Jack Rose is one of the most revered guitarists of his generation, raw, emotive as well as proficient and gifted, his appeal criss-crosses between old time blues/folk fans, greasy rock n rollers, drone metal heads and those enthralled by the current wave of Americana.
http://www.myspace.com/jackrosekensington

Hush Arbors is a singer and guitar hand from the USA that has that timeless mysticism that brings to mind Syd Barrett’s amazing non-linear songcraft , Japanese widescreen acid-folk and Vincent Gallo’s hushed murmurings. His measured voice and quixotic guitar style will untether the audience expectations and leave them vulnerable to beautiful.
http://www.myspace.com/husharborsmusic

Kicking out a volatile mix of fluid, danceable post-rock and reverb-drenched, hammering riffs, Cellardoor opt to cut the guitars belly up and let them bleed. The Birmingham based three-piece draw on influences as disparate as Battles and Russian Circles whilst honing a distinctive, uncompromising sound all of their own.
http://www.myspace.com/cellardoorsound

10-piece Danish ensemble Efterklang, a band whose name translates literally to “after-noise” but more loosely to “reverberation” or “remembrance.” All of these translations are in one way or another appropriate descriptors for the wondrous music created by the group, which settles beautifully into an open area somewhere between the elegant minimalist orchestrations of Max Richter, the electronically-enhanced chamber music of Rachel’s albums like Systems/Layers, and the more contemplative moments of Godspeed! You Black Emperor.

The most obvious characteristic that separates Efterklang from these other artists is their extensive use of vocals to augment their spacious orchestral sound. The band are signed to the British The Leaf Label.

Among our key contributors is Karim Ghahwagi a filmmaker who has made a vast number of collage films for our live shows and a video for Swarming.

http://www.myspace.com/efterklang

Chris Corsano – a kinetic DIY drummer [one of the world’s most exciting – currently BJORKS’ drummer] – uses this project to inject some punk tabla-type rolls into being while Mike Flower – an incendiary guitar player – also plays the “shaahi baaja” or “japan banjo” from India in an amazing solo style and transcendent manner.

As a powerful and loud guitar/drum duo, Lightning Bolt comparisons come cheap, but the Flower-Corsano Duo are something else; more like a punk-jazz-trash Konono No1, they have that special power to elevate through noise, rhythm and special harmonies. This is an experience the audience wants to have, an exhilarating sight/sound that shudders the body and cleanses the mind.

Michael Flower is best known as a member of Leed’s Vibracathedral Orchestra, a lynchpin of the improvising rock/noise/drone world. He has also has played with legendary artists such as Tony Conrad and Jandek as well as in projects such as the trio with Matthew Bower + C. Spencer Yeh.
Vibracathedral’s close relationship with Sunburned Hand Of The Man has meant MF has toured with them across the USA and Europe, both as a member and solo.

http://www.myspace.com/chriscorsano

Merzbow is joining forces with the twenty-five piece strong Dirty Electronics Ensemble led by noise doctor John Richards to perform a specially commissioned piece for the DIY instrument the Sudofuzz (aka Merztin). The Sudofuzz is a collision of oscillators, feedback networks and distortion housed in a junk tin can with grip bolts and electrode-controllers. Collective noise creation on a mass scale.