Genius” award, several MTV awards, two prestigious BRIT awards and two Grammy nominations! Songs by The Cure are an essential part of the soundtracks for some of the most iconic movies in modern culture, such as The Crow, Underworld, Judge Dredd, 50 First Dates, Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist and many many others, while Vogue, Highsnobiety and other respected fashion sources often mention Robert Smith, with his wild black hair, smudged red lipstick and smeared eyeliner, as an immortal fashion inspiration. Aside from his style and voice, Smith’s taste and word are highly respected in the world of culture, as evidenced by the fact that he was invited to act as the 2018 curator of the famous London Southbank Meltdown festival, joining a list of eminent predecessors that include the immortal David Bowie and the internationally acclaimed artist Yoko Ono.
Ticket Sales
General ticket sale for EXIT starts on October 23rd via exitfest.org.
Four-day tickets will be available for 99 EUR +b/f and daily tickets for the first day of the festival when The Cure is performing (4 July) will be available at 29 EUR +b/f for general entrance, 39 EUR +b/f for the fan pit and 100 EUR +b/f for GOLD VIP.
The official tourist agency of the festival, exittrip.org will offer tourist packages containing tickets, as well as accommodation and transport options!
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
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ESNS confirms another twenty one acts for Eurosonic
The festival announces twenty-one more acts for Eurosonic. 5K HD (at), Bülow (de), Die Wilde Jagd (de), Haerts (de), Hilary Woods (ie), Iris Gold (dk), Kompromat (fr), Lafawndah (fr), Nova Materia (fr), Nova Twins (gb), Octavian (gb), Solo Ansamblis (lt), Sons (be), The Holy (fi), Une Misère (is), Violetta Zironi (it), ViVii (se) and Vulpynes (ie) will be playing in Groningen next January. In collaboration with the European Broadcasting Union ESNS also announces girl in red (no), Hellwana (cz) and Lion (gb) to play at the festival, respectively selected by NRK/P3, CR / RADIO WAVE and BBC Music. ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) will go on sale Friday October 19 at 10:00 hrs via esns.nl.
ESNS previously announced 29 up-and-coming European artists for Eurosonic and nine Dutch acts for Noorderslag. More to be announced in the coming months. The festival, with showcases by around 350 acts from Europe, takes place in the city of Groningen, the Netherlands, from January 16 - 19, 2019.
Previously confirmed for Eurosonic: Any Other (it), Apey & the Pea (hu), Bass Astral x Igo (pl), Battle Beast (fi), blackwave. (be), Boy Azooga (gb), Crimer (ch), Delaporte (es), Eli (de), Fleche Love (ch), Fontaines D.C. (ie), Gurr (de), Hatari (is), Holy Motors (ee), Isama Zing (sk), Keep Razors Sharp (pt), MAiKA (rs), Mavi Phoenix (at), Moha La Squale (fr), Napoleon Gold (lu), Noah Carter (dk), Rimon (nl), Ruth Koleva & The Fingertones (bg), San Holo (nl), Sarah Klang (se), Sonnfjord (be), Tatum Rush (ch), Torul (si), and Very Cool People (lv).
Noorderslag confirmations: Rondé, Jeangu Macrooy, Donna Blue, Feng Suave, Jiri11, Kita Menari, Marlene Bakker, Nona and Young Ellens (all from the Netherlands).
TICKETS AND REGISTRATIONS
While the pre-sale for the festival will start on October 19, registrations for the ESNS conference are currently available via esns.nl. The deadline to register for the late rate is on December 7.
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 its first ever dual-country focus on the Czech Republic and Slovakia, ESNS stages more than 350 showcases alongside offering a full conference programme of around 150 panels and keynotes, alongside multiple networking opportunities and award ceremonies. The event attracts more than 4,000 conference delegates from all sections of the entertainment industry, including representatives of over 400 festivals.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
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THE INTERNATIONAL RADIO FESTIVAL MALTA 2018 EDITION FINAL LINE UP OF RADIO STATIONS
The International Radio Festival (IRF) is pleased to announce the final line up of international radio stations broadcasting their programmes live-on-air to their peers and home audiences, from the Piazza D’Armi in Valletta, reaching over 100 million listeners around the globe.
Now in its 9th year, this international broadcasting event represents the first and only global conference to debate and showcase the business, production and curation of the world’s most consumed medium – audio/radio content.
The IRF’s unique conference format presents industry leaders from the world of broadcasting and audio production and features more than 30 international radio stations broadcasting their programmes live-on-air across Malta and the International Radio Festival DAB+ channel and also to their peers and home audiences, reaching over 100 million listeners around the globe.
Radio stations taking part in this year’s event include Bay Radio, Vibe FM, XFM and Magic FM from the host country Malta alongside international stations; BBC Radio 1 (UK), BBC 1Xtra (UK), Jazz FM (UK), MiSoul UK), Fun Kids Radio (UK), United DJ's with Tony Prince (UK), Hits Radio (UK), Flex FM (UK), Ego FM (DE), Le Mouv (FR), M20 (IT), Teenage Radio Immaginaria (IT), Kasheme - Lounge (CH), LikeFM (RU), Radyo 2 -TRT FM (TU), Ibiza Sonica (ES), Kronenhit Radio (AT), IFM (TU), 102FM Tel Aviv (IL), The Big Time (USA), Pride Radio (USA), Kiss FM (AU), Love Radio (CN), plus Sound of India Contest winner RJ Devanki and Mixcloud online radio award winners Dublin Digital Radio (IE) who won ‘Best Online Radio Station’ and Pinata FM (FR) who won ‘Rising Star’ - Listeners Choice award.
IRF Festival Director Darryl von Däniken says:
"We are delighted to be heading towards music-island Malta, producing the 9th edition of the IRF midst the historic Piazza D’Armi in Valletta, this year’s EU Capital City of Culture, which is more than apt as the IRF represents the world’s leading broadcasting cultural exchange showcasing ’radio’ nationalities such as India, UK, France, Russia, Turkey, USA and China."
Find out more about all the radio stations and shows here: https://www.internationalradiofestival.com/
Get ready to listen to how the world sounds.
Watch the video recap of edition in Milan here: https://youtu.be/hMO087MTO68
As well as the live radio broadcasts The Malta edition of the International Radio Festival’s B2B Forum takes place at the historic Mediterranean Conference Centre on 1st November, covering the hottest topics in the global audio and music industries.
BBC R&D’s Executive Producer Nicky Birch will cover exciting developments in voice-first audio formats, while international radio consultant John Simons will lead a panel on the rise of niche radio services from rock to jazz.
James Keen, the newly-appointed Station Director for Channel 103 and Island FM in the Channel Islands, will talk with Andrew Zammit from Malta’s ‘number one hit music station’ 89.7 Bay, about the benefits and challenges of targeting a small island-based audience.
The Conference will also include a celebration of ten years of the UK’s Absolute Radio, with its Content Director, Paul Sylvester; and a look at how audio services are re-inventing radio from Xanthe Fuller, Head of Community at Mixcloud.
Martyn Ware – founder of The Human League and Heaven 17, with a 40-year career as a leading record producer - will be talking about his work past and present, including designing and composing ground-breaking 3D-soundscapes.
The use of Blockchain technology in the audio world will be explored at the International Radio Festival’s Audio Conference in Malta. Led by Cliff Fluet, a digital lawyer from London-based law firm Lewis Silkin, the session will lead the way in the exploring how blockchain can benefit the radio industry.
Register here for the IRF Audio Conference 2018 https://www.internationalradiofestival.com/conference-malta18/
The International Radio Festival
The International Radio Festival (IRF) is all about Music Radio Content. The IRF was founded in 2010 to specifically celebrate radio’s on-air influencers and their production teams who command the trust and loyal “ear” of billions of listeners around the globe, and is unique in that the conference format offers invited radio stations the opportunity to showcase their chosen programme formats to attendees whilst simultaneously broadcasting said programmes live-on-air from the conference back to their home audiences, thus reaching millions of global listeners and making the IRF the largest media event of its kind. www.internationalradiofestival.com
Malta Tourism Authority
With superbly sunny weather, fantastic Mediterranean food, a thriving nightlife and events calendar and 5,000 years of intriguing history, the Maltese archipelago attracts visitors from all around the world all year long. The island country has a plentitude of exciting landscapes, sport activities, historical spots, events, family entertainment programmes, restaurants, and much more to discover and to be cherished. The Malta Tourist Authority helps you to make your visit truly unforgettable - for pleasure or for business. www.visitmalta.com
ADE Conference Highlights 2018
Amsterdam Dance Event is undoubtedly the biggest electronic music conference in the world. Starting out as a relatively unassuming gathering back in 1995, ADE now attracts almost 400,000 visitors every year. During ADE the Dutch capital hosts a myriad events from countless panels discussions at the main conference through to pop-up performances, tech schools and charity events.
Last week ADE announced that the program was complete. Incase you missed some of the highlights here is a recap covering the wide range of and topics and speakers involved in this years ADE conference program including Albert van Abbe, Bonobo, Bruce Carbone, David Guetta, Headhunterz, Imogen Heap, Jayda G, Jean Michel Jarre, Jillionaire, Kerry Trainor, Lena Willikens, Nile Rodgers, Orbital, Paula Temple, Ralph Echemendia a.k.a. The Ethical Hacker, Yann Pissenem, Xosar, Zoe Margolis, and more.
South Korea is ADE's 2018 focus country because of it's dynamic, technically advanced and productive music markets in the world currently. This means a surplus of festival and conference activities are dedicated to , including Catching The Korean Wave taking place on ADE Thursday at De Balie and presented by BEPC Tangent Creative. All you want to know about the nightlife in the city of Seoul and the key music industry players of South Korea will be presented to you with several panel sessions on Thursday afternoon at ADE Guesthouse, as Partner Program at De Balie, a 5 minutes walk from DeLaMar Theater.
Other other countries being highlighted as one to watch being Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Columbia and Mexico.
Wednesday 17th
Day one kicks of with ADE Pro and ADE Green at the DeLaMar Theater and the return of ADE BeamLab at the Festival Hangout.
Highlighting current and meaningful topics ADE Green includes panels on the effects on mental health from touring, how plastics can be used in a responsible way and music as a driver of positive change in Rave for a Revolution! with panelist from amongst others BASSIANI based on the ongoing project ‘I Dance Alone’ by Serbian/Dutch artist, curator and researcher Bogomir Doringer and the keynote speech by Zoe Margolis, Us Too? - Sexism, Shaming and Standing up for What's Right in the Age of Social Media being discussed at ADE Pro.
The opening keynote speech at ADE Pro will be Yann Pissenem, owner, founder & CEO of The Night League, the company responsible for Ushuaïa, Hï Ibiza and many other successful brands. The Ibiza club scene is constantly evolving and Yann will discuss how he uses the intersection between art, architecture, commerce, culture and music to create epoch-defining and game-changing clubs and brands.
Paul van Dyk will also return to give a keynote interview at ADE Pro which will be his first public interview after sustaining serious injuries from falling from the stage at the A State of Trance festival. ADE Sound Lab features the The Record Bag of 30 Years of Dutch Dance in which some of the scene's original movers and the DJs they inspired share the records that set dance floors alight when house music came to the Netherlands, while ADE BeamLab highlights the audiovisual arts with Weltmaschine ''World-machine'', Albert van Abbe's brainchild developed with Andreas Nicolas Fischer
Over at ADE University you can meet the team Behind Audio Obscura. After hosting two superb parties underneath the Rijksmuseum, this year at ADE Audio Obscura host nine events over five days at locations like Central Station, the Scheepsvaartmuseum and more. But who are these guys?
The House of China is a new platform taking place at De Balie that has been set up to connect the Chinese and international electronic music industry and to present the latest developments, opportunities and challenges in the Chinese market.
Full program:
https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/program/conference/events/
Wednesday highlights:
https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/news/2018/10/conference-highlights-for-wednesday/12908669/
Thursday 18th
The second day of ADE’s conference offering will include ADE Pro and ADE University for their plus the return of ADE Tech for the second year in a row at DeLaMar. On top of that the ADE Sound Lab program gets started at the ADE Festival Hangout and the South Korea focus program at De Balie
Thursdays Keynote Interview for ADE Pro is with SoundCloud's CEO Kerry Trainor who will discuss the vision and future of SoundCloud, the integral role of the electronic and dance community on the platform, and share exciting new developments for DJs, live from the ADE stage.
Also at ADE Pro Def Jam VP Bruce Carbone will examin of the ingredients and production style that enabled acts like Crystal Waters, C+C Music Factory, Stevie V, Ultra Naté and Cathy Dennis to create brilliant crossover tunes that rocked the charts in The Power of Pop - What the New Generation of Pop/Dance Acts Can Learn from the 90s.
ADE Music Talks welcomes music legend and GRAMMY award winning artist Nile Rodgers in conversation.
Netsky will be bringing Lost Frequencies on stage for ADE Soundlab turning it into their own makeshift STUDIO XL. There they will dissect the track they made together 'Here With You'. Also at ADE Sound Lab will be In the Studio with De Sluwe Vos and Lucas & Steve, plus the new format The Record Bag of with Jayda G & Kenny Dope
Alan Walker will join ADE University to highlight the trends, successes, opportunities in China and meet the team behind the Headhunterz.
Over at ADE Tech 5 finalists will battle it out to win in the Companies to Watch session, plus Laidback Luke Goes Back to the Future revisiting his early days as a vinyl-only DJ and recounting how tech changed his performances and how that affected his relationship with the crowd.
Full program:
https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/program/conference/events/
Thursday highlights:
https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/news/2018/10/conference-highlights-for-thursday/12908853/
Friday 19th
The third conference day will include ADE Pro and ADE University, plus the return of ADE Dance & Brands at the DeLaMar and ADE Beats across the street at the Melkweg. The ADE Festival Hangout is the place to be for gear and MusicTalks at ADE Sound Lab.
ADE Beats kicks off with Major Lazer’s Jillionaire answering questions related to his amazing musical career, international sneaker culture and his unique global approach when it comes to pushing the music forwards. Also ad ADE Beats will be a Keynote Q&A with Khady Thiam Gueye, COO of KonLive, the company founded by her brother, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling artist, producer, entrepreneur and philantropist Akon. In this talk Khady will discuss her unique global perspective on our industry and its untapped worldwide potential and London On Da Track will share some in-depth stories behind his biggest beats and his influence on hip-hop and electronic music in general in this unique 1-on-1 Q&A.
Shanti Das will discuss her vision and guidance as a successful woman in the urban music industry on creating a more inclusive and healthy music industry, with special emphasis on her campaign Silence the Shame that aims to tackle stigmas surrounding mental health and offer more healthy alternatives.
GRAMMY Award winning artist David Guetta will make a welcome return to ADE Pro to talk about this life in music. In this intimate conversation, Guetta will be looking back to his earliest days and formative influences as well as revealing what and who inspired him on 7, his latest recording.
Bonobo will make his his speakers debut at ADE MusicTalks 2018 discussing his musical journey so far and Xosar will host a workshop on sound healing, opening portals of awareness into the effects of sound on the human brain + body.
ADE University host a panel on The Power of Playlists and Tiga and Kölsch will discuss the pros and cons of starting a label, what they've both learned about the joy and pain of being involved with labels over their careers and what labels have to deal with in today's music industry.
ADE Dance & Brands will present a keynote talk about working with musicians in extreme and highly challenging situations to create unforgettable moments that exemplify what can be done when music and brand message are in perfect harmony.
Friday will also see the start of the 24h ADE Hackathon. The third edition of ADE's innovation pressure cooker will take place on ADE Friday -right in the centre of the conference area around Leidseplein- and we're now looking for a great mix between music, technology, data, entrepreneurship and innovation from creative minds.
Full Program:
https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/program/conference/events/
Friday Highlights:
https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/news/2018/10/conference-highlights-for-friday/12908987/
Saturday 20th
On the final day of the conference ADE Sound Lab will welcome music and tech adventurist Imogen Heap, who will highlight how innovations such as Distributed Ledger Technology, Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality have the potential to change the lives of music makers. Also in the studio XL sessions will be Colin Benders will use his module synthesizers to show the ins and outs of his work-process using during his crazy masterclass.
Don Diablo regarded as one of the founding fathers of the Future House movement, will be welcomed to the Music Talk stage for an a extensive chat about his ever rising career.
The legendary Demolition XXIII signals the end of the conference program. Headed by techno titan DJ Dave Clarke, the panel of DJs, producers and music industry figures are ready to give you an honest appraisal of your work.
Full program:
https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/program/conference/events/
Contact
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Any Other Tour Dates Announced
"A deep and intriguing record that has moments of stark emotional honesty, intricate melodic lines and instrumentation that interweaves with delicate poignancy.” - The Line of Best Fit
Gifted with a rough but indelibly enduring vocal which sits somewhere within the realm of Waxahatchee’s solemn calling, Nigro’s songs are full of heart and fiery passion, the kind of voice that eclipses all around it. - Gold Flake Paint
Following her debut at Primevara Sound and a recent release of a new LP 'Two, Geography' Milan-based artist Adele Nigro is bringing her emotive leftfield project Any Other to the UK audiences with a 7-date tour across the country, including a show at London’s Shacklewell Arms on 23rd October 2018.
Released in September 2018 on an Italian indie label 42 Records, 'Two, Geography’ comes three years after Any Other’s debut 'Silently. Quietly. Going Away'. While her debut album was heavily influenced by ‘90s indie, with a robust power trio sound, her second is a much more mature, complex and original undertaking. 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.
The lyrics of 'Two, Geography' are an emotionally raw, disarmingly honest journey through the rites of passage that mark the beginning of adulthood: growing up, breaking up, learning to cope, all the things that make one’s twenties the blinding, white-hot experience that people tend to go back to in their minds for the rest of their lives.
Rolling Stone Italy named Adele Nigro “Best Italian female musician’ and ‘Two, Geography’ has received praise across the continent from the likes of Radio Eins (DE), Byte FM (DE), The Line of Best Fit (UK) and Gold Flake Paint (UK).
WATCH / LISTEN:
'Two, Geography’ album stream: https://soundcloud.com/anyotherband/sets/two-geography/s-lwB11
First single ‘Walkthrough’ video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vP-E1-CCs3k
'Capricorn No' video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3nc3bc19EU
'Mother Goose’ live performance at OOAM Festival (Baden) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWjdbrCwCFQ&feature=youtu.be
UK Headline Tour Dates:
22nd October 2018 - Brighton, Green Door Store
23rd October 2018 - London, The Shacklewell Arms ( Tickets - https://www.seetickets.com/event/any-other/the-shacklewell-arms/1236270)
24th October 2018 - Nottingham, JT Soar ( Tickets - https://www.musicglue.com/default-this/events/2018-10-24-any-other-jt-soar
25th October 2018 - Leicester, Soundhouse (Tickets - https://www.ticketweb.uk/event/any-other-special-guests-the-soundhouse-tickets/8448155)
26th October 2018 - Manchester, Night People (Tickets - https://www.facebook.com/events/183270659057849/)
27th October 2018 - Leeds, Mabgate Bleach (Tickets - https://www.musicglue.com/cpwm/events/2018-10-27-cpwm-x-ep-any-other-mabgate-bleach)
28th October 2018 - Glasgow, The Hug & Pint (Tickets - https://www.thehugandpint.com/events/62f72c90-10b3-0136-37fe-0a20ab9c57cd)
European Tour Dates:
19th October 2018 - Left of the Dial Festival, Rotterdam, Netherlands
20th October 2018 - Espace B, Paris, France
30th October 2018 - Cafe Glocksee, Hannover, Germany
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ADE GREEN ANNOUNCES PROGRAM
Sam Feldt, W&W, Dave Clarke, Vivie-Ann (Blonde: ISH) and Dominic Peters (Goldfish) to speak at ADE’s dedicated one-day conference for sustainability and social progress in the electronic music industry on Wednesday, October 17, in the DeLaMar Theater.
During ADE, Amsterdam is the centre of the international electronic music scene, attracting over 9,000 influential players and 400,000 festival visitors. ADE Green aims to highlight the latest developments in sustainability and social issues in the music and events industry and use that huge presence to drive change on a large scale. For the sixth year in a row, the conference connects leading thinkers and innovators so that they can share their knowledge and experience through panels, workshops and debates. There are three central themes that ADE Green’s organisers believe define the future of the music and events world.
The Music Industry as an Instrument for Social Change
The panel Rave for a Revolution! outlines the role of electronic music as a powerful political tool that unites people from all backgrounds and gives them a voice. Inspiring examples include the massive rave revolution against police brutality in Georgia (Naja Orashvili, nightclub BASSIANI) and a taboo-breaking dance festival in Uganda (Derek Debru, MTN Nyege Nyege Festival), to the musical call for freedom in Palestinian through underground raves with Jazar Crew. In Artists Empowering their Communities to Create Change we feature artists Sam Feldt (NL), Dave Clarke (UK), Vivia-Ann (SP) from Blond: ISH and Tala Mortada (LEB), all of whom use their status as role models to inspire their supporters to engage in social change. The Power of Brands, with Q-Dance (NL) and Wonderfruit (THAI), focuses on the business world asking whether brands should also use their influence for social or sustainable goals, even if this is outside their core business? Unite the World with Music and Pay it Forward tells the story of Shailendra Singh, who provided education to 128.200 under priveleged children in India through his foundation Guestlist 4 Good, with the help of artists like Hardwell, Martin Garrix and W&W.
Events as a Testing Ground for Sustainable Solutions
Can we call a halt to the massive environmental pollution caused by plastic waste? During The Future of Plastic, Secretary of State for Infrastructure and Water Management Stientje van Veldhoven will be discussing the future of plastic use. Following that, DJ Sam Feldt, together with frontrunners from the event industry (o.a. AB InBev, ADE, AIR Events, Coca-Cola, DGTL, Grolsch, Heineken, ID&T, Lipton en Vrumona) will be launching an initiative that drastically reduces plastic use. In Cup, Cup, Cup from Waste to Resource, representatives from Festival Republic (UK), Pukkelpop (BE) and Amsterdam Open Air (NL) will be revealing how they have implemented a more sustainable drinking bottle system. The transport of festival materials, public, artists and crew also creates considerable CO2 emissions, and In The Elephant in the Room: Transport, Tijl Couzy (Lab Vlieland) will be talking about how he found successful solutions for Into The Great Wide Open. Then it’s time to roll up your sleeves and get to work at the Milan Meyberg workshop, How to Design a Green Strategy.
Innovations Shaping the Future of Events
Festivals and events simply cannot happen without diesel generators, so how do you fix that? During the interactive Power Rewired session, the five best solutions to make your energy plan sustainable are to be presented and discussed. Disruptive startups will get their moment in Six Innovations That Will Change the Event Industry. Ideas include urinals for women (Liquid Gold / Weestand, SA), mobile composting in 24 hours (Lab Vlieland, NL) and a tent that is biodegradable (Comp-a-tent, GB)? Also featured are SeMiLLa (Peter Scheer, NL), a startup that converts sanitary waste water into clean water and fertilizer, Society in Motion (Hooman Nassimi, IR), which gives festivals a role in the integration of newcomers to the jobs market (Jaime de Zwart, NL), and food designer Chloé Rutzerveld, who combines science, technology and nature in her experimental work, will be taking delegates on a journey to the future of our food.
For more information about the program go to https://www.amsterdam-dance-event.nl/ade-green/events/.
Ticket sales and info:
ADE Green will take place on Wednesday, October 17, 2018, from 12:00 to 18:00 at the DeLaMar Theater in Amsterdam. Admission tickets cost €35 and tickets are available via http://bit.ly/adegreen2018_tickets. ADE Green is also accessible to 1- and 5-day ADE conference ticket holders.
ADE Green:
The pioneering conference on sustainability, innovation and social change in the music industry
Date: Wednesday 17 October 2018
Time: 12:00 – 18:00
Location: DeLaMar Theater, Marnixstraat 402, Amsterdam
Partners:
ADE Green is made possible by program partners Heineken, Ministerie I & M, Q-dance, Nachtlab Agency, The City of Amsterdam and ambassadors such as ABN Amro, Innofest, Green Events, Julie's Bicycle, The Association of Event Makers, b2s, Awakenings, Wonderfruit, Stibat, ID & T, ABN Amro and Westergasfabriek.
About ADE:
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), which takes place from 17 to 21 October 2018, brings the international dance industry together. With more than 2,600 artists performing in 200 music and entertainment venues, the full spectrum of electronic subgenres is in the spotlight. ADE is the center of the global electronic music scene, and attracts around 400,000 visitors in five days, and can rightly be called a breeding ground for cultural and technological innovation. Amsterdam Dance Event takes place from 17 to 21 October 2018. Various sub-conferences are held for the industry, such as Dance & Brands, ADE Tech and ADE Green. This is the sixth edition of ADE Green, which focuses on sustainability, social change and innovation within the music industry.
For more information about ADE: www.a-d-e.nl/about-ade . The Amsterdam Dance Event is organised by Stichting Amsterdam Dance Event, an initiative of Buma.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
International Radio Festival leads the way with Blockchain for radio
The use of Blockchain technology in the audio world will be explored at the International Radio Festival’s Audio Conference in Malta. The ground-breaking session will lead the way in the exploring how blockchain can benefit the radio industry.
Led by Cliff Fluet, a digital lawyer from London-based law firm Lewis Silkin, who advises clients on music-based content, branded entertainment and rights issues, who will explain what Blockchain is, and what it might mean for audio and other creative businesses.
He says the potential impact of Blockchain is "staking a claim as being the most talked-about disruptor."
Fluet will look at how it can directly facilitate consumer sales and peer-to-peer transmission; allow a producer or musician to be able to track, tokenise and monetise their works including recordings, artwork, publishing and merchandise; and help ensure the protection of intellectual property.
The Audio Conference on 1st November is just one part of the ninth edition of the International Radio Festival, taking place in Valletta, Malta – the European Capital of Culture 2018 – from 29th October to 4th November.
Other speakers at the Audio Conference include composer and producer David Lowe discussing his work on branding and idents around the world, including the BBC News theme. How the radio and audio sector is reinventing itself will be explored with Xanthe Fuller, Mixcloud’s Head of Community, Nicky Birch from BBC Research & Development, and Scott Cohen, the co-founder of digital distribution pioneer The Orchard. The Orchard is the world’s leading distributor of music, film and video with operations is 30 global territories.
The day will close with legendary record producer and artist Martyn Ware in conversation with presenter and DJ, Carly Wilford. He’ll talk about his career, from founding the Human League in 1978, to his current work with unique 3DAudioScape immersive sound technology – including a demonstration in the setting of Malta’s historic Mediterranean Conference Centre.
The Malta edition of the International Radio Festival’s B2B Forum takes place at the historic Mediterranean Conference Centre on 1st November, covering the hottest topics in the global audio and music industries.
What the industry says:
“A gathering of an amazingly diverse and fascinating group of people with one thing in common: a love of radio. The most diverse radio gathering I’ve ever been to!”
Rusty Hodge, SOMA FM, San Francisco, USA www.somafm.com
The International Radio Festival
The International Radio Festival (IRF) is all about Music Radio Content. The IRF was founded in 2010 to specifically celebrate radio’s on-air influencers and their production teams who command the trust and loyal “ear” of billions of listeners around the globe, and is unique in that the conference format offers invited radio stations the opportunity to showcase their chosen programme formats to attendees whilst simultaneously broadcasting said programmes live-on-air from the conference back to their home audiences, thus reaching millions of global listeners and making the IRF the largest media event of its kind. www.internationalradiofestival.com
Malta Tourism Authority
With superbly sunny weather, fantastic Mediterranean food, a thriving nightlife and events calendar and 5,000 years of intriguing history, the Maltese archipelago attracts visitors from all around the world all year long. The island country has a plenitude of exciting landscapes, sport activities, historical spots, events, family entertainment programmes, restaurants, and much more to discover and to be cherished. The Malta Tourist Authority helps you to make your visit truly unforgettable – for pleasure or for business. www.visitmalta.com
NOTES TO EDITORS:
For more information please contact:
UK & Europe: Nikki McNeill, Global Publicity, nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
View and Download photos from past events here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/internationalradiofestival/albums
Amsterdam Dance Event completes program
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE), the world's largest club festival and business conference for electronic music, has completed its program. Between the 17th and the 21st of October 2,500 artists and 600 speakers will perform in Amsterdam. The organisers expect to welcome over 400,000 visitors from over 100 countries for the 23rd edition.
Among the latest announced speakers are Jean-Michel Jarre (FR) and Nile Rodgers (US), who will make an appearance in the day program to speak about their career and their musical influence on current day electronic music culture. ADE, an initiative of Buma, has grown rapidly in recent years. The organisation hosts 2,500 and 600 speakers in a record-breaking amount of 200 venues. ADE kicks off Wednesday October 17th with the opening concert by Colin Benders and Metropole Orkest and ends with amongst other activities the ADE Hangover, a free festival at the NDSM-wharf.
Focus on South-Korea and celebrations of 30 Year Dutch Dance
Expected highlights in the extensive day and nighttime program are the focus on South-Korea, with multiple appearances in both the festival and conference and the celebration of 30 Years of Dutch Dance, with the release of a special documentary, Hardwell & Metropole Orkest’s concert Symphony – The Global Revolution of Dance as well as the release of the book Dutch Dance: How The Netherlands took the lead in Electronic Music Culture.
ADE by Day
Besides the extensive music program, ADE highlights current technological and social trends as well as crossovers with other genres such as design, film and photography. Among the highlights in the ADE by Day program are installations from Heleen Blanken (NL) in Lab111 and Ryoji Ikeda (JP) at the renowned Eye museum. The film program features work from amongst others Beate Kunath (DE).
Among the latest announced artists are Amp Fiddler (US), Bizzey (NL), Carista (NL), Carl Craig (US), Cassy (GB), Fenna Fiction (NL), Juan Atkins (US), Marcel Fengler (DE), Marco Carola (IT), Sam Feldt (NL), Solar (US) and Virginia (DE). The full line-up is available at a-d-e.nl/artists
About ADE
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is the most important business platform for electronic music and the world's largest club festival. During ADE, Amsterdam becomes the centre of the global electronic music scene for five days and thus is a breeding ground for cultural and technological innovation.
The Amsterdam Dance Event (ADE) is organised by The Amsterdam Dance Event Foundation, an initiative of Buma.
For the complete program and more information about ADE: www.a-d-e.nl
The Amsterdam Dance Event takes place from the 17th to 21st of October, 2018.
Joycut supporting Morcheeba at Shepherds Bush Empire Show
After performing Robert Smith's Meltdown JoyCut will be back in the London playing Shepherds Bush Empire on Friday October 12th supporting Morcheeba.
Making music for the future, JoyCut weave sounds from a mass of electronics and two drum kits, with orchestral breathings, cinematic saturations, tribal drumming and industrial percussion.
Designing atmospheric layers of sound with a dark edge, the three piece band seamlessly blend big drum rhythms with a twitching melancholy and inventiveness that makes them hypnotic in their power.
Watch them live here: http://bit.ly/AUDIOTREEWir
The last album, PiecesOfUsWereLeftOnTheGround took the band to new heights, evidenced by the album’s continued success, with a never-ending tour of over 300 dates across North America, Asia and Europe. With the digital mantra #JoyCutNeverStops the band touched more than 60 countries, culminating in a Top 5 European Talent Exchange Programme [ETEP] position.
Following a successful TEDx performance in Verona and inspired by their recent travels to the East, JoyCut played a sold-out Venice Biennale show debuting their new six-act “Opera” K O M O R E B I, a soundtrack tribute to Japan: a combination of their dramatic music with visual art chapters that created a world to get lost in.
Commitment to environmental issues has also led JoyCut to participate in many sustainability green projects and campaigns. The band are now working on their fourth album and plan to release in 2019.
Website: http://www.joycut.com
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Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk