OFF Festival Katowice 2018: M.I.A Joins Line Up
She’s controversial, bold, and original: M.I.A. is sure to be a highlight of this year’s OFF Festival
Mathangi “Maya” Arulpragasam, known to the world by her stage name, M.I.A., is a British singer, composer, songwriter and producer. Her Tamil heritage and pugnacious personality have made her a vocal supporter of what some might consider lost causes. She speaks up for immigrants, women’s rights and the environment while decrying excessive consumerism. Unabashedly outspoken, M.I.A. is the bane of the music industry as well as the media, which only thrives on controversy that it can control. A musician showing her middle finger to millions of TV viewers at the Super Bowl halftime show doesn’t fall into that category.
When it comes to her music, M.I.A. is just as self-confident and impossible to pigeonhole as she is offstage. Her 2005 debut Arular radiated with all the colors of the London underground, from the exotic sounds of faraway lands to hip-hop and electro. She’s come a long was since then, releasing her last album to date, the catchy LP AIM, in 2016, with collaborations by EDM heavyweights Diplo and Skrillex. But whatever genre you want to pin on her, the overall style of each release is ultimately her own. M.I.A. is an artist who really cares about her music, and it shows.
This year’s OFF Festival lineup also features: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ariel Pink, Grizzly Bear, Zola Jesus, Jon Hopkins Live, Aurora, Turbonegro, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah performing Some Loud Thunder, Marlon Williams, John Maus, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead performing Source Tags & Codes, Big Freedia, David August, Egyptian Lover, Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices), Oxbow, Bishop Nehru, King Ayisoba, Housewives, Chastity Belt, Or:la, Jacques Greene, Harry Merry, Gary War, coL, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Mystery Lights, DJ Paypal & DJ Taye, Wednesday Campanella, Sensations’ Fix, Hańba!, Furia, The Como Mamas, Coals, Moses Sumney, Yasuaki Shimizu, Yellow Days, Legendarny Afrojax, Adam Strug, ARRM, Wojciech Bąkowski, Nanook of the North, Bass Astral x Igo, Sorja Morja, Skalpel Big Band, and Sonbird.
The 2018 OFF Festival Katowice will take place August 3–5 at Three Pond Valley. Three-day passes are now available at the OFF Shop for 330 PLN. This price lasts until April 15 or until the third batch of tickets is sold out! Campground tickets are also available for 70 PLN.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
World DJ No. 1 Martin Garrix Joins David Guetta for Epic Closing Show at EXIT Festival
To celebrate the Best Major European Festival title, EXIT will throw a massive party for its grand finale! The closing night of the Serbian mammouth festival, scheduled for Sunday, July 15th, will feature shows by powerful acts such as invincible global hitmaker David Guetta at Main Stage and the leading techno star Nina Kraviz at festival's Dance Arena. However, this party could not be the same without the officialy World No. 1 DJ Martin Garrix, who decided to follow up his Winter Olympic Games with the closing of the Best Major European Festival. The Dutch will bring his spectacular show to the movie-like setting of the colossal Petrovaradin Fortress where EXIT takes place for almost two decades now, featuring some of the world's biggest stars this year like Migos, Grace Jones, Fever Ray and hundreds more on 20+ stages. This will be one of only few opportunities this year to see Guetta and Garrix play the same stage on the same night, while their two recent collaborations "Like I Do" and "So Far Away" are dominating radio airplay throughout the world!
Martin Garrix & David Guetta - So Far Away: https://youtu.be/o7iL2KzDh38
Being the youngest to receive the recognition, for two years in a row, Garrix has held the prestigious first place of DJ Mag’s Top 100 DJs list, ahead of the artists like Tiesto, Calvin Harris, Armin Van Buuren, Hardwell, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Eric Prydz and many more. Not even 22 yet, he managed to accomplish much more than some musicians do for their entire career, and unlike a large number of young stars, Martin Garrix expertly leads his way through the labyrinth of the music industry, releasing dancefloor hits which together have several billion YouTube views! His influence was recognized by the “Bible of Business”, Forbes magazine, which placed him on the list of the most influential people under 30 years of age, while he is also among the Top 10 most paid DJs on the planet.
Martin Garrix & David Guetta - So Far Away: https://youtu.be/o7iL2KzDh38
Garrix exploded on the music scene in 2013 with the gigantic dance hit “Animals” which conquered the international top lists and has over billion YouTube views! This lead to residencies on Ibiza and Vegas, but also collaborations with stars such as Tiësto, Avicii and Usher. With the hit titled “In the Name of Love” a collaboration with Bebe Rexha, published in 2016, his horizons significantly expanded. The video and audio recording of the song on the YouTube gathered the total of 600 million views! The catchy number proved the versatility of this guy from the suburbs of Amsterdam as well as the fact that he does not follow trends – he creates them. He was invited to perform on one of the most famous US talk shows, “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” – an honor not frequently granted to the artists in his profession, and Garrix once again proved his talents when he appeared on the stage with a guitar! One of the last year’s highlights for Garrix is certainly his collaboration with pop star Dua Lipa on the hit titled “Scared to Be Lonely”, which has been streamed almost 350 million times.
EXIT festival will take place from July 12th to 15th at the Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad, featuring some of the most popular world stars such as Migos, Grace Jones, David Guetta, Ziggy Marley, Fever Ray, LP, Alice Merton, Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer b2b Ida Engberg, Maceo Plex, Solomun, Amelie Lens, Ben Klock, Dog Eat Dog, Slaves, Jax Jones, Carl Craig, Tale of Us, Sevdaliza, Idles, Burak Yeter, Madball, Brujeria, Mahmut Orhan, Ofenbach, Slapshot, Asphyx, Bombers and many others.
Tickets are at exitfest.org, while the official tourist agency exittrip.org has tourist packages with tickets, accommodation and transfer options.
Iceland’s Secret Solstice Announces $1 Million Dollar Ticket With All New Perks
The world’s most expensive festival ticket is back and better than ever
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Iceland’s Secret Solstice festival, set in 96 hours of continuous daylight June 21-24, is excited to once again present the world’s most expensive festival ticket retailing at $1 million USD with all new uber luxurious perks. From private jet travel to extravagant Icelandic dinners and luxury sightseeing to private parties with headline artists, this is without a doubt the most exclusive festival pass ever offered on the planet.
With just one golden ticket up for grabs, the princely priced pass gets roundtrip pick up via private chartered business jet for six people, as well as luxury accommodation for the entire festival week including an exclusive private party with a Secret Solstice headline artist. Other standout benefits include daily pampering with luxury spa access and a personalized glam squad, private dining with prominent Icelandic chefs in unique Icelandic locations, chartered helicopter tour over the stunning landscape of southern Iceland across volcanoes and glaciers, horseback riding, catered World Cup viewing parties, 24/7 access to personal drivers, sledding across the world famous Langjökull glacier, complimentary gear from 66North, and all the usual VIP perks like priority festival and backstage access, an on-site fully-stocked private lounge, and plenty more.
For those who’s pockets aren’t quite as deep as $1 million dollars, Secret Solstice also offers two other more affordable in comparison luxury ticket tiers, Package of the Gods for $14800 and Oðinn for $1865. What’s included? For Oðinn, purchasers enjoy perks like entry to the new Oðinn pop-up lounge, complimentary food and drinks at the festival, side event discounts and more. With only three Package of the Gods passes available, the festival ticket is perfect for fans wanting to enjoy their favorite artists in style. Encompassing everything offered to Oðinn members, the pass also includes helicopter transfers to glaciers and lava tunnels, complimentary access to all side party events, luxury accommodation for two, a private Icelandic dining experience and more. While not quite in the same league as the seven digit $1 million ticket, it’s a perfect option for those wanting to splurge.
Boasting one of the most eclectic lineups of 2018, the festival now in its fifth year is pleased to welcome Slayer who are on their final world tour to the Secret Solstice stage alongside Stormzy, Gucci Mane, Bonnie Tyler, Clean Bandit, Death From Above, Steve Aoki, George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic, and more top names in rock, hip hop and dance music from Iceland and around the world. Throw in spectacular add-on side events inside glaciers and lava tunnels as well as the country’s magnificent scenery complete with volcanic beaches, jaw-dropping waterfalls, ginormous glaciers, and the infamous Blue Lagoon, there are so many reasons to check out Secret Solstice this summer.
For $1 million ticket inquiries please send expression of interest to: odinn@secretsolstice.is
With more amazing experiences still yet to be announced, the full $1 million ticket package includes the following:
● Fly round trip to Iceland in a private chartered business jet (Gulfstream G300 or similar) for six people from any destination on Earth
● Luxury accommodation for the Secret Solstice 2018 festival week
● Welcome Villa party with unlimited champagne and Icelandic delicacies prepared by a private chef
● Party with an international music artist at an exclusive private concert party for you and your select invited guests.
● An exclusive mini 66North hotel pop-up so you can have the VIP personal shopping experience from the comfort of your room with an outfit from 66North
● Private glam squad to provide personal hair, makeup and grooming everyday
● Premium luggage set so you travel to the festival in style
● Icelandic skincare treatments on-site at the festival everyday
● Access to spa treatments throughout the duration of your stay
● 24/7 access to two deluxe cars, personal drivers, and private escort for the entire week in Iceland
● Daily relaxation massages for you and your guests
● Catered private World Cup viewing party with prominent Icelandic chef for any game of your choosing for you and your friends
● Private helicopter tour over the glaciers and volcanoes of South Iceland
● Special Secret Solstice summer picnic and a night at a luxury hotel in the lush ambience of the Icelandic countryside
● VIP midnight sun yacht party for you and your friends with artists on the lineup
● Premium treatment, backstage access and priority fast-track access during the festival
● Boutique festival tent on-site fully stocked and serviced including wi-fi, electricity and a complimentary weather pack to enjoy the festival in complete comfort
● Lavish Icelandic gift hamper on arrival on-site at Secret Solstice 2018
● All food and drinks served at Secret Solstice, including hyper-premium drinks and bespoke exquisite cocktails
● All you can eat Icelandic hot dogs at Bæjarins Beztu Pylsur, “a world-famous hot dog stand”
● Journey across the Langjökull glacier by snowmobile and sledding
● Capture your glacial experience with a well-known Icelandic photographer
● Explore the natural geothermal hot springs
● Private dinner + chef’s table at Iceland's top exclusive restaurants specializing in Icelandic cuisine
● Private yacht safari among floating icebergs
● Private horseback riding session with purebred Icelandic Horses
● Sensory dining experience by candlelight inside a cave
● Access to all sold out Secret Solstice side event music experiences including Into The Glacier and The Lava Tunnel
● Plus more speciality services to be released for our 1 million dollar guest
OFF Festival Katowice 2018: Ariel Pink’s Uncanny Guests
Wojciech Bąkowski, Sensations Fix, Harry Merry, Gary War and coL are a motley crew even by OFF standards. See them perform at the Experimental Stage when Ariel Pink takes over as curator for one day. Our thanks to Ariel for this musical adventure!
Wojciech Bąkowski
You’ve definitely heard of this guy. While Bąkowski is more popular nowadays as a visual artist, especially after the dissolution of the duo Niwea, he’s still very much a musician. On Kształt, Telegaz and Duchy kotów he reveals himself to be an explorer who never reaches his goal, branching out and eschewing stylistic self-determination, and avoiding narrative structures, refusing to give a foothold to a broader audience. He speaks or stays silent. He can be lyrical or repulsive. He is elusive. And the more elusive he gets, the more you want to follow him.
Sensations Fix
A forgotten gem of the Italian prog-rock scene. Franco Falsini traveled across Europe and the United States in the 1960s in search of inspiration, and eventually returned to Florence, where he recorded a handful of albums that would achieve cult status upon their reissue at the start of the present decade. The reemergence of these long-coveted recordings sparked a resurgent interest the band’s dreamy variety of prog rock, one heavily steeped in electronic sounds, and Sensations Fix came back as a live act.
Harry Merry
This artist claims to take inspiration from rock’n’roll and blues as well as schlager music and French chansons, Slovenian pop and Serbian turbo folk. He also credits the novels of Charles Dickens and the music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner, Mahler and Sibelius — particularly renditions conducted by Herbert von Karajan — for influencing his work. Harry Merry, the Dutch underground’s best-kept secret, is among the most original and quirky artists ever billed for the OFF Festival. This is one show you’re never going to forget.
Gary War
Greg Dalton is a friend and alumnus of the Experimental Stage and a former member of Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti. The apple falls not far from the tree, it seems, as Gary War’s music is a blend of psychedelic rock, shoegaze, and synth-pop, all veiled in a mist of nostalgia. He’s just come back from a five-year break with the album Gaz Forth, a record that’s partly a reminiscence about the golden days of radio, and partly a trip into outer space.
coL
If you missed this artist, you’ve got plenty of catching up to do: between 2001 and 2008 alone, coL churned out no fewer than 47 records on his own label, JesusWarhol. He’s collaborated with other artists (including Ariel Pink, under the moniker Atheif), shot movies, and produced albums. Unsurprisingly, one of his albums is titled The Prince of D.I.Y. It’s impossible to sum up his art in just a few sentences: this cool, dreamy music is one of a kind, a genre all of its own — and so are his live shows.
This year’s OFF Festival lineup also features: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Ariel Pink, Grizzly Bear, Zola Jesus, Jon Hopkins Live, Aurora, Turbonegro, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah performing Some Loud Thunder, Marlon Williams, John Maus, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead performing Source Tags & Codes, Big Freedia, David August, Egyptian Lover, Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices), Oxbow, Bishop Nehru, King Ayisoba, Housewives, Chastity Belt, Or:la, Jacques Greene, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Mystery Lights, DJ Paypal & DJ Taye, Wednesday Campanella, Hańba!, Furia, The Como Mamas, Coals, Moses Sumney, Yasuaki Shimizu, Yellow Days, Legendarny Afrojax, Nanook of the North, Adam Strug, Bass Astral x Igo, Sorja Morja, Skalpel Big Band, and Sonbird.
The 2018 OFF Festival Katowice will take place August 3–5 at Three Pond Valley. Three-day passes are now available at the OFF Shop for 330 PLN. This price lasts until April 15 or until the third batch of tickets is sold out! Campground tickets are also available for 70 PLN.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
OCTAVE ONE PRESENTS | RANDOM NOISE GENERATION ‘ENDUSTRY’
Octave One drop a album under the much loved Random Noise Generation guise. The first RNG release was 'Falling in Dub' in 1991 and sounding just as fresh 27 years later, ‘Endustry’ is due for release on 27th April 2018.
Something of a new take on their creative process the Burden brothers made most of this music on the road while they toured over the past year, using the country they were in at each time they recorded to influence and inspire each track. “We were tucked away in so many hotel rooms that we decided to make sure we brought enough extra equipment so that we could set up a true lab to create from country to country and make the grooves that we wanted to experiment with on the dance floor.” comments Lawrence.
This body of work encompasses 7 full length cuts, naturally all with that classic Octave One emotion. “'Alkaylze', more than any of tracks on this project, embraced the original spirit of Random Noise Generation in so much as the “machine” seemed to be really guide the creative process.” Adds Lenny “Much of the foundation of the composition was very accidental, but inspirational, with various musical devices interpreting data in a very unexpected results. It actually came together quite quickly but things just fell into place so naturally.”
After touring and making music for decades the spirit and essential energy of the craft is what keeps them eternally inspired to keep creating and touring the globe… ”Once it takes hold of you you can’t stop even if you wanted to.” says the pair, and so 'Endustry' is born.
TRACK BY TRACK:
Endustry - Mechanical percussions enforce the futuristic psyche leading into a robotic lead, whilst a warm bassline overlaid with intensely digitalised synths. Ominous and perfect for when the dance floor needs toughening up sonically.
Alkalyze - Mesmeric drums underlaid with filtered low swung jolting percussions pave the way for resonating sci-fi melody with fleetingly glide in and out throughout the track. Hi-tech trippy shakers, hi hats and timbral toms weave and cosmically oversee the development of this minimalistic sonic thunderstorm.
Crank - A throbbing, reverberated and slightly detuned percussive bassline roars in advance of a tangled and contorted synth lead punishingly arrives. Ride cymbals constantly lift and bridge whilst in the background obsessed vocal stabs give a sinister edge.
N2 The Enfinate - Definitive sharp snares, well rounded precise kicks give a solid backbone, a perfect platform for questioning synth keys. An enticing icy melody provides the answer to the prodigious lead melody which towers later in the track.
Refraction - Astronomic basslines, gargantuan drums with a space age groove.
Soul Xchange - Motorised synth melody lines. Agitated percussion. Crystal clear harmonies.
Thee Arrival - Off tangent rhythms, un-conforming synth line melody. Drifting bass, spiralling percussions.
DIGITAL ALBUM:
Artist: Octave One presents Random Noise Generation
Title: ‘Endustry’
Cat No: 4WLP710
Label: 430 West
‘Endustry’
‘Alkalyze’
‘Crank’
‘N2 The Enfinate’
‘Refraction’
‘Soul Xchange’
’Thee Arrival’
DOUBLE VINYL EP ALBUM
Artist: Octave One presents Random Noise Generation
Title: Endustry
Cat No. 4WLP710
Label: 430 West
Disc 1 - Side A
1.(Age Of) Endustry
2.Refraction
Side B
1.Soul Xchange
Disc 2 - Side C
1.Thee Arrival
Side D
1.Alkalyze
2.Crank
FORTHCOMING LIVE DATES:
April 2018
Fri 6 April - Jaeger, Oslo - Norway
Sat 7 April - Dude Club, Milan - Italy
Sat 14 April - Le Petit Salon , Lyon - France
Sat 27 April KINGSDAY ROTTERDAM x KRALINGSEBOSFESTIVA, Rotterdam - Holland
Sat 28 April - Nitsa, Barcelona - Spain
Sat 30 April - Ploink Festival, Bergen, Norway
May 2018
Fri 04 May - Baum Clib, Bogota - Colombia
Sat 05 May - IMAGINE LAND, Medellin - Colombia
Wed 09 May - Pal Hamburg, Germany
Thur 10 May - Losjes Hemelvaart 2018 - Tramkade Terrain, ’s-Hertogenbiosch - Holland Sat, 12 May ´18 - Khidi Club , Tiblisi - Georgia
Sat 19 May - Berghain, Berlin - Germany
June 2018
Sat 09 June - Picnic Fonic 2018, Bucharest
Thu 14 June - Detroit Love @ Off Sonar, Monasterio, Poble Espanyol , Barcelona
Thu 14 June - Detroit Love @ Off Sonar, Monasterio, Poble Espanyol , Barcelona
Sat 16 June - Dock Pullman, Paris
Fri 22 June - Sheaf St, Leeds - UK
Sat 23 June - WATERFORD & TRAMORE RACECOURSE, Dublin - Ireland
Sat 24 June - Parco Ippodromo di Agnano, Naples - Italy
August 2018
Fri 17 August - Tresor Berlin, Berlin - Germany
Sat 18 August - I Boat, Bordeaux - France
Sat 25 August - jikajikafestival Derry, Ireland
CONTACT:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
First Russian Artist Showcase at The Great Escape Festival
RUSSIAN ACTS TAKING CENTRE STAGE AT THE GREAT ESCAPE
Kate NV, Kirill Richter, SADO OPERA, Wet Red
This year the Great Escape will host its first Russian music showcase, with 4 exciting acts presented by RUSH initiative, introducing the best of contemporary Russian music scene. Spanning a wide range of genres, including electronic avant-pop artist Kate NV, neoclassical composer and pianist Kirill Richter, postpunk glam rockers Wet Red and Berlin-based Russian queer electro punk cabaret SADO OPERA these acts are already generating a lot of attention amongst media including Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, Esquire, Vogue and Pitchfork and music industry professionals.
RUSH is a unique initiative that has brought together key domestic music experts to select the most promising Russian performers, present them to international music professionals and integrate them into the global music community. In 2017, the first 6 acts were selected to promote internationally to showcase the diverse and talented artists the Russian music market has to offer.
The RUSH acts will perform on Friday 18th May from 12:30 - 16:00 at the Queens Hotel
Showcase schedule:
12:30 : Kate NV
13:30 : Wet Red
14:30 : Sado Opera
15:30 : Kirill Richter
Date: Friday 18th May 2018
Stage Host : RUSH initiative
Venue: AIM House (Queens Hotel)
Address: 1-3 Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 1NS
Other shows where you can see the Russian artist playing during The Great Escape:
KATE NV
Performance Day: Thursday 17th May 2018
Performance Time: 22:30
Venue: The Volks
Address: 3 Madeira Dr, Brighton BN2 1PS
SADO OPERA
Performance Day: Friday 18th May 2018
Performance time: 02:00
Venue: Bau Wow
Address: 77 East St, Brighton BN1 1NF, UK
KIRILL RICHTER
Performance Day: Friday 18th May 2018
Performance time: 19:45
Stage Host : Royal Albert Hall
Venue: St Marys
Address: Surrenden Road, Preston Park, Brighton
WET RED
Performance day: Saturday 19th 2018
Performance Time: 18:00
Venue: The Arch
Address: 187-193 Kings Rd, Brighton BN1 1NB, UK
About the artists
Kate NV /RU/
A Moscovite who makes glittery avant-pop with a Japanese slant
With her solo project “Kate NV”, the leader of Moscow avant-garde post-punk band GSh/Glintshake Katya Shilonosova explores an entirely different musical terrain. Having completed an internship at the Red Bull Music Academy in Tokyo, Katya transformed her musical passions into inventive pop music that manages to be both complex and accessible. Released on the US record label Orange Milk, her album “Binasu” (meaning “Venus” in Japanese) gathered enthusiastic critical acclaim from the likes of The Quietus, Pitchfork and The New Yorker. After a successful 9 city North American tour last year, Kate is set to conquer Europe this summer, with several bookings in France that include a performance at Vilette Sonique Festival and a premiere of “Decisive Pink”, a new collaboration with Angel Deadoorian at Sonar Festival in Barcelona. The Russian experimental producer has also announced the new album ’для FOR’ which will be released this spring on RVNG Intl.
Website: https://katenv.bandcamp.com/music
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1OkYyMwTFtCIl6Jn664Xtx?si=HsruJrxqT2G0Nss7vYilpw
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPU0TAwxKM8
Kirill Richter /RU/
A composer and pianist at the forefront of Russian neoclassical music
Before starting a career in music, Kirill Richter studied graphic design at the Nuclear Physics Institute and later Fashion Design. Lasting only a year, his musical education was a short-lived but crucial experience that’s made this mostly self-taught artist one of Russia’s most celebrated neoclassical musicians, with credits in film, theatre and TV as well as critical acclaim for both solo piano compositions and orchestral pieces. With coverage in Russian Vogue, Elle and Esquire’s description of Richter as ’a hero of our generation’ and ‘an apostle of modern times’, the pianist regularly attracts audiences of over 1000 people at his concerts in Russia. Over the past 12 months, Kirill Richter’s career has taken an international turn with invitations to play at major showcase events and venues including Classical:NEXT, Elbphilarmonie and Reeperbahn and Fox Sports commissioning Richter to compose the title music piece for the World Cup’18, with the piece being aired in the US and Canada during the championship. His current project is a collaboration with a cellist August Krepak and a violinist Alena Zinovieva. Together they’re experimenting with articulation of classical instruments. Singles from their new album Chronos are set for release in May 2018, with the LP due out later in 2018. Chronos seeks to express the sincerity of life, bridging together physics and philosophy.
Website: https://readymag.com/u48367288/kirillrichter/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/kirill-richter
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBbvnfyRakk
SADO OPERA /RU/
Berlin-based queer band famed for extravagant and risqué live shows
Inspired by Parliament Funkadelic, Prince and Liberace, SADO OPERA hail from St. Petersburg. Now based in Berlin, this queer collective has become one of the city’s most provocative and eccentric music imports. The legendary US talk show host Conan O’Brien selected SADO OPERA as a musical symbol of Berlin and joined them onstage for his TV special about the German capital. The resident band of Wilde Renate – one of Berlin’s most notorious nightclubs – SADO OPERA also play shows across Europe, spreading their message of unrestrained, gender-fluid love. For SADO OPERA, love is the ultimate act of subversion in our globally compromised political climate. Their songs offer a mix of disco, boogie and electro-funk fused into a high energy live show experience. With a debut LP due out later this year, SADO OPERA are putting the finishing touches to new singles and videos, ahead of their TGE appearances in May.
Website: http://www.sado-opera.com/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5B2HLv6QtpBXFFav0J82xW?si=AwS_AdwnQ0Ghj89GZjZ6pQ
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_ctinue=1&v=AhLqTOFQDNw
Wet Red /RU/
Fashion-conscious disco punks from Moscow
Wet Red are an eye-catching disco punk band from Mowcow, featuring Eva Vostroknutova, the star of Moscow nightclub scene as their frontwoman. Combining viral melodies with bold postpunk rhythms and glam rock stage personas, the band have become favourites of Moscow fashionistas, securing their haute couture pop reputation with whirlwind live performances and spectacular videos. In love with synth-pop melodism and post-punk pressure Wet Red develop and sharpen their own sound that explores the expressive limits of pop music. In the band's testosterone-fueled sound the true aficionados would unmistakably recognize the catching krautrock beat and a modern variation of the new wave aesthetic. Others would simply enjoy dancing to the punchy beats and agile basslines accompanied by Eva's powerful vocals. Having a love affair with Asia, Wet Red became the first Russian group to perform at the Taiwanese festival Love Love Rock in 2016 and played 2 successful live shows at V-Rox in Vladivostok last summer. Now band is planning to expand their fanbase in Europe with shows at BUSH festival in Budapest, Tallinn Music Week and The Great Escape festival.Throughout their three-year history, Wet Red have played numerous shows, ranging from invitation-only parties of international fashion brands to major Russian festivals. With five singles in their arsenal already and features on Eva in Russian Vogue, Rolling Stone and Tatler, Wet Red are currently working on a debut album scheduled for release in 2018.
Website: http://www.wet.red/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4xEagNQOpqbD1VW7tzpyQT?si=I9oIWfqSSGi_S7wOgdfF3w
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6NPhAG-uhA
About RUSH
RUSH is a unique initiative that has brought together key Russian music experts to select the most promising Russian performers, present them to international music professionals and integrate them into the global music community.
Forged at the heart of the Russian independent music scene, RUSH initiative is a non-profit organization that finances its work through crowdfunding as well as working with sponsors, art patrons, and cultural foundations.
RUSH operates on democratic selection principles, where the initiative's panel of experts, once a year, compile a list of Russian musicians across all genres with the greatest export potential. All final selections are made by internal ballot. To promote selected musicians, RUSH aims to secure its presence at key international music events, organise showcases of Russian music abroad, liaise with international music industry organisations on behalf of Russian artists, and assist with promotional campaigns on international markets.
RUSH is open to cooperation with experienced international music industry professionals with an interest in promoting and developing emerging talent from Russia.
More Info: https://www.facebook.com/rushmusicru/
RUSH Export Pool 1/2017
The first, 2017 export pool includes 6 acts: Siberian garage rockers The Jack Wood, avant-garde rockers Glintshake, neoclassical composer and pianist Kirill Richter, Moscow-based dance punk band Wet Red, electronic avant-pop artist Kate NV, and Berlin-based Russian queer electro punk cabaret SADO OPERA.
CONTACT:
For further information, showcase guestlist or interview requests, please contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Lowlands Festival adds Bazart, Børns, Death From Above, De La Soul, De Staat, DeWolff, DMA's
Already one of the biggest festivals in Holland, Lowlands has made a name for itself on the international festival circuit and prides itself in supplying top notch facilities for it’s visitors. Rivalling festivals such as Reading & Leeds, TRNSMT and Electric Picnic, Lowlands includes is the ultimate festival holiday extravaganza with a line up to match.
‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ add more massive names to the already immense line up. New additions include; De Staat, Bazart, Børns, Death From Above, De La Soul, DeWolff, DMA's, 47Soul, Agar Agar, Cabbage, Chase Atlantic, Christeene, Confidence Man, Employed to Serve, Ezra Furman, Eefje de Visser – solo, Faisal, Ferocious Dog, The Fever 333, Jade Bird, Kamaal Williams, Kumbia Boruka La Inédita, The Lemon Twigs, Mahalia, Mario Batkovic, The Mauskovic Dance Band, Phlake, Sam Fender, Trixie Whitley, Tshegue, Txarango, YONAKA.
Already one of the biggest festivals in Holland, Lowlands has made a name for itself on the international festival circuit and prides itself in supplying top notch facilities for it’s visitors. Rivalling festivals such as Reading & Leeds, TRNSMT and Electric Picnic, Lowlands includes 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 and hot showers. A Campingflight To Lowlands Paradise really is the ultimate summer holiday extravaganza with a line up to match.
Full Line up
Gorillaz, Kendrick Lamar, N.E.R.D, The War On Drugs, Dua Lipa, James Bay,
Bonobo, Dropkick Murphys, Gavin James, Gogol Bordello, Grizzly Bear, Jacob Banks, De Jeugd van Tegenwoordig, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Nick Murphy, Nils Frahm, Patti Smith, Rag’N’Bone Man, Richie Hawtin Close, Spinvis, De Staat, Stormzy, Tom Odell
$uicideboy$, Âme II Âme, Bazart, Ben UFO, Bicep (live), The Blaze, Børns, BROCKHAMPTON, Charlotte De Witte, Daniel Avery, David August, Death From Above, De La Soul, DeWolff, DMA's, Fatima Yamaha, Floating Points (solo live), George FitzGerald (live), Ho99o9, Jarreau Vandal, Jordan Rakei, Kiasmos, Lauv, Little Simz, Louis The Child,, Max Cooper, Maribou State, Metro Area (hybrid dj set), Motor City Drum Ensemble, Mr Carmack (dj set), Peggy Gou, Protoje & The Indiggnation, Protomartyr, Red Axes, Rhye, San Holo, Sevdaliza, Sofi Tukker, Surgeon, Tom Trago (presents Bergen live), Warhaus, The Wombats, Yaeji, 47Soul, Agar Agar, Amber Run, Avalon Emerson, Born in Flamez, Cabbage, Cartiez, Chase Atlantic, Christeene, Confidence Man, David Vunk, Dinamarca, Dr. Rubinstein, Eefje de Visser – solo, Employed to Serve, Ezra Furman, Faisal, Ferocious Dog, The Fever 333, Jacin Trill, Jade Bird, Job Sifre, Joost, Kamaal Williams, Kumbia Boruka, La Inédita, Leafs, The Lemon Twigs, Lorenzo Senni, Luwten, Lyzza, Mahalia, Mario Batkovic, Marlon Williams, The Mauskovic Dance Band, Metrik, Oceanic, Phlake, Rolling Blackouts, Coastal Fever, Sam Fender, Torus, Trixie Whitley, Tshegue, Txarango, Volvox, YONAKA, Zeal & Ardor
More acts will be announced soon with over 250 acts in total performing at this years event.
Watch the 2017 Aftermovie here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1BMQaqscEYE
The 26th edition of ‘A Campingflight to Lowlands Paradise’ will take place at Walibi Holland in Biddinghuizen from 17 to 19 August. Just over hours 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 and Holland’s most adventurous cultural outdoor event, with an extensive program with over 250 acts offering only the best in alternative music, film, theatre, comedy, visual arts literature and science.
For three days in August, a township with thousands of inhabitants arises in the middle of the country.
The Lowlands festival features heavyweight headliners, impressive installations including the new armadillo featuring the renowned chimney stacks and no less than twelve stages (among which a cinema and theatre), going by the names of Alpha, Bravo, Heineken, Lima, Juliet, X-Ray, Echo. All stages are covered too, so you can enjoy all the music and entertainment come rain or shine.
Fun facts about Lowlands
• Lowlands has two backstage pet horses who’ve been living there since the first edition of Lowlands in 1993 who love to cuddle with the backstage crew.
• Lowlands has a wellness village with hot tubs and saunas and where you can participate in all day long yoga sessions and get a massage.
• The festival site Lowlands takes place on every year used to be part of the sea, but it has been drained in the fifties to create a brand new province in The Netherlands. It still lays 3 meters below sea level.
• Since the first edition in 1993 there’s always has been an area at Lowlands that’s open 24 hours a day, so the party really never stops.
• Lowlands has it’s own TV station: Lowlands TV (LTV) which broadcasts only original and on site created content all festival long on big screens all over the festival grounds.
• Lowlands also has it’s own daily newspaper with Lowlands news, reviews and previews which is distributed on the camp site every festival morning.
• Lowlands Festivals includes a theatre where you can see dance, comedy and drama plays + has an cinema.
• Lowlands only sells 3 day-tickets and no separate day tickets, which means everybody’s there for the whole weekend.
• At Lowlands 2016 Dutch Olympic gymnast Yuri van Gelder was dismissed from the Olympic Games in Brazil a week before the finals because of consuming alcohol. Lowlands decided to give him a second chance and offered him the opportunity to perform his routine on the rings at the Alpha stage for a huge festival crowd.
Tickets
Tickets available via Ticketmaster (direct link: http://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/Lowlands-Festival-tickets/artist/1672455) and include festival entry, camping + shuttle bus from / to railway station or Dronten Lelystad.. 3 days tickets from £165 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
Escape the real world with unique festival experiences
Escapism is one of the primary reasons that festival-goers around the world travel far and wide to their favourite events. Wherever they are located, festivals provide a unique experience, sheltering attendees from the outside world and promoting a positive attitude and an environment of acceptance.
EXIT Festival, Serbia
What better way to escape the real world than partying in the Petrovaradin Fortress overlooking the river Danube?
With a worldwide audience travelling from far and wide to attend, EXIT truly boasts a diverse crowd, one of the many enticing aspects of the event. The award winning festival has something for music lovers of all genres with a diverse mix of artists performing on numerous stages connected by cobbled streets, ramparts and tunnels. Dance alongside 20,000 people in the iconic dance arena while the sun rises over the fortress walls and feel truly immersed in the festival experience. With such captivating moments EXIT Festival truly allows attendees to escape from the real world. This year’s lineup is already shaping up to be the best yet, with artists including David Guetta, Grace Jones, MIgos, Fever Ray, LP, Ziggy Marley, Adam Beyer B2B Ida Engberg, Alice Merton, Maceo Plex, Nina Kraviz, Richie Hawtin, Slaves, Solomun, Take of Us. Idles and many more all set to appear. The already stacked lineup continues to get bigger and bigger with each announcement, and with plenty more names still yet to be unveiled, the 2018 edition of EXIT Festival will undoubtedly be the most impressive to date.
Exit takes place from 12-15 July 2018. More info available at exitfest.org
Lowlands Festival, The Netherlands
Set in a remote location in The Netherlands just over an hours drive from Amsterdam, Lowlands allows attendees to disconnect from the real world in a
township with thousands of inhabitants that arises in the middle of the country for three days in August. Lowlands features heavyweight headliners, impressive installations including the new armadillo featuring the renowned chimney stacks and no less than twelve stages (going by the names of Alpha, Bravo, Heineken, Lima, Juliet, X-Ray, Echo. Offering a unique selection of film, stand-up comedy, visual arts, literature, and street theatre, the festival has the feel of civilisation separate from modern society, allowing attendees to truly immerse themselves in the activities offered. All stages are covered too, so you can enjoy all the music and entertainment come rain or shine As the sun sets and the night draws in, the atmosphere intensifies, making the festival’s performances more mind-blowing than ever. Playing host to artists from a wide variety of genres, the festival undoubtedly has something for everybody, and boasts a star-studded lineup filled with iconic artists. This year’s lineup includes appearances from the likes of Gorillaz, Kendrick Lamar, N.E.R.D, The War On Drugs, Dua Lipa, James Bay, Bonobo, Patti Smith, Rag’N’Bone Man, Richie Hawtin, Stormzy, Tom Odell, Charlotte De Witte, and many more.
Lowlands takes place from 17 - 19 August 2018. More info available at lowlands.nl
Positivus Festival, Latvia
Feel truly separated from the real world at Positivus Festival in Latvia, which takes place surrounded by woodland and next to the picturesque Baltic coastline. Catering to the whole family, Positivus offers a wide range of activities for attendees as well as transporting chart-topping headliners, underground emerging talent and exciting art and dance stages to their unspoiled atmospheric coastal setting amid stunning woodland.Festival goers can dip their toes in the Baltic sea, take in the atmosphere and feel at one with nature beneath on a hammock beneath the trees, browse the arts and crafts market at ease or taste a selection of the finest cuisine at the food court. This long-running festival remains a favourite due to its separation from the real world, allowing attendees to feel at one with nature in the midst of one of Europe’s most beautiful locations. This year’s edition will see performances from the likes of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, The Prodigy, Years & Years, Tove Lo, Mura Masa, Lauv and more.
Positivus takes place from 20 - 22 July 2018. More info available at positivusfestival.com
Sea Star Festival, Croatia
Set amongst exquisite Croatian coastline, Sea Star Festival is the ultimate location for relaxation and rejuvenation. This beach resort event promotes tranquillity and provides the perfect opportunity to unwind, with attendees left stunned by the picturesque landscape. Watch the sunset from the beach and be part of one of the most breath taking festival experiences in the world. Truly feel separated from reality surrounded by likeminded electronic music enthusiasts experiencing the picturesque landscape alongside exceptional live performances. The festival offers a stacked electronic lineup featuring the likes of Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Robin Schulz, Paul Van Dyk, Francois X, Luke Slater and Tommy Four Seven plus performances from artists including as Hurts and Disciples, all of whom will provide unforgettable performances, made even more powerful by the awe-inspiring backdrop.
Sea Star takes place from 24 - 27 May 2018. More info available at seastarfestival.com
Secret Solstice Festival, Iceland
Iceland's Secret Solstice is a destination for festival goers with a passion for the natural beauty of the great outdoors. Each year the festival welcomes an eclectic lineup to the naturally breathtaking country for main stage sets, glacier raves, lava tunnel shindigs, midnight sun boat parties and secret lagoon blowouts. Other tourist attractions also include volcanic beaches, epic midnight sunsets where daylight reins 24/7, Game of Thrones filming locations, jaw-dropping waterfalls and the infamous Blue Lagoon.Never failing to deliver a huge lineup spanning multiple genres, the festival has continued to cement its position as one of the world’s most sought-after events. Held during the Summer Solstice when the sun never sets, the festival is a truly unique experience that cannot be found anywhere else. Enjoy this surreal phenomenon and feel at-one with nature during the festival which showcases the international artist alongside the best homegrown talent. year’s lineup includes Slayer, Stormzy, Gucci Mane, Clean Bandit, Bonnie Tyler, Death From Above, Steve Aoki, Goldlink, J Hus, Skream and A-Trak, , Dreamwife, IMADDB and more.
Secret Solstice takes place from 21-24 June 2018. More info available at secretsolstice.is
Dutch Showcase Announced for The Great Escape - Canshaker Pi, Pip Blom, Pitou, Naaz, The Homesick and more!
The Netherlands are this years lead international country for The Great Escape and we can now announced the date and time of the showcase, so get ready to discover the country’s most prominent rising stars in partnership with the Dutch Music Export.
Having already built solid foundations in and outside their home country these acts represent a variety of genres from alternative noise rock and garage to indie folk, quirkpop and singer songwriters with beautiful vocal harmonies. There really is something for everyone and these acts are ones to keep on your radar in 2018.
10 acts will perform at a special showcase event on Friday 18th May 2018 at Komedia, 44-47 Gardner Street, Brighton. See set times below.
Komedia
12.00: Rosemary & Garlic
12.45: Pitou
13.30: Nana Adjoa
14.30: Pip Blom
15.30: Canshaker Pi
Komedia Studio Bar
12.15: Day Fly
13.00: Charlie & the lesbians
13.45: Paceshifters
14.30: The Homesick
15.30: Iguana Death Cult
Said Canshaker Pi "After having played dozens of shows in the UK over the last year, it’s a huge honor to play The Great Escape among our Dutch friends this year. We love coming back to Brighton and join the awesome Dutch wave of bands ready to take over Europe!"
"We played last year's TGE and it was such a great festival that even in the pouring rain we had the best time walking through Brighton checking out cool bands like Shame and Goat Girl. We're honoured to play this year again, especially because we're in the company of the cream of the Dutch crop with acts like The Homesick, Canshaker Pi and so many more." Says Pip Blom.
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. For thirteen years Dutch artists have provided festival go-ers with many incredible and memorable performances from artists such as, Amber Arcades, Dope D.O.D, Jacco Gardner, Jameszoo and Klangstof,
Other shows where you can see the Dutch bands playing during The Great Escape:
Thursday 17th May
7:15pm - Pip Blom - Paganini Ballroom
9:30pm - Pitou - Unitarian Church
10:15pm - Iguana Death Cult - Green Door Store
Friday 18th May
8:15pm - Day Fly - The Walrus
8:15pm - Nana Adjoa - Marine Room (Harbour Hotel)
9pm - Naaz - Sallis Benney Theatre
10pm - Canshaker Pi - Horatio’s
10:30pm - Paceshifters - Volks
Saturday 19th May
4:30pm - Brass Rave Unit - Jubilee Square
7.15pm - Charlie & the lesbians - Green Door Store
8:30pm - Rosemary & Garlic - Unitarian Church
9:15pm - Pip Blom - Prince Albert
10:15pm - The Homesick - Green Door Store
Find out more about the bands below and if you’d like an interview or guestlist to the showcase please let us know.
More info on bands here: http://www.dutch-impact.nl/category/festivals/the-great-escape
Brought to you by 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.
About the artists
Brass Rave Unit
Brass Rave Unit delivers high octane muscle and lung powered raves at any location and at any time. They gained notoriety by playing in the Amsterdam club scene, toppling over the DJ-stand and playing with all their might to remind people that live music and real instruments are still the best ingredients for an all-out party.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/brassraveunit/
Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arQAgRRwopA
Canshaker Pi
Canshaker Pi's inflammable brand of indie rock, their relentless energy and highly-strung stage antics have earned them the title of one of the best Dutch live bands. Their debut record was produced by Pavement's Stephen Malkmus and landed them gigs at every major festival in The Netherlands and sent them all around Europe, spreading havoc, excitement and awe. While expanding their territory by winning hearts and minds one by one the band is also working on a new record.
Website: http://www.canshakerpi.nl/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/canshaker-pi-rocks
Charlie & the lesbians
Charlie and his lesbians clearly take no prisoners. The primitive instigations of this smouldering collective of curiosities have shaken numerous cellars and venues. The group from Eindhoven released a gruesome single and debut EP in 2017. The Lost Boy EP was released on vinyl as well and the brutal live reputation was well captured. It's like Charlie & The Lesbians wanna play Sex Pistols, The Stooges, (Thee) Oh Sees and nihilistic post-punk all at the same time and especially very punk. The live show is all about danger.
Website: https://charlieandthelesbians.bandcamp.com/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/charlieandthelesbians
Day Fly
London born singer and songwriter Beau Nox is an intriguing and elusive character. Having moved to India as a child, Beau spent his formative years running away to the Himalayas and exploring the streets of New Delhi by night. Beau Nox is a unique new voice in the alternative pop scene. Teamed with producer Rudy Jr., these two 20 something’s formed Day Fly, a duo described by Boiler Room as ‘’soul lovingly linking arms with alternative hip-hop with a smidgen of sing-a-long pop shaken in.’’ The duo has promised their first full length album 2018, A bittersweet concoction of ominous synths, fuzzy guitars and disarming vocals with themes exploring the vulnerability of youth, and love.
Website: https://www.facebook.com/dayflydayfly/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/dayflymusic
Iguana Death Cult
Rotterdam’s rousing Iguana Death Cult has claimed its own dominion inside the Dutch port’s concrete jungle. By bringing the best of Thee Oh Sees' wild garage psych, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard's crazy psych rock and The Black Lips' southern garage together, this young quartet has revitalised the garage scene. Adding some surf sound, Iguana Death Cult mapped out their own route, one that has been full of wild parties, including their own festivals, and crowdsurfing kids. The foursome’s high-octane protopunk and acid-drenched psychedelics create havoc not unlike a ferocious horde of bees. They cemented their live reputation with debut album The First Stirrings Of Hideous Insect Life and now they back, bigger, bolder and rougher than ever.
Website: http://iguanadeathcult.band/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3krOZK9c8q5QOdt9QSdEV8
Naaz
Naaz is an 19-year-old singer-songwriter and producer from Holland, who immediately captures your attention with her distinctive voice. Having a Kurdish background, it took Naaz quite some time and effort to convince her family to allow her to follow her passion. During that time, Naaz taught herself to write, produce and record her own music in her bedroom, so she could still be able to make music regardless of any circumstances. Her quirky, playful yet subtle productions go hand in hand with her melodic songwriting, resulting in a music genre which she herself has named 'quirkpop'. Now with her family lovingly by her side, she wholeheartedly encourages other artists to do the same and never give up on their dreams. In 2017 she signed her first record deal with Universal Music, which quickly followed with her first official single 'Words'. Her debut EP 'Bits Of Naaz' is expected to be released in 2018.
Website: https://www.bitsofnaaz.com/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/736HGQRGr9rjG4VmmSpkz8
Nana Adjoa
Nana Adjoa, is a Dutch-Ghanaian singer, songwriter, bass and guitar player. Throughout her youth, Nana was involved in various musical projects before moving to Amsterdam to study bass guitar at the prestigious Jazz Conservatorium. While playing as a bassist for several successful Dutch acts she began working on her own material and took part in a prestigious singer-songwriter talent contest the Grote Prijs van Nederland. As runner-up, Nana’s alternative/ indie pop songs immediately drew attention. All of Nana Adjoa’s songs come from a deep place. The multi-talented Nana Adjoa is hard to capture in one genre, but her soulful yet groovy songs can be traced back to the Nineties, specifically to her love for British trip-hop. With a warm voice that encompasses itself in the tones of soul, combined with her compact and poetic lyrics, Nana manages to be melancholic without losing joy. Now in the running for ‘Dutch Talent to watch’ in 2018, Nana’s debut EP ‘Down at The Root (part 1) was released in November 2017.
Website: http://nanaadjoa.com/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/nanaadjoamusic
Paceshifters
Alternative/noiserock trio from the East of The Netherlands are a band that doesn't care about lists, bank accounts or what is supposedly hip. Paceshifters resurrect the alternative rock of the 90s and add loads of live passion. The band is like a bolt of lightning for the current musical landscape, channelling an unbridled ambition and energy, and seeing them live is believing. Last album Waiting To Derail was recorded with producer Chris 'Frenchie' Smith (Datsuns, Dandy Warhols) in Austin, Texas, and now Paceshifters shown their worth at many European and just about every Dutch festival.
Website: http://www.paceshifters.com/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7maCRjdG5xFuQZ7AxINpAN
Pip Blom
Based in Amsterdam, 21 year old Pip Blom writes, records and releases her own indie-pop tunes with a twist. Although she only started releasing her raw guitar power with catchy melodies early 2016, things move fast. Pip Blom is a band now and have recorded two sessions for BBC Radio 6 (Marc Riley) and one for Radio 1 (Huw Stephens). They've played a lot in Holland and Britain and will support the Breeders on their European tour this summer. MTV UK called the gig at The Great Escape 2017 one of the highlights of the festival.
Website: https://pipblom.bandcamp.com/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6zWJfH1TTmIqEi7EV35HGr?si=qkA6ZPZFRiyupsCRjK5cIg
Pitou
The music of Amsterdam-born musician Pitou is characterized by her highly distinctive voice, special compositions and the use of vocal harmonies as an instrument in themselves. She draws inspiration from sources ranging from Bulgarian choir music to Sparklehorse and Joni Mitchell. Her highly anticipated self-titled debut record was released in 2016 on Scottish/Dutch label Mink Records and was greeted with national and international critical acclaim. In 2017 Pitou has played across The Netherlands, in Brussels, Glasgow and London, and she is confirmed for The Great Escape 2018, plus a new record is in the making.
Website: http://www.pitoumusic.com/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/27aUOc2h4pz72oZen497Va
Rosemary & Garlic
You might have heard Rosemary & Garlic while listening to your favourite Spotify playlists, like The Most Beautiful Songs in the World or Your Favourite Coffee House. The popularity of the DIY indie folk band has been rapidly growing since the release of The Kingfisher EP in 2015. The Dutch duo have gained worldwide attention with their beautiful and poetic songs, each of them filled with a great sense of beauty, nature and image.
Website: http://www.rosemaryandgarlic.com/
Music: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7MZvYitgCWAOaKjxdm2S17
The Homesick
Dokkum, the home of, and probably the inspiration for The Homesick, whose sound plays on pop music. Not the kind with slick beats and audacious vocal effects, but rather the kind that is closer to The Beatles, that was created as an escape from reality and provides an antidote to boredom. The three lads from the North of The Netherlands make some pulsating noise pop that gets firmly stuck in the mind and on the dancefloor. Make no mistake, the teens run one of the best live bands around.
Website: https://thehomesick.bandcamp.com/
Music: https://soundcloud.com/the-homesick
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
OFF Festival Katowice 2018: Charlotte Gainsbourg and a song by many names
From Charlotte Gainsbourg’s intimate secrets to Adam Strug’s songs beyond space and time: The OFF Festival and its audience welcomes any music, old, new, or even newer — just as long as it’s good music.
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Her singing career began with a bang when, at the young age of 13, she performed the controversial duet “Lemon Incest” with her own father, the master Serge Gainsbourg. And she could hardly have hoped for a more successful acting career: her filmography features pictures directed by Michel Gontry, Alejandro González, Iñárritu and Lars von Trier, whose Antichrist landed her award for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival. Naturally, we’re more interested in her as a singer, and we’ve invited her to the OFF Festival to do just that. From her debut album, produced by her dad, through her collaborative efforts with Radiohead producer Nigel Godrich and Beck, to her latest record, Rest, produced by SebastiAn, Charlotte Gainsbourg invariably stuns audiences with her originality and charisma. Rest is at once sad and furious, and we’re expecting more of those emotions in Katowice this August. Inspired by the cult soundtracks to Brian De Palma’s Carrie, Kubrick’s The Shining, and Hitchcock’s Rebecca, the LP features guest appearances from Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo of Daft Punk and Paul McCartney, but Charlotte’s artistic persona consistently steals the spotlight.
Adam Strug
He’s an ethnomusicologist, composer and poet, but more than anything else, he’s a singer: a person who paints pictures, conjures up worlds and enlivens stories with his voice. He’s best known for his collaborations with Stanisław Soyka and Wojciech Waglewski as well has his magnificent album Requiem ludowe, which he recorded in collaboration with Kwadrofonik a few years back and later performed at the OFF Festival, leaving the crowd in tears. Unsurprisingly, Leśny bożek, Strug’s latest release, combines deep nods to tradition with bold experimentation. Taking poems by Leśmian, Staff, Asnyk and the folk poet Jan Pock, the singer interprets the verses over his own musical compositions, which draw on local and Middle Eastern inspirations.
The Mystery Lights
To careful observers of the American independent music scene, it might have come as a surprise when, in 2016, the excellent soul label Daptone (the one that brought us Charles Bradley) established the sub-label Wick Records, which went on to release the debut album by The Mystery Lights. To attentive listeners, it’s clear that The Mystery Lights is the kind of record you start an entire label for. It’s pure energy expressed through old-school rock’n’roll and spiced up with a pinch of folk, blues and psychedelic rock.
DJ Paypal & DJ Taye
He comes from the States, lives in Berlin, and plays music from Chicago. Producer DJ Paypal is at the forefront of the genre known as footwork, a position he solidified with the album Sold Out, released in August 2015 by Brainfeeder. DJ Taye debuted with Still Trippin’ (Hyperdub) this March — and what a trip it is! Both of them are part of the famed Teklife crew, and you know what that means: get ready for a party with the kind of humor, energy and sheer tempo that’ll get your blood pumping.
ARRM
Artur Rumiński is one of those Polish musicians that keeps resurfacing at the OFF Festival — he’s just got that much to offer. We’ve seen him practice witchcraft with Furia and wage war against the sun with Thaw, and now he’s back in an ostensibly calmer incarnation, but one that still reveals plenty of anxiety and emotional depth. ARRM generates sound waves that flow through the broad channels carved by ambient and post metal, with occasional detours into uncharted cosmic territory.
This year’s OFF Festival lineup also features: Ariel Pink, Grizzly Bear, Zola Jesus, Jon Hopkins Live, Aurora, Turbonegro, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah performing Some Loud Thunder, Marlon Williams, John Maus, …And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead performing Source Tags & Codes, Big Freedia, David August, Egyptian Lover, Le Mystère Des Voix Bulgares (The Mystery of the Bulgarian Voices), Oxbow, Bishop Nehru, King Ayisoba, Housewives, Or:la, Jacques Greene, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, Wednesday Campanella, Hańba!, Furia, The Como Mamas, Coals, Moses Sumney, Yasuaki Shimizu, Yellow Days, Legendarny Afrojax, Nanook of the North, Bass Astral x Igo, Sorja Morja, Skalpel Big Band, and Sonbird.
The 2018 OFF Festival Katowice will take place August 3–5 at Three Pond Valley. Three-day passes are now available at the OFF Shop for 330 PLN. This price lasts until April 15 or until the third batch of tickets is sold out! Campground tickets are also available for 70 PLN.
Contact
Nikki McNeill
Nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk