Elk jaar in september komen er duizenden mensen van over de hele wereld naar Incubate. Een probleem voor deze bezoekers is het gebrek aan betaalbare overnachtingsmogelijkheden in Tilburg. Daar willen we wat aan doen. Samen met architectenbureau Buro 013 willen we lege kantoorpanden, leegstaande scholen, en andere niet-gebruikte gebouwen omvormen tot tijdelijke slaapplaatsen. Aan Tilburgers willen we [...]

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Eurosonic Noorderslag is an annual festival that takes place in Groningen, the Netherlands. Of course a lot of Incubaters are at the festival watching bands, listening to keynote speeches and drinking some beers. Each of them made a little report of how they experienced it! Today you’re going to hear about the experiences from Frank Kimenai. Soooo, [...]

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We posted the ‘top 486 releases of 2011 according to you‘ a while ago, now it’s time for the individual Incubate employees year-lists! Every day until the end of 2011, we’re going to post the top 10 year-lists of the Incubate employees. There’re also links to Spotify  (or to other sources where you can find [...]

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First of all we’d like to highly recommend the website SWNK (Some Will Never Know) to our blog readers! The recently launched website concentrates on the Dutch (and around, check out this cool This Is Hardcore review for instance!) hardcore scene with interviews, reviews, show reviews, contests and an up-and-coming forum to discuss the latest [...]

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The Quietus has posted an interview with Ben Chasny, also known as Six Organs of Admittance, who performed at Incubate last year, where he answered a few questions about the festival. Frank Kimenai wrote me about the Incubate project you participated in and its roots in the Glocal movement – if I can quote his [...]

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As stated in yesterday’s blogpost, I will also be writing a bit about things to do in the city of Austin. Since I consider myself a somewhat critical consumer, therefor not eating at franchise places or shop at Walmart, I will post a list of cool diners, stores and other useful information. I’m hanging out [...]

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Dear all, maybe a little introduction first. My name is Frank Kimenai, and I’m a music promotor for the Incubate festival in Tilburg, the Netherlands. Besides that, I’m a musician and I have somewhat of a food fetish, people keep telling me. The next week, I’ll be posting some blog posts about my whereabouts in [...]

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A series of music conferences aimed specifically at the grass roots of the industry, the goal of Un-convention is to bring together like minded individuals to discuss the future of Independent music.From DIY labels, and self releasing bands, to promoters and agents, entrepreneurs and innovators, Un-convention is looking to the future of music, and how [...]

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Really cool in-depth article about Incubate titled ‘Het virus van Tilburg.’  Written by Miriam van Ommeren for De Optimist. “Van 13 t/m 20 september is Tilburg in de ban van Incubate, een van de beste festivals van Nederland.” Read the full Dutch article here (use Internet Explorer, the site doe not seem to work very [...]

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