TodaysArt is delighted to present this Dutch premiere as the official opening concert of the festival. Get carried away into the world of Stanislaw Lem’s novel ‘Solaris’. ‘Music for Sólaris’ by Ben Frost and Daníel Bjarnason is an ambitious project that…
Bill Kouligas is a Berlin based artist who runs the label Pan and also Family Battle Snake, his long running solo experimental music project. He has collaborated with the likes of Joseph Hammer, Destroy All Monsters, Sudden Infant, C Spencer…
In collaboration with Nippon Television Europe (NTVE), TodaysArt has created a program that focuses on Japan. After composing a number of musical pieces Ei Wada (b. 1987) subsequently switched his attention to outmoded electrical appliances, interested in their supposed obsolescence. He recontextualized and modified…
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DNK-Amsterdam – Heatsick (live), Gert-jan Prins (live), Bill Kouligas (DJ Set), DJ UNIT: DJ Too Young, DJ MFK
DNK-Amsterdam organizes concerts with modern music, in all its different forms, presenting composed and improvised electro-acoustic, electronic, and acoustic music as well…
Einóma is a collaboration between the Icelandic duo Bjarni Gunnarsson and Steindór Kristinsson. Having released two highly acclaimed albums, ‘Tvenna’ and ‘Lost&Found’, as well as various 12″, remixes and compilation tracks inspired by their work on short films, the pair…
FilosofischeStilte is the half Dutch, half Surinamese, 18 year old Luuk Graham from The Hague. He started producing music in 2010. FilosofischeStilte makes beats which can’t really be attributed a specific label. He uses a lot 8Bit arpeggiators, Commodore 64…
Gert-Jan Prins has been known for twenty years as one of the most challenging sound artists in the Netherlands. He is an autodidact who focuses on the sonic and musical qualities of electronic ‘noise’. In his work, Prins makes connections…
The solo project of Berlin-dwelling Brit Steven Warwick, Heatsick batters a solitary Casio through a myriad of effects, looping up a coarse, crisp and twinkling house music into a wonderfully queasy eternity, teasing out melodic and rhythmic mantras to an…
Ikonika (real name Sara Abdel-Hamid) is an electronic musician, producer and DJ. Her debut 12″, “Please/Simulacrum” was released in 2008 on Hyperdub Records. She has also released music on Planet Mu and Warp Records. Ikonika’s music combines melodic synth patterns,…
The world premiere of ‘InnerAct’, an audiovisual performance centered around the revolutionary musical piece ‘Canto Ostinato’, will take place amidst the metallic dunes of ‘Waste Landscape’ at TodaysArt. Gwyneth Wentink (harp), Wouter Snoei (electronica) and Arnout Hulskamp (visuals) will…
As a kid, Julien was raised on Captain Beefheart, Mouse on Mars, Sugarcubes, Brian Eno and Sigur Ros, and had years of classical music training before moving on to the digital realm. Inspired by nature as well as improvisation, he…
Nutters is a musician, composer and organizer of music, bands, events, concert series, exhibitions, installations and performance pieces. He is one of the founding members of the international “N collective” (2002 – 2009), the artistic director of the DNK-Amsterdam concert…
Le Source started spinning records back in 2002, but it took some time before he went on to play at clubs. His choice of music gradually shifted over the years from nu-skool breakbeat to a bold blend of electro, punkfunk,…
Lowman is a graphic designer and organizer of music nights such as Drop and Various Artists. He also has a big passion for music and is a sucker for vinyl. Expect an eclectic mix comprised of his broad musical spectrum…
Former Seefeel member Mark Van Hoen will present an audiovisual live performance. Van Hoen began to create electronic music in 1980 and in the late 90’s he collaborated with Lush, Cocteau Twins, ex-members of Slowdive, as well as legends Robert Fripp…
‘#008000′ is an audiovisual performance by Microseq in collaboration with Emmanuel Flores Elias. Microseq creates an immersive post-digital sonic world which pursues musical discourse in terms of developmental sound design, where different styles and forms are being introduced, decomposed and…
The influential electronica pioneers Wolfgang Voigt and Jörg Burger have been creating electronic music for over two decades, separately and together, using a whole range of aliases. Having tried their hand at many different sub-genres and consistently receiving high praise…
Mouches Volantes is a soundscape and beat collage duo from The Hague consisting of Thijs Geritz and Wouter Blok, two graphic designers that ventured into the world of sound in 2007. They produce electronic sound and video art and organize…
Nik Nowak, a graduate of the University of Fine Arts in Berlin, created a wholly diverse range of “Mobile Boosters”, i.e. portable or at least flexible sound systems. These innovations culminated eventually (after several predecessors) in the so-called “Panzer” (Tank).…
In his last experiment, “Elements of Light”, Pantha du Prince (Hendrik Weber) works on the interface between electronic and classical composition. Weber worked with the Norwegian conductor, instrumentalist and electro-acoustic composer Lars Petter Hagen to create a 40-minute symphony for carillon, live…
Pazes is the project of Brasília via São Paulo producer Lucas Febraro. His music consists of spaces built on shimmering electronic beatscapes, drawing on the lilting cadences of his home country. His unique sound earned the young producer a spot…
Phon.o has been active for quite some years now, starting out playing records with his buddy Apparat in the early 90s. After a mind boggling appearance at TA2007 as part of CLP (Chris de Luca vs Phon.o), Phon.o returns to…
After successfully cooperating in the past under different monikers, it’s now time for REWIRE and TodaysArt to engage once more. As the two organizations share similar views on emerging music, but from different perspectives, it seems only natural to collaborate.…
Roll the Dice is composed of the duo Peder Mannerfelt, member of Fever Ray and solo performer The Subliminal Kid, and Malcolm Pardon, film and TV composer. The haunted atmospheres of their self-titled debut album in 2010 gained the duo…
Shigeto (Zach Saginaw) grew up being influenced by his father’s love of Motown Jazz and R&B. After learning to play the drums and studying music, he discovered his talent for creating electronic music. His vividly beautiful compositions, driven by relaxed…
Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) is the first sound production technique with which sound is actually – in the physical sense instead of psycho-acoustic – truly spatial. The Game of Life owns the only mobile and live WFS system…
WORM will bring two of their staff, Listentomerijn en Vonndorn. With a series of great musical salto deluxes – such as stars crashing on water – they produce an infinite number of stimulating tones, usually rhythmical and ranging from long…
After residing in the shadows of the musical landscape for more then three years, Atiq & EnK are popping up on the radar once again. These past years were used to create and craft their own unique sound and resulted…
Illesta & Girus PM from The Hague have been DJ-ing together for over 10 years with gigs at Paard Van Troje, Supermarkt, 330LIVE and TodaysArt. They have an all-round love for quality, electronic music but especially a deep rooted love…
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On Saturday, Panzerkreuz, Bunker Records and Acid Planet will take over the Vortex. To celebrate 20 years of Bunker Records, they are presenting ‘20 YEARS OF PANZERKREUZ PAIN RESEARCH: NON-STOP HUMAN VIVISECTION AND OTHER ANIMAL ABUSE’
None other than Guy…