Villette Sonique
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Villette Sonique is a yeaarly music festival
in Parc de la Villette
in Paris
, France
featuring a combination of experimental music
, Noise rock
, Electronic
and other genre
s. The festival is most of the time held in the last week of May.
The festival has a daytime open air program which is free and evening in the two main concert halls of the musical venue in the parc (La Grande Halle). The festival grew from 2 days in the early years to 5 days nowadays. The first two editions were produced under the name 'Feed Back', after that the name changed to the currect name Villette Sonique. Since the festival happens in May yearly, it features a overlap in its line up with Primavera Sound Festival
which takes place in the same weekend and All Tomorrow's Parties
that takes place a week before both festivals.
The festival is now in its 8th year, starting out as a 2 day event in 2003 which featured Coil
, LCD Sound System, The Bug, DJ Food
and others.
Music festival
A music festival is a festival oriented towards music that is sometimes presented with a theme such as musical genre, nationality or locality of musicians, or holiday. They are commonly held outdoors, and are often inclusive of other attractions such as food and merchandise vending machines,...
in Parc de la Villette
Parc de la Villette
The Parc de la Villette is a park in Paris at the outer edge of the 19th arrondissement, bordering the Boulevard Périphérique, which is a ring road around Paris, and the suburban department of Seine-Saint-Denis.-History:...
in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 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...
featuring a combination of experimental music
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...
, Noise rock
Noise rock
Noise rock describes a style of post-punk rock music that became prominent in the 1980s. Noise rock makes use of the traditional instrumentation and iconography of rock, but incorporates atonality and especially dissonance, and also frequently discards usual songwriting conventions.-Style:Noise...
, Electronic
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
and other genre
Genre
Genre , Greek: genos, γένος) is the term for any category of literature or other forms of art or culture, e.g. music, and in general, any type of discourse, whether written or spoken, audial or visual, based on some set of stylistic criteria. Genres are formed by conventions that change over time...
s. The festival is most of the time held in the last week of May.
The festival has a daytime open air program which is free and evening in the two main concert halls of the musical venue in the parc (La Grande Halle). The festival grew from 2 days in the early years to 5 days nowadays. The first two editions were produced under the name 'Feed Back', after that the name changed to the currect name Villette Sonique. Since the festival happens in May yearly, it features a overlap in its line up with Primavera Sound Festival
Primavera Sound Festival
San Miguel Primavera Sound, commonly known as Primavera Sound or simply Primavera, is an annual music festival which takes place in Barcelona, Spain in late May and, in some years, early June...
which takes place in the same weekend and All Tomorrow's Parties
All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)
All Tomorrow's Parties is a music festival which takes place at Camber Sands holiday camp in East Sussex and Butlin's holiday camp in Minehead, Somerset, England....
that takes place a week before both festivals.
The festival is now in its 8th year, starting out as a 2 day event in 2003 which featured Coil
Coil
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, LCD Sound System, The Bug, DJ Food
DJ Food
Originally produced by Coldcut on the Ninja Tune independent record label, the DJ Food project started in 1990 on the premise of providing metaphorical "food for DJs". DJ Food released the Jazz Brakes series, with Jazz Brakes Volume 3 being the most successful...
and others.
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