Supersonic 2010

SWANS HEADLINE SUPERSONIC FESTIVAL 2010

NEW FESTIVAL DATES!
22 – 24 OCTOBER 2010
Birmingham, UK

Tickets on sale now from:
www.theticketsellers.co.uk
www.seetickets.com

To launch the 2010 edition of Birmingham’s acclaimed annual Supersonic Festival,  Capsule are over the moon to announce that Michael Gira’s massively influential NYC band SWANS will headline this year’s festival, which takes place from 22 – 24 October 2010. Tickets are now on sale! Their appearance at Supersonic Festival 2010 will be their first British show since they disbanded in 1997.

The recent reactivation of the band – with the line up of: Michael Gira; guitar, voice, mendicant friar act  (original Swans), Norman Westberg: guitar  (original Swans),  Christoph Hahn: guitar  (mid-period Swans and most Angels of Light ), Phil Puleo; drums, percussion, dulcimer etc etc  (final Swans tour and most of Angels of Light), Chris Pravdica: bass and gadgets  (Flux Information Sciences / Services/ Gunga Din) and Thor Harris: drums, percussion, vibes, dulcimer, curios, keys,  etc… (Angels of Light, now also with Shearwater) – promises to be as formidable as the early, brutal and growling noise albums they made their mark with.

This rare and exceptional performance by SWANS mark the start of a series of line up announcements for Supersonic 2010, with many more exciting acts and artists to be revealed in the coming weeks and months.

Moving from its previous July weekend date to October from 2010 onwards, Supersonic will once again take place in and around the Custard Factory in the heart of Eastside of Birmingham, utilising converted factory warehouses and art galleries and offering up-close, intimate settings to showcase some of the most exciting music out there. Capsule’s passion for genre bending sound and performances is at the heart of all their events – there are not many places where you can listen to funeral doom, prog, folk, avant jazz and grindcore in one weekend.

This is what Supersonic 09 was all about – we’re pretty sure you’ll enjoy 2010 even more.

“Supersonic’s trump card; is it not only a festival that is wildly diverse in it’s content but it also manages to flow musically from stage to stage, like looking through your best friend’s record collection.” Rough Trade Shops

“Supersonic, in our opinion the best festival in the world right now”
Rock-A-Rolla Magazine


”As British music festivals go, Birmingham’s annual Supersonic event is the best kind of mixed musical bag, a dizzying assortment of avant rock textures and Heavy Metal thunder on a bill which swings from the sublime to the ridiculous without once seeming ostentatiously eclectic.”
The Wire


Tickets

Friday: £20, Sat/Sun: £35, Weekend: £75 (+ booking fee)

Available from:
www.theticketsellers.co.uk

Weekend Tickets from:
www.seetickets.com

Swordfish Record Shop
Cheltenham House
14-16 Temple St, Birmingham, B2 5BG
0121 633 4859

Polar Bear

10 York Rd
Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7RZ
0121 441 5202

Ignite Records
110-114 Corporation Street
Birmingham, B4 6SX

Please note:
* www.theticketsellers.co.uk – offer an e-ticket option which means you don’t pay for postage but rather pick up your wristband at the box office on the day of the festival.

* For interntational visitors we advice that you choose ‘pick up’ option so that there is no chance of your tickets getting lost in the post.
* If you are under 18 and would like to attend the festival please get in touch with us at info[at]capsule.org.uk before purchasing a ticket


Info

Capsule the brains behind Supersonic Festival are curators, promoters and fans of the finest music, revealing the otherwise indescribable connections between contemporary music and art, crafting extraordinary events for adventurous audiences. Now in it’s 8th year, the event will once again take place at the Custard Factory in the heart of in the heart of Eastside of Birmingham, utilising converted factory warehouses and art galleries and offering up-close, intimate settings to showcase some of the most exciting music out there. Capsule’s passion for genre bending sound and performances is at the heart of all their events – there are not many places where you can listen to funeral doom, prog, folk, avant jazz and grindcore in one weekend.

The festival is now in it’s 8th year, starting out as a 1 day event in 2003 which featured Coil, LCD Sound System, The Bug, DJ Food and many more. Over the years the festival has garnered a worldwide reputation for being one of the most exciting events for experimental music, gathering audiences from all corners of the UK and further a field.

“Of this welter of well organised, wisely curated festivals (ATP, Faster Than Sound, Sonar, Greenman) perhaps the best organised and most wisely curated was Supersonic. Plotted by Birmingham promoters Capsule, 2007’s Supersonic inhabited the nexus where metal, folk and noise met.”
Plan B Magazine

“Supersonic, in our opinion the best festival in the world right now”
Rock-A-Rolla Magazine

”AS British music festivals go, Birmingham’s annual Supersonic event is the best kind of mixed musical bag, a dizzying assortment of avant rock textures and Heavy Metal thunder on a bill which swings from the sublime to the ridiculous without once seeming ostentatiously eclectic.

The Wire

“Supersonic’s trump card; is it not only a festival that is wildly diverse in it’s content but it also manages to flow musically from stage to stage, like looking through your best friend’s record collection.” Rough Trade Shops


Market Place

After the success of last few years of our’ Market Place’ we’re really excited about developing this area of the festival, a space for independent distributors, record labels,  poster artists and peddlers of curiosities to sell their wares, network and for you to meet face to face.  The Market Place is also where the bands sell their merch. This area is equipped with a tea room serving a selection of epicurean delights. Open to the public on Saturday 23rd of October through to Sunday 24th.

This year’s stall holders include:

Rough Trade

One of the UK’s leading record shops over 30 years. Rough trade recently opened the largest independent record shop in Europe, which has seen them win retailer of the year in Music Week, 2 years in a row.

http://www.roughtrade.com/

Southern Records

Fiercely independent labels at feisty prices! This year Southern mail order will be bringing the best in outsider music from labels such as Southern, Latitudes, Southern Lord, Ipecac, Dischord, Constellation, Kranky and more. You can expect a lot of vinyl, including rare, coloured wax and limited editions plus relics and out of stock rarities from our vaults. We’ll also have exclusive posters, download samplers, badges and lots more goodies so be sure to stop by.

http://www.southern.com

Conspiracy Records

Label, mailorder service and booking agency residing in Antwerp Belgium. Bands we work and worked with include a.o. ISIS, MONO Transitional, Jesu, GNAW, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Taiga, Red Sparowes, Flying Horseman, Head of Wantastiquet, ….

www.conspiracyrecords.com

Burning World Records

A record label and mailorder operating from the Netherlands, Roadburn records is part of Burning World and includes releases from Goatsnake, Neurosis, Torche and Oxbow.

http://www.burningworldrecords.com/

Future Noise

Manchester based Label/Booking/PR company, releasing and working with the likes of Ufomammut, Charger, Black Sun, Conan, Ramesses, Unearthly Trance, The Sontaran Experiment, Stuntcock, Lazarus Blackstar, Rise to Thunder, Volition, Morkobot, Bastard of the Skies, Supernatural Cat Recordings and  The Malleus Rock Artlab.

www.future-noise.co.uk

First Fold Records

First Fold is a cooperative label specializing in Electronic and Experimental music. First Fold’s focus is to maintain a self-regulating and enthusiastic approach to the creation of music and visual media and aims to encourage a dialogue that constantly challenges the people involved to generate increasingly exciting and relevant work.

http://www.firstfoldrecords.com/

Wonderleague

Wonderleague is home to artist and illustrator Francesca Bunny Williams, also known as Bunny Bissoux. Previous collaborations with Supersonic include last years “Pet Show” exhibition and her  “Corpsepaint Creatures” illustration in 2008. Bunny continues to follow her interests and obsessions as inspiration for her work which often feature 80s metal, pro wrestling, pop idols, imaginary friends and small dogs. The Wonderleague Shoppe sells prints, zines, badge sets and other handmade goods as well as specialising in vintage trading cards and other forgotten treasures of the past.

www.wonderleague.co.uk

Bad Egg Records

Birmingham’s newest label championing unique musical visions played at sickening volume

http://badeggrecords.co.uk/

HannahCharlotteAlice

These recent illustration graduates from Camberwell College of Arts will be at Supersonic with a table of fun bits and bobs for you. So please drop by.

http://hannahcharlottealice.blogspot.com/

Polar Bear

Birmingham record shop specialising in Jazz ,Metal, Avant-Rock, Prog and Kraut, Folk and Americana.

http://www.myspace.com/polarbearrecords1

Eat A Book Records

Brum based diy/bedroom record label

http://www.myspace.com/eatabookrecords

Just a note to say that there is no cash point on the festival site  – the nearest free cash point is in the Nisa store on Digbeth High Street, adjacent to the coach station.


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