Nødutgangfestivalen next week!

It's time again for the great avant-garde happening, here in Bodø, Norway, Nødutgangfestivalen. Free or very cheap concerts as you can see below, and a very exciting line-up, ranging from legendary krautrockers Faust via electronics from NWW master Colin Potter to noise master John Wiese. Spiced up with free-jazz trio Hosho and classical improv together with concrete mixer, not to mention all the exiting Norwegian and local acts, such as noise-rockers DEL, vocal improviser Lisa Dillan and improv-punks in DimHunGer. No surprises left? I can asure you it will be an event of many new and even surprising happenings you cannot possibly have seen before!

Concerts @ Sinus, Dama Di and Kulturhuset

Torsdag 21 oktober på Sinus
Dører åpner kl 20:00 – Konsertstart kl 21:00. Bilettpris; 100,- NOK.

DimHunGer
John Wiese (USA)
Scared Dog

Greg Malcolm (NZ)

Fredag 22 oktober på Dama Di
Kl 16:00. Gratis.

Brakka Soundsystem
Child of Klang + Linn Halvorsrød

Fredag 22 oktober på Sinus
Dører åpner kl 20:00 – Konsertstart kl 21:00. Bilettpris; 100,- NOK.

Lisa Dillan
DEL
Bendik
Faust (GER/UK)


Lørdag 23 oktober Lørdagskafe på Sinus
Kl 12:00-15:00. Gratis.

Artister fra Programmet

Lørdag 23 oktober på Sinus
Dører åpner kl 20:00 – Konsertstart kl 21:00. Bilettpris; 100,- NOK.

Petter O Hanna
Hosho (GER)
Bad Servant (UK)
Capt Credible
Blaakraft

Søndag 24 oktober på Kulturhuset lille sal /foajeen
Kl 15:00. Gratis.

jhp/art-Errorist - Impromptu pour Bétonnière et Ensemble
Ralph & Ralph & Ronny - Improv for pauker, elektronikk og tilbehør.

Søndag 24 oktober på Dama Di
Kl 20:00 Gratis.

Camilla Barratt-Due
UN: Colin Potter & Paul Bradley(UK)

Metal Merchants Festival this weekend

Metal Merchants Festival kicks off on this friday the 29th @ John Dee, Oslo. They promise a weekend filled with metal, screams and pounding drums. Starting off in 2009, they wanted to bring back heavy metal heroes from the past, heavy metal hopes for the future, and heavy metal maniacs of all ages. Line up:

OMEN (US)
TANK (UK)
SLOUGH FEG (US)
THE LAMP OF THOTH (UK)
NECRONOMICON (GER)
DARK QUARTERER (ITA)
ANIHILATED (UK)
TORCH (SWE)
SOLITAIRE (FI)
LAMENTED SOULS (NOR)

More details on the festival website.

all Ears 2010

The fantastic all Ears festival for improvised music in Oslo is due in mid January. The festival is organized by musicans Guro Moe, Kjetil Møster, Paal Nilssen-Love and Lasse Marhaug. The line up has brilliant names such as C. Spencer Yeh, Zach Hill, Frode Gjerstad, Stian Westerhus, Paul Lytton and many more.