We've already informed you a while ago that the DENOVALI SWINGFEST ESSEN gets two cute siblings in 2013: DENOVALI SWINGFEST LONDON and BERLIN. All details regarding the London edition are available in this newsletter:
TICKET PREORDER
From now on you can preorder your ticket for the London edition happening on April 20 and 21 2013 at Scala, Loonon. The price is 28 Pounds (34 Euro) for a Saturday ticket, 28 Pounds (34 Euro) for a Saturday ticket and 56 Pounds (68 Euro) for a festival ticket (due to the high production costs of this Swingfest event there will be no discounted tickets for both days unfortunately). You can order your ticket via www.denovali.com/swingfest - we have a limited number of discounted early bird tickets available.
LINEUP SWINGFEST LONDON 2013
The 2013 London edition of the festival will feature 14 artists. Their sets will - as always - be as long as a proper club concert. We'll announce the last artist for day one in the course of January.
Bersarin Quartett (GER)
::: references to Stars Of The Lid, Ulver's Perdition City and Cinematic Orchestra are fully justified
::: listen: www.denovali.com/bersarinquartett
Maybeshewill (UK)
::: "instrumental, atmospheric, noisy brilliance that gets right inside the battered crevices of your skull and pounds on the sides" (nme)
::: listen: www.maybeshewill.net
Fennesz (A)
::: "flood of symphonic guitar and electronics overwhelms the mix and we're reintroduced to the signature sound world that's unique to this man's music - he's one of the most imitated electronic artists out there" (boomkat)
::: listen: www.fennesz.com
Petrels (UK)
::: It is a swirling cataract of a record, a deluge o beautiful noise and crushing melody, which ebbs and flows beneath the surface"
::: listen: www.denovali.com/petrels
The Pirate Ship Quintet (UK)
::: moving through the richly melodic foundations of contemporary classical and minimalist rock
::: listen: www.denovali.com/thepirateshipquintet
SUNDAY APRIL 21 – SCALA LONDON
William Basinski (USA)
::: "His haunting and melancholy soundscapes explore the temporal nature of life, resounding with the reverberations of memory and the mystery of time."
::: listen: www.mmlxii.com
Poppy Ackroyd (UK)
::: delicate, intricate and beautifully atmospheric music, a result of manipulating and multi-tracking sounds from violin and piano
::: listen: www.denovali.com/poppyackroyd
Thomas Köner (GER)
::: Over his long, much celebrated career, he has worked on several distinguished installation works, sound art and minimal soundscapes. At the Swingfest he will present a mixture of sounds and video performance.
::: listen: www.denovali.com/thomaskoner
Greg Haines (UK)
::: berlin based english composer
::: "This is music to fall into and let it embrace your heart and soul. Be warmed and sadden by its slow unfolding beauty and grace."
::: listen: www.denovali.com/greghaines
James Blackshaw (UK)
::: "phenomenally gifted musician and that his restless ambition drives him to continually redefine his sound" (pitchfork)
::: listen: www.jamesblackshaw.com
Carlos Cipa (GER)
::: Influenced by Eric Satie and Claude Debussy his piano music impresses particularly because of its intensity and great attention to detail
::: listen: www.denovali.com/carloscipa
Talvihorros (UK)
::: Talvihorros is London based composer Ben Chatwin’s study of guitar and electronics home-made and vintage electronic equipment are used to loop, process and manipulate improvised material into dense and dark sound collages.
::: listen: www.denovali.com/talvihorros
We're happy to inform you that the last artist for day one of DENOVALI SWINGFEST LONDON at Scala will be the marvelous producer ANDY STOTT (LIVE). The early bird tickets for the event are already gone. You can order your ticket via www.denovali.com/swingfest, at the Scala box office or via www.ticketweb.co.uk . Thanks a lot.