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Sunn O))) To Curate Roadburn Festival 2011

Posted on Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

Roadburn festival is thrilled to unveil the curator for the 2011 edition of Roadburn: Sunn O))). The band, to be specific Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley, has agreed to curate our festival on Friday, April 15th, 2011 and host a special event.

As curator, Sunn O))) will personally select the bands that will play during their special event as well as perform a headline show. Sunn O))) will be Roadburn’s fourth curator, following David Tibet in 2008, Neurosis in 2009 and Triptykon’s Tom Gabriel Warrior at this year’s festival.


Right now, Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley are gearing up for two major Sunn O))) events in September: performing Altar with Boris at ATP New York and Brooklyn’s Masonic Temple, but you can expect to hear from them in the future with respect to their thoughts on the 2011 Roadburn festival and Sunn O)))’s performance.

We are overjoyed to join forces with Sunn O))) for the upcoming Roadburn festival. Their metal-based drone experimentations have proved groundbreaking and hugely influential for an entire new generation of musicians practicing the art of avant-garde metal, drone, post rock and psychedelica. Sunn O))) is also widely acclaimed for their eclectic collaborations with everyone from musicians Attila Csihar, Masami Akita (Merzbow), Boris, Steven Stapleton, Justin Broadrick, Oren Ambarchi, Ulver, Joe Preston, John Wiese, and Julian Cope to filmmaker Jim Jarmusch and visual artist Banks Violette.

Greg Anderson, who is also Goatsnake’s songsmith and the entrepreneur behind Southern Lord Records, and Stephen O’Malley, a prolific improviser and composer who is well-known for being involved in Burning Witch, KHANATE, KTL and DACM/Gisèle Vienne theatre-works, have performed in different guises during various Roadburn festivals over the years, which is exactly why we felt they would be the ideal curators. Both of them consistently push the envelope musically, and one of our steadfast goals has been to make Roadburn a festival that explores the cutting edge while celebrating the familiar, too. With that in mind, we could think of no better spiritual guide for 2011 than Sunn O))).

We are truly looking forward to the new ideas and visions that the crossover drone duo will bring to the festival next year. When asked to sum up Roadburn in one word, “progressive” would be a fitting choice. Evolving and improving are part of this. The festival is a tribute to the open mindedness of its bands, curators and audience. The joy comes from expanding musical horizons, and with Sunn O))) acting as our curator we’ll definitely be in for some artistic surprises.

Roadburn Festival 2011, including Sunn O)))’s special event, will run for three days from Thursday, April 14 to Saturday, April 16 at the 013 venue and Midi Theatre in Tilburg, Holland. There will be an additional afterburner event on Sunday, April 17, 2011.

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Comus: Roadburn 2010 audio stream now on line!

Posted on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

We are pleased to announce that VPRO 3voor12, which is the leading cultural media network in the Netherlands, has posted the additional on-demand audio stream of COMUS for your Roadburn 2010 listening pleasure. The inspiration for Opeth and countless others in the contemporary dark psychedelica, drone and even avant-garde metal ...read more

More Roadburn 2010 audio streams now on line; performances by Jex Thoth, Astra, Sons of Otis, Eagle Twin and more!

Posted on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010

Finally, the volcanic dust has (almost) settled! For everyone no longer fighting short term memory loss and extreme fatigue caused by sleep deprivation and sensory overload, get ready to re-live the highlights of Roadburn Festival 2010. For everyone who could not make it due to the mighty Eyjafjallajokull eruption, now ...read more

Cause & Effect Presents The Music of Sunn O))), Thursday, June 11th

Posted on Monday, June 7th, 2010

Every week Cause and Effect, hosted by Lightning’s Girl and Alex, summons your inner music nerd to identify the influences of your favorite musical groups, explore their work and peers, and play new artists following in their footsteps. This week, the Cause & Effect continues with 2 hours of music ...read more

The Obelisk: In Conversation with Goatsnake’s Greg Anderson

Posted on Friday, May 21st, 2010

JJ Koczan of The Obelisk recently conducted an interview with Greg Anderson about the process of putting Goatsnake back together after nearly a decade of not playing with this lineup, his nervousness about the performance, and updates on SunnO))) and his Ascend project with Gentry Densley of Iceburn and Eagle ...read more

Thorr’s Hammer Reunion confirmed for Tom Warrior’s Only Death is Real

Posted on Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The recently reunited Thorr’s Hammer will be playing Tom Warrior’s Only Death Is Real at Roadburn 2010, set to be held on Friday, April 16th. Having witnessed some downright incredible events in music this year, the recent Thorr’s Hammer reunion gigs at Birmingham’s own Supersonic Festival and London were among ...read more

Goatsnake to reunite for Roadburn Festival 2010

Posted on Monday, September 21st, 2009

The Wait Is Over! Roadburn is very pleased to report that seminal doom-legends Goatsnake will reunite for Roadburn Festival 2010. Featuring the original line up of Greg Anderson (Sunn 0))) / Guitars), Guy Pinhas (The Obsessed / Bass), Greg Rogers (The Obsessed / Drums) and Pete Stahl (Scream / Wool ...read more

Album of the day: Goatsnake – I + Dog Days

Posted on Tuesday, September 15th, 2009

Dirgemongers rejoice! Doom super-group Goatsnake erupt with their full-length LP finally unleashed on the masses. And what a record it is. A crushing mix of Cathedral, The Obsessed and a little Grief (!!). Totally devoid of any effects-riddled psychedelia, this album is straight ahead DOOM at it’s best. The clean ...read more

Sunn O))) Soundtrack grimmest commercial ever

Posted on Saturday, August 1st, 2009

The crossover drone duo are known for time spent in galleries and their eclectic collaborations (from Tony Conrad to Attila Csihar to Dennis Cooper to Julian Cope and back), so it’s not surprising to hear Flight Of The Behemoth’s “O)))BOW1″ soundtracking a particularly arty commercial for Norway’s (of course) Anti-Sweden ...read more

Supersonic Festival 2009

Posted on Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Sunday night’s performance of the reunited Goblin brought Birmingham’s Supersonic Festival to a close, a fitting conclusion to a great weekend for me and Jurgen. One of the special things about Supersonic that we noticed was how much time the musicians from the various bands on the bill spent hanging ...read more

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