Malcolm Middleton @ Incubated, January 2012, photo by William van der Voort.

At The 405 they interviewed Malcolm Middleton (ex-Arab Strap) what his favorite band line-up would be. He would call this band Lotus Land, and his choices are certainly not predictable, but man, are they great.

My fantasy band would be:

• Drums: Tomas Haake (Meshuggah)
• Bass: Jenny Lee Lindberg (Warpaint)
• Lead Guitar: Tommy Victor (Prong, but must be playing similar style to first two albums Primitive Origins and Force Fed
• Rhythm guitar: Tony Iommi (Black Sabbath. Controversial role here, but I like his riffs more than his solos…)
• Vocals: Stevie Nicks (using her early 80′s voice)
• Backing singers: The Fabulous Wealthy Tarts (as heard on Paul Young’s No Parlez album)
• Piano: Errol Garner
• Synths: Harold Faltermeyer (Axel F etc)

And maybe Kanye West doing some rapping in the middle. I’d get Dutch Uncles & Miaoux Miaoux to write the songs, and I’d probably want to throw a Rihanna vocal sample in somewhere.

Matt Wallace (Faith No More’s The Real Thing) would produce the album.

And the band would be called Lotus Land

As far as I’m aware none of these people are dead, so this really should happen…

We would love to see this band perform, but are equally thrilled for the abroad-debut of his Human Don’t Be Angry at Incubate in september.

Hear the recording of Malcolm Middleton’s performance at Incubated in January 2012:

Very funny short documentary about John Baldessari, and when you are John Baldessari, you can get Tom Waits to narrate your story.

Via Laughingsquid

Rolling Stone’s website is streaming the new Joey Ramone album, ya know? It’s his second solo release with song he written during the last 15 years of his life. It’s a little more slick, polished and tamer than The Ramones but still a good addition to the punk pioneer’s legacy.

This is the direct link to the RollingStone Music Player

Dutch artist Munchi is doing really well as you can see in the following video at Sonar festival in Sao Paulo. They described him the following:

The king of moombahton

Munchi’s tireless work as a producer has made him the king of moombahton, one of the youngest sounds to emerge from the American underground. From his studio in Rotterdam, he mixes his Latin roots with a musical interest that crosses all frontiers, and which takes in kuduro, cumbia, slices of a capella, Caribbean riddims, upfront dirty south and everything else he takes a fancy to. With that sort of approach, it is no surprise that MIA and Diplo took an interest in his skills and invited him to work and play with them. Something strong and fresh to stimulate the appetite before M.I.A. (his special guest on “Murda Sound”).

Enjoy

In the first month of this year we heard the second record of Cloud Nothings; Attack On Memory. The lo-fi indierockband from Cleveland worked for this record together with grunge producer Steve Albini, who also worked together with Pixies and Nirvana. Together with Albini they sounded more focused and made a really nice record.

And because the last show in Effenaar where we gave away tickets for, Factory Floor, was cancelled we decided that we’re gonna give away a new bunch of tickets. Next sunday, at the 27th of May, the boys from Cloud Nothings will play at our favorite venue from Eindhoven and that’s why you can win 2×2 tickets! The only thing that you have to do is to answer the following question:

What is the name of  record label where Cloud Nothings is releasing their albums?

Make sure you’ll send the answer of this question to win@incubate.org, including your full name before next monday!

Damo Suzuki is the former singer of one of the most influential bands of the last century: Can. In 1983, the krautrock-pioneer starts the Damo Suzuki’s Network, later to become the biggest band on earth, with up to 450 members.

You might have heard it already: The Damo Suzuki’s Network will perform at Incubate! This will be three unique shows with completely different band members. At the moment we are looking for musicians who are willing to play together with Damo. Everyone can join, from visitors to international musicians of each skill, background and age. We only require you to bring your own instrument.

The shows will take place at the 14^th, the 15^th and the 16^th of September from 20:00 until 21:30. The formations will consist of both visitors and musicians who are already part of the line-up of Incubate. So you not only get the chance to play together with Damo, but maybe with a member of your favourite band as well! Besides, you’ll get free entrance to the festival on the day you are playing.

If you want to join the Damo Suzuki’s Network, just fill in this application form, if you have any questions you can send an email to marinke@incubate.org.

Here is Incubate 2011 artist The Fall‘s song: I Am Damo Suzuki

Manchester dark house king Andy Stott has released a officiel remix of the new single of Brooklyn band The Hundred In The Hands. Their new single Keep It Low, which you can download for free here, is a preview for the new record of The Hundred In The Hands. The new album is called Red Night and is gonna be released on WARP on the 11th of June.

Stott, who’s also announced for Incu12, made a more hypnotizing and mysterious version of this track. Last couple of months he also released a remix for Blondes, BNJMN and TriAngle‘s Holy Other

Next Incubios is this Thursday, on Ascension Day. So when all stores are closed you still can get your daily doses of popcorn at the Hall of Fame, and watch 2 movies while you’re at it. And not just movies, no! Movies that bring something extra to your life, new experiences. Movies that touch you deeply and movies that makes you laugh at the same time. Movies that (try to) make a point. Movies with a different point of view. About art. Daily life. Music. Politics. Love. Death. About everything you can think of…. Movies like Titanic II..…

And also the short film Captain Fork. About a father-son relationship gone wrong.

We hope to see you there, let us now if you will on the event page.
Incubios 4 –  May 17 @ Hall of Fame
Films: Captain Fork + Titanic II

I bet most of you wondered how Maria & The Mirrors actually sound like after reading their bio. It was something like: Dueling drums, shrieking vocals all tied together by a variety of electronic devices banging out a wall of pummeling power electronics. 

Well, you are all cordially invited to listen to their new EP ‘Gemini Enjoy My Life’ and experience it for yourself.

from Factmag

The contemporary artist Urs Fischer, who’s working in Zurich and New York, is a striking appearance. With quiet a lot  of innovative expositions a draw the attention. Be sure to check out more of this artist.

For instance what he made for la Biennale in Venetia; a copy of ‘The rape of the Sabine Women’ in.. tallow. Next to this statue, there is man, als in tallow, who is ‘melting’ away. At the opening of this expo the ‘candle’ was lighted and slowly melted away.

Or this one, ‘Untitled’ (Lamp/bear)

Rotterdam, it’s the second biggest city in the Netherlands and also host to the largest and most important harbour in Europe. Since I don’t know too much about Rotterdam, this might have been the hardest Scene Report to find information about. I tried to contact locals, but did not get too much response, so I hope that this article gives a nice overview of what’s happening in Rotterdam.

VENUES

There are several big venues, and some smaller ones in Rotterdam.

Rotown is one of the bigger venues; located closely to Rotterdam central station it’s a stage that hosts some of the more accessible names in music. With a mix of pop, rock, hip-hop, dance and everything in between, it’s a pretty standard music venue.

De Unie is the debating venue of Rotterdam. But between all of the debates, movies and symposium they also managed to make some time for music. The program is not a steady one, but most of the time worth you while.

Poortgebouw (photo) is a national momument located on the south bank of the river Maas. Today it’s inhabited by a collective of 30 people, organised as members of an association. In the ‘80’s they finally managed to legally rent the place, instead of squatting it. Most of the inhabitants are somehow connected to Rotterdam’s cultural or artistic community. Their music program features a lot of experimental music. With improv, experimental jazz, electronics, but also the occasional dance party.

Nieuwe Oogst is a multidisciplinary venue, which is located in the Maassilo. They organise concerts, club nights and expositions but also projects for photography, street art, dancing and more.

Worm is Rotterdam’s institute for Avant-gardistic Recreation and one of the city’s most interesting venues. As the name implies, their music programming and dance nights feature experimental and avant-garde music, very different from most venues. They also have the occasional expo, movie screening or workshop, where you can make your own electronic fun box, film or experimental guitar.

It is of no surprise than that Worm recently married with Roodkapje Rottterdam. Check out the amazing video for their ‘wedding’ below. Roodkapje is a centre for art, music and culture. Sometimes external partners curate the concerts, but with the Rottt project they also shine a light on Dutch bands every month.

BIRD is a jazz club. They focus more on soul, jazz, funk but also the occasional hip-hop or dance night.

Furthermore there is Baroeg a bar/venue that focuses on the harder music styles like rock, metal, hardcore, gothic, etc.

Besides all the venues you shouldn’t forget the Motel Mozaique festival in Rotterdam. This annual festival tries to connect the music and the audience with the city, by organising guided tours, camping’s on the roof of old train stations and using different parts of the city for the festival. The festival also incorporates art and theatre into its program, but music stays the biggest part.

TinyMusic is an initiative that tries to get musicians and the audience closer together by organising concerts on intimate locations. The concerts take place on special locations, like the deck of a ship, shops, galleries, churches, etc.

LABELS

I will try to pick some interesting labels from Rotterdam, but to be honest my knowledge about the Rotterdam music scene is limited, and this time I didn’t get too much reply’s. One of Rotterdam’s newest music labels is Samling Recordings. This music label focusses on a group of musicians/friends. It’s not really a genre they focus on, but more a feeling. From the slowcore of Luik, to Eklin’s ambient pop music; it’s a certain atmosphere that seems to surround all these artists. You might call it hazy, but it carries a certain comforting feeling, although the music never gets dull. The latest release is one from Future Shuttle, this time not a Dutch artist, but a Brooklyn trio. Listen to a 48 minute live drone together with Bebe Fang (Incubate 2010) here.

PRSPCT Recordings is an Rotterdam-based drum ‘n bass label, that features a lot of Netherlands biggest names in the genre, as well as some prolific names from other places.

Clone Records is a record label and shop, which focuses on experimental/underground electronic dance music. They have become a big name inside and outside of the Netherlands and are also a distributor for a lot of other, smaller labels. Clone also have their own record shop inside Rotterdam.

MUSIC

To get some sort of overview, I tried to sort bands on genre. This didn’t really work out, but at least got it better sorted. Sorry if I offended or annoyed anyone with this.

Pop/Acoustic/Folk

Afka is a synthpop project between singer/songwriter/performer Aafke Kloppenburg and producer Adriano DiTamorra. They released their EP ‘Thunder in Our Heart’ in February, and make a strong first impression.

Wolf in Loveland is a folk/pop band surrounding singer-songwriter Jan Minnaard. This 19-year old guy knows how to create a lovely folksong.

Oliver Oat is one of my personal favourite discoveries. Intriguing folk songs that take unexpected turns while they unfold. Oliver definitely has good voice for this kind of music.

Shoegaze/garage/indie

One of the bigger bands from Rotterdam nowadays is Rats on Rafts they played Incubate 2011 and since then they have been on a steady streak of success. After the release of their debut album ‘The Moon is Big’ on Subroutine and later on Topnotch, they played all around the Netherlands, supported The Minny Pops on their UK tour and got a lot of attention from national and international media.  Their take on post-punk and new wave seems to work well, seeing that they will play the Primavera festival.

Crowds are one of the two bands to play at Incubate Scene Report: Rotterdam, on May 31 in Cul de Sac. Their blend of shoegaze and noisepop already made a good impression when they played Vera’s Kelderbar during Eurosonic, so we are excited to see what they can do in Tilburg.

Neon Rainbows is the second band to play at Incubate Scene Report. All members have been around for some time in the music scene. Having previously played in different bands and settings such as Feverdream, Model Fuckers and At No Bikini Beach, it’s no wonder that together they are a sure win with their mix of pop, shoegaze and noise. Take a listen to their debut album ‘An Idea For A Plan’ here.

AC Berkheimer is another shoegaze band that managed to intrigue with their album ‘We Tell Them Tonight’, released on Subroutine. With clear influences from Sonic Youth, Jesus & The Mary Chain and My Bloody Valentine, they are able to either blow away or pull in the listener.

S As in Assasins is an indiepop band who remind me a lot of Menomena.  They are currently selected for Hollands Popronde 2012, so we’ll probably hear more of them.

Another must listen is the garagerock by Organisms with their distinct organ and howlin’ vocals. It’s catchy, energetic and doesn’t grow boring. The live shows are apparently even more energetic and crazy, will have to check it out some time.

Low Point Drains is another garage/trash rock band from Rotterdam that rage their way through the songs.

Experimental/Alternative

Surrounding Samling Recordings there are also quite some Rotterdam-based musicians. One of the more notable names is Luik (whom are playing Incubate 2012!), after releasing their album ‘Owls’ they played all over Holland and are getting good reviews for their live show and album. The music is a mix of slowcore, ambient and indiepop, slowly creeping it’s way in your ears.
The guitarist in Luik, Gerrit van der Scheer, also has his own project, called Herrek. It has undergone several transformations in sound and setting; the latest sounds can be heard on their Bandcamp, where their release on Samling focussed on noisy soundscapes, these are more song-oriented. Hoping to hear more of them.

But it doesn’t end there. Luik’s drummer Keimpe Koldijk (who also played/plays in Eklin and Fang, both former Incubate acts) teamed-up with Eklin band mate Michiel Klein to form Mike Koldin, synth pieces with a strong minimalistic approach. Slowly developing throughout the songs. Another outfit surrounding these bands is Woud, slow and dark ambient songs with haunting vocals.

On a whole other spectrum you have Albatre a free/experimental jazzcore trio. The music seems to go all over the place, though the musicians always now what they do. Like a schizophrenic jazz band gone wild on some very bad drugs.

But let’s not forget Harry Merry he’s been unknown to many, but very active in the music scene for a long time with a steady cult following. His music could be defined as ‘Outsider music’, like R. Stevie Moore or Ariel Pink. This distinct figure has made quite the impression on some people. He also played some shows with the guys from Rats on Rafts after their album release.

(Photo: Harry Merry at Incubated 12 by Erik Luyten)

Punk

A band that has been on the scene for 16 years is The Apers. And they don’t seem to be calling it quits anytime soon. They will be re-releasing their debut album and releasing a live album called ‘Live at Eldorado’.

The Bat Bites are another straightforward poppunk band, which feature one steady member from The Apers. In February they released a free EP, appropriately called ‘Take It It’s Free’. And if you like them you should also take a listen to Accelerators. Full of energy they play their shows, fast punk rock songs.

Electronic

It’s hard to believe that Machinefabriek is just Rutger Zuydervalt. If you see his latest batch of releases you might shit yourself. Not only his list of solo work is impressive, also the list of collaborations: Nils Frahm, Celer, Peter Broderick, Gareth Davis and much more. He has also created music for several art projects, making him a busy man. His music stands somewhere between ambient, electro acoustic, drone, field recordings and noise.

Also in the drone spectrum, we have Mono-Poly. Working with analogue and modular synthesizers, to create a tense layer of moody and heavy ambient-drones. Body II Body on the other hand, are more interested in making you dance. They already performed with their DJ-set on Incubate 2011, but are currently working on their own material.

▲NGST create a more haunting and dark kind of music. Call it which house, call it doom gaze, all I know is that this stuff is frightening. It’s definitely more interesting than most acts that came up during the whole ‘witch house’ era. ▲NGST already played Incubate once with his other project FFF. This music is a lot faster than his other project and more in the breakcore/ravecore corner.

Munchi is probably well known among the loyal Incubate or Generation Bass follower. He’s the Moombathon-pioneer here in Holland and put the genre on the map in and outside of our own country. He has already played Incubate two times in the past, so definitely someone you should check out.

Also be sure to take a listen to: Heiz Karlhausen & The Diatonics (jazzcore), Joensuu (prog-metal), Feaver (folk/pop), Misery Kids (psycho rock), Vanity & Jokes (indie-pop) and Michel Banabila (electro-acoustic).

Just as all the other times, there is way too much going on and way too little space in this one article. Also, my knowledge about the music scene is only limited. I try to get as many sources as I can get, but there are always some things that I manage to overlook. So if you have any additional tips for venues, bands or other music related stuff in Rotterdam, put it in the comments. You can also add bands to our list of bands and musicians in Holland on GetSatisfaction.

Frank Kimenai, one of the founding fathers of Incubate and our colleague who made sure our financial and productional worries were taken care of, will leave Incubate on June 1st.

We’ve had wonderful times with Frank (as you can see on these pictures), and wish him all the best.

The Incubate head honchos at the Incubate afterparty

In his own words:

I would like to inform you that as of june 1st 2012, I will be parting ways with Incubate. After a long period of thinking and balancing out my thoughts and ideas, I have made my decision. It wasn’t an easy one, especially since it concerns one of the things that I hold dearest. It feels like letting go of a child that I have nourished for seven years, that has cost me blood, sweat and tears, but above all gained me a lot of positive energy and ideas. However, I felt the time was here to make this decision, because I strongly felt the need to explore new paths, to face new challenges. This notion of looking for new experiences grew stronger and stronger throughout the last few months, and therefor I have decided to go for it. It is with pain in my heart that I am leaving Incubate. I am sincerely proud of what we have achieved over the last seven years, and I look back with a great sense of satisfaction and gratitude. It is a comforting thought that I will be leaving Incubate in the capable hands of the best team possible for this job. Incubate is built on a solid base, upon which the festival can grow to the next level in the next few years. I’m proud to be able to say that I have helped create that base, and that I have been part of shaping all these wonderful ideas.

Concerning my work duties, you can check the contact page on incubate.org to see who is now the guy or girl to talk to.

I would like to thank you for everything you meant for me and Incubate, both professionally and personally, the last few years, and I hope to see you in september on that festival in Tilburg!

All the best,

Frank Kimenai

He was on the Incu11 poster.

Frank with Rummelsnuff

In front of the new office in 2009

We are very proud to announce that for the project “Glocal 2012”, Incubate offer you an opportunity to win a residency at organic farm ‘t Schop in Hilvarenbeek, a small village just outside of Tilburg.  A professional jury, comprised of representatives from Incubate, ‘t Schop, LIB (the agricultural organization for the Brabant province) and the town of Hilvarenbeek, will choose the best idea, which will be rewarded with the possibility to work and live on the farm for two weeks in September 2012, and perform at the annual Incubate festival in Tilburg, September 10-16, 2012. SEND US YOUR APPLICATIONS BEFORE JUNE 4^th!

To apply, you have to meet up a number of criteria:
- You are not from the Netherlands or Belgium (the Global part of things).
- You are a musician, or music is the main discipline of your art-practice (multi-disciplinary artists are welcome).
- You are a solo artist, a duo or a trio.
- You live in a city.
- You are ready, willing and able to produce a new work / artistic product based upon your experiences during your stay on the farm.
Your proposal needs to be focused on the following ideas / parameters:
- The project aims on generating dynamics between urban and rural communities, in this case those of Tilburg and Hilvarenbeek.
- The idea has both global and local aspects.
- Your project uses the farm as a gateway towards the town of Hilvarenbeek and its people, cultural life and communities (for a list of organizations and other information, please check the appendix of this document). We encourage activities together with the local communities during your stay.
- Your project creates awareness about the agricultural function of the farm and its products.

We offer you:
- A residency of minimum 10 days, maximum two weeks at biological farm ‘t Schop in Hilvarenbeek.
- This residency will be in the period of Sept 5 – Sept 16^th, 2012, right before the Incubate Festival.
- Travel expenses to and from Hilvarenbeek & Tilburg for the residency and the shows.
- Hospitality of the van den Broek family for two weeks, including breakfast, lunch and dinner, and of course a bed.
- A unique possibility to join the farmer in his daily routine on the farm, and work with the farm animals and crops.
- The possibility to work in a relaxing and inspiring environment.
- The possibility to connect to a lot of new interesting people and ideas.
- Two slots at the annual Incubate festival in Tilburg, in the weekend of September 14, 15 or 16, 2012, to present your project. These slots consist of:

o    One show at ‘t Schop, with complimentary lunch / diner for the attendants – Sept 16^th
o    One show at one of the festival venues in the city of Tilburg – Sept 14, 15 or 16th.

Furthermore, we will offer you productional backing and documentation:
- A basic sound studio (speakers, microphones, (digital) recording materials, and special equipment  and devices you might require for your artistic work. (Everything within reason of course).
- Other work materials, again within realistic boundaries.
- A calm and quiet workspace at ‘t Schop.
- You get the opportunity to write about your experiences, and get it published on the Inlog.org blog of Incubate (1000 unique visitors per day). Furthermore, we make a small documentary on the project, which we will launch on the Incubate Vimeo channel. Of course, you can use this documentary for your own promotional purposes as well.

SEND IN YOUR PROPOSAL BEFORE MONDAY JUNE 4^th TO: GLOCAL2012@INCUBATE.ORG
- Include your resume
- Links to audio
- Project proposal (max 500 words)
- NEVER send us mp3’s

‘Contemporary Incidental Accumulation of Particles‘ is an exhibition project in constant motion, which consists of an accumulation of 4 presentations. These 4 presentations are created in direct and continuous collaboration with 14 artist. These artist will converse various loosely components (data, materials, axes, angels etc) into an exhibition period which create a (un)certain order.

The core of Part 4 is provided by author Els Moors. She will shape the entire project in a literary way with a publication at the end. Whether this will be in a novel, poem, essay or something entirely different shall be guided by the course of the project.

You can see all work that were shown during the project in the space below, like a cloud of art. Also the pieces of art that are on loan at the Breda´s Museum are selected. Above, the artist are building to a common ´carrier´ on which they show some new and some existing works of themselves.

You can visit the CIAoP at Lokaal01 Breda from 18 May – 15 June.
The 14 participating artist are: Ronja Mooij, Arte Colder , Tijl Orlando Frijns (New Jacks 3.0), Valérie de Ghellinck, Nathalie Guilmot, Paul Geelen (New Jacks 3.0), Yves Coussement, Ada Van Hoorebeke, Wouter Huis, Katrien Ligt, Esther de Graaf, Roger Kelly, Ghazaleh Abassalian, Jasmijn Krol

Watch the following short documentary of last [Incu Thursday] confirmed artist King Midas Sound. We hope you’re looking forward to their show, we do!

Part 1

Part 2

Na een ontbijtje aan het strand gaan we weer. Je hebt hier vroege shows, dan even niks en dan begint het avondprogramma.
Amatorski speelt om 14 uur in de Green Door Room een set van 25 minuten. De moeite waard voor de band om de plas even over te steken. En ze maken het ook wel waar. Verzorgd en Geconcentreerd. Met de beperkte middelen die sommige podia bieden weet de band een volle Green Door room te boeien. De ffijne uitgesponnen en goed gearrangeerde nummers komen binnen. Muisstil op momenten. Dan een welgemeend applaus. Dan ‘s avonds na een etentje met de Mojo-jongens op weg naar Haim in Audio, een club die normaal dienst doet als disco. Net op tijd om buiten een te lange rij te voorkomen. Er schijnt veel om te doen te zijn. Wat zelfovertuiging is er, maar dat komt vanzelf als er veel om je te doen is. De liedjes beklijven niet echt echter. De drie vrouwen met een mannelijke drummer weten het publiek wel wat voor zich te winnen, de liedjes doen nog niks helaas.
Trust uit Toronto in audio above dan. Helaas ook hier een niet waargemaakte hype. Met indie-vocalen over net te platte house-beats alleen kom je er niet meer. De grote barriers in een zaal waar 150 mensen in kunnen en een podium van 20 cm hoog doen ook geen goed moet ik zeggen.
DZ Deathrays uit Australië doen het wel zoals het zou moeten. In Horatios zie ik de eerste crowdsurfers, mooi als dat gebeurd op de pier, zo’n tien meter boven de zee. Hun trashpop wordt met alles wat de band heeft het publiek ingeslingerd. En dan verdien je ookzo’n publiek.
Na middernacht lijkt Brighton helaas over te gaan in een platte uitgaansstad. Zelfs de clubs waar misschien nog 1 of 2 acts spelen vinden de rij met zuipende stappers belangrijker dan de zogenaamde ‘delegates’. In de rij dus. Gelukkig is Sticky Frog zo vriendelijk om ons snel binnen te laten. Cave Painting wat door moet gaan als fleet foxes en yeasayer doet echter in geen geval wat de bio beloofd. Maar aangezien het vliegtuig over een pqar uur vertrekt is het tijd voor nog 1 borrel in queens, het hotel waar de lobby tijdens TGE de hangout is voor de aanwezige muziekbuss-mensen. TGE, een niet hele hoge score met nieuwe ontdekkingen, nieuwe inzichten en ideeën daarentegen genoeg!

The Great Escape lijkt zijn naam eer aan te doen op vrijdagavond. Vrijgezellenfeesten overspoelen de stad al ontdekken we ook dat meer dan de helft van deze gezelschappen ‘normaal’ op stap is. Het festival laat gelukkig nog een andere kant zien al zijn de wat bekendere/gehypte bands of bands die zich al heb bewezen niet meer te bezoeken. Twee dagen achtereen geprobeerd om Django Django te bezoeken zonder succes. Gisteren zelfs bijna 2 uur voor de show richting de Blind Tiger gelopen waar een driedubbele rij van meer dan de zaalcapaciteit nog buiten stond. Het lijkt me dat TGE net wat teveel tickets heeft verkocht en delegates wel wat voorrang genieten, maar we niet als prinsen van oranje behandeld worden. Waar overigens ook wel iets voor te zeggen is aangezien de kaartenkopers ook graag hun favoriete bandjes zien. Hoogste score tot aan nu: Cloud Nothings, al was dat wel te verwachten. Vorig jaar in 013 bleek al wel dat dit het ging worden. Gedurfde set met ruimte voor improvisatie en lange soundscapes. Dan ben je wel zelfverzekerd. Howler deed gisteren overigens een beetje aan cloudNothings denken. In Horatios – helemaal op de kop van de pier – weten de vier jonkies met een enorme bravoure en bijna nonchalance hun liedjes met veel overtuiging te brengen. Net wat rauwer dan The Strokes moet ik toch heel even aan dezelfde frisheid denken maar vooral de houding van ‘oh, maakt ons eigenlijk niet uit dat het een showcasefestival is’.
Rond middernacht speelt NZCA/Lines onder in de kelder van Sticky Mikes Frog Bar, een plek waar het net lukt om rechtop te staan, springen is echter af te raden. De soms wel inventieve synthpop is echter aan de saaie kant. Drie nummers houden ze de aandacht vast, al was ik misschien al eerder weggeweest als het biertje al eerder op was. Ik begin nu echter een beetje tegen de pints aan te hikken.
Stay+ in Coalition maakt gelukkig weer wat goed. Met name de visuals over de postdub/witchhouse zijn mooi, goed verzorgd en boeien. Muzikaal ben ik na een half uurtje wel verzadigd. Morgen als eerste Amatorski op het programma.

So much swagger with an alligator!

Because of the trip to the SPOT Festival in Denmark we didn’t do a Spotifriday last week, but we though that you would have enough new music to check if you read our reports (Part one & Part two). But today we’ve chosen five new albums to fulfill your weekend. Have a nice one!

Soul Clap – EFunk: The Album

By their press photo’s you can think that Soul Clap is the new Chromeo. And in a way it actually is, both duo’s are making tunes where it’s hard to stand still. But where the Canadians of Chromeo are making almost a parody of the beloved ’80s-time Soul Clap are taking it pretty serious and it seems that this music is made with a serious intension. They are more mixing modern-day house music with ancient soul music from the 70s. And with a lot of different mixes last year (Essential Mix, FACTMix and a DJ-Kicks episode with labelowners Wolf+Lamb) Soul Clap prove themselves as a perfectmixduo. With this record, EFunk or Everybody’s Freaky Under Nature’s Kingdom, they let us hear that they can also produce a good album.

Pond – Beard, Wives & Denim

We have to admit, this album has been released almost two months ago, but we didn’t mention it. A shame, because this album is definitely worth listening. Everybody who is talking about this album is beginning with the next two words; “TAME” “IMPALA“. And that’s not without any reason. Pond is a side project of three members of the succesful Australian band. And musically they are pretty close as well. But where it took some time to make the polished record of InnerSpeaker Beard, Wives & Denim is recorded in two weeks in a farm which is rebuilt to a studio. And if you’re listen to these tracks of Pond you can hear it, they’re more unpolished and more spontaneous. Besides Tame Impala, fans of Sleepy Sun and even MGMT (listen to the chorus of Elegant Design!) gonna love this band.

King Charles – LoveBlood

We’re certain for one thing; this album is definitely winning this week’s best coverart contest. While the cover art looks like a new Captain Morgan commercial the music is not sounding really pirate-ish. This so-called King is a buddy from the folk’s of Mumford & Sons. Luckily this music isn’t taking hisself so serious. A bit lightweight poppy songs especially made for the summer. We’re already gonna nominate Rock ‘n’ Roll-twistsong Bam Bam for the Summerhit of 2012.

Here We Go Magic – A Different Ship

With Pigeons, the album from Here We Go Magic from 2010, the quartet from Brooklyn let us hear a dreamy and also psychedelic popalbum. Their new album, A Different Ship, is recorded together withRadiohead-producer Nigel Godrich, and it sounds that they showing an other side of them. The psychedelic and dreamstyle have been more replaced to krautrockinfluences. Still a pop record, but with more repetition and quiet carefull pieces, but without being dull.

Light Asylum – Light Asylum

We end this week’s Spotifriday with an album where we all, the whole office, waiting for, for a long time. After the EP In Tension, music video of Skull Fuct and a really awesome (is what we’ve hear from a collegae) perfomance during Motel Mozaique it’s finally time for the full debut album from Light Asylum. A few tracks of this album, we’ve heard before so the sound of this record is not a complete surprise, but for people who never heard Light Asylum before; They’ve got an almost militarian sound, it almost sounds of frontman Shannon Funchess is giving your commando’s. With the typical dark synthwave sounds Funchess proves with this album that she IS the new Grace Jones.

Submit your art
Incubate wants as many people as possible to participate in the festival. We invite everyone to exhibit their art at the Open Source Expo during Incubate. You can now send in your work for the Expo via this link.

For more info click here.

Submit your film
Are you an independent filmmaker, animator, documentary maker or video artist and would you like to have your film screened as part of the Incubate 2012 official film program? Submit your film, and maybe you’ll win the Incubate Film Award!
Films may not be longer than 40 minutes. All genres are welcome. Submission deadline is June 1st 2012.

For more info click here

Read a review about the 2011 Open source expo here

We always encourage new infinitives in our beautiful city. Especially if it’s something with superior dance music. Because besides us and 013 there aren’t so many organisations who are paying attention to alternative techno or live electronic music.

That’s why we’re happy to see that the first edition of Kindergarten will take place tomorrow at Stadspark Tilburg. The organisation of Kindergarten did their best to make this first edition to a success if you’re looking to the line-up. One of our personal favorites is the French producer Kavinsky who made together with Daft Punk‘s Guy-Manuel the track Nightcall, which became known by the Drive OST. From Lektroluv-records are coming the Belgium neighbours from The Subs and Sound Of Stereo who both playing a live-set. Other cool acts are Mickey Moonlight, Secret Cinema and localhero’s Schoolplein & Skanketron it seems that tomorrow Tilburg is gonna turn to a playground. Cause with a tagline as Never grow up! and the trailer that you can see below you can image that the expectations are high.

Tickets are still in presale here (€25), make sure you’ll get your tickets before tonight; Tomorrow the doorprice is €35.

A lot of people are waiting on the follow-up to the first album of Nosaj Thing; Drift. Instead of a new album he kept us busy with a remix album in 2010 (including edits of Jamie xx, Dorian Concept and Daedelus) and stunning live perfomances (like he did on Incubate 2011).

Now, somebody took one of the key songs of Drift; Fog and turned it into a wonderful acoustic version. Especially with Mother´s Day on the way we can recommend this track instead of the original one.

It’s Thursday again, the Incubate office worked at full speed for all the confirmations for todays Incu Thursday. The line-up for Incubate 2012  already has 70 artists confirmed. Today we can add another four to the bill for the festival in September:

Want to know more about the artists? Check the artist profiles on the Incubate website. Tickets for Incubate 2012 are on sale now. You might want to get your hands on a limited edition early-bird ticket which are only €60,- until they run out. There are also Daytickets available. You can buy your tickets for Incubate 2012 on incubate.org or via the store below.

Attending Incubate 2012? Go to Facebook and Last.fm so you can see who of your friends are going as well and stay up to date on the Incubate 2012 news! Tune in on our weekly updated Spotify Playlist to listen to the confirmed artists.

From Koen Gijsbers, our Incubated film recorder who shows up every time, unasked. Check his site for a lot of Incubated (and other) clips.

Following the exhibition series “dialogues” Geetje Aerts, Oscar Wyers and Sarah Bijlsma made six video portraits. Rijnder Kamerbeek came with “helaas” (unfortunatly) a series of fascinating textual thoughts about decision-making of contemporary artist. Etalage Derde Wal closes its year with the exhibition Thank You For Watching were personal stories, rejection, abandonment, harassment and comment become one chimera.

The exhibition will open tonight (Thursday 10 May) at 20:00, and will be open 12/13/19/20 May from 12:00 – 17:00

With work from
Kaj Derks – Kjub Fiasko – Meldy Ijpelaar – Aaltje van der Molen – Nurzehra Ulukaya

Statements by
Danni van Amstel – Frank ter Beek – Maarten Bel Esther J Bos – Chris Brans – Olivier de Bree – Irene van den Besselaar Dominique Ebbeng – Danny Foolen – Dennis Gaens Jeroen Hoenselaar – Bert Jacobs – Jordy Koevoets – Jelena Meek Bianca Runge – Marena Seeling – Marjorie Slooff – Machteld Solinger Sterre Verbokkem – Coen Vernooij – Willem van Wanrooij – Stefanie Wels

And interviews 
Anne ten Ham & Paul van Dijk – Jan Van Den Dobbelsteen & Danielle Lemaire Maria Dabrowski & Sanne Cobussen – Jaap Groen & Sjan Top – Eva Olthof & Stefano Faoro – Bredewold & Kristensen

During our last Incu Thursday we announced that the animation film Midori-Ko is gonna screen at Incubate 2012. Now we like to give you some extra information behind this movie and Keita Kurosaka, the creator .

Tomorrow it’s Thursday again, the day we announce the confirmations for the following edition of Incubate. But you can find out one of those confirmations today. So let that grey mass of yours do it’s job and figure out what the picture above has to do with one of the bands we are going to confirm tomorrow.

This one is actually very cryptic, so… think outside of the boombox.

On our GetSatisfastion community we gave everyone the opportunity to share thoughts concerning this years line-up. We already had more than 250 replies with many great suggestions for this years edition. We want to thank everybody that already participated!

We are still working hard for this years line-up, but many hands make light work. So if anyone, anywhere got anymore tips or suggestions, please let us know. And who knows, maybe you’ll see your favorite band shining on this years bill pretty soon.

A Joyful Slog is a documentary about the Irish independent music scene and the development of DIY music ethic in the country over the last twenty years. It features interviews of bands such as And So I Watch You From Afar, Jape, Adebisi Shank but also journalists and labels representatives.

Former Incubater Sjuul Stultjens wrote the following for us:

DIY is something the fine folks over at Incubate know everything about. Whether it’s discovering independent bands and distro’s, reading zines or supporting indie labels, the DIY frame of thought is something of high value here. We implore you to get involved as well and support your scene, wherever you’re from.

A Joyful Slog gives us an insight look at the DIY scene in Ireland. The documentary starts off with the guys from And So I Watch You From Afar (ASIWYFA) telling about what DIY means for them and how when they first started out there was the necessity to do everything themselves.

The comparison with early punk/hardcore labels like Dischord, SST and Alternative Tentacles is made, because these labels have been a great inspiration for the Irish (and most of the European) DIY scene. These labels had their own fair and ethical methods of touring and ultimately provided a model of how the industry should work that has inspired DIY movements all over the world.

Some of the musicians involved in making this documentary are: Vinnie Dermody (The Jimmy Cake), Richie Egan (Black Belt Jones/The Redneck Manifesto/Jape), Owensie (Terrordactyl) and the guys in ASIWYFA.

The cool thing is they also interview people from different sorts of DIY backgrounds like Ed Hannon, who is a zine fanatic. Gav Beattie, who tells us about DIY screenprinting and design. Niall Byrne, who is a filmmaker/blogger and Gib Cassidy, who owns and runs the well-known Elastic Witch record store.

All in all this entire documentary is fun to watch and it’s always great to see other people from other countries do their thing. Who needs big record labels when you can record and release your own music? Let your voice be heard and take matters into your own hands. DIY!

The exhibition’s title is adopted from the eponymous text of Boris Groys from 2009. “Ours is a time in which we reconsider – not abandon, not reject, but analyse and reconsider – the modern projects”, in his text Boris Groys pleas for a reconsideration of modernity, not a rejection, not an embrace, but a reconsideration. Comrades of Time is about the renewed position of canonical arts – painting, drawing, sculpture – in a mediated and networked society.

The exhibition explores a renewed confidence in the fundamental possibilities of art and artists using canonical forms and their relation to modernist principles – formalism, abstraction, repetition, expression, autonomy. For this exhibition Dutch artists and young talent are brought together with artists that are internationally leading. The exhibition is a combination of new and existing works, using openness and reflexivity.

The issue brought forward is how modernist ideas continue in our time. How can we reconsider the vanguard heritage? In what way can a particular reconsideration in canonical art-forms keep its social relevance? In a time dominated by networks and media, perhaps in a less rigid form than that of the historical Avant-garde?

Project Space Tilburg (Whatspace)
Opening: Sunday 13 May 16.00h
by Frank Maes
Curator: Bas van den Hurk
13 May – 24 June 2012
Opening hours: Wednesday – Sunday 11.00 – 17.00 h