Supersonic 09
It’s about time we told you what’s happening at this year’s Supersonic don’t you think (apart from great art, music, film, discussion sessions, oh & cakes n stuff too):
SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL 2009
24TH – 26TH July
http://www.supersonicfestival.com
Crafting extraordinary events for adventurous audiences combining music, art, film and… cake.
::FESTIVAL UPDATE::
MORE THAN JUST A MUSIC FESTIVAL
Since 1999 Capsule has been instrumental in the transformation of Birmingham, Britain’s Second City, from a cultural backwater to one of the most important ports-of-call on the international experimental music circuit. Champions of all things across the avant-garde spectrum, Capsule are curators, promoters and fans of the finest music, revealing the otherwise indescribable connections between contemporary music and art, crafting extraordinary events for adventurous audiences.
Now in it’s 7th year, the event will once again take place at the Custard Factory utilising the many rooms for music, art and film, including unique performances from such influential artists as Italian legends, GOBLIN, their first show in the UK in 20 years, the reformation of the original line up of Black Country born HEAD OF DAVID, who bring their driving bombast to proceedings for the first time in 23 years, the notorious Japanese band CORRUPTED as well as hosting the ONLY European performance this summer for SUNN O)))
“Supersonic, in our opinion the best festival in the world right now” Rock-A-Rolla Magazine
MORE THAN JUST A MUSIC FESTIVAL
Supersonic is more than just a music festival and will feature talks, special performances, events and workshops alongside the music program:
SPECIAL PERFORMANCES
*Pram/Filmficcones – Shadow Shows: An Experiment in Surreal Horror
With split screens, 16mm projections and incorporating the techniques of early cinema, Filmficciones dark collages are stalked by a special live performance by Pram, creating an eerie musical nightmare – think creepy Victoriana, tropical analogue and tumbledown funk.
www.myspace.com/pushthepram
*Dialed In – Bobby Previte vs VJ Benton-C Bainbridge (US) http://www.bobbyprevite.com
Bobby Previte maverick and electrifying drum style has won him accolades and respect from the rock and jazz world and this unique project joins him with Visual Jockey VJ Benton-C Bainbridge creating a live improvised audio visual experience. A prolific performer New Yorker Previte has played concert venues such a Lincoln Center and the New York EMPAC. Previte triggers every sound with live- no loops, no laptops and no overdubbing. VJ Benton-C paints with light, spilling off the screen and onto the performers. Using obsolete and forgotten technology scavenged from the tech dump, Benton-C warps video into strange shapes not seen since Electric Company, while Previte whips sonic fragments into powerful songs. This eclectic project will have you mesmerised and their performance at Supersonic 2009 will be the only UK date.
*Tim Wright – A/V performance
Tim Wright is a musician, composer and video artist based in York. He is perhaps best known as a producer of peculiarly individual electronic dance music released under his own name and the pseudonym Tube Jerk. His music has been released by some of the key labels in the field including Tresor, Novamute, Sativae and GPR. His recordings in the early 1990s as Germ for GPR are considered to have been pioneering in the then nascent IDM scene. Innovative and uncompromising, surreal and often disorientating, Germ offered glimpses of possible musical futures which have never been fully realised. In recent years Tim has in some respects returned to his experimental roots and has been exploring generative and algorithmic approaches to audio visual composition.
TALKS
*Goblin Q&A (sunday)
*Celebrating Independence
Rough Trade East Spencer Hickman, Allison Schnackenberg of Southern Records and former editor of Plan B Louis Patterson will be discussing the future of independent music.
This will be followed by a selection of music shorts chosen by the multi talented Norwegian electronic musician, graphic designer, illustrator & filmmaker KIM HIORTHØY
*Home Of Metal
Kerrang! Radio DJ – the legendary Johnny Doom, a stalwart of the Midlands Metal scene will be accompanied by special guests Sunn 0))) duo Stephen O’Malley and Greg Anderson discussing both the project & the influence of music from the Birmingham region. Followed by a presentation by senior lecturer in ethics, Dr Niall Scott, Metal and the Male Monster.
This will be followed by a screening of the controversial VSB TV documentary TRUE NORWEGIAN BLACK METAL
SPECIAL EVENTS
*Supersonic Installation:
‘There Are No Others, There Is Only Us’ video installation by Marc Silver / Music by Ben Frost
Premiering at Supersonic Festival ‘There Are No Others, There Is Only Us’ a monochrome video projection created by director Marc Silver, which explores how we protect ourselves from a seemingly more chaotic planet. This installation is situated in Moor Street Station.
Produced by Germination & Capsule in association with Fierce!
*Screening: Suspiria
In honour of having Italian legends Goblin performing live on Sunday night at this years Supersonic Festival, we will be screening ‘Suspiria’ on Friday evening before the festival opens. The screening will take place at Vivid with ‘deadly’ cocktails on sale.
WORKSHOP
*John Richards and the Dirty Electronic Ensemble
Build your own Sudophone and join the Dirty Electronic Ensemble for a performance at Supersonic Festival. This DIY instrument changes pitch through using the conductivity of the human body. The workshop explores the idea of self made electronics and interactive environments for music and performance. Richards encourages participants to seek new ways of creating electronic music & will culminate in a performance of pieces devised by the workshop participants.
TICKETS AVAILABLE FROM:
http://www.theticketsellers.co.uk
24 hr order line – 0844 870 0000 – Calls cost max 5p per min from BT landline
Rough Trade East – London
Swordfish + Polar Bear – Birmingham
Plugd Records – Cork
Weekend tickets – £70
Friday 24th July 9pm – 2.30am
Day Ticket – £15
includes Army Of Flying Robots / Atomized / Drum Eyes / Kylie Minoise / PCM / Scorn / Taint / Venetian Snares
Saturday 25th July 4pm – 3am
Day Ticket – £35
includes Dialed In – Bobby Previte vs VJ Benton-C Bainbridge / Corrupted / Diaganol / Flower/Corsano Duo / Growing / Iron Lung / Kim Hiorthoy / Light Trap / Marnie Stern / Master Musicians Of Bukkake / Monotonix / Nisenenmondai / Remember Remember / Rose Kemp / Skullflower / Tartufi / The Accused / Thought Forms / Thorr’s Hammer / Zu
Sunday 26th July 2pm – 12.30 am
Day Ticket – £35
Includes 65 Days Of Static / Arbouretum / Caribou / Chris Herbert / Earthless / Goblin / Head Of David / Jarboe / Khyam Allami / Nancy Wallace / Pontiak / Pram / Theo / The Memory Band / zZz
