Eurosonic Noorderslag at NOS Primavera Sound Portugal
In January 2017, Portugal will be the Country Focus at Europe's biggest professional conference and showcase festival: Eurosonic Noorderslag.
The musical programme of Eurosonic 2017 will therefore feature an exponentially higher presentation of Portuguese artists, who will have the opportunity to showcase their new music before an audience of over 4.000 music industry professionals, including booking agents, 400 festivals and other first-rank music professionals potentiating the circulation and internationalization of new European artists.
At the invitation of WHY Portugal, Portugal's new music exchange platform, three of the main projects leads from Eurosonic will be present at this exclusive press conference: Robert Meijerink, Ruud Berends and Peter Smidt will be key participants at the press conference that intergrates the NOS Primavera Sound programme in Porto, next Saturday 11th of June, at 15:00.
This Eurosonic Noorderslag presentation proposes the following:
:: To gather several representatives from the Portuguese music business to inform on the general importance of the Eurosonic festival in the panorama of presenting and breaking new European musical artists;
:: To highlight to the Portuguese industry, guests, partners and media the advantages and relevance of a Country Focus feature such as the Portugal 2017 country focus, at an event of this stature and magnitude;
:: To inform on some of the best practices and ways through which Portuguese professionals and festivals can usefully extract value from the Eurosonic Noorderslag conference at the networking meetings, receptions and conferences that take place at Groningen's Oosterport, as well as clarify any doubts with regards to this important aspect;
At the end of the session, WHY Portugal and Eurosonic Noorderslag officials will remain available for individual interviews regarding the presentations.
About Eurosonic:
Eurosonic Noorderslag takes place every year in the northeastern city of Groningen and celebrated its 30th edition this year. Over 4000 music industry professionals, 340 showcasing artists, Dutch and European, participate in a showcase conference event with over 175 panels and conferences.
It is the starting point for debating the state of the industry, as well as the main entry point for making useful business contacts in the European music business, touring, festivals, live music, media and startups. Over the years it has become the main springboard for launching new artists careers by European artists from all over Europe.
www.eurosonic-noorderslag.nl/en/news/festival/article/focus-op-portugal/
About WHY Portugal:
The WHY Portugal music exchange platform is an online directory featuring new Portuguese artists looking to internationalize their careers, as well as an online tool mapping out the Portuguese music industry: live music and recorded music, services, and other professional categories can be found on the platform - as well as key Portuguese music startups.
WHY Portugal shall potentiate b2b contacts between the national and international music industries, as well as celebrate protocols with key music events so as to provide windows of internationalization for Portuguese artists and the professionals who represent them.
Contact
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Sziget Festival: The Chemical Brothers, Editors, Tinie Tempah and more
The line-up of Sziget Festival is getting more and more diverse, representing all genres. This time The Chemical Brothers, Tinie Tempah, Editors, BOY, BØRNS, Fedde Le Grand, Laidback Luke and many more were added to the line-up. This one is the last major music announcement of the 7 day festival, as the program is almost ready. Tickets are selling out with record speed, so those who would like to party non-stop for 7 days and enjoy the Sziget vibe, should definitely act now.
The program of more the more than 50 program venues are continuously being added to the seven days of fun of the Island of Freedom. At Sziget visitors cannot only enjoy the biggest acts playing on the Main Stage and other popular venues, but also discover exciting installations, programs and many art forms as contemporary circus, theatre, dance, street theatres and many more! The non-stop program variety of the seven days is almost ready, the detailed schedule is coming up next week.
On the Main Stage The Chemical Brothers will be performing on 10 August and Tinie Tempah on 14 August. For the past twenty years, The Chemical Brothers have redefined the idea of live electronic music. All the while, it has adhered to the same basic idea: that the gig should create its own transcendent audio/visual space where the audience can lose themselves for the duration of the set. Tinie Tempah, the 23-year old British rapper will definitely bring some great vibes to the Main Stage. He remains one of the most likeable pop stars today.
The OTP Bank A38 Stage is happy to host Editors, who are now officially back, the charismatic duo of Valeska Steiner and Sonja Glass aka BOY, American musician and singer BØRNS as well as Wiwek, Snails, Maduk ft. MC Mota, Noisia 'Outer Edges' and Kasra.
The gigantic tent of electronic music has also a pretty good number of names, where next to the already announced acts of Afrojack, Vinai, Dyro, DVBBS, Zedd, Nicky Romero now Jay Hardway, Volt&State, Fedde Le Grand, D-Wayne, Tujamo and Laidback Luke have been added. The Telekom Arena will also host Apster, StadiumX, Breathe Caroline, Nick Talos, Blinders, 2empress, Ravitez, Las Salinas and Yves V.
Tickets are selling out this year with record-speed. The 5 days passes are no longer available and more than 90% of the 7 days passes are already sold. So, those who would like to enjoy the 7 days of the Island of Freedom should hurry up.
See full line up here: http://szigetfestival.com/programs
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Breakout Acts from Eurosonic Noorderslag at a festival near you
This summer, Norwegian singer-songwriter Aurora, UK act Blossoms, Belgian electronic artist Lost Frequencies and Dutch trio MyBaby are some of the biggest winners of this year’s European Talent Exchange Programme (ETEP).
Among her many scheduled shows, Aurora is performing on festivals such as Roskilde (DK), Montreux Jazz (CH), Lowlands (NL) and Krakow Live Festival (PL), while Blossoms will be visiting Eurockéennes (FR), Best Kept Secret (NL), Hurricane (DE) and Rock Werchter (BE). Lost Frequencies will be performing at festivals as far apart as Exit (RS), Lollapalooza Berlin (DE) and Coachella (US). My Baby continue their extensive world tour this summer at Westway Lab (PT), Orange Blossom Special (DE) and can also to be seen at Exit Festival (RS)
New ETEP Results
The results presented include 301 confirmed shows by 122 artists from 27 different European countries. A total of 2690 shows by 972 European artists from 30 countries have taken place at the 100 ETEP festivals (2003 - 2015).
These are the top scoring countries with their top scoring ETEP act:
AURORA NO 12
Blossoms, UK 11
My Baby NL 6
Lost Frequencies BE 5
Have you ever seen the Jane Fonda Aerobic VHS? FI 5
Fews SE 5
Jain FR 5
Alex Vargas DK 5
Dubioza Kolektiv BA 4
The Chikitas CH 4
The results are available online:
http://www.etep.nl/acts/etep-shows/
You can also keep up to date with the ETEP Chart here: http://www.etep.nl/
View all results at the ETEP website here: http://www.etep.nl/
Listen to the spotify playlist here; https://play.spotify.com/user/eurosonicnoorderslag/playlist
ETEP is an initiative of Eurosonic Noorderslag to stimulate the circulation of European repertoire on festivals, on radio and across the media in Europe.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill at Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
EXIT Festival Presents the Diverse and Colorful Fusion Stage
Just like previous years, EXIT Festival’s Fusion Stage will be the meeting ground for local, regional and performers from across the planet. During four days over 40 bands and more than 150 artists will create an amazing atmosphere for the audience at the Petrovaradin Fortress, bringing the recognizable cosmopolitan vibe which symbolizes one of EXIT Festival’s most beloved stages! Cock Sparrer (UK), The Black Heart Rebellion (Bel), My Baby (NL), Dub Pistols (UK), Kensington (NL), Nova Heart (CN), Tuber (GR), as well as local heroes, Josipa Lisac, Urban&4, Stray Dogg, Who See and many more are just some of the names which will introduce the colorful musical world of Exit’s Fusion Stage.
Kensington – WAR: https://youtu.be/dkmjCAjAQug
The first festival day at Fusion will be marked by the performance of one of the most charming regional musicians, Urban&4, which will yet again leave their soul at Petrovaradin Fortress, and cause an uproar of emotions among the audience. They will be joined on stage by the band Ti, psychedelic electro-pop duo from Belgrade, whose music is full of dreamy and unforgettable melodies, resembling a sort of fluid poetry carried by their hypnotic beat. The melodic neo-punk tones will be brought by Belgium’s The Black Heart Rebellion, while Holland sends their regards with My Baby, an interesting electronic band which they themselves define as “delta trance, Louisiana dub indie funk”. The cosmopolitan spirit will be represented by China’s Nova Heart, an electro-pop band from Beijing, who shape their music according to the melodies from the 70s and 80s they are inspired by. And finally, the lineup on Thursday is complete by the performance of the local ska-dub sensation ZAA, and their recognizable female vocal Sanja Vučić, who represented Serbia at the Eurovision Song Contest this year.
Nova Heart - My Song 9 MV: https://youtu.be/_Gc52l6Z8ro
Serbia’s most popular hip hop trio – Bad Copy will turn the heat up at Fusion Stage with their famous hits on Friday, 8 July. Balkan’s premium punkers, Kultur Shock renowned for their mix of genres, blending rock, metal, punk with traditional Balkan music sharing the stage with the most sought after rap star from the region – Edo Maajka. The ever-popular Balkan Beats will be brought on stage by the singer-songwriter from Bosnia, Božo Vrećo, who will perform with his band Halka. For an unforgettable night at Fusion we can thank Novi Sad’s legendary rock band Ritam Nereda, but also Belgrade’s Consecration, the band who combines psychedelic rock with alternative metal sounds. Holland’s Indie-Rock band Kensington will show why they are considered one of the most popular musicians beyond the borders of their country, while composer and multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter Buslav is set to arrive from Poland, completing the lineup for Friday.
Josipa Lisac - Moja magija: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfr-4ZZV1mU
British dub superstars Dub Pistols and punk veterans Cock Sparrer will on Saturday, 9 July be joined on stage by Novi Sad’s legendary punk-rock band Atheist Rap and Croatian-Slovenian disco punk phenomenon Lollobrigida, who belong to the select-few bands popular all across the Balkans. World music wonder band of global proportions, Balkanika, together with their founder Aleksandar Sanja Ilić, will present their Balkan sound to the international audience at Fusion, while the stage will also host the hip-hop band Iskaz, with their socially and psychologically engaging lyrics, as well as the exciting indie/alternative rock group from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Billy Andol.
One of the most accomplished artists from the region, legendary Josipa Lisac will hold her concert on Sunday, 10 July on at the fabled Fusion Stage during this year’s EXIT Festival! This will also mark the first performance by the region’s foremost diva at EXIT Festival, whose singing force and signature vocal expression have illuminated the scene for four decades, reaching the hearts and minds of countless generations. The atmosphere will be brought to boiling point by Montenegro’s sensational hip-hop duo, Who See, who are set to make a sensational introduction to the Sea Dance Festival with their hit „Đe se kupaš“. The heroes of Belgrade’s Americana scene – Stray Dogg, renowned for their collaboration with Devendra Banhart, will share their melancholic guitar riffs with the audience at Fusion, while the banner of alternative rock will be held high by Slovenia’s Werefox and Bulgaria’s Jeremy. Arriving from Croatia that same night is pop-rock band Silente, while world music melodies will be brought by Belgrade’s Grubb, who recently performed the renowned song Đelem, Đelem to Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla. Finally, the instrumental rock band from Greece, Tuber will wow the audience during the last day of the festival.
Exit Festival will be held this year from 7 to 10 July at the Petrovaradin Fortress, after which Exit Adventure moves to the Adriatic Sea for the third annual Sea Dance Festival, held from 14 to 16 July. Confirmed acts for EXIT Adventure already include Ellie Goulding, Wiz Khalifa, The Prodigy, David Guetta, Bastille, Hurts, The Vaccines, Skrillex, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Stormzy, Lost Frequencies, Solomun, Robin Schulz, Nicky Romero, Ms. Dynamite, Zomboy, Wilkinson, Mind Against, Disciples, Dub Pistols, Andy C, Goldie and many more!
Tickets
Join the EXIT fans’ favorite special offer, which allows the entire crew to buy four tickets EXIT or the entire Exit Adventure, and receive a fifth ticket for free! Don’t miss out because the offer is available only until 6 June!
Tickets for EXIT Festival from £79 + Booking fee!
Tickets are available at www.exitfest.org/en/tickets
You can save up to 60% from the final ticket price in July. Accommodation and travel arrangements can be found at Exit’s official travel agency, ExitTrip’s here: www.exittrip.org/en
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
Dave Clarke returns to Fabric this Bank Holiday Weekend
To mark the last Bank Holiday weekend of May Fabric have invited two of the most pioneering artists to pass through our doors, Sasha and Dave Clarke to return to the decks on Saturday 28th May.
In Room One will be Sasha, proving just how relevant he has remained with the release of his exalted Late Night Tales Scene Delete album this spring, he’ll be joined by two key artists from his Last Night On Earth roster Kate Simko and Fur Coat. Simko on the night will be expected to express her supple take on Chicago house while Fur Coat are sure to deliver an assured standard of tech house.
Room Two will be headed by another of the techno world’s most lauded figureheads, Dave Clarke. DC will be back for his second session of 2016 bringing his metal plated four four template joining our resident Terry Francis and Ghostly International’s Detroit techno channelling Matrixxman.
He may be known as The Baron Of Techno, a moniker given to him by John Peel, but Dave Clarke has an anarchist streak a mile wide and punk in his soul. From his break-through 'Red Series' in the mid 90s Dave Clarke has become one of the world's most revered global headliners, whose frenetically charged DJ sets show a man with 'techno' coursing through his veins.
Room 1
Sasha
Fur Coat
Kate Simko
Room 2
Dave Clarke
Terry Francis
Matrixxman
More info and tickets here: http://www.fabriclondon.com/club/listing/1266
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
dubfire:liveHYBRID announced for Glade Stage at Glastonbury
Dubfire’s critically acclaimed live project dubfire:liveHYBRID will be touching down in the Glade Area at Glastonbury taking over the Glade Stage on Sunday 26th June.
The Glade started as a sound system in the wooded glade area at Glasto between the Other Stage and the Avalon folk fields in the late ‘90s. The area — and the acts that played amongst the trees — became so popular that it was spun out into its own festival in 2004, growing each year and running right up until 2012.
Now with its own field in the same part of the vast Glasto site, there’s a wealth acts playing The Glade, which is perhaps the most diverse dance area at Glasto.
Glastonbury really is one hell of a place to party and experience some of the world’s best electronic music acts and the dubfire:liveHYBRID will be the icing on the cake.
Never satisfied with the status quo, Dubfire spent two years crafting a live show; his HYBRID concept has been wowing audiences since its soft launch debut at the Amsterdam Dance Event in 2014. Described by Thump as, “unlike anything we had previously seen or heard before anywhere,” HYBRID reinvents the concert experience by seamlessly weaving together elements of 2D and 3D animation with live audio and lighting to explore the intersection of science and technology - of man and machine - and their resulting evolution and inevitable fusion. After touring 12 different countries in 2015, and receiving rave reviews at Coachella, the critically acclaimed show will touch down at more of the biggest events across the globe.
Says Dubfire: “I’d always intended for my music to be performed live, supported by the latest advancements in music, stage design, lighting and sound technology. It took me years to build up a body of work that I’m proud to stand behind and find the team to create the HYBRID show. It’s been an incredibly inspiring ride and I’m tremendously excited to finally bring the show to the fans who continue to support me and my sound”
Watch the official trailer here: Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/iuORN3mydD0
“Also excellent in the Mojave was Iranian DJ Dubfire, whose late Saturday turn was technical, precise, and wildly fun”. – Pitchfork
"We don’t exaggerate when we tell you the event was unlike anything we had previously seen or heard before anywhere, let alone at ADE" – THUMP
"The cinematic experience of Dubfire 's performance feels like you are inside a movie...indeed the highlight of this years Amsterdam dance event" - The Creators Project, Vice
“Playing behind four panels that enhanced and refracted his shadows, he (Dubfire) unveiled his new live show on Friday night, captivating the crowd with a spellbinding combination of minimal techno and trippy rendered visual.”. – Billboard
Decade of Dubfire
Is that wasn’t enough, Dubfire will also celebrate a decade of Dubfire in 2016, having gone down his own distinctly singular sonic path for a whole ten years. After early success as part of the still influential dance duo Deep Dish, the man born Ali Shirazinia now has his own label empire, legions of fans around the world and a unique take on electornic music that has made him a truly global superstar.
It was no easy move to go solo after the Grammy winning success of the Deep Dish project, but the challenge of carrying out his own solo musical mission is one that Ali has more than risen to. In that time, he has established his label SCI + TEC as a world renowned platform for his own music and that of a carefully curated list of talents old and new. He has also headlined every major club and festival in the world on a regular basis, has created his pioneering live Hybrid show and has earned a reputation as an artist right at the forefront of live performance and audio visual entertainment.
Though many believed Dubfire was crazy going it alone, the seminal success of his solo tracks like ‘Ribcage’, ‘Emissions’ and ‘Roadkill’ prove he has more than made his own way. Remixes of ‘Spastik’ by Plastikman, live shows from LA to Barcelona, Washington to Womb have continued to prove the point and for the last two years, and his HYBRID live concept has been wowing crowds everywhere. Created with the aim of reinventing the concert experience and combining overlapping screen projections, a mind-blowing array of strobe lights and a powerful 2D and 3D visual framework, the show has seen Ali incorporate the latest advancements in technology to deliver an out of this world live display.
It is fair to say this show, a ground breaking combination of man and machine, science, art and technology, has proved the high point of Dubfire’s solo career. But all good things must come to and end and so in 2016, after two years of touring and to coincide with his decade at the top, it will cease to exist after some final showcases at Coachella, International Music Summit Ibiza, Dockyard Festival, Movement and more to be announced.
Dubfire will also celebrate 10 years at the top as a solo artist in 2016, and though this first chapter of Dubfire’s solo career is almost done and dusted, the man himself, as ever, continues to look forwards. As such you can expect him to unveil some new and exciting projects in the near future, whilst he is also being honoured with the release of a new movie about his life and career, with a trailer available here: https://vimeo.com/122099244.
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
No Sleep Barcelona: Nitsa Club join EXIT Festival Line Up
Nitsa, one of the most beautiful clubs in Europe, nestled in the legendary theatre hall Apolo in Barcelona, will start off this year’s program on the No Sleep Novi Sad stage at EXIT festival on Thursday, 7 July! The sound of the city that stays awake 365 days a year is brought to the Petrovaradin Fortress by Rebolledo, The Hacker, DJ Fra, Tijana T and Klaus! The warm up for this year’s EXIT will already start in the Spanish metropolis on 20 May, when club Nitsa will host the great No Sleep Barcelona party!
Nitsa join the already announced Berlin techno institution Tresor, who will celebrate 25 years at EXIT Festival on Friday, 8 July. The lineup will be led by the icon of electronic music and founder of Berlin’s contemporary sound Mortiz van Oswald, joined by the leaders of the new European techno scene Zadig, Dasha Rush and Psyk! The local scene will be represented by the producers who have performed at Tresor – Belgrade’s iconic producer, living and working in Berlin, Miloš Pavlović better known as Regen, as well as Belgrade’s new favourite and club Drugstore’s resident DJ, Filip Xavi.
If that isn't enough the legendary Paris based boat party Concrete, will also host their non-stop party on Saturday, 9 July. The show will be headlined by techno wunderkind, the star of a new generation Tommy Four Seven, followed by the leading Concrete residents and current leaders of the Paris techno scene, Antigone and Francois X, as well as one of the rising stars Shlømo who will bring his intense live performance to the No Sleep Stage!
No Sleep Novi Sad, is the second biggest electronic music stage of Exit Festival and with the new program concept with some of the biggest world clubs and labels this is a stage not to be missed.
Tickets
Daily tickets for EXIT festival at special, discounted prices will be available from Friday, May 20th.
You can also join the EXIT fans’ favourite special offer, which allows the entire crew to buy four tickets EXIT, Sea Dance or the entire Exit Adventure, and receive a fifth ticket for free!
Tickets for EXIT Festival from £79 + Booking fee!
Tickets are available at www.exitfest.org/en/tickets
You can save up to 60% from the final ticket price in July. Accommodation and travel arrangements can be found at Exit’s official travel agency, ExitTrip’s here: www.exittrip.org/en
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
The legendary George Clinton and Parliament Funkadelic at EXIT Festival
George Clinton, the icon of funk and one of the most influential musicians of all time, will perform on Friday, 8 July on Exit’s Main Stage, accompanied by his world famous band Parliament-Funkadelic! It will be a performance by musicians who have been members of the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame since 1997, who were introduced by Clinton’s famous protégé – Prince! Dr. Funkenstein, as he is called by numerous media and fans around the world, will present to the audience at Exit some of the greatest funk hits ever! Clinton had an enormous impact on hip-hop collaborating and producing hits with the biggest names of the genre, such as Kendrick Lamar, Ice Cube, Jay Z, Dr. Dre, 2Pac, Notorious B.I.G, 50 Cent and many others. Doctor Funk also served as the inspiration for other great musicians as are Prince, Daft Punk and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/BnYP08psRf8
Exit Festival will be held this year from 7 to 10 July at the Petrovaradin Fortress, after which Exit Adventure moves to the Adriatic Sea for the third annual Sea Dance Festival, held from 14 to 16 July. Confirmed acts for EXIT Adventure already include; Ellie Goulding, Wiz Khalifa, The Prodigy, David Guetta, Bastille, Hurts, The Vaccines, Skrillex, Dimitri Vegas & Like Mike, Stormzy, Lost Frequencies, Solomun, Robin Schulz, Nicky Romero, Ms. Dynamite, Zomboy, Wilkinson, Mind Against, Disciples, Dub Pistols, Andy C, Goldie and many more!
Tickets
Daily tickets for EXIT festival at special, discounted prices will be available from Friday, May 20th.
You can also join the EXIT fans’ favorite special offer, which allows the entire crew to buy four tickets EXIT, Sea Dance or the entire Exit Adventure, and receive a fifth ticket for free!
Tickets for EXIT Festival from £79 + Booking fee!
Tickets are available at www.exitfest.org/en/tickets
You can save up to 60% from the final ticket price in July. Accommodation and travel arrangements can be found at Exit’s official travel agency, ExitTrip’s here: www.exittrip.org/en
Contact:
Nikki McNeill | Global Publicity
nikki@globalpublicity.co.uk
11 Things to do at Sziget Festival
Sziget is the Island of Freedom and also the winner of the ‘Best European Festival Line-up Award’ in 2015. To live up to its traditions, the festival continues to build its identity offering a diverse and open-minded program, making sure that it is much more than ‘just’ a music festival.
This unique atmosphere has been the essential part of Sziget from the beginning, merging a diverse music line-up with many programs beyond music as theatre, dance, circus and many more. This is all topped with quality services, exciting visuals and spectacular installations. These are the guarantees of success on a very packed festival market.
Here’s 11 things to experience while at Sziget….
1.Art
When it comes to the visual landscape of Sziget, Gerendai added, that Sziget received more than 200 applications to its Art of Freedom tender this year. These ideas and concepts arrived from designers, sculptors, artists or just enthusiastic "amateurs" from all over the world. Out of all applications almost 100 will come to life in any corner of the island. These gigantic installations and peculiar lights bring one, very important aspect to the previously mentioned special Sziget atmosphere, so all day, visitors can wander to one of the 50 venues through many worlds.
In the ArtZone, Szitizens will have the opportunity to try out different art forms and to create arts and crafts. In the main focus we can find re-cycled materials and with the help of the most prominent artistic groups there will be several opportunities to be creative. This year the Architects of Air are arriving with Trilumin-Luminarium. A Luminarium is an 800 square meter inflatable sculpture made up of labyrinthine tunnels and inspiring spacious domes - a sensual world of liquid-light and color. The interactive and community art project of the Before I Die encourages people to share their personal desires, secrets and fears in one common space. The giant board of Candy Chang will await Szitizens to leave those they would like to see/feel/experience before they die.
2.Cirque Du Sziget
The Cirque du Sziget will bring unique and spectacular productions once again, where great international new-circus companies will arrive and entertain the crowd. The German More Promotions will bring their production called 'Soap', a sexy, funny and dangerous show combined with as much water as possible!
From Australia, the company of Circa will bring their production called 'Beyond' . a warm, surreal and unexpectedly moving. Blending dynamic circus acts like trapeze and Chinese pole with cheeky feats of strength and multiple bunny heads, set to a bewitching mix of show tunes, ballads and electronica, this creation delights and enchants.
The Québec Circus School from Canada is bringing their show 'La Souche', which is a progression of each of their own artistic developments with the influence of the others, the relationship of people who love circus, and young adults coming together.
Also from Canada, Les Dudes will perform 'Let's do this!' . Juggling is easy – anyone can learn it with a little practice… perhaps even juggling on someone else's shoulders. But when fire and unicycle are added to the mix, the result will either be a disaster or a success. The Canadian duo Les Dudes will show us which.
'Miss Dolly' is the performance of the French company of Marcel et ses drôles de femmes. The performance of Miss Dolly of aerial and Korean cradles played outside features 4 dusty characters coming from who knows where and start investigating the scene. This spectacular circus production will merge sensuality, beautiful and awful elements as well as apples, humor, absurdity, acrobats and the power of the wind.
The Hungarian Circus Institute will be also present at the venue with the performance called 'The Ball', performed together with the students of the Québec Circus School, and the Hungarian company Recirquel will return to Sziget with their performance 'Paris De Nuit' .
3.Theatre and Dance
The Theatre and Dance Tent will host once again the most exciting contemporary theatre and dance companies at two venues: in the tent itself and also on an outdoor stage. Outside we can meet the youngest generation of contemporary dance both from Hungary and all over the world. From Hungary we can meet Milán Újvári, Adél Juhász and Áron Porteleki, Viktor Szeri and Júlia Vavra as well as Body Lotion, formation of Virág Arany and Júlia Lányi. József Trefeli and Gábor Varga will bring their production called 'Jinx 103'. From the international scene we can see three performances on the outdoor stage: Maastheater from Rotterdam bringing 'Twins' and'Play it Back'. From Israel arrives Roni Chadash and Etay Axelros and Chiaki Horita. In addition, Turkish Ziya Azazi comes back to Sziget with the performance called 'Ember' . In the tent there will be performances twice a day, so Szitizens can check out the world famous Hiroaki Umeda with the so called 'Fluid Intelligence'. The Japanese choreographer is working with five Hungarian dancers this year on this play that will have its debut at Sziget. Important to mention the other companies as E.sperimenti Dance Company, the National Dance Company of Wales, the Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company, Dani Pannullo Dancetheatre Company and Cortez-Fontán.
The French Transe Express will be this year's Giant Street Theatre company at Sziget, who will bring their newest production called 'Mù', which will invite the Szitizens to the wonderful world of Jules Verne, where we can follow the members of the company from the depth of the seas through fire and air straight to the Moon. This is a very spectacular and amazing production that will definitely enchant the viewers!
4.Sziget Beach
The Sziget Beach is one of the most popular venues, as it is the place to be if one wants to enjoy the sun and chill in the Danube. This year Sziget Beach will be teamed up again with the Cökxpôn Chill Garden, where the only thing to do is "chill". The venue of the Classical, Opera and Jazz Stage will host Gabriel Prokofiev, who is the grandson of the famous musician. At the venue Szitizens can not only enjoy contemporary opera, but can also interact with the artists when it comes to conducting or composing. Fans of jazz should also migrate here as great concerts and programs will await them.
5.Travelling Funfair
The venue of the Travelling Funfair "Vándor Vurstli" will bring a unique atmosphere, a magical world to Sziget, where everything is possible and we can all turn back time. There will be a lot of shooting, tossing and striking game-structures all with some fanfare music! This time Szitizens can also enjoy the Catalan Automatarium and the white caravan of the Omnivolant. The small street theatres bring life to any corner of Sziget, you don't even know where you will meet them! This year Sziget welcomes Brincadeira, Sarruga and Murmuyo.
6.Hungarikum Village
The Hungarikum Village will once again bring to Sziget the Hungarian countryside and show Szitizens what Hungarian customs, virtue, food and drinks are all about. Every year has a special theme, this time it will be the "toys and games". The fresh and dynamic venue of Sziget, the Afo-Latin-Reggae Village will be very colorful again! Every day special workshops, dance and drum lessons, yoga classes, capoeira, salsa, samba, African dance and drum workshops, Northern African belly dance and Afro-Caribbean dance workshops will await the Szitizens. Straight from Senegal, the Sory Ballet Camara will bring their authentic African dance and drumshow production and also representing the South-Asian reggae scene Ras Muhamad from Indonesia will bring some nice beats.
7.Museum Quarter
The Museum Quarter is where Szitizens can meet the most important Hungarian museums in a highly interactive and fun way. However this year there is also a special guest, the Musée national de l'historie de l'immigration. The prestigious museum from Paris together with the Museum of Ethnography from Budapest will have an almost 30 meters long exhibition and interactive program series focusing on the topic of borders. This way the center of attention will be the borders and migration, where they will show migration issues starting from the fall of the Berlin Wall.
8.Magic Mirror
The Magic Mirror is the resident queer and LGBT venue of Sziget. The venue is the host of man discussions this year in English language brought to the Szitizens by Kristóf Steiner, while the movie screenings will once again feature the queer movies of the Berlinale Film Festival, where the Q&As will be hosted by Kristian Petersen. This year Dave Thompson will bring some laughter with his stand-up performances and finishing the program every day, Szitizens can enjoy the Variéte show, this time directed by Markus Pabst, who is the founder of the Base Berlin. The show will feature artists as David Pereira and Jack Woodhead.
9.Games
The I Ching Labyrinth is an interactive venue, where visitors can learn about themselves and help them to discover unknown truths with the help of the I Ching, the Chinese Book of Changes, and the 64 hexagrams. The exiting and interesting venue of GameLandHub will present the digitally controlled world around us. Besides digital games, traditional games also can be found as well as the new generation of the world’s best and latest party board games. Here Szitizens can also master their knowledge of the Rubik's Cube and play poker as well. At the venue of the Chess Tent Szitizens can start learning or strengthen their chess knowledge.
10.SportsZone
In partnership with sport associations Sziget's aim is to provide a place for Szitizens to get to know various new sport activities or just find some leisure time enjoying their favorite sports. This place is the SportsZone, where in 2016, the year of the Olympics and the UEFA European Championships Sziget is planning special activities and surprises, such as establishing a center for the Olympics with live broadcast of the events of Olympic Games.
11.Eat food from around the world
The gastronomy landscape of Sziget aims to be both diverse and high quality. This time even more restaurants will be present from outside Hungary. For instance FoodStock, festival kitchen of the Slovakian restaurant Fou Zoo, will also bring a nice twist to the wide variety of hamburgers, pizzas, the most exciting food trucks, Hungarian specialties and prominent kitchens from all over the world.
If that wasn’t enough the artist line up for this years festival is huge with acts including; Rihanna, Muse David Guetta, Sia, Manu Chao La Ventura, Hardwell, Noel Gallager's High Flying Birds, Bastille, Sigur Rós, The Last Shadow Puppets, John Newman, The Lumineers, Die Antwoord, Sum 41, Kaiser Chiefs, Parvoc Stelar, Nicky Romero, Crystal Castles, Years&Years M83, Jake Bugg, CHVRCHES, Róisín Murphy, Bloc Party, MØ, Travis Scott, Bring Me The Horizon, Bullet for my Valentine, Jess Glynne, Afro Jack, Zedd, DVBBS, Skunk Anansie and many more!
Sziget tickets are selling with record speed this year, so visitors do well to buy their passes as early as possible. Sziget Festival takes place in Budapest between 10-17 August,
Tickets and information: www.szigetfestival.com
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Berlin techno institution Tresor celebrates 25 years at EXIT Festival
The legendary Exit Festival stage that promotes independent electronic music and contemporary culture, No Sleep Novi Sad will welcome Berlin’s leading techno institution Tresor on Friday, 8 July. The tour celebrating a quarter of a century for one of Europe’s leading clubs and an extremely influential record label, after Amsterdam, London, Detroit, and Sydney, is arriving to the Petrovaradin Fortress. The lineup will be led by the icon of electronic music and founder of Berlin’s contemporary sound Mortiz van Oswald, joined by the leaders of the new European techno scene Zadig, Dasha Rush and Psyk! The local scene will be represented by the producers who have performed at Tresor - Belgrade’s iconic producer, living and working in Berlin, Miloš Pavlović better known as Regen, as well as Belgrade’s new favourite and club Drugstore’s resident DJ, Filip Xavi.
The undisputed champion composer of the electronic avantgarde - Moritz van Oswald, has always been at the very top of contemporary world music innovations. Descending from the noble line of Bismarck, Von Oswald is a percussionist with a background in classical tradition, who early on started exploring the immense possibilities of the then new electronic genre. Bridging over the pioneering techno scenes in Detroit and Berlin which nurtured this sound, it was Von Oswald who pioneered Berlin’s contemporary sound, label and the club Tresor. He has founded some of the most prominent acts in the history of contemporary art: Basic Channel, Maurizio, Rhythm and Sound, as well as the famous Moritz van Oswald Trio, where he was accompanied by Tony Allen and Max Loberbauer. Together with Juan Atkins he also created Borderland, duo which recently released a new album, recognized by critics as one of this year’s best releases. Inspiring many and setting standards with his transformative sound, he characterizes his work as a special fusion of minimal and dub-techno. His partnership with Carl Craig on re-imagining the classical works of Ravel and Mussorgsky, as well as collaborations with renowned jazz trumpet Norwegian Nills Petter Movaerom speak volumes about the extent of Moritz’s love for music.
EXIT will also host the iconic Russian producer Dasha Rush, one of the most intriguing personas from the contemporary techno scene. Famous for her record label “Fullpanda”, she is also known for her authentic sound and the rare ability to erase boarders between genres and countless styles of electronic music. Today, her name synonymous with leading electronic events such as the Parisian Weather, Mexico’s Mutek, or Berlin’s Atonal, while her latest album “Sleepstep – Sonar Poems for My Sleepless Friends” brought the undivided attention of the entire musical community, and her two DJ mix releases “Intense Vertical” and “Sleepless Horizontal” will perfectly fit the wide spectrum of sounds that will feature at No Sleep Novi Sad Stage on Friday, 8 July.
One of the leading names from the neo-Parisian scene, Zadig is among the most credited artists for “The City of Light” returning to the map of contemporary techno music. His first release titled “Vision” opened doors to numerous labels, among which was Technasia’s renowned Sino, that exposed Zadig's talent to the world. His Construct Re:Form label emerged in 2011, along with the residency at the Rex club, where through promotions and collaborations with new exciting figures such as Antigone, Voiski, Birth of Frequency he strengthened the new Parisian scene. Today, Zadig is frequently playing clubs like Tresor and Concrete, as well as the popular Parisian Weather Festival.
Arriving from Madrid with an exquisite attitude, Psyk stands for one of the most talented producers that have emerged in the last several years. His tracks found place among the greatest electronic record labels such are Minus (before he even turned 19!), Drumcode, CLR and Mote-Evolver, which inspired legendary artists Oscar Mulero and Robert Hood to name Psyk as the most interesting techno producer today. Talent and hard work brought him success with releases such as “Lowdown” and “Eclipse”, as well as “Arcade” which reached the top of Resident Advisor’s prestigious chart! Nowadays, Psyk's furios sets can be heard at the major European clubs Fabric, Tresor and Concrete. His most extensive world tour yet awaits Psyk this summer, leading him to the very top of today’s techno scene.
Tickets
Tickets for EXIT Festival from £79 + Booking fee!
Tickets are available at www.exitfest.org/en/tickets
You can save up to 60% from the final ticket price in July. Accommodation and travel arrangements can be found at Exit’s official travel agency, ExitTrip’s here: www.exittrip.org/en
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