[Incu Thursday] Steve Ignorant and Kraak curated programs at Incubate 2011 and many more!
July 7, 2011
Hi there! This is Incu Thursday. Every Thursday, 14:00h local time, we announce the musicians that were confirmed for the Incubate 2011 festival during the past week. Whether it’s one or twenty names, as long as we have things to confirm…
Ticket sales are up and running well now. So head over here for your passepartouts or day tickets!
Remember we have acampsite for the first time this year as well! Busses will carry you between the campsite and the city centre. You can buy your camping tickets through the Incubate ticket shop.
We continue once again announcing tons of new artists to the Incubate 2011 lineup! Please welcome Alpinist, Dignan Porch, Pinkunoizu, Daggers, Man From The South, True Champions Ride On Speed, Codasync, Rubik and Talking to Turtles to the lineup of Incubate 2011!
But there is more! Crass singer Steve Ignorant (see photo) is curating the V39 venue during the weekend and besides playing together with Carol & Peter (ex-Crass), he invited Lärm, Laatste Halte, Eve Libertine & Mark Webber, Cravats, Stalag 17, Liam Noble, Goldblade and Andy T.
Kraak will curate Saturday 17th at N16 and have invited Girlseeker, Warm Climate, Floris Vanhoof, Gerard Herman and Terracota Gate. Berlin/Bruges based artist Ada van Hoorebeekewill be showing her contemporary art during the music program!
Morc Records, from whom we have booked many artists in the past like Circle Bros, Edgar Wappenhalter, Jessica Bailiff and Annelies Monseré, will curate two very interesting names at NS16 on Friday the 16th. Plinth and Karina ESP will be performing and presented by Morch!
Self described as a band meant to be understood by people sick of following musical trends, live out music with dedication and believe in expressing ideals with their own art, this could have been taken from a description of Incubate! But it’s written by the German hardcore/crust band Alpinist! They take their influence from (neo)crust in the vein of His Hero Is Gone and From Ashes Rise, mixed with the melodic, bleak guitar passages from Cult of Luna and hints of screamo. Angry like birds!
By gearing up for the autumn and winter to come, you better spend your money well on records from Plinth during Incubate 2011! From the Morc label from whom we have booked many artists in the past comes this one man ambient instrumentalist. If you loved Jefre Cantu-Ledesma but thinks he should have left his distortion pedals at home during Incubated, Plinth should be right up your alley! Mellow guitar picking, guided by an atmospheric background of classical and ambient soundscapes.
Karina ESP has been releasing cd-r’s, cassettes, 10”es and other modern record formats since 1998 already, but more important they have gathered quite a cult status within the ambient scene. Warm and dark drones and often dubbed as ‘space rock’. Very minimalistic by using guitar, few other instruments and various effect pedals to create an environmental atmosphere.
Straight from the vaults of Tilburg’s underground DIY scene comes Laatste Halte, a punk/screamo/hardcore DIY outfit. They released a split cdr with Gonzo (r.i.p.) earlier this year. Apparently their sets are as short as this bio, so come early and don’t miss out!
Eve Libertine was one of the two female vocalists who worked with the legendary Crass. One of the recordings she sang on was the highly controversial (and banned!) single “Reality Asylum.” Dubbed as “the demonic wicked witch of Epping Forrest”, at Incubate she will be performing live with electronic artist Mark Webber. Their performance will take place at the V39 where Steve Ignorant will curate the weekend program.
The Cravats are a legendary punkband from England formed in 1977. After the band went on hiatus in 1982, several members continued to play in other bands and side projects. After pulling the band together for the Rebellion Punk Festival in 2009 and 2010, the band continued to play several one offs in cities like Dublin and London. After being confirmed for another show at Rebellion Punk Festival in 2011 they’ll come over to Tilburg for a very exclusive show in Paradox during Incubate!
The rural area of London is the home of Dignan Porch; a dreamy lo-fi pop collective based around the brothers Joe and Sam Walsh. Together with their friend Philippa and local bartender Ben they create a wonderful mixture of catchy pop, noise rock and shoegaze, which is all recorded in their bedroom. While most of their songs on their album ‘Tendrils’ don’t clock in over more then 2 minutes, this is a psychedelic gem you’d want to put on repeat!
Girlseeker hail from the very productive Kopenhagen scene, in which mainly Iceage is breaking necks lately. Girlseeker was born through the anus of that indie punk scene. They sound like the retarded cousin of Ariel Pink or as Joy Division on an afterparty on poppers at 2 pm. Your ultilate discovery for 2011!
The first Warm Climate album was released in 2006 but the band only started to fry minds in these regions in the last two years with a couple of micro releases on cd-r and cassette. Seth Kasselman is the man behind the project. He always picks out different musicians to accompany his glamfolk inspired jams, in which pop music and weird improv are blended like a strong bloody mary. For his live debut in Europe Kesselman is doing it all by himself. With a unique castrato voice, a free approach of the clarinet and a love for everything droning he eventually breaks all frameworks of contemporary pop music.
Basically everything Floris Vanhoof put his hands on in 2010 turned into a highlight. Not only his debut album ‘Slime Time’ on Ultra Eczema, or his self released cd-r ‘NHozem Mutant’, but also the many small concerts. In his live shows Vanhoof links new visual ideas to his idiosyncratic musical performances in which homemade synthesizers, exceptional ebay acquisitions and a personal framework are forged into an impressive whole. One of the most versatile and creatively liberated artists in Belgium!
With Fêta Justice Gerard Herman, visual artist and multi-instrumentalist in the Sheldon Siegel combo, released his solo debut through the KRAAK imprint. Herman is a full-blood improviser, mixing concrete poetry, field recordings, retardo sound art and free style saxophone eruptions in demonic performances.
Jonas Frederiksen, keyboardplayer and manager for Girlseeker, his solo project Terracota Gate is the ultimate soundtrack for your downer parties, blending casio samples, ambient and 80s film muzak in a delayed dimension.
There’s obvious reference to Rise & Fall on Belgium’s Daggers, yet on stage this band turns out into an aggressive tank of sludgy hardcore like barely seen before. Raw and pissed off with some bleak, slow sludge/black passages like Celeste and extremely heavy drumming passages. One of those bands who are a danger to our provided backlines, but we couldn’t resist giving them the chance to bring a good dose of anger on stage. Beware of broken drumsticks flying around!
Goldblade is a UK punk band from Manchester formed in 1995 by ex Membranes frontman John Robb. Robb wrote several books on British pop and punkrock, which have become bestsellers and have been since translated in several languages. Goldblade put out records on Captain Oi! And Ultimate records and toured Europe extensively after. With shows at festivals like Glastonbury and Reading in the books we are more than happy to welcome Goldblade during Incubate festival in Tilburg. This show will also be a part of the Steve Ignorant curated program at V39.
Talking to Turtles are Florian Sivers and Claudia Göhler, a duo from Leipzig. After recording their debut album ‘Monologue’ in a friend’s living room in Berlin the duo embarked on a tour supporting Angus and Julia Stone. Using nothing more then their voices and guitars live, their music can be described as warm and emotional acoustic songs, dripped in a melancholic sauce.
A fan of Omar Souleyman is a friend of ours! But of course that’s not the main reason why we’ve booked Pinkunoizu. The band members already made a name by playing with other Copenhagen-based bands like Selvhenter, Howl Baby Howl and Valby Vokalgrupp and gather their strength for Pinkunoizu! They call it “an exotic mixture of lo-fi, high-life, modern composition music, ancient folkish songwriting, asian 60′s pop and future post-apocalyptic underwater rock”. We think it sounds a little like Efterklang!
As well as the title from a Roald Dahl novel, Man From The South is also the solo project from Paul van Hulten, who is best known for his work as part of the folkrock duo Woody & Paul. As a solo artist Paul creates warm and intimate alt/americana songs fueled by melancholy. Leading up to the festival Paul will present a new song from his debut album Koblenz online every week. The complete album will then be presented live for the first time during Incubate festival at the Pauluskerk.
True Champions Ride On Speed is an instrumental trio from Belgium who released their self-titled debut EP last year. Combine weird song structures with dissonant sounds, throw some heavy guitar riffs in the mix and you’ve got True Champions Ride On Speed. Their complex guitar-based experimental style reminds a little bit of Battles, but then heavier. A little bit like Battles who ride on speed, perhaps?
Codasync is one of those bands that can’t be stereotyped. Or as they say themselves: “To us all that matters is that the music sounds right, and good music is indescribable.” Their latest album ‘Snacycod’ is full of spontaneous ont-the-spot compositions, almost always recorded live and sprinkled with a touch of seventies. Almost like an ongoing jam session where all music genres are allowed.
One of the most promising indie rock bands at the moment is not coming from the UK or America for a change! Rubik from Finland is being described as a combination between Modest Mouse and The Format with Sigur Rós atmospheres. Original and complex music, but at the same time very hooky and melancholic with a cold Finnish breeze floating throughout their records. If you notice the same at the show, it’s probably the air conditioning though. After a well received Primavera show, Incubate is up next!
Don’t be fooled by this young Irish producer! Space Dimension Controller is one of those producers who sounds like he’s coming straight from Detroit! Think of Carl Craig, Moodyman and Model 500; deep, melodic and extremely soulful techno and house music also dubbed as “Galactic Funk”. No wonder Space Dimension also hooked up with Kyle Hall lately, one of Detroit’s fastest upcoming artists right now as well as solo releases on the legendary R&S label (James Blake). We think there’s a good reason to get very excited!
Next to Shawn Reynaldo we’d like to introduce another member of the XLR8R crew; Rem Koolhaus! Besides being the creative director of XLR8R, he also plays out often as DJ ever since his years as a teenager. His style? Grooving house music and loads of uk funky bassline tracks by the likes of Julio Bashmore, Girl Unit and many more! He’ll be warming up the venue on the Sunday, in style!
Lärm is only playing very select shows as of late (average of one show a year), but leave total destruction behind each and every time. They were very active in the early 80’s, by playing fast and furious power violence/hardcore but also with their leftist political views and straight edge philosophies. They were the ones who set the basics for the grindcore scene, followed by bands such as Napalm Death and Carcass. “Start a fucking band no matter if you can play your instruments or not.” DIY to the max!
Not very surprisingly the legendary Crass Records was formed by punk band Crass back in 1979. The label released loads of breaking releases by the likes of Anthrax, MDC and Zounds (Incubate 2010), but also a release by Andy T for a change. The “for a change” part is because Andy T is actually a poet, who releases spoken word on his records backed by ambient soundscapes. Lyrical topics on the record include anarchism and other believes which he will share with the Incubate attendees!
With these new additions, we’re now at 179 confirmations for Incubate 2011. More to come over the next few weeks of course! Want to know more about the artists? Check the artist profiles on the Incubate website.
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