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The DENOVALI FESTIVAL ESSEN 2015 edition will take place at the WeststadtHalle. This year's editions comes with a special focus on audiovisual performances.

TICKET PREORDER
The tickets are available for sale at the the festival homepage ([ www.denovali.com/festival/essen ]) and via [ www.ticketmaster.de ] and associated ticket shops – the pricing structure looks like this:

- piano evening ticket pre-sale (Thursday) · 13.00 Euro (limited to 250 tickets)
- festival ticket pre-sale (Friday, Saturday, Sunday) · 90.00 Euro
- single day ticket pre-sale (Friday+Saturday+Sunday) · 30.00 Euro

DENOVALI FESTIVAL ESSEN 2015 · LINEUP
The 2015 Essen edition of the festival will feature 23 artists. Their sets will be as long as a proper club concert.

BRIEF LINEUP
(scroll down for detailed lineup)

THURSDAY · 01.10.2015
:: Thomas Köner (ger)
:: Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith (us)

FRIDAY · 02.10.2015
:: TBA
:: Holly Herndon (us)
:: Ah! Kosmos (tr)
:: Mondkopf (fr)
:: Multicast Dynamics (nl)
:: Oneirogen (us)
:: Moon Zero (uk)

SATURDAY · 03.10.2015
:: Blanck Mass (uk)
:: Emptyset (uk)
:: Orson Hentschel (ger)
:: Stephen O'Malley (us)
:: Noveller (us)
:: Second Moon Of Winter (irl)
:: Witxes (fr)

SUNDAY · 04.10.2015
:: William Basinski (us)
:: Elektro Guzzi (at)
:: Carlos Cipa (ger)
:: Hidden Orchestra (uk)
:: Subheim (gr)
:: Poppy Ackroyd (uk)
:: Sankt Otten (ger)

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FURTHER INFORMATION

::: [ www.denovali.com/festival ]
::: [ www.facebook.com/denovalirecords ]
::: [ www.facebook.com/events/691883270922966 ]
::: [ www.last.fm/festival/4038068+Denovali+Festival+Essen+2015 ]

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DETAILED LINEUP

THURSDAY 1 OCTOBER · WESTSTADTHALLE ESSEN
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THOMAS KÖNER (GER)
audiovisual performance
::: Over his long, much celebrated career, Thomas Köner has worked on several distinguished installation works, sound art and minimal soundscapes. At the Denovali Festival Essen 2015 he will present his new multimedia performance "Expanding Illuminance" for which he has chosen two classic Science-Fiction movies from different periods in order to reveal hidden layers and narratives in a deeply immersive audiovisual experience.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/thomaskoner ]
::: youtube (trailer "Expanding Illuminance") [ www.youtu.be/1CjBlhqEEIg ]
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KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH (US)
::: Performing on a Buchla 100 synthesizer had a profound effect on her electronic compositions. Mesmerized by the Buchla’s potential she creates rhythmic patterns and melodic pulses, sculpting lush and exciting worlds of sound.
::: listen [ www.soundcloud.com/western_vinyl/kaitlyn-aurelia-smith-sundry-1 ]
::: youtube [ www.youtu.be/Uhtar8FlgzU ]

FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER · WESTSTADTHALLE ESSEN
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TBA
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HOLLY HERNDON (US)
audiovisual performance
:::"Holly Herndon’s songs play new tricks on you with each listen. The Bay Area composer and singer’s work percolates in the mind first, unlike the elemental club music that informs its sprightly tempos and ebbing bass. Platform may turn out to be the most thought-provoking experimental electronic music release of the year.(Pitchfork)
::: listen [ www.soundcloud.com/hollyherndon ]
::: vimeo [ www.vimeo.com/134049682 ]
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AH! KOSMOS (TR)
audiovisual performance
::: Ah! Kosmos is the moniker of Istanbul-based producer and instrumentalist Başak Günak. Spaced-out layers of beats and blissed-out sounds and textures create a sense of slow, echoic wonder that eventually builds to a multi-rhythmic universe of its own.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/ahkosmos ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBtBp4G4H-g ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/ah-kosmos-and-finally-were-glacier ]
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MONDKOPF (FR)
audiovisual performance
::: the live set of French producer Mondkopf (aka Paul Régimbeau) is bringing the crushing weight of metal into the dance music stratosphere with its suffocating, doom laden electronic beats that are featured in his brand new live A/V performance.
::: listen [ www.soundcloud.com/mondkopf ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9hDiYD1A4o ]
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MULTICAST DYNAMICS (NL/FI)
::: Multicast Dynamics creates ever-evolving sound textures culminating in intriguing soundscapes. Drawing inspiration from nature, technology, film and fiction, his music audiovisual work presents a carefully arranged, recorded and processed body of work, using a vast amount of layered sound textures, field recordings and live improvisation.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/multicastdynamics ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh9gzNZ5eL0 ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/multicast-dynamics-vascular ]
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ONEIROGEN (US)
::: "A startling new compositional voice, with wistful melodies haunting an abrasive mix of modernist integrity and anarchic noise" (Time Out New York) Oneirogen's performance is a concise blast of intensity, featuring vivid contrasts between industrial noise and expansive ambient music.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/oneirogen ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=LddyxI5EfTo ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/oneirogen-numina-1 ]
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MOON ZERO (UK)
audiovisual performance
::: It's the finest incarnation yet of an aesthetic that’s both minimal and cinematic, confining itself to bygone ‘post-club’ tropes. "Tim Garratt plays with the possibilities of maximalist ambience, pitting a full range of reverberating overtones against each other to create overpowering aural experiences. Beautiful, odd and mesmerizing." (Slug Mag)
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/moonzero ]
::: youtube [ www.youtu.be/KxcGuMj2RUw ]

SATURDAY 3 OCTOBER · WESTSTADTHALLE ESSEN
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BLANCK MASS (UK)
audiovisual performance
::: Blanck Mass, the electronic solo project of Fuck Buttons’ Benjamin John Power. His music is "an exercise in the sweeping emotional and physical power of sound itself." (Pitchfork)
::: listen [ www.soundcloud.com/sacredbones/sets/blanck-mass-dumb-flesh-full-album ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCCfMmIqRFw ]
::: youtube (live set) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MkeobMJi7M ]

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EMPTYSET (UK)
audiovisual performance
::: Emptyset examines the physical properties of sound through electromagnetism, architecture and process based image making. Their work considers the legacy of analogue media reflecting the perceptual boundaries between noise and music.
::: listen [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=_o0bgCaHZzw ]
::: vimeo [ www.vimeo.com/76127566 ]
::: vimeo (live-set) [ www.vimeo.com/77412139 ]
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ORSON HENTSCHEL (GER)
audiovisual performance
::: The current live performance of Düsseldorf based electronic producer and video artist Orson Hentschel is a energetic, loud and haunting experience -, supported by a live drummer, special light design and visuals.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/orsonhentschel ]
::: youtube (live) [ www.youtu.be/EOYpf4PWSNI ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/orson-hentschel-whats-going-on ]
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STEPHEN O'MALLEY (US)
::: Drone legend Stephen O'Malley participates in numerous drone, doom and experimental music groups, most notable Sunn O))) and KTL. He perfected a sound that is sculpting slow guitars and walls of noise with majestic power in a neverendig anti-climax.
::: listen [ www.soundcloud.com/stephen-omalley ]
::: youtube (live) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BPu1Dxro2c ]
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NOVELLER (US)
::: Handling the electric guitar as her muse, Noveller summons a sonic palette so rich as to challenge the listener to conceive of how it’s housed in a single instrument manipulated by a solitary performer. She has toured with St. Vincent, Xiu Xiu, Aidan Baker, Emeralds amongst others.
::: listen [ www.noveller.bandcamp.com ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0K1L6ijQoc ]
::: youtube (live set) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmSCm3yqmgo ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/firerecords/noveller-into-the-dunes ]
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SECOND MOON OF WINTER (IRL)
::: SECOND MOON OF WINTER is a new experimental three piece ensemble from Ireland melting discordant ambiences with luminous soprano. "A distinct purity and fragile beauty resonates powerfully throughout the rich sonic voyages." (Fractured Air)
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/secondmoonofwinter ]
::: youtube [ www.youtu.be/ZPvBkmS4FN4 ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/second-moon-of-winter-come-around ]
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WITXES (FR)
::: Witxes creates abstract yet often tonal pieces, blurring lines between acoustic and electronic sources. His live performances usually offer an intense physical and hypnotic sound by building walls of sound. "Witxes bring something surprisingly accessible to ambient and drone music something with thundering climaxes underwritten by danceable beats and erupting, post-rock surges" (4zzz fm)
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/witxes ]
::: youtube (live) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iQfKa8cTB4 ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/witxes-the-visited ]

SUNDAY 4 OCTOBER · WESTSTADTHALLE ESSEN
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WILLIAM BASINSKI (US)
::: "Basinski’s innovation was to [...] find the organic change—the aging, if you will—at the heart of early audio machinery. Basinski’s loops are defined by the fact that machines are always in the process of failing, and that change itself is a form of composition." The New Yorker
::: listen [ www.soundcloud.com/william-basinski ]
::: youtube (live) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQenY8CiAGA ]

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ELEKTRO GUZZI (AT)
::: As digital as Austrian's Elektro Guzzi may sound, they couldn't be more analogue, producing and performing with the most classic of all setups: bass, guitar, and drums. Minimal and dubbed out soundscapes, but no loops and no overdubs - 100% live.
::: listen [ www.soundcloud.com/elektroguzzi ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWviLy1BiCs ]
::: youtube (live) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nxdEpGCgcM ]

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CARLOS CIPA (GER)
::: Carlos Cipa creates unique contemporary compositions fraught with beauty, tension and emotional intensity. "The hush that falls as he takes to the stage is further proof both of the respect for this 22-year-old and of young Germany's love affair with classical piano." (The Quietus)
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/carloscipa ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nh2A-oRP3xc ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/carlos-cipa-secret-longing ]
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HIDDEN ORCHESTRA (UK)
live remix duo set
::: Joe Acheson's Hidden Orchestra is known for cinematic soundscapes with big sound, that can be described as 'electronic music by acoustic means'. Special live remix set
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/hiddenorchestra ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcE4EaAJr_8 ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/piano-interrupted-cross-hands-hidden-orchestra-remix ]

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SUBHEIM (GR)
::: Subheim is the project of Greek electronic music composer and visual artist Kostas K., a downtempo, experimental venture fusing IDM elements with rich ambiance.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/subheim ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/subheim ]
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POPPY ACKROYD (UK)
audiovisual performance
::: Poppy Ackroyd's music impresses with its delicate, intricate and beautifully atmospheric, which she creates by manipulating and multi-tracking sounds from piano and violin.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/poppyackroyd ]
::: youtube [ www.youtu.be/wMy0bT1OgWk ]
::: youtube (live) [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW_Un2FKhrg ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/poppy-ackroyd-roads ]
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SANKT OTTEN (GER)
::: The German duo SANKT OTTEN maintain their characteristic Holy Trinity of krautrock, ambient, and 80ies electronica. Floating, meditative, dazing and catchy at times.
::: listen [ www.denovali.com/sanktotten ]
::: youtube [ www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdGEAJxJeaI ]
::: soundcloud [ www.soundcloud.com/denovali/sankt-otten-beten-tanzen-kussen ]