ZXZW is the annual celebration of independent culture. Expect a diverse view on indie culture as a whole, including music, contemporary dance, film and visual arts. We bring more than 200 cutting edge artists in an intimate context to an international audience. Black metal next to free jazz. Street art next to academic dance.
amongst many things there's on the wednesday:
In the 013 Batcave there's:
* 21:00 - 21:30 Golden Serenades
* 22:00 - 22:45 Toy
* 22:45 - 23:15 DJ Sinåspril
* 23:15 - 00:00 John Hegre
* Golden Serenades
Jørgen Træen and John Hegre (of Jazzkammer) founded The Golden Serenades project in 1999. Dense, harsh noise and electronic influences rock that will shatter your senses...
* Toy
Toy is an electronic duo formed by UK composer Alisdair Stirling and producer Jorgen Traeen from Bergen, Norway. Toy's playful tunes mix kids TV (Pingu, Radiophonic Workshop) and Japanese style electronica (YMO and Cornelius) with a touch of Scandinavian electro weirdness. They also manage to combine a flavour of incidental/elevator music with beats and grooves to create infectious pop.
Stirling is behind the Bergen pop workshop/collective 'House of Hiss', working with Bergen producers The Sensible Twins (Hans Petter Gundersen and Kato Adland) which released 'Holland Park/Sugar Shoop' seven inch vinyl on New Records last year. Traeen is a well know producer who among others has produced Sondre Lerche, Magnet and Jaga Jazzist.He also has his own solo project Sir Dupermann on Smalltown Supersound.
* DJ Sinåspril
DJ Sinåspril spins eclectic tunes during the Norwegian theme-week in the Batcave. DJ Sinåspril is the alter-ego of music journalist Guido Saladino, and is an experienced DJ. He makes his own eclectic mix-tapes, ranging from Kiss to Annie and from Vader Abraham to Cannibal Corpse.
* John Hegre
John Hegre is half of Jazzkammer and an esthablished solo artist in his own right. Noise, drones and experimental electronics from up north...
more info about the whole festival on
http://www.zxzw.nl
