Sonic Protest
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| Dates | April |
| Location(s) | Paris, France |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Website | www.sonicprotest.com |
Sonic Protest is a yearly music festival in France focused on left field music genres like experimental rock, electroacoustic music, improvised music, noise and avant garde music.[1][2]
The first edition of Sonic Protest took place in 2003.[3] The editions from 2003 till 2011 took place in Paris. Acts like Deerhoof, Shit & Shine, Noël Akchoté, Charles Hayward, Keiji Haino and many others have performed at this festival.[4] At the 2006[5] and 2008 editions compilation cds with all the artists featured on the festival were released[6] The 2012 edition was set up bigger than the predecessing editions and took place in five cities: Paris, Reims, Marseille, Dijon and Tours.[7] Local organisations such as GRIM in Marseille, supported the festival in the other cities.
Line up 2003[edit]
Hawk and Hacksaw, Sunroof, Lena Circus, Anla Courtis, Documents, Los Lichis.[8]
Line up 2004[edit]
Pelt, Noxagt, Jérôme Noetinger, Blood Stereo, and others
Line up 2005[edit]
Chewbacca, Duracell, Esquilax, Excepter, Gang Gang Dance, Magik Markers, Volt, and others
Line up 2006[edit]
Volcano The Bear, Monno, Don Caballero, Hair Police, Ben Wallers, Bul Bul (AU), Viki, and others. We Jam Econo (documentary about Minutemen[9]
Line up 2007[edit]
No-Neck Blues Band, Astral Social Club, Tetuki Akiyama, Harry Merry, and others[10]
Line up 2008[edit]
Deerhoof, Parenthetical Girls, Dimension X, Noël Akchoté, Shit and Shine, Jean-Louis Costes, and others
Line up 2010[edit]
Fred Bigot, Vincent Epplay, Aarnaud Maguet, Opera Mort, Dum Dum Boys, and others.[11]
Line up 2011[edit]
Pekka Airaksinen (FI), Das Synthetische Mischgewebe (DE, FR), Dror Feiler (SE), Rinji Fukuoka (JP), Sachiko (JP), Andrew Chalk & Timo van Luijk, Astma (RU), Sightings (US), Tom Smith, K-Branding (BE), and others.[12]
Line up 2012[edit]
- Paris: Rice Corpse, Jozef van Wissem, Tony Conrad, Kim Fowley, Keiji Haino, Flipper, Terrie Ex (The Ex & Paal Nilssen-Love), Eugene S. Robinson, Truus de Groot, Plus Instruments, Tapetronic, and others
- Marseille: Tony Conrad, Chantal Morte, Keiji Haino, Terrie Ex & Paal Nilsson-Love, Bim Johnson, Yuri Landman (Home Swinger workshop & ensemble performance), and others.
- Reims: Terrie Ex & Paal Nilssen-Love, Super Reverb, Justice Yeldham, Tapetronic and others.
- Tours: Super Reverb, Plus Instruments, Tapetronic
- Dijon: Keiji Haino, Tapetronic
Line up 2013[edit]
Line up 2014[edit]
References and sources[edit]
- ^ Azoury Philippe (3 May 2007). "Sonic Protest toutes griffes dehors". Libération. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Ariane Gruet-Pelchat (5 April 2011). "Festival Sonic Protest : tour d'horizon en vidéos". Les Inrockuptibles. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ Olivier Lamm (31 March 2011). "Sonic Protest nettoie vos oreilles". Vogue. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
- ^ http://www.obskuremag.net/agenda/sonic-protest-2011-paris-du-02-au-10-avril-partenariat-festival/ Article on Obskure mag (in French)
- ^ "Sonic Protest 2006 (2006, CD)" – via www.discogs.com.
- ^ "mimaroglu music sales ☞ labels ☞ sonic protest". www.mimaroglumusicsales.com. Archived from the original on 2008-01-15.
- ^ http://www.noisemag.net/?p=11325 Article in Noise mag (in French)
- ^ "SONIC PROTEST 2003". www.sonicprotest.com.
- ^ "SONIC PROTEST 2006". www.sonicprotest.com.
- ^ "SONIC PROTEST 2007". www.sonicprotest.com.
- ^ "En attendant Sonic Protest 2010 | New Noise Magazine". www.noisemag.net.
- ^ "Sonic Protest 2011". www.sonicprotest.com.