STIMUL FESTIVAL PRESENTS: ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM (USA), WWW (CZ)
4/3/2010 20:00 - Stimul Festival 2010 opens with the futuristic hip-hop Anti-Pop Consortium.
The futuristic hip-hop Anti-Pop Consortium will perform in the Czech Republic for the first time ever on March 4 at the Archa Theatre. After a long break, the band has joined forces with the Big Dada (Ninja Tune) label and is returning with the album Fluorescent Black. Like in their most famous album Arrhytmia they mix a futuristic cocktail from elements of slam poetry, Dadaism, free jazz and contemporary electronic music. In Prague, WWW, one of the pioneers of intelligent hip-hop in the Czech Republic, will open for the Anti-Pop Consortium.
They debuted in 2000 with the album Tragic Epilogue, which blazed a trail for many followers, who developed a liking for mixing avant-garde music and rap. With the sonic derangement of their best-known album Arrhythmia they found a home with the British label Warp. In 2003 the Anti Pop Consortium released an album together with jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and then broke up for a while and embarked on various solo projects.
After a six-year break, in 2009 rappers Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize made a triumphant comeback with the recording of the album Fluorescent Black, which was released under the Big Dada (Ninja Tune) label.
In the past, the radical foursome has invited Radiohead, Public Enemy and DJ Shadow, among others, to tour with them. Last year, the quartet performed at the London festival All Tomorrow’s Parties. Get your laser swords and anti-proton accelerators ready, Anti-Pop Consortium is coming to conquer the Archa Theatre on March 4!
Band pages:
http://myspace.com/antipopny
http://www.youtube.com/user/antipopny
After breaking up at the end of the 1990s, WWW returned to the stage with their debut album Neurobeat in 2006 thanks to the newly created independent label BiggBoss. The music of the main creative force behind WWW, Ondřej Anděra, aka Sifona, contains elements of hip-hop and real world samples, nervous industrial sounds and disturbing electronic structures. The sounds are mainly re-sampled from the real world or digitally generated into an abstract shape. WWW’s work contains elements of hip-hop, but it is not dependent on it, merely using its lively and rhythmic energy.
Most of the lyrics for WWW are written by Lubomír Typlt. His lyrics are sometimes confusing and hard to understand, but they also provoke the listener to think and exercise his imagination. Their poignancy is underscored by metaphors, euphony, and a broad range of poetic devices. Ondřej Anděra’s lyrics are rather abstract expressionist, emphasizing the rhythmic texture of words, their multiple meanings and phonetic colour. Anděra’s rap straddles the border of rhythmic playfulness and a stimulating, frenetic and belligerent invocation. Everything is enhanced and magnified by the metallic voice of singer Milesa. In concert, WWW still works with scratches and mixes by DJ Brainy Thug, who often improvises with the help of a loop machine and experiments with synchronized lasers and video projections.
LINKS:
http://bandzone.cz/wwwneurobeat
http://www.myspace.com/neurobeat
More at http://www.stimul-festival.cz
TICKETS: CZK 350
On the spot CZK 450
All tickets standing.
On sale at the Archa Theatre box office.
Also on sale at Ticketpro outlets and Ticketportal outlets.
ANTI-POP CONSORTIUM (USA)
They debuted in 2000 with the album Tragic Epilogue, which blazed a trail for many followers, who developed a liking for mixing avant-garde music and rap. With the sonic derangement of their best-known album Arrhythmia they found a home with the British label Warp. In 2003 the Anti Pop Consortium released an album together with jazz pianist Matthew Shipp and then broke up for a while and embarked on various solo projects.
After a six-year break, in 2009 rappers Beans, High Priest, M. Sayyid and producer Earl Blaize made a triumphant comeback with the recording of the album Fluorescent Black, which was released under the Big Dada (Ninja Tune) label.
In the past, the radical foursome has invited Radiohead, Public Enemy and DJ Shadow, among others, to tour with them. Last year, the quartet performed at the London festival All Tomorrow’s Parties. Get your laser swords and anti-proton accelerators ready, Anti-Pop Consortium is coming to conquer the Archa Theatre on March 4!
Band pages:
http://myspace.com/antipopny
http://www.youtube.com/user/antipopny
WWW (CZ)
WWW was created in Prague at the beginning of the 1990s. Nobody then realized that the name of the band would later have a whole new meaning. Originally the name WWW was an abbreviation of “We Want Word”. In those days, WWW brought together the first Czech fans of hip-hip culture and were one of the first Czech rap groups. Together they created the foundations of the local graffiti, break-dance and turntable scenes.After breaking up at the end of the 1990s, WWW returned to the stage with their debut album Neurobeat in 2006 thanks to the newly created independent label BiggBoss. The music of the main creative force behind WWW, Ondřej Anděra, aka Sifona, contains elements of hip-hop and real world samples, nervous industrial sounds and disturbing electronic structures. The sounds are mainly re-sampled from the real world or digitally generated into an abstract shape. WWW’s work contains elements of hip-hop, but it is not dependent on it, merely using its lively and rhythmic energy.
Most of the lyrics for WWW are written by Lubomír Typlt. His lyrics are sometimes confusing and hard to understand, but they also provoke the listener to think and exercise his imagination. Their poignancy is underscored by metaphors, euphony, and a broad range of poetic devices. Ondřej Anděra’s lyrics are rather abstract expressionist, emphasizing the rhythmic texture of words, their multiple meanings and phonetic colour. Anděra’s rap straddles the border of rhythmic playfulness and a stimulating, frenetic and belligerent invocation. Everything is enhanced and magnified by the metallic voice of singer Milesa. In concert, WWW still works with scratches and mixes by DJ Brainy Thug, who often improvises with the help of a loop machine and experiments with synchronized lasers and video projections.
LINKS:
http://bandzone.cz/wwwneurobeat
http://www.myspace.com/neurobeat
More at http://www.stimul-festival.cz
TICKETS: CZK 350
On the spot CZK 450
All tickets standing.
On sale at the Archa Theatre box office.
Also on sale at Ticketpro outlets and Ticketportal outlets.
