Festival Junij v Ljubljani

Kino Šiška in SONICA Festival se otvoritvi festivalskega poletja pridružujemo z eksplozivnim audivizualnim bumom! /
Kino Šiška and SONICA Festival join the opening of the festival summer with an open-air explosive audiovisual boom!

JUNIJ V LJUBLJANI / JUNE IN LJUBLJANA
Oder na Kongresnem trgu / Open-air stage at Kongresni trg

Zvočili bodo / With:
CLARK (WARP, VB)
BLAŽ & SIMON (SI)
OKNAI (SI)

V petek, 19. junija 2015, na Kongresnem trgu. /
On Friday, 19 June 2015 at Kongresni trg.

Pričnemo ob 20:30! /
We start at 20:30!

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CLARK (WARP, VB)
Pod odprto ljubljansko nebo se po šestih letih vrača temačni, a vztrajno ustvarjalni in vedno presenetljivi CLARK, ki z letošnjo turnejo razprodaja klubske in festivalske odre v Evropi in Ameriki. Od zadnjega obiska Ljubljane je izdal že tri albume in kar nekaj EPjev ter prehodil zanimivo glasbeno pot. S kritiško priznanim albumom Iradelphic je zaplul v izrazitejšo melodičnost s čembali, kitarami, klavirjem in z vokalnimi vložki. Sledila pa mu je še uspešnica tako rekoč že klasičnih remiksov Feast / Beast, ki se po produkcijski in ustvarjalni dovršenosti lahko primerja s 26 Mixes for Cash (Aphex Twin). Z zadnjim, istomenskim albumom CLARK, katerega turnejo spremljajo oscilativne zelene vizualije ter zasenčena podoba, pa se izrazito vrača h klubskim tehno koreninam. Te so zaznamovale njegove prve nastope, s katerimi je prepričal založbo WARP, katere varovanec je še danes. Da jih popolnoma obvladuje, pa priča cela vrsta kritiških ovacij. Z zadnjim albumom in s svojo plodovito glasbeno ustvarjalno potjo nasploh se CLARK zasluženo postavlja ob bok Squarepusherju, Autcehre ter Aphex Twinu, z vsako novo izdajo pa dokazuje, da se njegova ustvarjalna moč lahko napaja iz vedno novih glasbenih raziskovanj. Tokrat se bomo ob spremljavi audiovizualnih oscilacij posvetili njegovemu najboljšemu poglavju, tehnu!

Kritiki o albumu CLARK:

"An essential opus from a truly essential artist"
- Drowned In Sound, 9/10

"An album of unsettling beauty and exceptional skill. It deserves all the praise it gets, and more besides"
- The Quietus

"Perhaps most readily, electronic music can provide a much needed escape for our troubled minds, though it can also reflect the boiling unrest within our hearts.
Chris Clark’s self-titled seventh album, 45 minutes of vivid atmosphere and controlled chaos, managed to do exactly both."
- Pitchfork, 50 best albums of 2014

http://warp.net/artists/clark/
http://throttleclark.com/
https://soundcloud.com/throttleclark


OKNAI (DE,SI)
Oknai je en od najinovativnejših producentov elektronske glasbe pri nas. Njegovim začetnim clip-chop live setom je kmalu sledil prvenec Ain’t a Dream (rx:tx, 2011), na katerem svoj prepoznaven zvok prepleta z IDM, hip hop in glitch notami. Lani je pri isti založbi izdal že svoj drugi album High Tide, ki je v celoti nastal na Kostariki in ki ga zaznamuje zrel in tehnično dovršen zvok poglobljenih basovskih linij in sintov s cinematskimi in narativnimi vložki. Letos so pri rx:tx izšli še remiksi, ki so jih prispevali Pixxelord, Free the Robots in Moz ter domačina Borka in Some1else. Oknai je letos skupaj z duom Random Logic glasbenik, ki ga predstavlja promocijska, booking in izobraževalna platforma SHAPE pri kateri sodeluje 16 evropskih festivalov (SONICA, CTM, TodaysArt, CYNETART, Undsound, MeetFactory in drugi).

http://soundcloud.com/oknai

BLAŽ & SIMON (SI)
Blaž je producent s slovenske obale, ki že od malih nog klepa in lepi napol funkcionalne beate. Zaključen študij filma mu samo še pomaga, da še bolj artikulirano slika zgodbe znotraj svojih razgibanih struktur. Prva dva EP-ja je leta 2009 izdal na ameriški založbi Cold Busted, kjer se je takrat mudil tudi Gramatik, njegov šesti EP, enostavno imenovan zgolj “b”, pa je lani založil domači Beton Records. Takrat je tudi pričel nastopati z Simonom Intiharjem, drugače bobnarjem iz metalskih vod (The Canyon Observer) in skupaj na odru ustvarjata eksplozivno zmes močnih ritmov in shizofrenih preskokov.

https://blazh.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/blazpage

VSTOPNINE NI!
Prav tako pa tudi letos ne bo šanka, zato za svojo pijačo poskrbite sami!

http://www.kinosiska.si/en/music/clark-blaz-simon-oknai-junij-v-ljubljani
http://www.motamuseum.org/clark-open-air-live/


Produkcija: Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Mota-Museum Transitory-Art
Projekt sofinancira MOL - Oddelek za kulturo.

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(ENGLISH)

Kino Šiška and SONICA Festival join the opening of the festival summer with an open-air explosive audiovisual boom!

JUNE IN LJUBLJANA
Open-air stage at Kongresni trg

with:

CLARK (WARP, UK) – the new audiovisual show LIVE!
BLAŽ & SIMON (SI)
OKNAI (DE, SI)

CLARK (WARP, UK)
Clark, the always surprising and persistently creative wunderkind of the IDM brigade at WARP records, returns to an open-air Ljubljana stage after six years. His current tour promoting his latest self-titled album is successfully filling both clubs and festival stages in Europe and the US. Since his last visit, he released three albums and numerous EPs, among them the critically acclaimed Iradelphic, intertwining guitar, piano and vocal compositions. This was followed by the now already classic remix album Feast / Beast, with which CLARK proved his creative maturity and his exceptional production skills, comparable to Aphex Twin’s 26 Mixes for Cash. With his latest album, CLARK returns to his techno roots. The album’s signature visuals are green oscillations accompanying his live sets and a yet clubbier, darker, more underground sound, with which he convinced WARP already as a student. The critical ovations following the launch of his album CLARK prove he is truly a master of techno, undoubtedly putting him in the company of Aphex Twin, Autcehre and Squarepusher. And yet, CLARK continues to prove his creativity is fuelled by always new explorations in sound. What we’re about to hear is CLARK at his best, mastering techno!

CLARK album reviews:
“An essential opus from a truly essential artist”
– Drowned In Sound, 9/10

“An album of unsettling beauty and exceptional skill. It deserves all the praise it gets, and more besides”
– The Quietus

“Perhaps most readily, electronic music can provide a much needed escape for our troubled minds, though it can also reflect the boiling unrest within our hearts.
Chris Clark’s self-titled seventh album, 45 minutes of vivid atmosphere and controlled chaos, managed to do exactly both.”
– Pitchfork, 50 best albums of 2014

OKNAI (DE, SI)
Oknai is an innovative electronic artist based in Berlin, who got his rep from his ‘clip-chop’ live sets. In 2011 the rx:tx label released his first EP Ain’t a Dream, featuring raw, lo-fi drums, though its rough edges tend to get smoothed over by the wealth of detail, sampled fragments from all over the place and unique arrangements, all tucked someplace between glitchop, hiphop, IDM and the other. High Tide is the follow up to Oknai’s debut. The album was entirely produced on the coasts of Costa Rica where Oknai was surfing, diving, exploring, eating them exotic fruits and, well, making music. And the music is not about bananas, pineapples and coffee. It’s also not necessarily a sunny record. It’s a subtle and cohesive mix of lo-fi drums, synths and lots of bass. It’s hiphop with hidden juke-ish rhythmics. It’s High Tide, very much a night ride.

http://soundcloud.com/oknai

BLAŽ & SIMON (SI)
Blaž & Simon are one of the most powerful live acts to hit Slovenian club stages in the past year. Blaž has been making beats since an early age, but in the past year he won the hearts and feet of each stage he played with his unique, gestural, energetic and unforgettable musical skills and a killer stage presence. He published his first two EP’s on the US label Cold Busted, and his sixth, named simply ‘b’, was published by the Slovenian Beton Records. He plays his sets live with an excellent drummer, Simon Intihar of the metal band The Canyon Observer. Together they fuel an explosive mixture of rhythms and gaps, which always keeps audiences coming back for more.

https://blazh.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/blazpage

FREE ENTRY!
Bring Your Own Drinks! After Party – more info coming soon!

Production: Kino Šiška Centre for Urban Culture, Mota-Museum Transitory-Art
Supported by the Municipality of Ljubljana, Department for Culture