[Incu Thursday] The Fall, Esben & The Witch and seven more confirmed for Incubate 2011
July 14, 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 are very honored to announce English post-punk band The Fall for Incubate! Founded in 1977 and fronted ever since by Mark E. Smith, The Fall was first associated with the punk movement of the late 1970s. Out of all the late-’70s punk/post-punk bands, none were longer lived or more prolific than the Fall though. The band has always kept a steady eye on the future, undergoing numerous stylistic changes since their origination.
The Fall’s sound is characterized by an urgent and abrasive guitar-driven sound and Smith’s snarling vocals filled with bitter cynicism. The Fall have always maintained a strong cult following, and like many cult bands, inspired a whole new generation of underground bands. Their biggest fan was probably John Peel, famously stating “They are always different, they are always the same.”
Esben And The Witch is based on a dreamy Danish fairytale in which little children are being murdered. Pretty grim right? Musically this translates in a dark, evil gloomy atmosphere somewhere in between Fever Ray and Soap and Skin. No happy elves and cute animals in this fairytale but more like evil dark nights full of eerie creatures… Musically it’s indie rock that is all over the place, sometimes dark and epic, sometimes very minimalistic.
Natural Snow Buildings are Mehdi Ameziane and Solange Gularte, a duo from Vitré, France. Their music can be described as experimental psychedelic folk, heavily influenced by drones and ambient. In the same vein of artists like Jandek and Richard Youngs, Natural Snow Buildings have built an impressive oeuvre, yet barely play any live shows. As this one is taking place in the beautiful Pauluskerk venue you can be sure it’s going to be an exclusive one!
Born and raised by his father who was also a drummer, it’s no wonder that Han Bennink began hitting everything in sight at a very young age. It is said his first percussion instrument was a kitchen chair. After coming up on the freejazz and improv music scene Han founded the Instant Composers Pool, a group of Dutch avant-garde musicians who play together on and off. He also did performances with bands like The Ex and respected jazz artists like Eugene Chadbourne, Derek Bailey and Don Cherry. Han is still known for bringing objects on stage which he found before the show so every show is unique in it’s own way.
Born and raised in central Scotland by former folk guitarist Alan Roberts, Alasdair Roberts began playing his guitar and writing music at a young age. After releasing some albums with his band Appendix Out, Roberts decided to go solo in 2001. He since then built up an impressive discography on his own and in the process also found time to collaborate with American singer/songwriters Will Oldham and Jason Molina. Alasdair’s music is best described as acoustic singer/songwriter folk.
The Joyous Cosmology are an intense freak-out collective from Antwerp. They take improvisation to its most extreme form, aiming for total freedom, fresh poetic associations and cosmic insights. With drums, synths, guitar, sax and a wide range of other instruments these joyous voyagers guide the listener to new dimensions of total synesthesia. The Joyous Cosmology is the latest addition to the Kraak program that will take place at NS16.
Constitu Sound are Pedro Buschi (Pipo) and Julio Lozano (DJ Pinchado). While Pedro is the guitar player for Dicj el Demasiado & Sus Exgerados, Julio is a DJ who mixes traditional cumbia music with electronics and with this laid the foundation for the current electro cumbia sound. Together they created Constitu Sound, named after the city Constitución (Uruguay), which is known for its cumbia parties. Live this translates into a weird electro pop/ psychedelica pop mashup, designed specifically for the dance floor.
Puzzle Muteson is a British songwriter who sings along to his own charismatic folk songs while playing on his finger picked guitar. Puzzle recently recorded his 11-track debut album En Garde with collaborators and labelmates Nico Muhly and Valgeir Sigurðsson in the Greenhouse Studios in Iceland. Muteson is one of the artists from the highly acclaimed Bedroom Community stable, which also happens to be the home of Incubate 2011 artist Sam Amidon.
“Fuzzy indie pop about beaches, piers, lost love and Calypso lollies.” That’s how this band describes themselves via their websites. Hailing from the south of England, Safari Park features members from Skitanja (who played at Incubate 2010) and who are more than happy to return to Tilburg again with their next project. The music they produce with Safari Park is best described as noise-influenced indie pop.
With these new additions, we’re now at 190 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.
Attending Incubate 2011? Show your attendance on Facebook and Last.fm so you can see who of your friends are going and stay up to date on the Incubate 2011 news! You can check out the whole line-up on the last.fm page as well. Tune in on our weekly updated Spotify Playlist to listen to the confirmed artists.
We will announce new names every week where possible, so keep an eye out for the blog, or your favorite Social Media channel every Thursday at 14:00h. And of course, share with your friends!
Exitmusic – Passage This duo consists of husband and wife Devon Church en Aleska Palladino, from (Shit, again?!) Brooklyn, New York. With EP From Silence, which they released a year ago Exitmusic showed us their first sign of life.. Passage, their debutalbum, is a bit more bombastic, but still got the sultry sound. Next to this sultry [...]
