FESTIVALS // SPRING // 2017
SUPERSONIC 16-18 JUNE (BIRMINGHAM) - UK FEATURING: ARBOURETUM, COLIN STETSON, JENNY HVAL, LAURA CANNELL, MELT BANANA, OXBOW, PRINCESS NOKIA, RAIME, ZU, ANNA VON HAUSSWOLFF, PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS PIGS, RICHARD DAWSON AND MUCH MORE...
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he UK’s premier experimental music and arts event, Supersonic Festival 2017, returns this June. Taking place in the cultural hub of Digbeth in Birmingham, with a very special opening concert performance in the evening of Friday 16th June in the Grade I listed Town Hall, featuring Anna Von Hausswolff performing on the venue’s famous pipe organ. The pipe organ played a huge part on the Swedish singer/musician’s latest album The Miraculous [2015], and in forming the colossal sound that Anna Von Hausswolff has become known for. Expect drama, brooding drones, dreamy soundscapes and sublime storytelling. Supersonic Festival continues on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th in the
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heart of Digbeth’s cultural quarter, with performances taking place across the weekend, from Anna Von Hausswolff (already mentioned), Colin Stetson, Oxbow, Melt Banana, Pigs x7, Zu, Ghold, Conny Prantera alongside The Seer, Lone Taxidermist’s Trifle, Snapped Ankles, Mothwasp, Richard Dawson, Princesa Nokia, Algorave and a specially commissioned performances, which will come from Nicholas Bullen, founding member of Napalm Death. Bullen will present a project called “Universal Detention Centre”, which ties into the 30year anniversary of Napalm Death pivotal release, Scum. A very special Nawa Recordings record label showcase is also on the menu, presenting four of their artists, curated by label owner and multi-instrumentalist
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Khyam Allami. Having released critically acclaimed albums by Maurice Louca, Alif, The Dwarfs of East Agouza and Allami’s soundtrack to Tunisian director Leyla Bouzid’s award winning debut feature film As I Open My Eyes, the label brings its newest artists to the UK in an eclectic quadruple-bill. Khyam shall curate a striking array of Nawa artists during the Sunday afternoon of the 2017 edition of Supersonic Festival, in celebration of the festival’s longstanding relationship with the musician and label owner. All of the handpicked artists hone in on their own musical influences–spanning rock, psychedelia, gritty percussion, avant-garde, jazz, electronica – all are united by their exploration of genre-defying, improvisation-based craftwork that hail from the Arab world.
