SBTRKT premieres new live project at roBOt
- PublishedMon, Jul 18, 2011, 17:00
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- Seth Troxler, Deniz Kurtel and Space Dimension Controller are also billed for the Italian festival.
- The roBOt digital music and art festival returns to Bologna between 28th September and 1st October. Last month, Young Turks dropped SBTRKT's eponymous debut album—a collection of "song-based experiments" with vocal appearances from former collaborators like Sampha and Jessie Ware. To promote the album, the masked producer has hit the festival circuit this summer with a mixture of live and DJ performances, using roBOt to debut a new live act with band in tow. Other acts confirmed include Space Dimension Controller, Maya Jane Coles, Deniz Kurtel and Bjørn Torske and Seth Troxler. Recent RA podcaster artist Tobi Neumann, completes the DJ lineup, along with Snatch! man Riva Starr. The remainder of the music program is filled with a slew of sound-based performances taking place in the halls of the Palazzo Re Enzo, and includes "Riga-escapism" by RIGA, a project formed from field recording sound samples and the programming of analogue and digital audio sources. Bernardo Santarelli will also present his "Noisy pig show"—a Riot grrrl-inspired surreal cabaret with live electro-punk soundtrack, plus an electro-acoustic performance from Fabio Battistetti using wood "as a musical font". Various other art projects, installations and film screenings will be scattered throughout the festival.