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Sonic Protest

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Years active
  
2003–present

Dates
  
11 Mar – 26 Mar 2017

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Location
  
Paris, France, Vanves, France, Montreuil, France, Saint-Merri, Paris, France, Les Instants Chavirés, Montreuil, France, Le CENTQUATRE-PARIS, Paris, France, Gentilly, France

Similar
  
Villette Sonique, Presences Electronique Festival, Les Femmes s'en Mêlent, Soy Festival, Banlieues Bleues Festival

Profiles

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Sonic Protest is a yearly music festival in France focused on left field music genres like experimental rock, electroacoustic music, improvised music, noise and avant garde music.

Contents

The first edition of Sonic Protest took place in 2003. The editions from 2003 till 2011 took place in Paris. Acts like Deerhoof, Shit & Shine, Noël Akchoté, Charles Hayward, Keij Haino and many others have performed at this festival. At the 2006 and 2008 editions compilation cds with all the artists featured on the festival were released The 2012 edition was set up bigger than the predecessing editions and took place in five cities: Paris, Reims, Marseille, Dijon and Tours. Local organisations such as GRIM in Marseille, supported the festival in the other cities.

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Line up 2003

Hawk and Hacksaw, Sunroof, Lena Circus, Anla Courtis, and others

Line up 2004

Pelt, Noxagt, Jérôme Noetinger, Blood Stereo, and others

Line up 2005

Chewbacca, Duracell, Esquilax, Excepter, Gang Gang Dance, Magik Markers, Volt, and others

Line up 2006

Volcano The Bear, Monno, Don Caballero, Hair Police, Ben Wallers, Bul Bul (AU), Viki, and others. We Jam Econo (documentary about Minutemen

Line up 2007

No-Neck Blues Band, Astral Social Club, Tetuki Akiyama, Harry Merry, and others

Line up 2008

Deerhoof, Parenthetical Girls, Dimension X, Noël Akchoté, Shit and Shine, Jean-Louis Costes, and others

Line up 2010

Fred Bigot, Vincent Epplay, Aarnaud Maguet, Opera Mort, Dum Dum Boys, and others.

Line up 2011

Pekka Airaksinen (FI), Das Synthetische Mischgewebe (DE, FR), Dror Feiler (SE), Rinji Fukuoka (JP), Sachiko (JP), Andrew Chalk & Timo van Luijk, Astma (RU), Sightings (US), Tom Smith, K-Branding (BE), and others.

Line up 2012

  • Paris: Rice Corpse, Jozef van Wissem, Tony Conrad, Kim Fowley, Keiji Haino, Flipper, Terrie Ex (The Ex & Paal Nilssen-Love), Eugene S. Robinson, Truus de Groot, Plus Instruments, Tapetronic, and others
  • Marseille: Tony Conrad, Chantal Morte, Keiji Haino, Terrie Ex & Paal Nilsson-Love, Bim Johnson, Yuri Landman (Home Swinger workshop & ensemble performance), and others.
  • Reims: Terrie Ex & Paal Nilssen-Love, Super Reverb, Justice Yeldham, Tapetronic and others.
  • Tours: Super Reverb, Plus Instruments, Tapetronic
  • Dijon: Keiji Haino, Tapetronic
  • Line up 2013

  • The Dead C
  • The Red Krayola
  • ...
  • Line up 2014

  • Merzbow
  • Lee Ranaldo
  • Thurston Moore
  • ...
  • References

    Sonic Protest Wikipedia