SOTU (Sound Of The Underground) is a new three day festival in Amsterdam, which is happening on the 11th - 12 - 13th. May 2012. The festival will concentrate on alternative & independent music culture with noise, indie pop, psychedelia, avant-garde, global bass, improv jazz and underground dance.

A number of significant local organizations have joined forces (many working together for the first time) in creating an exciting and diverse line-up. These organizations and collectives include: AV-Club, Bomb Diggy, Club Lederhosen, Experimental Yetzet, Future Friday Feartures, Hallo Gallo, Lemon Community, de Peper, Plattegrond, Schijnheilig, Subbacultcha!, Toztizok Zound. All are representing their own 'niche' , giving the festival a unique musical flavor that reflects much of the local scene here in a coherent context.

Trailblazing glitch masterpieces (1990s), delicate, hyperreal, futuristic post-rock vignettes (after 2010) and now abstract club bangers with a twist - Oval continues to be a celebration of innovation, skill & sensibility. 

With an undeniable instinct for the pleasantly irritating, the drastic & the dreamy, M. Popp keeps on pushing the envelope. No one out there plays the computer quite like him.

SONIC PIECES is a boutique record label based in Berlin. Every carefully selected release comes as a limited edition in genuine packaging, hand-crafted with locally produced and designed material. The label's musical output and unique artwork form a connection between each release that is both recognizable and challenging, while celebrating the difference and individuality of each project.

Kaboom Karavan is the working moniker of Belgian soundwizard / musician Bram Bosteels.
Kaboom Karavan released 4 albums through the Berlin based Miasmahlabel.
>> The Log and The Leeway 2020
 >>  Hokus Fokus 2013  : https://soundcloud.com/miasmah/sets/kaboom-karavan-hokus-fokus
>>   BarraBarra 2011 : https://soundcloud.com/miasmah/sets/kaboom-karavan-barra-barra  
>>   Short Walk With Olaf 2007 / 2013 : https://soundcloud.com/miasmah/sets/kaboom-karavan-short-walk-with

Roel Funcken officially popped up on the scene in 2010, with his solo debut, titled Vade, out on Ad Noiseam. But fans of electronic music, and IDM in general, have been tracking this Dutch musician for over a decade prior, when, along with his brother, Don, the duo has released some of the genre defining music on labels such as Djak-Up-Bitch, Schematic, Sublight Records, Neo Ouija, n5MD , Arcola (Warp) as the one and only Funckarma. In 2009 the Funcken brothers kicked off their very own, digital-only, Funcken Industry imprint, which hosted a few of their other projects and offshoots, such as Shadow Huntaz, Scone, Quench, Automotive, and the latest from Roel's solo works. Roel continues to influence the evolution of music through numerous releases (Sapper Morton on Analogical Force, Semtinal Convex on Methlab and Prester Hynn on his own imprint to name a few) and active engagement in the community, with music festival curation, mixes on mixlr and soundcloud and weekly playlists on Soundcloud and spotify. Roel's music is advanced in sound design, often incorporating unique experimentation in electronic sound, with cut-up, twisted, atmospheric sonic soundscapes, leaving the cranium always begging for more. His ambient textures maintain a cinematic quality throughout, while his percussive arrangements retain a constantly mutating framework, always reconstructing its rhythm and structure, contradicting complex configurations and minimal design. It's always a pleasure to taste the latest treat from this aural engineer, and find the latest gem in his never-ending arsenal of sound. Definitely check out his music Funck’d subscription on bandcamp to check out his latest tracks and get some exclusive material).

Please visit www.efterklang.net for updated information. Thank you.

More info: www.nilsfrahm.com

Management: 
felix(at)agentur-grimm(dot)com


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