Denovali Records presented the confirmed final line-up for the 2014 Essen edition of their experimental music festival DENOVALI SWINGFEST.
The festival takes place on 4 days – October 2nd until October 5th 2014 – at the WeststadtHalle in Essen. It will feature 21 artists on the regular days and a pre-event with 2 artists on Thursday October 2nd. Their shows will as always be as long as a proper club concert (around an hour).
The TICKETS are from now on available for purchase at the Swingfest homepage (www.denovali.com/swingfest) and via www.ticketmaster.de or other ticket shops – the pricing structure looks like this:
- piano pre-evening ticket pre-sale (Thursday): 12.00 Euro (limited to 250 tickets)
- festival ticket pre-sale (Friday - Sunday): 90.00 Euro
- single day ticket pre-sale (Friday, Saturday, Sunday): 30.00 Euro
FURTHER INFORMATION
- www.denovali.com/swingfest
- www.facebook.com/denovalirecords
- www.facebook.com/events/546784548727096
- www.lastfm.de/festival/3776831+Denovali+Swingfest+Essen+2014
You can find all further information (routing, hotels etc.) on the homepage.
The program of DENOVALI SWINGFEST ESSEN 2014
THURSDAY (Piano Pre-Evening) – October 2nd
Sebastian Plano (arg)
::: Piano/cello - strong roots in folk music and tango, enchanted by the resonance of electronic music.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/sebastianplano
Federico Albanese (it)
::: Piano - Albanese's compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics & psychedelia.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/federicoalbanese
FRIDAY – October 3rd
The Haxan Cloak (uk)
::: Fusing a rare talent for classical composition with a passion for exploring serrated electronic and drone textures.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/the-haxan-cloak-the-mirror
Demdike Stare (uk)
::: Ethereal dubtechno crossing from cold analog drones to hints of lush Eastern mysticism, inspired by everything from Industrial music to Noise, Free Jazz to House, Techno and Concrete.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/modernlove/sets/demdike-stare-testpressing-001
Petrels (uk)
::: Eclectic electronic sound taking inspiration from speculative science, immense time scales, retro-futurism and personal history.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/petrels
Oval (ger)
::: A true innovator of contemporary audio: delicate, sophisticated pop to brutally torn, electro-acoustic riffing full of angular, colliding guitar sounds.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/oval-official
Rafael Anton Irisarri (us)
::: Multi instrumentalist associated with ambient, drone, post-minimalist and modern classical music. “Irisarri uses his guitar as a strings-like symphonic element to generate atmospheric masses” (textura)
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/rafaelantonirisarri
Ensemble Economique (us)
::: From apocryphal world music and dusty soundtracks to gauzy 4AD-style atmospherics. Trellises of guitar embolden Pyle’s whispered, threadbare lyrics.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/ensembleeconomique
Pan & Me (fra)
::: A display of memorable melodic songwriting with a deep sense for ever changing atmospheres and complex in its use of overlapping instrumentation and extended techniques.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/panme
SATURDAY – October 4th
James Holden (uk)
::: British techno sorcerer and psychedelic shaman creating electro-acoustic and utterly mesmerising sound, joined live by drummer Tom Page.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/jamesholden
Greg Haines (uk)
::: Intricate layers of piano and synthesizers with affinity to dense African poly-rhythms. A hazy, analog world of sound.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/greghaines
Bohren & der Club of Gore (ger)
::: The dark-jazz legends. Jazz in its slowest tempos and gloomiest ambience.
::: Listen: www.bohrenundderclubofgore.bandcamp.com/album/piano-nights
Never Sol (cz)
::: Sára’s inimitable husky and soulful voice floating along piano songs based on jazz harmony with a strong sense for haunting melancholic melodies and pulsing beats.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/neversol
Piano Interrupted (uk)
::: With nods to minimalism, film scores and cinematic soundscapes, glitch and ambient, post-rock, neo-classical piano and jazz.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/pianointerrupted
Origamibiro (uk)
::: Audio-visual collective creating performances with video feeds and multi instrumentalism - involving treated books, typewriters, found celluloid, paper and bespoke visual contraptions.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/origamibiro
John Lemke (ger)
::: A blend of prepared piano and field recordings with hand crafted beats and swampy bass lines. Deeply moody and danceable walking on dub-trenched territories.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/johnlemke
SUNDAY – October 5th
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (can)
::: Instrumental band interested in free jazz, community sight-singing, Minimalism and American folkways - still anchored to a punk-rock take on neo-classical and modern music tropes.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/constellation-records/thee-silver-mt-zion-take-away
Ben Frost (au)
::: Fusing intensely structured sound art with militant post-classical electronic music, shape-shifting physical power with immersive melody, concentrated minimalism with fierce, rupturing dark metal.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/benfrost
Moon Zero (uk)
::: Processed organs and laptop compositions originating entirely in churches.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/moonzero
Hauschka (ger)
::: Cinematic melodies full of resonant overtones, bright cheerful keyboard patterns and dark percussive touches, bringing an exciting new perspective to the prepared piano.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/hauschka
The Samuel Jackson Five (no)
::: Norwegian instrumental specialists with a penchant for guitars, trumpets, synthesizers and sweeping soundscapes.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/samueljackson5
The Eye Of Time (fra)
::: An honest soundtrack of life by Marc Euvrie bringing together a minimal mixture of samples, cello elements, electronic programming, loops, drones, piano parts and field recordings.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/theeyeoftime
Franz Kirmann (fra)
::: Strongly influenced by movies with a weakness for walls of sounds and fragile melodies, resulting in a sound between an 80's synthesizer soundtrack and a post-modern electronic record.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/franzkirmann
The festival takes place on 4 days – October 2nd until October 5th 2014 – at the WeststadtHalle in Essen. It will feature 21 artists on the regular days and a pre-event with 2 artists on Thursday October 2nd. Their shows will as always be as long as a proper club concert (around an hour).
The TICKETS are from now on available for purchase at the Swingfest homepage (www.denovali.com/swingfest) and via www.ticketmaster.de or other ticket shops – the pricing structure looks like this:
- piano pre-evening ticket pre-sale (Thursday): 12.00 Euro (limited to 250 tickets)
- festival ticket pre-sale (Friday - Sunday): 90.00 Euro
- single day ticket pre-sale (Friday, Saturday, Sunday): 30.00 Euro
FURTHER INFORMATION
- www.denovali.com/swingfest
- www.facebook.com/denovalirecords
- www.facebook.com/events/546784548727096
- www.lastfm.de/festival/3776831+Denovali+Swingfest+Essen+2014
You can find all further information (routing, hotels etc.) on the homepage.
The program of DENOVALI SWINGFEST ESSEN 2014
THURSDAY (Piano Pre-Evening) – October 2nd
Sebastian Plano (arg)
::: Piano/cello - strong roots in folk music and tango, enchanted by the resonance of electronic music.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/sebastianplano
Federico Albanese (it)
::: Piano - Albanese's compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics & psychedelia.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/federicoalbanese
FRIDAY – October 3rd
The Haxan Cloak (uk)
::: Fusing a rare talent for classical composition with a passion for exploring serrated electronic and drone textures.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/the-haxan-cloak-the-mirror
Demdike Stare (uk)
::: Ethereal dubtechno crossing from cold analog drones to hints of lush Eastern mysticism, inspired by everything from Industrial music to Noise, Free Jazz to House, Techno and Concrete.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/modernlove/sets/demdike-stare-testpressing-001
Petrels (uk)
::: Eclectic electronic sound taking inspiration from speculative science, immense time scales, retro-futurism and personal history.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/petrels
Oval (ger)
::: A true innovator of contemporary audio: delicate, sophisticated pop to brutally torn, electro-acoustic riffing full of angular, colliding guitar sounds.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/oval-official
Rafael Anton Irisarri (us)
::: Multi instrumentalist associated with ambient, drone, post-minimalist and modern classical music. “Irisarri uses his guitar as a strings-like symphonic element to generate atmospheric masses” (textura)
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/rafaelantonirisarri
Ensemble Economique (us)
::: From apocryphal world music and dusty soundtracks to gauzy 4AD-style atmospherics. Trellises of guitar embolden Pyle’s whispered, threadbare lyrics.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/ensembleeconomique
Pan & Me (fra)
::: A display of memorable melodic songwriting with a deep sense for ever changing atmospheres and complex in its use of overlapping instrumentation and extended techniques.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/panme
SATURDAY – October 4th
James Holden (uk)
::: British techno sorcerer and psychedelic shaman creating electro-acoustic and utterly mesmerising sound, joined live by drummer Tom Page.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/jamesholden
Greg Haines (uk)
::: Intricate layers of piano and synthesizers with affinity to dense African poly-rhythms. A hazy, analog world of sound.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/greghaines
Bohren & der Club of Gore (ger)
::: The dark-jazz legends. Jazz in its slowest tempos and gloomiest ambience.
::: Listen: www.bohrenundderclubofgore.bandcamp.com/album/piano-nights
Never Sol (cz)
::: Sára’s inimitable husky and soulful voice floating along piano songs based on jazz harmony with a strong sense for haunting melancholic melodies and pulsing beats.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/neversol
Piano Interrupted (uk)
::: With nods to minimalism, film scores and cinematic soundscapes, glitch and ambient, post-rock, neo-classical piano and jazz.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/pianointerrupted
Origamibiro (uk)
::: Audio-visual collective creating performances with video feeds and multi instrumentalism - involving treated books, typewriters, found celluloid, paper and bespoke visual contraptions.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/origamibiro
John Lemke (ger)
::: A blend of prepared piano and field recordings with hand crafted beats and swampy bass lines. Deeply moody and danceable walking on dub-trenched territories.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/johnlemke
SUNDAY – October 5th
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (can)
::: Instrumental band interested in free jazz, community sight-singing, Minimalism and American folkways - still anchored to a punk-rock take on neo-classical and modern music tropes.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/constellation-records/thee-silver-mt-zion-take-away
Ben Frost (au)
::: Fusing intensely structured sound art with militant post-classical electronic music, shape-shifting physical power with immersive melody, concentrated minimalism with fierce, rupturing dark metal.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/benfrost
Moon Zero (uk)
::: Processed organs and laptop compositions originating entirely in churches.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/moonzero
Hauschka (ger)
::: Cinematic melodies full of resonant overtones, bright cheerful keyboard patterns and dark percussive touches, bringing an exciting new perspective to the prepared piano.
::: Listen: www.soundcloud.com/hauschka
The Samuel Jackson Five (no)
::: Norwegian instrumental specialists with a penchant for guitars, trumpets, synthesizers and sweeping soundscapes.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/samueljackson5
The Eye Of Time (fra)
::: An honest soundtrack of life by Marc Euvrie bringing together a minimal mixture of samples, cello elements, electronic programming, loops, drones, piano parts and field recordings.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/theeyeoftime
Franz Kirmann (fra)
::: Strongly influenced by movies with a weakness for walls of sounds and fragile melodies, resulting in a sound between an 80's synthesizer soundtrack and a post-modern electronic record.
::: Listen: www.denovali.com/franzkirmann
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