Eurosonic2024
Annie TaylorCHE HONESTYUK ChalkIRL LeatheretteITA Crème solaireCHE
ESNS (Eurosonic Noorderslag) is the Music Conference and Showcase Festival (18-20 January 2023 in Groningen, The Netherlands) With 4000 delegates, showcases by more than 300 artists and a conference with panels, keynote speakers, interviews and meetings, ESNS is the key exchange and networking platform for European music, European artists, international music industry professionals and organisations. This is the VERA program for today:
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20:10
Annie Taylor (CHE)
Indie rock band Annie Taylor created quite a stir in 2020 with their highly acclaimed debut album Sweet Mortality. There’s no holding back when the four-piece from Zurich. based around charismatic singer Gini Jungi hits the stage, and their high energy shows earned them several prestigious festival and support slots. The Swiss band released their eagerly-anticipated second album Inner Smile last July, recorded in Bristol with producer Ali Chant (Yard Act; Katy J. Pearson; Aldous Harding).
21:30
HONESTY (UK)
The music of HONESTY emerged unexpectedly, instinctually, almost unconsciously out of informal gatherings at a Leeds studio space. The collective’s core members, George Mitchell, Matt Peel, Josh Lewis and Imi Holmes, were compelled to create music by an organic artistic spark of the sort that only comes with truly egoless collaborations. Working with a cast of vocalists, they set out to survey the unconventional depths of contemporary electronic music, UK bass, garage, shoegaze, ambient and everything in between.
22:50
Chalk (IRL)
Chalk is an Irish post-punk/electronic trio based in Belfast that was formed in 2019 after meeting at film school. Influenced by their love of film and the emerging Belfast dance scene, Chalk’s image-driven soundscape is composed of wailing guitars, a relentless rhythm section, and a raw, visceral spoken-word style. Their visual approach then interweaves with their sound in an evocative fashion. The trio released their debut EP Conditions in May 2023.
00:10
Leatherette (ITA)
Leatherette are Andrea, Francesco, Jacopo, Marco and Michele from Bologna, and their name comes from the iconic single Warm Leatherette by The Normal. The Italians sound is a mockery of rock music and its aesthetics, a potpourri of punk outbursts, jazzy atmospheres and hints of no wave, generating a rich and composite sound, sometimes warm and cozy, sometimes harsh, scratchy and unpredictable. Second LP Small Talk came out in November.
01:30
Crème solaire (CHE)
Crème solaire goes from electro-punk to explosive effects. Since 2018, the duo has been performing a performative and musical project thirsty for freedom, anger, love and revolts in Switzerland and across Europe. In a strange and intense universe, this duo creates, shares, plays and replays new characters and new stories. Crème Solaire released their second album Pannenstreifen ist ohne Pic-Nic in 2021 on vinyl in five languages.