Sonic Protest Explained

Music Festival Name:Sonic Protest
Years Active:2003–present
Dates:April
Website:www.sonicprotest.com

Sonic Protest is a yearly music festival in France focused on left field music genres like experimental rock, electroacoustic music, improvised music, noise and avant garde music.[1] [2]

The first edition of Sonic Protest took place in 2003.[3] The editions from 2003 till 2011 took place in Paris. Acts like Deerhoof, Shit & Shine, Noël Akchoté, Charles Hayward, Keiji Haino and many others have performed at this festival.[4] At the 2006[5] and 2008 editions compilation cds with all the artists featured on the festival were released[6] The 2012 edition was set up bigger than the predecessing editions and took place in five cities: Paris, Reims, Marseille, Dijon and Tours.[7] Local organisations such as GRIM in Marseille, supported the festival in the other cities.

Line up 2003

Hawk and Hacksaw, Sunroof, Lena Circus, Anla Courtis, Documents, Los Lichis.[8]

Line up 2004

Pelt, Noxagt, Jérôme Noetinger, Blood Stereo, and others

Line up 2005

Chewbacca, Duracell, Esquilax, Excepter, Gang Gang Dance, Magik Markers, Volt, and others

Line up 2006

Volcano The Bear, Monno, Don Caballero, Hair Police, Ben Wallers, Bul Bul (AU), Viki, and others. We Jam Econo (documentary about Minutemen[9]

Line up 2007

No-Neck Blues Band, Astral Social Club, Tetuki Akiyama, Harry Merry, and others[10]

Line up 2008

Deerhoof, Parenthetical Girls, Dimension X, Noël Akchoté, Shit and Shine, Jean-Louis Costes, and others

Line up 2010

Fred Bigot, Vincent Epplay, Aarnaud Maguet, Opera Mort, Dum Dum Boys, and others.[11]

Line up 2011

Pekka Airaksinen (FI), Das Synthetische Mischgewebe (DE, FR), Dror Feiler (SE), Rinji Fukuoka (JP), Sachiko (JP), Andrew Chalk & Timo van Luijk, Astma (RU), Sightings (US), Tom Smith, K-Branding (BE), and others.[12]

Line up 2012

Line up 2013

Line up 2014

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Azoury Philippe. Sonic Protest toutes griffes dehors. 30 April 2012. Libération. 3 May 2007.
  2. News: Ariane Gruet-Pelchat. Festival Sonic Protest : tour d'horizon en vidéos. 30 April 2012. Les Inrockuptibles. 5 April 2011.
  3. News: Olivier Lamm. Sonic Protest nettoie vos oreilles. 30 April 2012. Vogue. 31 March 2011.
  4. http://www.obskuremag.net/agenda/sonic-protest-2011-paris-du-02-au-10-avril-partenariat-festival/ Article on Obskure mag (in French)
  5. Web site: Sonic Protest 2006 (2006, CD). www.discogs.com.
  6. Web site: mimaroglu music sales ☞ labels ☞ sonic protest . www.mimaroglumusicsales.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080115110531/http://www.mimaroglumusicsales.com/labels/sonic+protest.html . 2008-01-15.
  7. http://www.noisemag.net/?p=11325 Article in Noise mag (in French)
  8. Web site: SONIC PROTEST 2003. www.sonicprotest.com.
  9. Web site: SONIC PROTEST 2006. www.sonicprotest.com.
  10. Web site: SONIC PROTEST 2007. www.sonicprotest.com.
  11. Web site: En attendant Sonic Protest 2010 | New Noise Magazine. www.noisemag.net.
  12. Web site: Sonic Protest 2011. www.sonicprotest.com.

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