Noisefest
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Noisefest is an annual experimental music
festival taking place in Ljubljana
, Slovenia
, since 2001.
Several artists from many different countries have participated through the years and the festival has developed a cult following. It is the only festival of its kind in this part of the world and it is the longest-running annual event of its kind globally. The countries that have been represented by artist participation in the festival are Japan
, Italy
, Canada
, Slovenia
, Croatia
, USA, Sweden
, Germany
, France
, Australia
, Slovakia
, Netherlands
, Spain
, Switzerland
, Basque Country
, Serbia
, Turkey
, Greece
, Russia
, Bulgaria
, Slovakia
, and Ireland
.
It is organized by DRMK (Društvo za Razvoj Mladinske Kulture), a "Collective for the Development of Youth Culture", as would be translated from the name in Slovene.
, in the center of Ljubljana
. Apart from a wide range of music performances, it has also featured video screenings, lectures
, workshops
, photography exhibitions
, DJ sets, and a CD/Vinyl Record/Cassette
market.
Performers: Minimal Bastard, Hermit, Ovo, Koji Asano, Inu Yaroh, Praying for Oblivion, Sist en 343, Kozmik Rajders, Karmakumulator, Hruki & Kunstl.
Performers: Deca Debilane, Pero-Fotar, Paradox X, Marko Ciciliani, (r), Sikhara, USAisamonster, Karmakumulator, Dog Eat Hot Dog, Marko Cicliani & Jerko Valdevit, Slovenian Noise Combo
Performers: Andreas Hagberg, Kunstwerk Gegen Kunstsein "Fleischkrawal Projekt", Đorđ, Shitoba, 7 That Spells, Küpper Busch Junior, Ffliperr, Đuro Iz Druge Galaksije, Ned, Äquatorkälte, G.Las, Discotheque Grönland, Niemand
Performers: Đuro Iz Druge Galaksije, Ventolin Orchestra, Urbsounds feat. RBNX, Jamka, Urbanfailure, Justice Yeldham and the Dynamic Ribbon Device, Lain, Kawasaki Motoguzzi, Gen 26, Suši Pank, Ovo, Par Nobile Fratrum, Man Manly, Shitoba, Amper-O-Mat, W.K.L.
Performers: Zurichagainstzurich, Tiws/Reca, Nautical Almanac, Sikhara, Shitoba, Democrisy, Matthew Ostrowski & George Cremaschi, Amper-O-Mat, Ventolin Orchestra, Mondo Cane
Performers: A.U.B., Dave Phillips, Guignol Dangereux, Jean Philippe Gross
Performers: Massaccesi, Odrz, Noise.Wall, Pamba, Mattin, Suši Pank, Eric Boros, Cities in Desolation, Rinus van Alebeek, Aanalog Suicide
Performers: Goosli Noise, Gokkun, Milf Wolf, Jesus is Angry and Your Local God: Choking Bishops, Aluviana, Cock Cobra, Broken Sleep, Gingagaruga, Franz Fjodor, Supraphon Family, Squirt
Performers: Bipolar Joe, Smetnja, Company Fuck, Jesus is Angry, DJ Digital Ramone, Kikiriki, Mr. Brutal's Hexen Kuche vs. Geisterfahrer, Šundrdisko, Vomit Sprinkler
Performers: END OF SILENCE (Germany), SKLO (Czech republic), FAKE MISTRESS (Germany), FUKTE vs. SUBURBAN HOWL (Italy), ALUVIANA (Ljubljana / Slovenia), SUPRAPHON FAMILY (Slovakia), NAPALMED (Czech republic), DEZROYADAM (Turkey), THE SUPERUSERS (Australia), BAS BLEU (Ljubljana / Slovenia), BILLY HARRIS (USA), JESUS IS ANGRY(Greece)
and noise
music and art with almost all derivatives included. The artists that have performed at the festival range from noise music
to industrial music
, ambient music
to avant garde, sludge rock to death metal
, and anything in between. All other art forms featured in the festival are in some way related to this aesthetic. Metelkova
's Yugoslav military
history and architecture is an integral part of this aesthetic.
and remains independent of the mainstream music industry. This is another unique aspect of the festival. It is considered an international celebration of DIY Culture, with a focus on experimental arts
. Communal vegetarian meals are organized every day of the festival for the artists and the audience. Since a lot of the artists have self-released albums which are not always widely available worldwide, the festival also acts as a swap meet
for rare records and other artworks
.
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
festival taking place in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, since 2001.
Several artists from many different countries have participated through the years and the festival has developed a cult following. It is the only festival of its kind in this part of the world and it is the longest-running annual event of its kind globally. The countries that have been represented by artist participation in the festival are Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
, Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
, USA, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
, Spain
Spain
Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
, Switzerland
Switzerland
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, Basque Country
Basque Country (autonomous community)
The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
, Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
, Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
, Slovakia
Slovakia
The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...
, and Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
.
It is organized by DRMK (Društvo za Razvoj Mladinske Kulture), a "Collective for the Development of Youth Culture", as would be translated from the name in Slovene.
History
The festival has taken place every year since 2001 in MetelkovaMetelkova
Metelkova City is an autonomous social centre in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is located on the site of former military barracks and was squatted September 1993. The site consists of seven buildings and was 12,500 m²...
, in the center of Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
. Apart from a wide range of music performances, it has also featured video screenings, lectures
Lecture
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, workshops
Workshop
A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools that may be required for the manufacture or repair of manufactured goods...
, photography exhibitions
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, DJ sets, and a CD/Vinyl Record/Cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
market.
2001
April 13-14, at Klub Gromka.Performers: Minimal Bastard, Hermit, Ovo, Koji Asano, Inu Yaroh, Praying for Oblivion, Sist en 343, Kozmik Rajders, Karmakumulator, Hruki & Kunstl.
2002
April 12-13, at Klub Gromka.Performers: Deca Debilane, Pero-Fotar, Paradox X, Marko Ciciliani, (r), Sikhara, USAisamonster, Karmakumulator, Dog Eat Hot Dog, Marko Cicliani & Jerko Valdevit, Slovenian Noise Combo
2003
April 10-12, at Klub Gromka.Performers: Andreas Hagberg, Kunstwerk Gegen Kunstsein "Fleischkrawal Projekt", Đorđ, Shitoba, 7 That Spells, Küpper Busch Junior, Ffliperr, Đuro Iz Druge Galaksije, Ned, Äquatorkälte, G.Las, Discotheque Grönland, Niemand
2004
April 9-10, at Klub Gromka.Performers: Đuro Iz Druge Galaksije, Ventolin Orchestra, Urbsounds feat. RBNX, Jamka, Urbanfailure, Justice Yeldham and the Dynamic Ribbon Device, Lain, Kawasaki Motoguzzi, Gen 26, Suši Pank, Ovo, Par Nobile Fratrum, Man Manly, Shitoba, Amper-O-Mat, W.K.L.
2005
April 12-13, at Klub Gromka.Performers: Zurichagainstzurich, Tiws/Reca, Nautical Almanac, Sikhara, Shitoba, Democrisy, Matthew Ostrowski & George Cremaschi, Amper-O-Mat, Ventolin Orchestra, Mondo Cane
2006
April 14, at Klub Šot 24,5.Performers: A.U.B., Dave Phillips, Guignol Dangereux, Jean Philippe Gross
2007
April 13-14, at Menza Pri Koritu.Performers: Massaccesi, Odrz, Noise.Wall, Pamba, Mattin, Suši Pank, Eric Boros, Cities in Desolation, Rinus van Alebeek, Aanalog Suicide
2008
April 11-12, at Menza Pri Koritu.Performers: Goosli Noise, Gokkun, Milf Wolf, Jesus is Angry and Your Local God: Choking Bishops, Aluviana, Cock Cobra, Broken Sleep, Gingagaruga, Franz Fjodor, Supraphon Family, Squirt
2009
April 3-4, at Menza Pri Koritu.Performers: Bipolar Joe, Smetnja, Company Fuck, Jesus is Angry, DJ Digital Ramone, Kikiriki, Mr. Brutal's Hexen Kuche vs. Geisterfahrer, Šundrdisko, Vomit Sprinkler
2010
April 2-3, at Menza Pri Koritu.Performers: END OF SILENCE (Germany), SKLO (Czech republic), FAKE MISTRESS (Germany), FUKTE vs. SUBURBAN HOWL (Italy), ALUVIANA (Ljubljana / Slovenia), SUPRAPHON FAMILY (Slovakia), NAPALMED (Czech republic), DEZROYADAM (Turkey), THE SUPERUSERS (Australia), BAS BLEU (Ljubljana / Slovenia), BILLY HARRIS (USA), JESUS IS ANGRY(Greece)
Aesthetic
The Noisefest is based on experimentalExperimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
and noise
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
music and art with almost all derivatives included. The artists that have performed at the festival range from noise music
Noise music
Noise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
to industrial music
Industrial music
Industrial music is a style of experimental music that draws on transgressive and provocative themes. The term was coined in the mid-1970s with the founding of Industrial Records by the band Throbbing Gristle, and the creation of the slogan "industrial music for industrial people". In general, the...
, ambient music
Ambient music
Ambient music is a musical genre that focuses largely on the timbral characteristics of sounds, often organized or performed to evoke an "atmospheric", "visual" or "unobtrusive" quality.- History :...
to avant garde, sludge rock to death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
, and anything in between. All other art forms featured in the festival are in some way related to this aesthetic. Metelkova
Metelkova
Metelkova City is an autonomous social centre in the centre of Ljubljana, Slovenia. It is located on the site of former military barracks and was squatted September 1993. The site consists of seven buildings and was 12,500 m²...
's Yugoslav military
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...
history and architecture is an integral part of this aesthetic.
Ethics
The festival is based on DIY ethicsDIY ethic
The DIY ethic refers to the ethic of self-sufficiency through completing tasks oneself as opposed to having others who are more experienced or able complete them for one's behalf. It promotes the idea that an ordinary person can learn to do more than he or she thought was possible...
and remains independent of the mainstream music industry. This is another unique aspect of the festival. It is considered an international celebration of DIY Culture, with a focus on experimental arts
Experimental music
Experimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
. Communal vegetarian meals are organized every day of the festival for the artists and the audience. Since a lot of the artists have self-released albums which are not always widely available worldwide, the festival also acts as a swap meet
Swap meet
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for rare records and other artworks
Work of art
A work of art, artwork, art piece, or art object is an aesthetic item or artistic creation.The term "a work of art" can apply to:*an example of fine art, such as a painting or sculpture*a fine work of architecture or landscape design...
.
See also
- Cassette CultureCassette cultureCassette culture, or the cassette underground , refers to the practices surrounding amateur production and distribution of recorded music that emerged in the late 1970s via home-made audio cassettes...
- List of noise musicians
- Experimental MusicExperimental musicExperimental music refers, in the English-language literature, to a compositional tradition which arose in the mid-20th century, applied particularly in North America to music composed in such a way that its outcome is unforeseeable. Its most famous and influential exponent was John Cage...
- Noise MusicNoise musicNoise music is a term used to describe varieties of avant-garde music and sound art that may use elements such as cacophony, dissonance, atonality, noise, indeterminacy, and repetition in their realization. Noise music can feature distortion, various types of acoustically or electronically...
- Noise FestNoise FestNoise Fest was an influential festival of no wave noise music performances curated by Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth at the New York City art space White Columns in June 1981. Sonic Youth made their first live appearances at this show...