Jakub Knera reports from the ninth edition of the Sanatorium Of Sound, in Sokołowsko, Poland and focuses on the wild intonarumori instruments of Italian futurism, takes a deep listening walk to a mountainous opencast mine at dawn, and enjoys the healing properties of outdoor sound.
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Fire! Orchestra shows brilliantly how, relying on groove and often post-punk rhythms, they can make room for improvisation, ensemble playing, and songs. This has an extraordinary power in it.
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In a fifteen minutes I can be in Algeria, Sao Tome, Bogotá, Hokkaido or Ljubljana. This is the essence of the festival: there is a strength in diversity that is as great as nowhere else in Europe.
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Carefully curated Open Source Art Festival demonstrate different perspectives of presenting electronic music live – even if it’s improvising, using non-standard instrumentation, changing the methodology or skillfully paying attention on visuals.
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From the lessons of deep listening by Meredith Monk and Ryoji Ikeda, through meditations by Tarta Relena and FUJI|||||||||||TA, the psychedelic journeys of Jameszoo’s Blind Group and Flock, to back to the future with Robert Henke’s Commodores – this year’s Rewire showcased many facets of the contemporary music world that offers different narratives of reality.
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As one of the few festivals organised in a pandemic, Le Guess Who? ends up a winner in these troubled times. Organisationally efficient, with a varied programme, and it positively disenchants how a festival can be understood today.
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The sound in a space with unusual acoustic properties and the way its perception changes – these are the two things I will remember most from Speicher V, which took place in Berlin’s water reservoir.
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The Spanish indie scene came together with lightning speed to organise the first DIY festival online. As a result, we got the best showcase of music from Spain in years.
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The Krakow event proves yet again that festivals cannot be detached from reality. However, this year’s leitmotiv and the activities it inspired, have shown that more clearly than any of the previous editions.
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How to distil the most original essence of tradition? How to find a contemporary language to speak? How important is it to use the stage as a platform to talk about feminism or the migration crisis? These and other things are what you can find out at Globaltica festival. Text & photos: Jakub KneraTranslation: Aleksandra […]
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