Programme - Electronic Summer

Programme
Welcome to Electronic Summer 2015!
Wow! The fourth Electronic Summer is here! To be honest we
never thought we would organize the festival more than once
but we actually really enjoy putting this together. We are still
at Brewhouse and the core concept remains the same.
However, we want to make something new and unique every
time. Last year we had, among other things, a big Depeche
Mode convention. This year we’ve decided to focus more on
the live bookings.
We are proud to have booked VNV Nation for two unique
concerts. One will focus more on alternative songs and the
other one on hits. To this we have added more bands than all
previous years. In total we will have 17 bands performing and
artists are coming from countries such as Germany, Canada,
Greece, UK, Ireland and of course Sweden.
But, as always, no festival without great people! We have had
visitors coming from not only Sweden, but also from
countries like UK, Germany, Poland, Slovakia, Spain,
Netherlands, USA, Belgium, Norway, Denmark, Finland and
even Russia and Iran.
Therefore this programme is in English as we do not expect
everyone to learn Swedish :) This year we have teamed up
with Jennifer Last and Simon Helm from the web magazine
Cold War Night Life who helped us out with interviews
which you can read in this booklet. If you want to read more,
just visit their homepage either now or when you are back
home in your sofa. Another purpose of making this “old
school booklet” is of course to give you a physical memory of
the festival. We now wish you a great festival!
Electronic Greetings,
Henrik Wittgren and Sebastian Hess
Before Electronic Summer we asked visitors to our
Facebook event page why they admire VNV Nation and why
they look forward to their two concerts.
I look forward to the two gigs to get two different setlists. It
is awesome to get to hear so many songs in one weekend. I’ve
been listening to them for 16 years, I own everything they
have released except Burning Empires. Their logo is my only
tattoo. What makes it even better is that the first gig is on my
own birthday! / Jonas Bergkvist
I’m looking forward to everything, except Små grodorna.
/ Jessica Pekka Andersson
The only band that you can sing Små grodorna with!
/ Anders Levén
Because of Ronan shares words of love to all of us in the
audience and never makes fun of anyone. He also likes those
who have had a bit too much to drink (to enjoy and have fun).
/ Pär Groh
VNV Nation is for me spiritual music which affects you
through the heart and stays there.
/ Chatrine Annelund Bertelsen
VNV Nation creates a feeling of involvement. Their music is
the soundtrack to any moment. / Pauline Pousár
If you find your quote here, please visit the Info Desk and
collect a small gift by showing your ID. Thank you for your
contributions!
Friday 19.00 & Saturday 00.00
VNV Nation
Karin Park has won over audiences from the back-woods of
Dalarna to London’s hipster districts with raw, emotional
songs and dancefloor-friendly electronics. She co-wrote
Norway’s popular Eurovision entry in 2013 and lures the lenses
when working as a model, but it’s for her confident,
compelling stage shows with brother David that she’s best
known. We tracked Karin down on tour for a “virtual fika”.
You play live a lot abroad. Do these shows differ from when
you play on Swedish soil?
All countries differ slightly depending on the culture. But it is
also true that it is slightly the same type of people who come
to my concerts, so sometimes one becomes amazed at how
alike people are, wherever one is coming from. Music brings
together people who think alike, in some way.
How does the future look?
Fortunately, I have no idea. One can of course die
tomorrow. But I will build a good studio in the autumn, I have
been thinking, so it will be good to nest there a while before
we tour again. It will be in part of the USA, too, it seems.
It will be exciting.
Where do your strongest influences come from?
It changes from record to record, because I listen to so many
different ones. Everything from Whitney Houston to Miles
Davis to Scott Walker. But The Cure, Depeche Mode and Fad
Gadget have probably had a big impact on my sound these last
years. And so has Kelis.
Who do you look forward to see on stage at this
year’s Electronic Summer?
I hope that I have the time to see Me The Tiger.
I have seen them before and it was great.
Friday 23.00
Karin Park
COMPETITION
Hint: Read this programme carefully!
1. What animal does Reagan in Iris want to see in Canada?
2. Which complete Depeche Mode album did Marsheaux
recently cover?
3. Which drink is preferred when listening to Sturm Café?
4. Which song would Project Pitchfork cover if we forced
them to make a cover song?
5. Which band does Karin Park want to see at ES?
6. Which cover song by VNV Nation seems to be both
loved and hated by their fans?
7. Which band was the first ES-Henrik ever booked?
8. Which two Avantgarde songs were featured on the
classic Circuit One CD?
9. Which band will play Sticky Fingers 31 October?
10. Which web magazine helped us out with the interviews
for this festival programme?
Submit your answers to:
[email protected] before the 7th of September
and you have a chance to win tickets to our next event or an
Electronic Summer t-shirt.
Good luck!
Friday 21.00
Virtual Voices
Friday 20.00
Peter Sjöholm
Saturday 18.30
Hiltipop
Greece’s most popular export might be Marsheaux, the duo
who recently covered Depeche Mode’s A Broken Frame in its
entirety. The project was ambitious, but the Athenian act has
proven its retro-futurist credentials in support slots for OMD
and Client and through successive albums of exciting original
songs and popular covers.
This is their first appearance at Electronic Summer, so we
caught them for a chat before their flight.
Saturday 21.00
Marsheaux
What do you expect from the audience at Electronic Summer
2015?
We love to watch the people from the stage, dancing and
having fun with our songs. It is a great reward for our work.
We hope the audience at Electronic Summer 2015 will be like
that. People in Sweden seem to love our music, and we think
they will be a great audience. We are also very happy because
many friends around Europe will come to see us.
What can the audience expect from you?
We’ll play many songs from our version of A Broken Frame
and a “Best Of” from our albums. We believe that people will
have a good time and we hope to please them all.
Are there any bands in this year’s line-up that you look
forward to seeing live?
Yes, we want to see Karin Park again, Darrin Huss and, of
course, VNV Nation. Their gig in Athens some years ago was
fantastic.
Have either of you ever visited Sweden before?
No, this is the first time for both of us and we are very excited
about it. That is why we plan to stay a few days more for
vacation.
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One of the maybe most secret bands this Electronic Summer
is the brand new Nattskiftet from Gothenburg. We asked
them a few questions to figure out who they are.
You are a new band. Can you tell us about yourselves and
your sound?
We started this spring due to various reasons. One of them is
that we found ourselves in the same room with a big number
of instruments and felt like it would be wasteful not doing
anything about it. The second reason is that we had a musical
vision that we wanted to achieve. If we are successful or not
is not for us to judge, but we are happy so far. We make EBM
with strong influences of Industrial.
What experiences have you got from previous gigs?
This will be our debut as Nattskiftet, but we have all been
performing on stage before in various constellations. It has
most often been successful.
Friday 20.30
Nattskiftet
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THURSDAY 27 AUGUST
18.00 Doors
DJs Electronic Summer Crew
19.30 Avantgarde
DJs Electronic Summer Crew
20.30 Xhile
DJs Electronic Summer Crew
21.30 Presence | of | Mind
DJs Electronic Summer Crew
22.30 Destin Fragile
DJs Electronic Summer Crew
01.00 Closes
This year’s Electronic Summer opening party will contain
four bands which have all been active for a very long time.
Actually they were all part of the classic Swedish compilation
Circuit One, which was released 20 years ago. We thought,
“Why not celebrate this great CD with booking some of the
bands?” Yeah, we know it is kind of geeky, but that’s us...
Some classic memories for the ES crew? -Oh yes!
1. Avantgarde brings some nostalgia for the ES crew:
Actually Henrik bought the above mentioned CD when it was
released and played it at second-hand record shop Wonderland
Records, where he was working Saturdays at the time. As you
might know, this second hand record shop was managed by
Sebastian (other ES crew member). Sebastian also got hooked,
and the two Avantgarde songs on the album, Pop It and
Why Me got very good rotation in the shop.
2. Xhile was the first band Henrik ever saw live. Maybe Tony
will bring his red leather jacket again to bring feelings back?
3. Destin Fragile was the first band Henrik ever arranged!
Thursday 19.30
Avantgarde
Thursday 20.30
Xhile
Thursday 21.00
ItaLove
Thursday 21.30
Presence | of | Mind
Thursday 22.30
Destin Fragile
FRIDAY 28 AUGUST
SATURDAY 29 AUGUST
Catching up with...
In this section we check what’s up with some of the acts from
our previous festivals. Let’s get started!
...Parralox
...Emmon
We are playing at Midsumma/
Winterdaze festival in Melbourne in
July, Berlin in October, and London
& Spain in January 2016 to perform
with Marsheaux. Another Holiday
EP is coming at the end of the year,
and a new album in November. We
launch our new single “Somebody II”
in New York this August! Hope you
have a great time at ES :)
Electronically Yours, John
Emmon is on parental leave at the moment. See you on the
26th of September at Klubb Död in Stockholm! Emmon
will soon feature on Depeche Mode tribute band The New
Dress recordings and Jimmy has been mixing tracks for the
Person:A up-coming EP. Take care and see you soon!
Best regards, Emmon and crew.
S SCENE
RPSBORG
UE: SA
NEW VEN
Catching up with...
...Spark!
We are back! /Best regards, Mattias Zeissow
...Marilyn and The Rouge
After playing ES 2012 Marilyn
and The Rouge was put to rest
for a couple of years. In the
spring of 2014 Marilyn made
some new songs again and tried
them out live a couple of times.
She found that the songs
worked well and that she had
been missing M&TR, so with
the release of the new single
Eden in the spring of 2015 and
The Rouge “coming out” as a
feminist super hero the project
is now up and running again.
Catching up with...
...Iris
It’s something like semi-retirement but in a good way. We
work on things when we want to, we don’t have any tight
deadlines. After working together so many years, we know
how to make a track we both like, and that’s a great feeling.
We may not make any. We may one, two, or more. It’s chill.
Playing a festival in Calgary this coming weekend, so I’ll have
a chance to get into the woods. I want to drive out to Banff
National Park and see a bear. If I come back we’ll write more
songs. We’ve been working on some things, new tracks, and
just seeing where it leads. It’s really cool that Iris is always
just a few clicks away. All the best, Iris
Friday 00.30
Project Pitchfork
With sixteen studio albums to their credit, Project Pitchfork
are seasoned veterans of the dark electro scene. The German
band first hit the scene in 1990, marking their territory with
innovative, hard electronics, and last year’s Blood album
found them refining the stuff nightmares are made of. We
asked Peter Spilles to come into the light ahead of their show.
What do you expect from the audience at Electronic Summer?
I expect them to have a great time and to have a wonderful
party with us.
What can the audience expect from you?
We will play a lot of Project Pitchfork songs. We’re going to
start a journey through our musical universe of more than
PITCHFORK
20 years creating electro-industrial
music.
If you would do a cover, like right here, right now, which song
would you choose - and why?
I wouldn’t do any cover song right now; but, if you’d force me
to, I’d choose “Born to Lie” by Mesh.
If you were to do a collaboration on your next album, which
would be your dream artist to collaborate with?
I fulfilled my dream collaborations with my project, IMATEM. Just wait for the next IMATEM album!
From where do you get your strongest influences?
Everyday life, politics and all the other shit that’s going on.
If Project Pitchfork were on a dating site,
what would the profile say?
Twenty-four years young; will show you
universes you never dared to dream of.
We said hello to Darrin from Psyche and asked a few
questions prior to their visit to Sweden.
What is in the pipeline for Psyche?
I have recently collaborated with Luminance (Belgian artist)
and we have a 7” single with two songs coming out, limited
and exclusive to ArtofFact Records. Also, I plan a 12” EP of
my collaboration with Red Industrie from Mexico, and
hopefully our new album tentatively entitled “Light Before
Day” will come out by end of October.
The Psyche tribute album, Unforgotten Rhymes, attracted a
lot of artists. Was it surprising how much respect there is for
Psyche’s material?
It was actually a surprise – especially some of the song choices,
such as “Equinoxe” and “Murder In Your Love,” done by
female vocalists of Future Trail and Arcana Oscura,
respectively.
Friday 21.30
Psyche
Since their founding in 2012, Me the Tiger have made waves
with their intelligent and energetic synthpop. The trio from
Falun come to Electronic Summer with a new EP on release
and new tracks ready for a September album launch. We
asked the band about their plans.
What can the audience expect from your concert at Electronic
Summer 2015?
Energy, melancholy and strong choruses.
What do you expect from the audience?
Curiosity, presence and love.
Which bands in this year’s line-up do you look forward to
seeing live?
There are a lot of interesting names, but Karin Park is brilliant
in all ways possible. And she comes from Dalarna as well,
which is obviously a nice bonus.
Saturday 20.00
Me The Tiger
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What are your previous experiences in playing live in Gbg?
We only have positive experiences in playing live in Gbg.
This will be our 7th show in the city, but the first one since
2009, so it’ll be great to see some old acquaintances and friends.
What do you expect from the audience?
We expect a pretty mixed crowd. Probably a lot of known
faces from way back, but also some new, curious music souls.
When is it most suitable to listen your music?
Maybe on the couch with a cognac after a
hard work week. Or in the car when you’re
crossing the Öresund Bridge, heading
towards new adventures. Or at a disco, for
that matter.
Saturday 19.00
Sturm Café
Saturday 22.30
Solar Fake
Berlin-based act, Solar Fake, have three albums behind them,
crossing genres while maintaining an electronic style and
dark, romantic feel. The project of Sven Friedrich (Zeraphine,
Dreadful Shadows), Solar Fake has supported VNV Nation
and Covenant at European shows. We asked Friedrich to let
us in on his thoughts about coming to Electronic Summer for
the first time.
What can the audience expect from you?
We play a mix of all three albums. We’re just two guys on
stage loving music. It’s always a very special party atmosphere
when we play. We’ll try to transfer it to the audience as well
as we can.
Are there any bands in this year’s line-up that you look
forward to seeing live?
I will definitely try to see as many bands as I can. I’m always
interested in discovering new acts, so I’m especially interested
in the bands I don’t know. Of course, I’m looking forward to
seeing Project Pitchfork and VNV Nation - both of them are
always a great experience when playing live. If my flight
arrives early enough, I hope to see Psyche, as well.
Have either of you ever visited Sweden before?
Not yet, unfortunately. My parents have friends near
Norrtälje, and they used to visit them quite often, but I never
had the time to go there. So, I’m really looking forward to go
to Sweden for the first time in my life.