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|  Super Galore – guitars in your face | | |
Rock comes in all shapes and sizes. Some bands feel at home in the garage with the guitar-amplifier on 11 and the distortion pedal working overtime. On the other hand, however, there are bands who cherish gentle acoustic guitars and hushed and sensitive songs. The new list of bands playing on SPOT 11 is further evidence that there is plenty of room for both kinds – as well as all the other kinds, of course.
Untamed energy first. While their points of departure may be the past, Danish The Defectors, The Breakers, The Bleeder Group, and Super Galore are certainly rock bands heading for the future. In the cases of The Defectors, Super Galore, and The Breakers, the sixties and the decade’s garage and blues rock are the main sources of inspiration while the Sort Sol veteran Peter Peter’s The Bleeder Group have created a unique hybrid of seventies punk and progressive rock.
|  Quit Your Dayjob - Swedish surf-punk madmen | | |
Our Scandinavian sister nations also have loads of kick-ass rock to offer. Swedish Quit Your Dayjob deliver a mind-blowing garage/surf rock – “The Freaks Are Out” is the title of one of their tracks, and it just says it all. Norwegian Real Ones and their organic and classical rock sound, which elegantly updates the British rock of the sixties, have been hailed by the critics. Their fellow countrymen of Jackman excel in a tremendously energetic and dramatic Balkan punk.
Well, the sensitive singer/songwriters are also going to leave their mark on SPOT 11. In fact, they are going to get their very own stage. This initiative is the result of fruitful collaboration with the Horsens venue KulisseLageret and a number of associations of songwriters from all over the country. On this songwriter stage, a range of solo artists, duos, and trios will present a multitude of delicate singer/ songwriter tunes. From Norwegian Susanna & The Magical Orchestra’s electronified, intimate ballads to Aarhus-based Jacob Faurholt & Sweetie Pie Wilbur’s rattling Americana – and from the Faroese Eivor’s folk-inspired pop magic to the Swede Richard Lindgren and his hoarse rock songs.
|  Ane Brun – A Norwegian with plenty of
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The List goes on. Ane Brun is a Norwegian shooting star who excels in the singer/songwriter tradition of the seventies. Anne Ternheim is her Swedish and more rock-oriented counterpart, while Camilla Munck/Moogie Johnson (both of them with a past in Wynona) represent the Danish colours with heart-gripping country melancholy. And then we haven’t even mentioned as promising Danish acts as Mads Langer, Antophones, Mads Mouritz & Jacob Funch, Theissen & Ehlers Duo and the prominent sideman who finally makes his debut as a solo artist – Lars Skjærbæk & Boatman Love.
The singer/songwriters also venture outside their ghetto. Marie Key Band are a promising Danish acquaintance with wit and bite in their Danish lyrics, and Emil Jensen (Sweden) is an irresistible tunesmith. Well, of course there is more to life than just noble rock legacy and songwriter tradition. In the name of diversity and surprise, SPOT 11 also lends a stage to two ensembles coming from the borderland between the rhythmic and classical genres, Figura, who are always eager to explore the unknown of improvisation, and Flutronics the common project of flutist Marianne Leth and electronic wizard Hans Hansen. Both acts are presented in association with SNYK the Secretariat for Contemporary Music.
Previously, the following SPOT 11 bands have been revealed: Peter Sommer, Mikael Simpson, Kira and the Kindred Spirits, Bikstok Røgsystem, Clemens, Karen, Ataf, Tina Dico, Skambankt (N), Cloroform (N), Dungen (S), The Tiny (S), Samsaya (N), Sister Flo (FI), Ikscheltaschel, Mark Linn, Blue Foundation, Efterklang, Fat Beat Orchestra (FI), Melk, Geeza, Ea Philippa, Ske (IS), Cleaning Women (FI), Hatesphere, Barra Head, Stuen th., M.U.S.T., Anderskov Accident, Mold, Kasper Tranberg Smalltet, I Got You On Tape, Gramski Beat, Autofant, Funch, Lack, Kå, The Royal Highness, Delicia Mini, Rasmus Nøhr, and Djosos Krost. Please note that Trio Trash have been replaced by the Norwegian jazz originals of Triåveræinne. |
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