TAG: Alan Howarth

Jan28

Unsound Festival New York 2011 Announced

Once again, Krakow meets New York. 

 

It’s been finally announced that the New York edition of Krakow’s most adventurous and ambitious festival will return in early April. Unsound Festival New York 2011 will feature artists from all parts of the experimental and electronic spectrum; with previous Krakow performers making their NYC debuts (Lustmord, Alan Howarth) as well as an enigmatic lineup that will highlight the club nights at the end of the week (featuring Lone, Appleblim, Dorian Concept, Kink, Octave One, etc.) With more acts being announced in the coming weeks, people should start preparing for April now; because once you start with this festival, you’ll never stop. For all current information on Unsound Festival New York 2011, click here.

 

 

Nov08

Unsound Festival 2010 Review (Krakow)

One of the best reasons to hop on a plane to Poland. 

As mentioned before in my previous post on Unsound, it’s a festival that is known for enticing its demographic with risks, rewards and thematic atmosphere. With the theme of horror being the crux of the whole weekly event, there was ways that anything and everything could go wrong. However, just when one would think the undertaking of layering an entire festival with a theme would turn out horrific (no pun intended), somehow the curtain comes down to show off something off-kilter yet preserved in its magnificence. Unsound 2010 in Krakow, from start to finish, was one of the most daring and endearing festivals to ever come about. …MORE

Nov01

Ten Things I Learned At Unsound 2010 (Krakow)

Horrific and heart-warming, in the best way imaginable. 

This past February in New York, Unsound Festival branded itself stateside by launching a New York City version of its seminal satellite event. To many people’s pleasant surprise (myself included), the festival gained a considerable amount of welcoming and wonderful press, coverage from outlets such as: The New York Times, Time Out New York, Self-Titled Magazine, XLR8R and ourselves at URB. While Unsound was hailed a success in New York, their original festival location in Krakow has been an important part of Polish arts and culture, finding countless ways to invigorate experimental and electronic music in the midst of a historically rich city. Using venues such as cinemas, museums and most interestingly, an abandoned cosmetics factory, Unsound 2010 upped the ante this year by having a line-up that was as huge as the leap it was about …