Hey.

We're very pleased to present you the confirmed final lineup for the 2014 Essen edition of our experimental music festival DENOVALI SWINGFEST.

The festival takes place on 4 days – October 2nd until October 5th 2014 at the WeststadtHalle in Essen. It will feature 21 artists on the regular days and a pre-event with 2 artists on Thursday October 2nd. Their will as always be as long as a proper club concert (around an hour).

The TICKETS are from now on available for purchase at the the Swingfest homepage ([ www.denovali.com/swingfest ]) and via [ www.ticketmaster.de ] or other ticket shops – the pricing structure looks like this:

- piano pre-evening ticket pre-sale (Thursday): 12.00 Euro (limited to 250 tickets)
- festival ticket pre-sale (Friday - Sunday): 90.00 Euro
- single day ticket pre-sale (Friday, Saturday, Sunday): 30.00 Euro

FURTHER INFORMATION
- [ www.denovali.com/swingfest ]
- [ www.facebook.com/denovalirecords ]
- [ www.facebook.com/events/546784548727096 ]
- [ www.lastfm.de/festival/3776831+Denovali+Swingfest+Essen+2014 ]

You can find all further information (routing, hotels etc.) on the homepage. Enjoy.

Thanks a lot!
Denovali

THURSDAY (Piano Pre-Evening) – October 2nd
Sebastian Plano (arg)
Federico Albanese (it)

FRIDAY – October 3rd
The Haxan Cloak (uk)
Demdike Stare (uk)
Petrels (uk)
Oval (ger)
Rafael Anton Irisarri (us)
Ensemble Economique (us)
Pan & Me (fra)

SATURDAY – October 4th
James Holden (uk)
Greg Haines (uk)
Bohren und der Club of Gore (ger)
Never Sol (cz)
Piano Interrupted (uk)
Origamibiro (uk)
John Lemke (ger)

SUNDAY – October 5th
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (can)
Ben Frost (au)
Moon Zero (uk)
Hauschka (ger)
The Samuel Jackson Five (no)
The Eye Of Time (fra)
Franz Kirmann (fra)

DENOVALI WORLD WIDE WEB (updates concerning Swingfest and the label)

[ www.denovali.com ]
[ www.denovali.com/mailorder ]
[ www.denovali.com/mp3shop ]
[ www.denovali.com/distribution ]
[ www.denovali.com/booking ]
[ www.denovali.com/swingfest ]
[ www.facebook.com/denovalirecords ]
[ www.twitter.com/denovali ]
[ www.soundcloud.com/denovali ]
[ www.youtube.com/user/denovalirecords ]
[ www.myspace.com/denovali ]

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Thursday – October 2nd

Sebastian Plano (arg)
::: Piano/cello - strong roots in folk music and tango, enchanted by the resonance of electronic music.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/sebastianplano ]

Federico Albanese (it)
::: Piano - Albanese's compositions are airy and cinematic, blending classical music, electronics & psychedelia.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/federicoalbanese ]

Friday – October 3rd

The Haxan Cloak (uk)
::: Fusing a rare talent for classical composition with a passion for exploring serrated electronic and drone textures.
::: Listen: [ www.soundcloud.com/tri_angle_records/the-haxan-cloak-the-mirror ]

Demdike Stare (uk)
::: Ethereal dubtechno crossing from cold analog drones to hints of lush Eastern mysticism, inspired by everything from Industrial music to Noise, Free Jazz to House, Techno and Concrete.
::: Listen: [ www.soundcloud.com/modernlove/sets/demdike-stare-testpressing-001 ]

Petrels (uk)
::: Eclectic electronic sound taking inspiration from speculative science, immense time scales, retro-futurism and personal history.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/petrels ]

Oval (ger)
::: A true innovator of contemporary audio: delicate, sophisticated pop to brutally torn, electro-acoustic riffing full of angular, colliding guitar sounds.
::: Listen: [ www.soundcloud.com/oval-official ]

Rafael Anton Irisarri (us)
::: Multi instrumentalist associated with ambient, drone, post-minimalist and modern classical music. “Irisarri uses his guitar as a strings-like symphonic element to generate atmospheric masses” (textura)
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/rafaelantonirisarri ]

Ensemble Economique (us)
::: From apocryphal world music and dusty soundtracks to gauzy 4AD-style atmospherics. Trellises of guitar embolden Pyle’s whispered, threadbare lyrics.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/ensembleeconomique ]

Pan & Me (fra)
::: A display of memorable melodic songwriting with a deep sense for ever changing atmospheres and complex in its use of overlapping instrumentation and extended techniques.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/panme ]

Saturday – October 4th

James Holden (uk)
::: British techno sorcerer and psychedelic shaman creating electro-acoustic and utterly mesmerising sound, joined live by drummer Tom Page.
::: Listen: [ www.soundcloud.com/jamesholden ]

Greg Haines (uk)
::: Intricate layers of piano and synthesizers with affinity to dense African poly-rhythms. A hazy, analog world of sound.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/greghaines ]

Bohren & der Club of Gore (ger)
::: The dark-jazz legends. Jazz in its slowest tempos and gloomiest ambience.
::: Listen: [ www.bohrenundderclubofgore.bandcamp.com/album/piano-nights ]

Never Sol (cz)
::: Sára’s inimitable husky and soulful voice floating along piano songs based on jazz harmony with a strong sense for haunting melancholic melodies and pulsing beats.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/neversol ]

Piano Interrupted (uk)
::: With nods to minimalism, film scores and cinematic soundscapes, glitch and ambient, post-rock, neo-classical piano and jazz.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/pianointerrupted ]

Origamibiro (uk)
::: Audio-visual collective creating performances with video feeds and multi instrumentalism - involving treated books, typewriters, found celluloid, paper and bespoke visual contraptions.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/origamibiro ]

John Lemke (ger)
::: A blend of prepared piano and field recordings with hand crafted beats and swampy bass lines. Deeply moody and danceable walking on dub-trenched territories.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/johnlemke ]

Sunday – October 5th

Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra (can)
::: Instrumental band interested in free jazz, community sight-singing, Minimalism and American folkways - still anchored to a punk-rock take on neo-classical and modern music tropes.
::: Listen: [ www.soundcloud.com/constellation-records/thee-silver-mt-zion-take-away ]

Ben Frost (au)
::: Fusing intensely structured sound art with militant post-classical electronic music, shape-shifting physical power with immersive melody, concentrated minimalism with fierce, rupturing dark metal.
::: Listen: [ www.soundcloud.com/benfrost ]

Moon Zero (uk)
::: Processed organs and laptop compositions originating entirely in churches.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/moonzero ]

Hauschka (ger)
::: Cinematic melodies full of resonant overtones, bright cheerful keyboard patterns and dark percussive touches, bringing an exciting new perspective to the prepared piano.
::: Listen: [ www.soundcloud.com/hauschka ]

The Samuel Jackson Five (no))
::: Norwegian instrumental specialists with a penchant for guitars, trumpets, synthesizers and sweeping soundscapes.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/samueljackson5 ]

The Eye Of Time (fra)
::: An honest soundtrack of life by Marc Euvrie bringing together a minimal mixture of samples, cello elements, electronic programming, loops, drones, piano parts and field recordings.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/theeyeoftime ]

Franz Kirmann (fra)
::: Strongly influenced by movies with a weakness for walls of sounds and fragile melodies, resulting in a sound between an 80's synthesizer soundtrack and a post-modern electronic record.
::: Listen: [ www.denovali.com/franzkirmann ]