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Bands at the Klangbad Festival 2009
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///These New Puritans/// In England, this band is being seen as one of those bands who are on the brink of having a break-through year. These New Puritans make an opulent rock music which seems to scoff at the band's name, while at the same time being rhythmic, complex and enthralling. The quartet from Southeast England, fronted by singer and multi-instrumentalist Jack Barnett, mingles fat synthie sounds with colourful arrangements and dynamic drum patterns. They would fit best into the file "artrock". Sometimes, they sound like Pink Floyd in the era of "The Wall", and then you feel you're hearing Japanese taiko drummers playing with all their might. "Dancefloor meets Steve Reich", as one critic has described their music. Whatever the case - it's certainly not for puritans! CD: These New Puritans: Hidden (Domino) Vice: 10/10 & Album of the Month Hidden screams „impressive“ like a man with a megaphone calling out synonyms for „grand“, mixing Benjamin Britten brass and compressed dancehall rhythms into a dazzling, genuinely innovative constellation of oily, evil-slicked sound. Observer Music Monthly: 5 Stars Hidden is one of the most confounding, pretentious and self-consciously intellectual records I've heard in years. It's also one of the most courageous, innovative and rebellious. These New Puritans set is the one that you'll be listening to in a decade. The Times: Best Recent Albums Furiously intensive collision of dancehall, ska and trip-hop. NME: 9/10 These New Puritan’s album is going to change everything. It’s going to go down in the history books. What you are hearing is a truly rare beast: something completely new. Clash: 9/10 Showing clear progression and monumental ambition, TNP have crafted a stark and dense knockout performance. Mercury Recommends: Hidden is a triumph of diversity that manages to make few concessions to the listener without loosing touch with it’s ingrained Pop ethic. Q: 4 Stars There’s a keen intelligence at work: while fiercely odd, it’s frequently electryfying, too. Uncut: 4 Stars Difficult to pin down, Hidden is even harder to forget. Mojo: 4 Stars An adventurous, challenging and futuristic recording. The Fly: 4.5 Stars Hidden is a bold, ambitious album Main Stage | 07.08. | 00:00 http://www.myspace.com/thesenewpuritans |
| ///Jimi Tenor + Kabu Kabu/// The multi-instrumentalist Jimi Tenor is one of the very big talents in the contemporary rock and indie scene. The man from Finland with the excentric outfit is known for his versatile solo projects, but also for his various collaborations like his work with Nigerian star drummer Tony Allen. At his Klangbad performance he will be accompanied by a eight-piece band with African drums and a brass section. So, this program will be pure afro-beat, inspired by Fela Kuti, Sun Ra and Ginger Baker’s Airforce. It's infectious music for body and mind - for listening, dancing and enjoying yourself. Party all night! Main Stage | 08.08. | 00:00 http://www.myspace.com/myjimitenor |
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///Mekons/// The Mekons are a legendary British band from the punk and post-punk era. Founded in 1977, the group from Leeds has written some of the hymns of the punk movement. Three of the band's members live in the USA in the meantime. So, the opportunities to see this group live in Europe are quite rare, and The Mekons' participation at this year's Klangbad festival can be considered as a bit of a sensation. Their talent as singer/songwriters can also be found in the recent The Mekons recordings, which show them still mingling folk, punk, country and rock in outstanding ways. The eight-piece band surrounding Jon Langford, Sally Timms, und Rico Bell, fascinates with beautiful harmony choirs and a group sound which includes violin and accordion. CD: Mekons: Natural (Quaterstick) Main Stage | 06.08. | 22:30 http://www.myspace.com/mekons |
| ///Gustav/// Eva Jantschitsch is Gustav. The singer and laptop musician from Vienna, educated in graphics, performance art, and new media, writes songs that get under your skin. Sometimes these songs evoke apocalyptic visions of the future or illuminate our Kafka-esque modern world in cold neon light. But Gustav also likes to indulge herself in dreamy sounds and romantic feelings. She presents her songs with a haunting voice and a sound design that fits perfectly with the respective subject. Gustav's spectrum of expressions leads from "synthetically hard" to "elegiacly soft". On stage, she's accompanied by Oliver Storz (guitars) and Elise Mory (keyboards). CD: Gustav: Verlass die Stadt (Chicks on Speed Records) Main Stage | 08.08. | 19:00 http://www.myspace.com/gustavofficial |
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///A Hawk and A Hacksaw/// The group A Hawk And A Hacksaw comes from Alberquerque, New Mexico. They specialize in music from the Balkans, which they present with a fresh pop feeling and mix with songs of their own. Jeremy Barnes (accordin, voice, percussion), formerly drummer of indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel, and Heather Trost (violin) form the nucleus of the band, augmented by guest musicians. They have lived in Romania and Hungary and have deeply inhaled the traditional music of the Balkans. Which is why their performance is as vital and full of the energy as an original Roma combo from Budapest. CD: A Hawk And A Hacksaw: Delivrance (Leaf) Main Stage | 08.08. | 20:30 http://www.myspace.com/ahawkandahacksaw |
| ///Heaven And/// Tony Buck is the drummer of the legendary Australian slow core group The Necks. Buck has been living in Berlin for a long time, and now he's founded his own band project with Heaven And. The quartet consists of some illustrious names from the European avantgarde rock scene. Martin Siewert, from Vienna, plays a fascinating lap steel guitar and contributes exciting electronic sounds, Zeitbloom adds earthy bass figures, and Steve Heather solidifies the rhythmic flow as second drummer and percussionist. At first, the music may sound quiet, almost static, only to explode in a wild ecstatic manner shortly thereafter. Sometimes the elastic grooves dominate the tracks, and then sometimes you find yourself surrounded by cosmic sound spheres. If progressive rock music still exists today it sounds like Heaven And. Hypnotic! CD: Heaven And: Sweeter As the Years Roll By (Staubgold) Main Stage | 06.08. | 20:00 http://www.myspace.com/heavenand |
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///FM EINHEIT + IRMLER/// Hans Joachim Irmler and FM Einheit both belong to the old aristocracy of the German rock scene. Irmler was a founding member of legendary krautrock outfit Faust. Einheit was the original drummer for the punk group Abwärts, and, as member of Einstürzende Neubauten, manned the jackhammer. What unifies these two musicians is their love of experimentation. They share an artistic vision which is expressed in a bizarre cosmos of sounds which is light years away from the current laptop-made electronic music. Magnetic fields glistening with electricity change into a colourful haze of sounds and a crackling tempest of tones. When Einheit pounds on huge iron springs, one gets the impression of flamboyant lightning flashing through the scenery. And Irmler's response is a mighty roll of thunder. CD: FM Einheit + Irmler: No Apologies (Klangbad) Main Stage | 07.08. | 22:30 http://www.myspace.com/fmeinheitfmeinheit |
| ///Cluster/// Cluster are considered pioneers in electronic music. At all the big festivals - say Barcelona, Brussels or Birmingham - they're hailed as headliners. The duo, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, are among the last remaining groups from the founding days of Krautrock which continue contribute interesting work to the world of contemporary pop music. They create a kind of electronic pop music which seems totally effortless. They're never in danger of over-cooking the pudding, but rather succeed in combining minimal melodies with interesting beats and drowning them all in a sea of synthetic sounds, scratchy notes and colourful noise. CD: Cluster: QUA (Klangbad) Tent Stage | 06.08. | 21:15 http://www.myspace.com/theonlyclusterthatmatters |
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///Nufa/// In their early days, Nufa may have seen as one of these nice but harmless pop groups. But they have turned into an exciting band in the meantime. Nufa have inhaled a lot of experimentalism by working together with Hans Joachim Irmler (Faust) and legendary jazz drummer Billy Elgart. Their new sound takes risks and is much more colourful. Pop structures are distilled from adventurous improvisation parts and glide into vocals that carry intelligent German lyrics. Certainly a band on its way up! Main Stage | 08.08. | 17:15 http://www.myspace.com/nuftata |
| ///Metalycee/// Funky grooves, metal, hiphop and electronica are the references for Metalycée's music, which is fueled by an experimental spirit. Sometimes lyrics are layered over sounds, and sometimes melancholy vocals arise from steady grooves, only to mutate into dark hardcore driven by a mighty rhythm section of bass and drums. The former duo consisting of Armin Steiner and Nik Hummer is now supplemented by the three new members: singer Melita Jurisic, drummer Bernhard Breuer, and bass player Matija Schellander. Main Stage | 07.08. | 18:30 http://www.myspace.com/metalycee |
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///Liebezeit,Lippok,Irmler,Bell /// In the world of drummers, Jaki Liebezeit has the status of a god. As style defining drummer of the legendary krautrock band Can, Jaki Liebezeit has not only written rock history but also the history of his instrument. Liebezeit is not one to rest on his laurels though. Since conventional ways of playing the drum kit didn't seem to him to be making full use of the instrument's potential, Liebezeit has developed a completely new style of drumming. At this year's Klangbad festival, he'll be joined by an exclusive line-up of musicians: electronic music expert Robert Lippok (To Rococo Rot), keyboarder Hans Joachim Irmler (Faust) and, from the UK, Clive Bell (Jah Wobble, David Sylvian, Jeff Beck, Bill Laswell etc.) who specializes in exotic wind instruments. This is a performance which promises to be a singular event. Main Stage | 07.08. | 20:00 http://www.drums-off-chaos.de |
| ///QA´A/// QA'A (pronounced: Ka) is a psychedelic band from Barcelona's underground scene. Founded in 2006, they've released two albums so far. Their music spans influences from ethnic music to Sonic Youth and Faust. The Spanish quartet's most recent album was mixed at the Faust studio. QA'A's music has an archaic ritual element where tribal drumming and shamanic vocals heavily collide with noise snippets from the avantgarde and electronic rock sounds. QA’A: Chi'en (Màgia Roja) Main Stage | 07.08. | 13:15 http://www.myspace.com/houseofqaa |
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///Trost/// Trost is Annika Line Trost, plus her trio, which consists of Jan Plewka (guitar), Eduardo Delgado Lopez (bass) and Stoppel Eggert (drums). The singer's origin is the Berlin punk scene of the late eighties, which she had explored as drumming teenager. Later, she specialized herself in sampling and, together with Gina V. D'Orio, founded the duo "Cobra Killer", whose electronic punk found international recognition. “They completely knocked us out. I really loved it.", said an enthused Thursten Moore (Sonic Youth). After her solo debut in 2002, Trost released the successor "Trust Me" in 2008. Again, she elated her audience with twinkle-toed, no-frill songs that feature a lot of hooks and edgy bass lines. Trost treats influences of soul, Françoise Hardy, and garage rock while still sounding modern. And her distinctive voice radiates sensuality and empathy. CD: Trost: Trust me (Bronzerat) Main Stage | 07.08. | 15:45 http://www.myspace.com/trostcity |
| ///Pendler/// The Austrian trio, Sabine Marte, Markus Marte and Oliver Stotz, came together in 2005 in order to find their own ways of working with folk, pop and electronica. Their aim is to elaborate on classical instrumentation and traditional structures by putting them into digital form and thus finding their own contemporary manner of expression. What Pendler share with pop musicians, is their playful joy of deconstruction. With a cool singing voice or harmony vocals bedded in multicoloured guitar chords, rooty bass lines and "psychedelectronic soundscapes", Pendler blur the borders between song and soundtrack. Tent Stage | 06.08. | 18:45 http://pendler.klingt.org/main.html |
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///Golden Disko Ship/// Dreamy siren-like vocals, acoustic guitar, enchanted melodies... One could be forgiven for guessing that Golden Disko Ship belongs to the world of female folk singers. But then the sounds of an African kalimba and the pizzicati of a violin sneak into her songs, and guerrilla electronics and beastly noises disturb the idyllic atmosphere. The Berlin all-round musician Theresa Strötges (aka Golden Disko Ship) creates her own soundscapes which, she herself admits, add up to a slightly messy universe. Behind each palmtree lurks a surprise, even if it's just the coconut that falls on your head. She's has called one of her songs, "You Blurry Dream". A critic has described it as, "the musical equivalent of the chaos theory". The Golden Disko Ship travels these odd waters; at times as a ghost galleon, and at others as a pirate's frigate. Ahoy! Tent Stage | 07.08. | 17:00 http://www.myspace.com/goldendiskoship |
| ///Aquaserge/// This band from the South of France scoops their sounds from the late sixties, assimilating psychedelia, prog-rock, krautrock, and electric jazz in the style of Miles Davis with the sound of the seventies' Canterbury scene into their own special brew. Their music ties in with early Pink Floyd, Gong und Soft Machine. Sometimes the singer's falsetto voice will remind you of Robert Wyatt, and the lofty guitar excursions of Steve Hillage, while the playful electric piano solos may give the impression of Dave MacRae himself (Matching Mole) being on the keys. The musicians of Aquaserge have also gathered valuable experience as tour musicians for Stereolab along the way. In return, Julien Gasc from Stereolab helps out with Aquaserge from time to time. Tent Stage | 08.08. | 14:30 http://www.myspace.com/aquoisersje |
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///Incite/// Incite/ is the electronic duo, Kera Nagel und André Aspelmeier. With their radically reduced digital dance music, they get bodies twitching. Stamping beats and minimal melodical movements generate a hypnotic effect one can hardly resist. Connected with the music are extraordinary visuals: every Incide/ gig is an exceptional audio-visual experience. Shake your tired bones, the laptop armada is coming! Courtyard | 08.08. | 01:00 http://www.myspace.com/incitefm |
| ///Transmitter/// Transmitter ist a musical town-twinning between Hannover (Lower Saxony) and Newcastle (UK) and presents a combination of hardrock, electronic music and hiphop. Founded in 2000, the actual group members are English member Jeff Ogle (vocals), Mo Heidrich (programming & syntheziser) and Stefan Bielesch whose drumming makes the hard grooves sound even sharper. This band blends beats as hard as iron with sawing guitar riffs, rap rhymes and squealing hardcore into an exciting mix. Aerosmith and Run DMC once showed us how to do that with "Walk This Way". Since then, there's no limit to our imagination. Main Stage | 06.08. | 17:30 http://www.myspace.com/transmittermusic |
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///Aranis/// This Belgian ensemble specializes in acoustic chamber music composed by the band's double bass player, Joris Vanvinckenroye. With the line-up flute, violin, accordion, guitar and bass, these dynamic pieces are set into motion with great precision. Aranis' music has so much drive and expressiveness that you hardly miss the drums - so much so that the label "chamber rock" would not be amiss for their music. And the title of Aramis' second album “Music for an Imaginary Film” describes their style even better. Aranis: Aranis III - Songs from mirage (2009) Main Stage | 08.08. | 13:15 http://www.myspace.com/aranis |
| ///Allroh/// Tent Stage | 07.08. | 12:15 http://www.allroh.com/ |
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///Villalog/// It's quite difficult to pigeonhole this band from Vienna. Elements of techno, funk, dub, disco and space rock melt into a rhythmic maelstrom which is hard to resist. Villalog's singer, Teppei Ozawa (aka Miss Hawaii), whispers like the cosmic sister of former Can singer Damo Suzuki, while Bernhard Fleischmann (drums), Michi Duscher (guitar), and Marc Muncke (electronics, synthesizer) create hypnotic grooves like those of Jaki Liebezeit's back in Can's heyday. Tent Stage | 07.08. | 21:15 http://www.myspace.com/villalog |
| ///Violet Violet/// Powerful indie rock is the trademark of this female duo from Norwich in Southeast England. Like The White Stripes, Violet Violet only need an electric guitar and a drum kit. These “rrrriot grrrls” don't dilly-dally- they come right to the point. The guitar shrieks and the drums thunder. Catchy riffs, vocals full of energy, and tight songs give the listener almost no time a breather. With their aggressive New Wave and punk sound, Violet Violet have already caused a furor in England. Now, it's time that this hurricane puts Germany under its spell. Tent Stage | 07.08. | 14:30 http://www.myspace.com/violetviolet1 |
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///Fodderstompf feat. DJ Marcelle & Holger Mertin /// Fodderstompf, is what DJ Marcelle van Hoof (turntables) and Holger Mertin from Cologne (drums & percussion) call their duo. Together, they create a bizarre sound collage made out of the most disparate sound quotes: samples of political speeches and hand-played drums'n'bass beats dog each other's trails, while field recordings of Bavarian alp meadows collide with dense hiphop grooves. A performance for ears that are hungry for weird sounds and legs that want to dance all night long. Tent Stage | 06.08. | 16:00 http://www.myspace.com/fodderstompfband |
| ///Fifty - Fifty/// “Acoustic Grooves - Minimal Tunes”, that's how Manfred Kniel (drums) and Ekkehard Rössle (saxophone) describe the music of their duo Fifty-Fifty. They assimilate influences of minimal music, jazz, modern music and folk into an innovative style which is based on the principle of reduction. Concentrating on melody and rhythm while dispensing with bass and chord instruments, Fifty-Fifty build up transparency and space. While Knierl layers polymetric, techno-influenced drum figures which have a hypnotic quality, Rössle creates sparse melodies with controlled expressiveness. Everything is played in "real time" - no overdubs, no tricks - pure hand-made work! Avantgarde-guru John Zorn certified them with a stamp of "Big Respect!" Tent Stage | 08.08. | 16:00 http://www.myspace.com/ekkehardroessle |
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///Mathias Schaffhäuser/// Mathias Schaffhäuser’s around in the techno, house and minimal scene since 1994. Past releases of Mathias appeared on WIR Recordings, Lebensfreude, on Persistencebit Rec., Resopal Red, Force Inc., Multicolor, Definitive Records (house sub-label of Plus-8), Blaou Sounds, Frisbee Tracks and many others. In 1997 he started his own record label WARE which released 86 twelve inches until now (as of April 2010). Schaffhäuser’s motto at the turntables is: Purism sucks! The quality of the music is what’s important, not sheer functionality and a perfect mix. That is: at times his sets can be rather varied from Ware-style music, nice + smooth neo-house and funky minimal to thumping techno. His current favourites come from labels such as Prologue, Islands & Islets/Sthlm, Deep Data, Cynosure, Snork, 3rd Wave, Mobilée, Vakant, Circus Company - just to name a few. Canteen II | 08.08. | 01:00 http://www.myspace.com/mathiasschaffhuser |
| ///Max Dax / Martin Hossbach DJ-Set/// Tent Stage | 08.08. | 11:00 http://www.spex.de |
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///DJ Marcelle/Another Nice Mess/// coming soon! Canteen I | 08.08. | 01:00 http://www.anothernicemess.com/ |
| ///DJ Fett/// the 7" smasher is coming to get you. ever heard of "dogma djing"? no? but maybe it helps when i say that "mixing is for milksops" is its dictum? If you still haven't any clue, then you should definitely so and see dj fett! he brings you the raw essence of funk without resorting to silly turntabalistic tricks - as a consequence, he is often dissed by third class provincial 12"-turners as a "shit dj". what many of these youngsters do not know is that the main work is done before you plug in your 1210. half of the fun is the diggin' in the crates, especially in those at the run down jumble sale around the corner. dj fett is not afraid of getting his hands dirty - which is why he is able to concoct an enticing brew of crackling old soul 45s, strange beat, ecstatic jazz and relaxed reggae, all leading up the a finale which is probably gonna be something like the only ever release of the protestant academy of tutzing ("danke für diesen guten morgen"). fett makes you wanna dance all night and hope that the weekend will last forever... Canteen I | 07.08. | 01:00 http://www.myspace.com/fettdj |
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///Markus Detmer/// Markus Detmer's mixes are mixes without borders. For 10 years he’s playing in festivals and clubs around the world, presenting his sensitive sound collages of Psychedelic Music, Exotica, Jazz, Post Punk, Krautrock, Reggae and Electronic music from the 1920s to the 21st century. Creating warm and cosy atmospheres, Markus’ DJ sets are aural movies both for extreme dancers and adventurous listeners, telling love stories with always happy endings! Also founder and manager of the label Staubgold since 1998, Markus Detmer created an acknowledged and acclaimed brand for experimental and electronic music from around the world. Its roster can boast internationally known names like Faust, To Rococo Rot, Mapstation, Ekkehard Ehlers, Rafael Toral and Oren Ambarchi. In 2003, the label shifted its base from Cologne to Berlin. In June 2010 Staubgold will release catalogue number 100, « 100 Jahre Einsamkeit: Markus Detmer Plays Staubgold ». This compilation features all the best tracks from the label mixed by Markus Detmer himself, following Peter Grummich's and Alec Empire's dj mix cds for Staubgold in 2008 and 2009. Canteen I | 06.08. | 01:00 http://www.staubgold.com |
| ///Skug Soundsystem/// Canteen II | 07.08. | 01:00 http://www.skug.at |
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