Kuunatic, Hekate and K Not K to Oslo World!
Shamanistic psych rock from Japan, Romanian chess electronica, slåttetralling, and folk dance!
Three fantastic new artists added to the lineup, performing at some of our favorite venues. Kuunatic and K not K are set to play at Goldie and Kafé Hærverk. The folk musicians in Hekate join forces with the dance collective Mamelukk in the performance Hex Liminal at Riksscenen.
Kuunatic
A tribal psych rock sensation, the Japanese trio KUUNATIC combine tribal drums, pulsing bass, atmospheric keyboards, and haunting vocals with traditional Japanese instruments like the sho, ryuteki, and wadaiko.
Formed by three female members with completely different musical and cultural backgrounds, KUUNATIC released their debut album “Gate of Klüna” on Glitterbeat Records. Produced by Tim DeWit (Gang Gang Dance), the record garnered widespread acclaim for its experimental and wildly catchy universe. The album led to appearances at Roskilde Festival, Le Guess Who? and WOMAD.
K not K (+ Rune Lindbæk og Helene Rickhard DJ-set)
K not K (formally known as Karpov not Kasparov) makes optimistic-electronic music inspired by the game of chess, basing their choices on the rules and strategies of the greatest board game of them all.
The last decade, K not K have played all over Europe, visiting festivals and clubs. It is about time they visited Oslo, a city where chess culture is on the rise – and where the same can be said for all kinds of unconventional musical experiments. One of K not Ks earlier collaborators is the legendary DJ Rune Lindbæk. They have played together before, in Bucharest. After K not Ks concert, Lindbæk will play into the night together with Helene Rickhard.
Hex Liminal - Hekate & Mamelukk
It is hard not to be blown away the first time you hear HEKATE. Synnøve Brøndbo Plassen, Malin Victoria Alander and Silje Risdal Liahagen are among the best Norwegian folk singers around today. In HEKATE, they do slåttetralling, a form of singing that traditionally accompanies dance. They reshape this style with surprising results, creating tight, microtonal harmonies, detailed arrangements and hypnotizing rhythmic patterns.
The dance company Mamelukk features strong, female performers with a background in Norwegian folk music and dance. Known for blending voice and movement, modern and traditional impulses, Mamelukk have made a place for themselves in dance forms traditionally dominated by male performers. Both groups move their audience and put them in immediate contact with the past, present and future of this music and dance in ways they don’t expect.
In their first collaborative project, Hex Liminal, HEKATE and Mamelukk takes it one step further.
Together, HEKATE and Mamelukk will create a catchy, enticing and at times slightly unsettling universe. This is Hex Liminal.
