Berlin Atonal Announces First Round of Artists for 2015
Tony Conrad with Faust, Ugandon Methods, and Alessandro Cortini are among the first acts billed.
Berlin Atonal will return this August for another round of world premiere performances, special projects, audio-visual shows, installations, and aftershow parties.
Taking over the Kraftwerk building, the festival has announced 10 acts including Outside the Dream Syndicate, the legendary collaboration between avant-garde icon Tony Conrad and German krautrock band Faust; SUMS, the joint project between Raster-Noton artist Kangding Ray and post-rock figure Barry Burns (Mogwai); the first full unveiling of Nine Inch Nails member Alessandro Cortini’s live audio-visual project, ‘Sonno’; a rare live performance by Ugandan Methods (Regis + Ancient Methods); and the first ever live A/V show from Mike Parker.
Berlin Atonal will kick off August 19 and run to August 23. For more information, including tickets, head here, and you can check out the full list of names announcement so far below.
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OUTSIDE THE DREAM SYNDICATE (TONY CONRAD WITH FAUST)
SUMS: KANGDING RAY + BARRY BURNS (MOGWAI)
ALESSANDRO CORTINI PRESENTS: SONNO [LIVE A/V]
DAVID BORDEN + THE MOTHER MALLARD ENSEMBLE
UGANDAN METHODS (REGIS + ANCIENT METHODS) [LIVE]
MIKE PARKER [LIVE A/V]
FIS [LIVE A/V]
ENA [LIVE A/V]
CHRA [LIVE]
RYO MURAKAMI [LIVE]
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