Audience programme 2012 UK by Roskilde Festival

e 12 m 20 ram og Pr

This e programm : to s g n lo e b roskilde-festival.com

We bring 50 engineering students to the Festival! They help measure sound for the benefit of Roskilde Festivalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s work with sound and acoustics.

Welcome 5 News, general information and safety News 8 Media 10 Safety at Roskilde Festival 12 Refund collection 16 Environment and waste 18 Green Footsteps 20 Merchandise 22 Roskilde Retro 24 Take a stand! 26 Donations 28 Poor City 30 The wall 32 Music An introduction to the music 36 Apollo Countdown 38 Apollo Countdown band presentations 40 Roskilde Rising 44 Pavilion Junior band presentations 46 Band presentations: Main stages 50 More than music Art 86 Performance 88 Co-creation 90 Dream City 92 Street City 94 Cinema 96 Food and drinks 102 Practical information and maps Practical information 116 Map of Roskilde Festival 126 Map of Roskilde town 128 Feedback 130

Editor Søren McGuire ART DIRECTION Anders Cold Advertising sales Lars Schau Nielsen, DG Media Print Datagraf Writers Isabella Hundt Røhmann Kathrine Læsøe Engberg Martin Gronemann Mille Kramshøj Cover photo Ditte Valente/ROCKPHOTO Print run DK: 107,000 UK: 45,000 – in total: 152,000 Address

Roskilde Festival Havsteensvej 11, DK-4000 Roskilde E-mail: info@roskilde-festival.dk roskilde-festival.com

Roskilde Festival cannot be held responsible for misprints and alterations or cancellations affecting the events described in this programme. Thank you to our collaborators Roskilde Festival owes a great thank you to its excellent collaborators who support the development and promotion of the festival. Tuborg is Roskilde Festival’s main partner. Tuborg and Roskilde Festival both wish to support music all year round and will consequently look into initiatives and ideas that aim at improving the conditions for the music scene in Denmark. Media Roskilde Festival live streams selected concerts from this year’s festival at www.roskilde-festival.dk. Later these will be broadcast via Roskilde Festival’s web TV channel on the webpage.

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation is responsible for recording concerts at Roskilde Festival and these will be broadcast across most of Europe. Roskilde Festival collaborates with metroXpress on the production of the festival newspaper Orange Press. Roskilde Festival has a range of other media collaborators, including GAFFA, Soundvenue (DK), Politiken (DK), TV2 (DK), MTV (DK), Undertoner (DK), VICE (Int.), Aion (DK), Qbrick (DK), Trifork (DK), WiMP (DK), NATT&DAG (NO), Plan B (NO), Smug (NO), Spirit (NO), Studvest (NO), Universitas (NO). 730 (NO), Kingsize (SE and NO), festivalinfo (SE), Festivalrykten (SE), Classic Rock (DE), Intro (DE), Vision (DE), Piranha (DE) and Byte FM (DE). Among other major collaborators are Adult Swim, AiAiAi, Aion, Arriva, Avis, Bryggeriforeningen, Clever , Converse, Epson, Roskilde E-sport, H&M, HI3G, Hummel, Lovespring, Molotow, Naturmælk, Oticon, Peter Larsen Kaffe, Premier Is, Pringles, Tacky, Trifork, Vindby, WiMP and X-large A/S. Collaborators on travel include Swebus, Momondo.com, DSB, Elmu Ry and Festivalbussen.com. A huge thank you to All our committed and passionate volunteers.

A festival made for you

Only at Roskilde festival will you be invited to a concert with the Danish/English/Norwegian/Swe dish super group Apparatjik. A concert so unique in its futuristic form and unpredictability that you will probably never experience anything like it ever again. Only at Roskilde Festival will you have the possibility of experiencing Copenhagen Collabo ration, a living, breathing display of the greatest

your programme is sustainable The programme you are holding in your hands is produced with the environment in mind. The printed matter is CO2-neutral and FSC-approved. We have used ink and

Exclusively to Roskilde Festival, we also welcome the American street-art superstar Steve Powers. He will give the bandstand behind Orange Stage the same treatment as he has given several run down American neighbourhoods, by bringing life, light and colour to it. The “super prankster” Steve Todd has also travelled all the way from New York to Roskilde with his Improv Everywhere collective which will turn you and your festival upside down. We present food events that will send a rush of adrenaline through your appetite, and hopefully our Take A Stand! campaign will stay in your heart and mind long after you have left the festival. But don’t forget, a unique Roskilde festival is not created by art and music only. It needs you too. So take part, take in and help create Roskilde Festival. Build your own dream world in Dream City, create your own Roskilde app, and simply just take part in the community and solidarity all around you, which may just be the very best thing about the festival. You are at Roskilde Festival. And at Roskilde Festival only. Welcome!

glue that will not pose problems during the recycling process. The printing house also lives up demands on minimising waste and the emission of pollutants.

Svan

5 rke t tryksag

welcome

We like to think that these are the same memories and impressions that make you want to spend nine days of your summer with us and the thousands of other inhabitants of the biggest and most entertaining temporary city in the world. And this is also why we’re giving you more unique experiences than ever before at this year’s Roskilde Festival. We have created a programme tailor-made to challenge you, entertain you, and hopefully change you. Possibly forever, or maybe just until next year’s festival where new experiences await you again.

talents on the Copenhagen music scene, and only at Roskilde festival will you be able to experience DJ Static and his entourage of more than 80 musicians and rappers at an impressive final party at Arena.

1166

Every year we leave Roskilde Festival with our bags filled with impressions that stay with us long after everyday life has resumed. These are memories that cannot simply be washed away with the dust from the well worn festival shoes. Instead, they continue to take us back to the grass fields south of Roskilde and keep us looking forward to the first week of July, again and again, year after year.

ICELAND AIRWAVES 31.10. – 4.11.2012

Lad musikken styre! + Se pakker og priser på icelandair.dk.

NEWS, GenerAL INFORMATION AND SAFETY

NEWS MediA SAFETY AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL REFUND COLLECTION ENVIRONMENT AND WASTE green footsteps merchandise roskilde retro TAKE A STAND! donationS poor city The wall

photo: michael flarup

NEWS AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 2012

No Roskilde Festival without some brand new features and additions. Here is a look at some of the great new things you will find at this year’s festival. MUCH MORE THAN MUSIC This year Roskilde Festival offers you the largest art- and activities programme in our history. Whether you are here for the music, the food, the art or the friendship, we guarantee that you will never find yourself with nothing to do. Read more about what we have to offer this year on the following pages, or by downloading our official app. You’ll also find all the information you need in Orange Press.

news 8

APOLLO – A BRAND NEW STAGE Electronic music lives and thrives at Roskilde Festival – and it is about to do even better. During

warm-up, Apollo Countdown will move between various locations and give you the best of the best in new Nordic Electronica. From Thursday, the stage will settle at a fixed location on the festival site and invite you to party and immerse yourself in shows from the biggest and best Nordic and International stars. And the stage itself is like nothing you have ever seen! Read more about Apollo and Apollo Countdown on page 38. BUILD YOUR OWN DREAM Dream City is a new camping area where you can build your own festival – for you and other festival guests. The options are many and Dream City relies

upon your creativity. Dream City exists under a different set of rules than the rest of the camping area. Dream City is a playground giving you the opportunity to let loose and join in on building a whole new tradition. Even if you are not living in Dream City, stop by and be inspired anyway. We hope that you will join in 2013 to maybe make it even funnier, cooler and crazier. Become inspired on page 92.

GET WASTED It is our mission to make a waste basket visible to you at all times â&#x20AC;&#x201C; no matter where you are at Roskilde Festival. That is why we hope that you will help us and our volunteers by using these waste baskets. We have a general focus on garbage collection this year, which includes rolling waste baskets to make getting rid of your trash easier for you. There are no excuses for not taking out your trash anymore. Read more about garbage at Roskilde on page 18.

We are introducing a wifi-network at selected locations at the festival. Furthermore the telephone operators have optimized their coverage. Read more on page 10.

Game City â&#x20AC;&#x201C; for the winner in you Go crazy in everything from Beachminton to oldschool bingo in Game City by the Roskilde Train Station. This year you can revolutionize your Roskilde Festival experience by playing in The Big Game.

WIFI Camping site and WIFI is rarely mentioned in the same sentence but this year Roskilde Festival is at the forefront of making your festival experience as unique as possible. We are introducing a WIFInetwork at selected locations at the festival and will give 20.000 guests the possibility of buying access. Furthermore the telephone operators have optimized their coverage making your possibility of being online at Roskilde Festival better than ever. Find out how you can get online on page 10. YourSpace turns into Sonic Zone YourSpace is now called Sonic Zone, but the area nexto Pavilion is still a giant sonic playground, where you can meet bands, members of the music business and other music lovers.

news

photo: jacob dinesen

ROSKILDE RISING Roskilde Rising is an entirely new project at Roskilde Festival. Our mission is to help the 24 Nordic bands, who are playing at Pavilion Junior during warm-up, to give their career and extra push in the right direction, which includes giving them greater exposure to the amazing audience of the festival (=you!) The various bands take part in different events during warm-up and you can become a part of many of these too. Read more about Roskilde Rising and the 24 bands on page 44 and keep an eye on the programme in Orange Press.

Festival on all channels They will keep you updated, entertain you, be your connection to the real world outside the festival and make sure you don’t forget your family back home, bring you the latest reviews and guide you to art, food, fun and news – Welcome to the many medias of Roskilde Festival.

Media

You wake up in your tent next to a completely dead mobile phone. You have no idea where your friends are nor when your favourite band is playing or if you remembered to call your mom/boyfriend/girlfriend/boss, which you promised to do. If this is the case, hurry up and find the nearest agora where you can recharge your phone at the cloakroom for 10 DKK. While you wait you can check out the band schedule, Facebook, your mail and news at the Internet café at Gate 10. ROSKILDE-INVASION ON YOUR MOBILE When your mobile is recharged remember to download the official Roskilde Festival app. It provides you with a map of the festival area, a band schedule, a band list and news. It informs you of the other festival guests’ camp events, gives you the More Than Music programme and a list of the festival guests’ own apps, and much, much more. You can download the app from iTunes, Google Play or by sending a text to (+45) 42 40 90 19. See the opposite info box.

photo: øystein kvanneid

When the festival is finished you might end up with a huge phone bill due to your massive use of the 3G-network. However, this year you can buy WIFI access at Roskilde Festival. Activate your phone’s WIFI, log on the FestivalNET and open your browser. Then simply follow the instructions on the screen to buy access. The WIFI access is 35 DKK for the whole festival period. However, only a limited number of accesses are offered.

facebook.com/festivalavisen. Do not hesitate – you are the most important orange in the juice press, or so the editorial office claims. Remember to buy the full set of the week’s papers for only 40 DKK on Sunday.

When your mobile is online check in on Roskilde Festival’s Facebook page (Facebook.com/Orangefeeling) and Twitter (Twitter.com/Orangefeeling). Twitter is ready and waiting for you to share your experiences and questions with the rest of the festival guests. So do keep everyone updated on Twitter with #RF12.

OUR very own radio station 92.3 Mhz – Roskilde Festival Radio is a part of Roskilde Festival that is hard to ignore. This year the radio offers a wake up service for you to wake up your friends. Just text RF RADIO + your message to (+45) 42 40 90 19. You can also use this number if you wish to hear a song on the radio. Roskilde Festival Radio plays everything from heavy to hip-hop. If you want to get closer to the radio and its hosts you are also more than welcome to drop by and visit Radio City at Agora G. ...and newspaper Orange Press is the official daily paper for Roskilde Festival. The paper costs a mere 10 DKK and will bring you news, debates, cultural stuff, reports, reviews and guides. If you have a festival secret, an awesome mission, a hilarious friend, other good stories or a question that you would like our news hounds to investigate please mail to orangepress@roskilde-festival.dk, or surf

photo: khanh gia nguyen

PREP YOUR MOBILE FOR ROSKILDE Get all the info you need through your phone with Roskilde Festival’s SMS service and be updated continually during the festival. The price for the services is your regular SMS charge. All codes should be sent to (+45) 42 40 90 19. News: RF NEWS / RF END NEWS Mobile App: RF APP Food App: RF FOOD Cinema: RF CINEMA / RF END CINEMA Poor City: RF POOR / RF END POOR Treasure hunt: RF HUNT / RF HUNT STOP FAQ: RF FAQ + your question. PS: Check out the mobile website for Roskilde Festival at m.roskilde-festival.dk, the site has been pimped out this year and features a new design and two new pages containing the festivals own YouTube-channel and Flickr-feed!

Media

When hunger strikes and you have no idea what you want to eat we suggest you let yourself be inspired by Roskilde Festival’s food-app APPetizer. Let the app make the decision for you. It will guide you through Roskilde Festival’s fantastic menu of food stalls, food events and other yummy stuff for your stomach. Text RF FOOD to (+45) 42 40 90 19 to download the app.

SAFETY AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

photo: poul e. larsson

HAVE FUN AND STAY SAFE IN YOUR CAMP For nine days Roskilde Festival is one of Denmark’s largest towns where 80.000 happy festival guests sleep and eat together. This requires safety measures – and your common sense.

WATCH OUT FOR THIEVES! There are thieves at Roskilde Festival, especially in the camping area, so we encourage you to take extra care of your valuables and use the free cloakrooms at the agoras. Lock your tent with a padlock so your neighbours can keep an eye on it.

If you need psychological first-aid you can contact the emergency management office at telephone number 70 120 112 from Saturday 30 June at18:00 until Monday 9 July at 14:00. The investigative teams, the festival’s socalled social workers, can be found both at the festival and camping areas. All the social workers have a relevant pedagogical, social or health professional background. They are easily spotted in white vests with the words “social worker” on the back.

it is important that you do not light bonfires in your camp, neither during the festival nor when you are on your way home.

If you need help If you need help during the festival you can address the campsite service attendants in the orange vests. Furthermore, at all agoras service attendants are ready to help you, and also keep an eye on the camping area.

Stay clear of the gravel pit As you may have noticed the gravel pit at gate 10 on Camping East is almost filled again. However, the gravel pit is NOT ready for camping or pedestrians yet.

First-aid stations can be found at CITYcentre East and West, among other places. The posts are distinctly marked with a first-aid sign. Additionally a doctor is on duty at the first-aid station at CITYcentre East from Sunday 1 July until Sunday 8 July. The duty doctor’s opening hours are from 09:00 – 22:00.

photo: aida veggersby fredsgaard

How to avoid theft If you have an iPhone, don’t forget to download the Find My iPhone app. It will help the police track down your phone if stolen.

How to file a report You can report any stolen property at www.politi.dk. This also includes stolen wristbands.

SAFETY AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

No open fire The combination of nylon tents and open fire is extremely dangerous, which is why it is important that you do not light a bonfire in your camp – neither during the festival or when you’re leaving. The ban on open fire also includes torches, candles, hurricane lanterns, cooking devices and grills – including single-use grills. At every agora you’ll find a fire ring, a cooking island and a communal grill you can use if you want to grill sausages, make soup or simply heat a meal. Please remember that it is absolutely life threatening to light a gas burner in your tent, likewise it is not allowed to burn your tent, containers or other objects when you leave the festival.

SAFETY AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL 14

photo: per lange

HOW TO HAVE A FANTASTIC FESTIVAL – THE SAFE WAY Being at a concert should never be boring, but it should never be dangerous either. Therefore, there are a number of safety requirements and precautions at all the stages at Roskilde Festival that we ask you to follow. For the sake of you and your friends.

TAKE CARE OF THOSE AROUND YOU The safety at Roskilde Festival is continually evaluated to remove and reduce risks. We closely follow the national and international development in the safety field, but we still need you to help ensure that you and everybody around you get the best and most safe concert experience possible.

remember! Safety starts with you.

We therefore ask for your help with the following:

• Pay attention to – and follow – the safety information presented on big screens at the stages and the guidelines from the crowd safety staff in the orange vests. • Pay attention to your friends and people around you. • If you need help, or see others who do, then address the crowd safety staff. • Make sure to sleep, eat, and drink so that your body is supplied with rest and energy. If you feel unwell, or see someone else who seems to need help, address the festival staff.

Protect your ears You won’t get much out of Roskilde Festival if you can’t hear anything. If you experience a ringing or a buzzing in your ears, you have to be careful – it’s serious danger signals. Therefore – buy a set of earplugs. They can be found in all kiosks, drink stalls, and merchandise stalls and cost 10 kr.

Remember! Being in the pit systems during concerts can be a very intense and physical experience. We ask that you only stay in there if you feel completely safe at all times. HOW TO ENTER THE PIT At Orange Stage, there are two entrances to the four sections in front. If you want to go to sections B or D, you have to use the entrance east of the stage. The entrance to sections A and C is west of the stage.

if you feel insecure during a concert? Move back and to the side.

DO NOT • Crowd surf. Crowd surfing is very dangerous. Nobody likes your shoe in their face, and you might fall down or be trampled at worst. Crowd surfing is strictly forbidden at all stages and can cause immediate expulsion from the festival. • Form human chains. You put others in risk by creating unrest in the crowd.

• Run or push to get in front. You create waves in the audience and increase the risk of someone falling or getting crushed. • Sit on the shoulders of somebody. You risk getting hurt, and it ruins the concert experience for others.

SAFETY AT ROSKILDE FESTIVAL

Pit systems The pit systems in front of Orange stage and Arena are safety constructions that make the concert experience safe for those of you who would like to be right in front of the stage. Show up early at the concerts since there is limited amount of space in the pit systems and many who will like to get in there. The pit system entrances are located at both sides of the Orange stage and in the east side of Arena. The green and red lights at the entrance tell you if there is free space available or if it’s full. You can’t stay in the pit between concerts since they have to be cleared and cleaned.

Your cans can save lives Imagine if you could help prevent poverty and inequality in both Denmark and abroad just by emptying your cans? It may sound like a wet dream but it is the reality of Roskilde Festival.

Every time you empty a can or bottle at Roskilde Festival – and that has been known to happen a couple a times during a festival like this – you are faced with two options. You can step on it, ditch it in the grass and wait 789 years for nature to break it down. Or you can give it to our collectors, who will turn it in for emergency aid. Speaks for itself, doesn’t it?

refund collection

Whatever you are drinking from it has a deposit value, which the Youth Red Cross, Danish Refugee Council and Danish Church Aid REALLY want to get their hands on. Last year your empty bottles and cans became 1.3 million DKK, which gave a lot of people a better life. Let’s do even better this year! You can help in three ways: • Give your empty cans and bottles to the collectors in turquoise vests. They can be found at the camping site as well as the festival site during the festival. • Fill a turquoise bag with your cans, bottles and cups and give it to the collectors. • Dump your cans, bottles and cups at the turquoise domes.

The three youth organisations from Danish Red Cross, Danish Church Aid and Danish Refugee Council handle the collection this year. They each sponsor different projects. Danish Red Cross Youth collect money to improve conditions at asylum centres – especially for children. They wish to create new activities for lonely and mentally challenged children at the asylum centres as well as create network – and mentor projects for juvenile refugees, who arrive in the country without an adult companion. Church Aid Youth wants to spend the money changing the structures and barriers, which keep people in poverty, starvation and oppression. Governments often fail when trying to secure the poorest part of the population, which is why the Danish Church Aid helps weaker groups organise themselves and fight for the right to get food, healthcare, education, freedom of speech, fair legal systems and a secure and dignified existence. Danish Refugee Council is gathering money to improve the conditions for the thousands of young asylum seekers living in the streets of Athens. All proceeds go to sleeping bags and food, and the young refugees are also offered guidance and legal assistance

photo: kasper fladmose

10 years worth of empty bottles have made the world a better place Mines in Congo, human trafficking in Cambodia and hunger in Malawi – thousands of empty bottles and cans have helped prevent these things through the last decade’s worth of collecting refund at Roskilde Festival.

Since then a total of 4000 collectors have raised 10 million DKK thereby making a huge difference for the poorest – all due to your empty beverage containers. 59892 square metres, the equivalent of 12 football fields, have been manually cleared of mines in The Congo and 89203 Congolese have been educated on the dangers of mines and unexploded

ammunition. In Cambodia a building has been erected containing an office, a library and educational facilities for threatened women and more than 2000 people have been educated in safe migration and human rights. 500 families from Malawi, the sixth-poorest nation in the world, have been educated in modern agricultural techniques – with special focus on involving women. Church Aid Youth has an information cafe inside the wall by Orange Stage allowing you to read and learn a lot more about the campaigns of the past decade. To mark the jubilee, Roskilde Festival and Church Aid Youth have built a copy of the separation barrier in Jerusalem next to the Orange Stage. See more on page 32.

refund collection

Ten years ago Church Aid Youth began collecting money to help the poorest people in the world in a new way: By collecting empty bottles at Roskilde Festival.

photo: morten kjær

TAKE OUT THE TRASH! Environment and waste 18

It gets much easier to get rid of your garbage at Roskilde Festival. 13 new garbage trucks, 500 extra garbage bins in the festival area and 300 new bins for the food stalls will make both Roskilde Festival and the environment cleaner.

When you dispose of your garbage the lights come on in Roskilde. 93 percent of all the garbage from the festival is used to generate heating and electricity in the rest of Roskilde town and that is why it is a good idea to find the nearest bin when disposing of your garbage. From early morning until late night 13 garbage trucks will be rolling around the camping area to Did you know…? • 2.008 tons of garbage was collected last year. • Each guest produces approximately 25 kg of garbage during a festival.That is more than four times as much as an average Dane does in a week. • The volunteer cleaners are not completely done cleaning up the camping area until September. • The weight of the garbage depends on the weather. In the record-breaking rainy year of 2007 the garbage weighed almost twice as much as the following year. • This year it is 18 years ago since Roskilde Festival formulated an environmental policy. Since then we have worked towards a greener profile every year.

collect your garbage and you can always get a new plastic bag from our volunteers at the agoras. On the festival area there are 2,500 bins, so you will never be far away from one, and the food stalls have received 300 new bins this year. Wake up to a clean camp Roskilde Festival is Denmark’s leading festival when it comes to collecting garbage and although it is not exactly spic and span on the camp site on Monday morning when all the last beers are being consumed, you will hopefully find it somewhat less messy than last year. Last year several camps cleaned between the tents and the last beer of the festival will probably taste better if you are not buried beneath greasy burger wrappings and heaps of empty cans. Help us – and the homeless It is not only the environment and the volunteers you help by cleaning up your camp. Over the last 3 years 3,200 homeless people in Denmark have kept warm in winter and 2,600 have slept more comfortably outside because festival guests have donated their sleeping bags and mats. You can hand in tents and other things you do not want to take home to one of the many open containers. Sleeping bags can be left in special cages near all the towers and exits. Remember – there are people out there who need them.

green footsteps 20

A festival for the environment It is not just the beers that are green at Roskilde Festival. Green Footsteps is our focus on the environment and sustainability. We call it Green Footsteps because we believe that many small steps lead to great changes – both for the festival and the rest of the World.

Every year, we build Europe’s biggest temporary city and after nine days, we tear it down again. This demands a lot from our environmental efforts, and obliges us to take care of our resources. Roskilde Festival wants to be a textbook example of the fact that being temporary doesn’t exclude sustainability and since the beginning of the 90’s, we have fought for the environment – both on the festival itself and in the world beyond. We have even been awarded for our work and we are definitely the strongest front runner among big festivals in Europe. In 2012, there are three focus areas on Roskilde Festival that we would like to involve you in: sustainable food, transport and waste.

Green City Green City (Agora H) is the green playground at Roskilde Festival. Here you will find a lot of space for offbeat ideas and great opportunities for becoming inspired and taking part in exciting and creative environmental activities. Students from Kolding School of Design will inspire the audience to construct and design cool fashion items from old tents. You can also try the odour free compost toilets where human waste is turned to soil or check out a garbage lounge where you can learn how to repair your broken chair or pavilion instead of throwing it away and much, much more!

In the Trade Zone you can experience â&#x20AC;&#x153;Window Farmingâ&#x20AC;?, home compost systems and an interactive supermarket. You can also find out what an aquaponic system is. Near Roskilde Festival Train Station you can stamp the pedals of the energy bicycles that recharge your phone and discover how much CO2 you save by taking the train to and from the festival.

green camps are camps that are carefully chosen to show how to combine wonderful camp life with a green and sustainable lifestyle.

photo: kasper fladmose

By the Laguna (Agora H) you can recharge your phone on a solar cell tree, give new life to old tents and watch as students from DTU magically turn the lake nice and clean again.

Green Camps Around the camping area you can experience our Green Camps. These are camps that are carefully chosen to show the audience how to combine wonderful camp life with a green and sustainable lifestyle. Look for the Green Camp flags and make sure to experience their fantastic parties, activities, and clean and party friendly camps.

green footsteps

Green Spots Green Spots are three areas on the festival where we have set up some fun activities with sustainability as the main theme.

GET YOUR Roskilde Festival merchandise We have created a brand new collection of official Roskilde Festival merchandise, each piece telling the story about Roskilde Festival.

Numerous merchandise stalls enable you to buy a piece of Roskilde Festival and keep looking stylish both during the festival and when you go home. On the shelves you will find caps, T-shirts, party suits, Zippo lighters, scarves and if you forgot your underwear this is the place to buy an extra pair and be ’dressed for the occasion’ from the inside out.

MERCHANDISE 22

One-piece, fits all This season one-pieces have been difficult to avoid, which is why you can slip into your very own Roskilde Festival party suit. Perfect for the cool hours of the night.

649 When you buy official kr.

Roskilde Festival merchandise, you help make the world a better place, as all proceeds are donated to charity. Find the merchandise stalls here The vendors are placed in CITYcentre East and West. At the festival site they are placed east of Orange Stage, in Sonic Zone near Pavilion and on the corner of 8th street and Fence Walk. The stalls on the festival site are open Thursday between 17-02, Friday and Saturday between 10-02 and Sunday between 10-22.

The audience-designed T-shirt of the year A female face with hands for hair. One of the thoughts behind this year’s audience-designed T-shirt is the notion of the road from thought to action often is shorter when people cooperate rather than work alone. More than 500 festival goers participated in the design competition to create this year’s T-shirt and the winner was 19-year old Sidsel from Sønderborg.

230 kr.

... and the official T-shirt of the year This is the T-shirt you simply can’t afford to leave without this year. The T-shirt is made from 100% organic Fairtradecertified cotton.

230 kr. You can also get merchandise at www.roskilde-festival.dk. Is your old T-shirt with The Cult getting a bit too worn? If you want to buy a T-shirt with your favourite band, it can be done at the stall closest to the stage the band is playing at, the day the band is playing.

SPEAK D N I M R U O Y T SOMEONE ELSE’S NO

Be true to what you really think and feel especially when it comes to drugs – it’s that easy and that difficult. Have the courage to stand up and speak your mind; otherwise others will end up speaking for you. We are not afraid to speak up against drugs – you shouldn’t be either. Learn more about our Against Drugs campaign at roskilde-festival.com Enjoy your festival.

1972 cobain, custard and classic 80’s ROSKILDE RETRO

Did you know that in 1971 a ticket for Roskilde Festival was only 40 DKK, or that Bono once hovered above the audience in a crane? Have you recovered from the big swimming-pool-of-custard scandal of 72? Join us on a journey 20, 30 or 40 years back in time.

ROSKILDE RETRO in the back alley hall Take a journey through the wild history of Roskilde Festival. What did the official Roskilde Festival T-shirt look like in 1974? Why is Orange Stage really orange? Which year did Dr. Hook perform in the buff? We have designed a Roskilde Festival museum in the entire Back Alley Hall east of Orange stage. Here you can delve into the colourful history of the festival, listen to talks, meet some of the first festival volunteers from back in the day and of course look through 40 years worth of line ups.

Roskilde Retro invites you to take a walk down memory every day between 10.00 and 02.00.

Half naked hippies The second Roskilde Festival ever was actually called Fantasy and proudly hosted 25 bands playing on one stage during three days. 15.000 guests visited the festival that year, most of them probably being half naked hippies that danced around while the headliner The Kinks, one of the most requested bands at the time, were playing. … and custard The original plan was to build a swimming pool in the middle of the festival, which was then to be filled with custard or yoghurt. This, however, did never happen. The pool was filled with water instead – which didn’t work either, as the sides of the pool were torn and the water gushed out. Some of us here at Roskilde Festival are kind of hoping for a new attempt at the custard pool.

Selected bands The Kinks, Gasolin’, Gnags, Amon Düül Audience: 15.000 Ticket price: 40 kroner

1982 Needle-throwing on the campsite This year we have Dream City – back in 1982 they had The Alternative City – a city where you could make your own pottery, throw ‘bombs’ at Reagan and last but not least throw hypodermic needles at a dart board in a classical 80s anti-drugs campaign.

Cobain, and the fight above all fights 1992 was a good year for Danish football and also a good year for grunge. At Roskilde Festival there were plenty of both in 1992. The headliner was Nirvana but Kurt had to share the attention with Flemming Poulsen, John Faxe and Peter Schmeichel. This prompted Kurt Cobain to say ”congratulations on the sport competition you just won” during Nirvana’s concert at Orange Stage. Somewhat annoyed according to legend. Cheers! If you wanted to know more about the programme back in 1992, you could call a 24-hour phone service for 9.95 DKK a minute. 757.000 beers were sold that year, which was the record hitherto.

Selected bands Jackson Browne, Mike Oldfield, U2, Bifrost

Selected bands Blur, Pearl Jam, Die Toten Hosen, Entombed

Audience: 57.500 Ticket price: 170 kroner

Audience: 64.500 Ticket price: 540 kroner

ROSKILDE RETRO

Tam-tams well played In 1982 on Friday night at half past eight U2 took over Orange Stage overlooking the largest ever audience of the festival at the time. When ‘Get off my ground’ issued from the loudspeakers Bono jumped into a camera crane and hovered 15 meters above the crowd. In the Roskilde Festival newspaper it was noted in the review that this brand new Irish band was ‘sparkling and energetic’. The drummer was distinguished for ‘playing the tam-tams well’ and the guitar player The Edge was praised for his ‘impressive melodious guitar playing’.

1992

photo: khanh gia nguyen

TAKE A STAND! 26

IMAGINE being STOWED AWAY IN AN ASYLUM CENTRE

Every year Roskilde Festival takes a stand towards creating change in our world. This year we focus on the conditions of asylum seekers in the Nordic region.

Every year thousands of refugees arrive in Denmark. They have fled their homes for different reasons – some from war and persecution, others from hunger and poverty – but they all have one thing in common; they often have to spend several years in Danish asylum centres. It may take years before their cases have been heard and the law prevents asylum seekers from educating themselves or taking paid employment. In other words they are isolated from the society they wish to be a part of.

We find it inhuman to allow asylum seekers to live under these conditions. This is why we want to help create a better existence for young asylum seekers at Danish asylum centres – among other things by promoting inclusion rather than isolation. Who is responsible for inclusion? At the moment Danish politicians are working on allowing asylum seekers to live outside the centres and have the option of getting jobs. But we are not there yet and inclusion includes you. That’s why we ask you to step onto the front lines in the struggle to further inclusion – both here at Roskilde Festival and at home.

FIVE FACTS ABOUT ASYLUM SEEKERS • An asylum seeker is a foreigner, who is applying for the right to stay as a refugee in another country. • In 2004 Denmark received a mere 1,1 percent of all asylum seekers in the EU. • Denmark has 18 asylum centres. The Danish Red Cross runs 12 of these. • Approximately 3200 asylum seekers live in the centres run by The Danish Red Cross. • In November 2011 the average retention time for an asylum seeker was 600 days according to The Danish Immigration Service.

Full colour version. Use whenever full colour print is available.

CMYK 0/70/100/0

CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH SPORTS AND MUSIC

Using sports and music as tools Roskilde Festival and Hummel wish to improve the lives of women at Danish asylum centres. For many asylum seekers staying at an asylum centre is a long and traumatising experience. In reality they are kept in an open prison with nothing to fill everyday life with. This creates a fierce sense of disempowerment in women, who have been used to running and creating their former lives. This is why Roskilde Festival and Hummel are cooperating with Sensational Football, and why we have arranged football tournaments at four Red Cross asylum centres so far. Later a music- and band bus, which will help them record their own anthems will visit these asylum centres. At Roskilde Festival you can experience a small part of the project in Game City where some of the women from the centres will form a super team in the annual Sensational Football Tournament. We call it ASYLUM FOOTBALL – and we want you and your team to join in!

CMYK 0/35/85/0

help us help others Roskilde Festival is about music, art, artying and community. But the festival p is also about doing something to help the people who are unable to join us.

When you buy a ticket for Roskilde Festival or work as a volunteer at the festival you are making it possible for us to donate our profits to organisations and projects, which help make the world a better place.

Donations

To break the isolation asylum seekers end up in we among other things support different initiatives intended to further inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers as well as create value for the human beings stowed away in asylum centres.

Did you know? Part of the profits from Roskilde Festival is also given to poverty projects in the Nordic region – for instance Mothers Aid, Nordic newspapers for homeless people and Christmas aid for poor families. Throughout the years Roskilde Festival has distributed more than 175 million DKK to among others Medicines Sans Frontieres, Amnesty International, Save The Children and WWF – the World Wildlife Fund.

Do you want to do more? In 2011 Roskilde Festival was approved as a fundraising organisation, which means that we can gather donations to be given directly to charitable purposes. The goal is to get you and your friends to actively participate and get others to do the same – together we can create change. Take a stand by supporting our fundraising for the benefit of asylum seekers in the Nordic region. Stop by Agora M and Trade Zone to learn more...

29 See the complete list of donations and read more about standpunkt at roskilde-festival.dk

The profit from Roskilde Festival 2011 has been donated to these projects, among others.

ByBi hums away at Roskilde Festival ByBi is a project where 20 asylum seekers are trained as beekeepers and then given responsibility for 500,000 bees and the honey they produce. You can taste the honey at the Trade Zone. Sweet music at asylum centres In cooperation with the rehearsal communities R책stof Roskilde and ORA we will send a mobile rehearsal facility on a tour of the Danish asylum centres. The mobile rehearsal facility creates the opportunity for asylum seekers and local musicians to play together and thereby creating common stories across the barriers of language and culture.

Donations

Asylum seekers working as volunteers at the festival This year Roskilde Festival and Red Cross collaborate on a project giving asylum seekers ordinary volunteer work at the festival. Asylum seekers are allowed to do so and we believe such work creates value, dignity and self-esteem.

Poor City – for the fortunate few

Poor City is the place to observe Roskilde Festival’s Standpunkt live. Here you can gain insight into the life lived by young asylum seekers at Danish asylum centres – and find out how you can make a difference.

Poor City 30

photo: khanh gia nguyen

Experience these things in Poor City • Pop-up theatre with the organisation Asyl børnene Ud Nu (Asylum Kids Out Now), which will illustrate the difficult conditions for asylum seeking children at Danish asylum centres. • Asylum racing for you and your camp mates arranged by Save The Children Youth Organisation, giving you the opportunity to compete against each other while attempting to get permission to stay as an asylum seeker.

31 Read more about poor city and all the activities at roskilde-festival.dk

• Pillow talk. If you are curious you can lie down in a bed next to a complete stranger. Together you can answer and discuss questions asked by young asylum seekers thereby becoming wiser with regards to each other and to what asylum seekers think about.

photo: adam sund

Free breakfast – if you are lucky Did you remember to apply for Morning Asylum at the website before the festival? If you are among the lucky ones whose application is approved we will serve a delicious breakfast cooked by a chef and some asylum seekers. Morning Asylum is arranged in cooperation with Danish Red Cross. If you failed to apply for Morning Asylum, despair not! Asylum seekers live with uncertainties and rules can change fast. What you thought was a sure thing suddenly becomes the opposite. There may be room for more at the breakfast table if a group of asylum seekers are suddenly sent home you can’t always control such things yourself. That’s why you can always stop by at 9.00 in Poor City during warm-up to see if there are any seats left. In 2011 Poor City was about poverty, homelessness and despair. This year we focus on young asylumseekers in Denmark.

Evening Asylum in Poor City At Gjaestebud you can earn points through an asylum process and achieve a place in the Evening Asylum programme. This will get you an ethnic dinner created by one of the chefs from Gjaestebud. All you have to do is participate in various workshops including language lessons, which are held in Russian, African languages and Arabic during the day in Poor City.

SMS Service Sign up for Poor City’s SMS service and get information on the daily schedule. Text RF POOR to (+45) 42 40 90 19.

Poor City

• A barbershop run by Trampolinhuset where hairdresser-trained asylum seekers will provide fancy haircuts for you and your friends. There will be ample opportunity to have interesting conversations while getting your hair cut. While you are waiting visit the small gallery and look at art produced by asylum seekers. You can also have a massage or have your portrait painted.

Up against the wall Thousands of Palestinians are separated from their vital wells and crop fields. One of the reasons for this separation is a 700-kilometer long wall, which is being built, in some places even illegally, on Palestinian territory. Roskilde Festival and Nødhjælpens Ungdom (The Youth Emergency Aid), NU, wants to draw attention to this issue. That is why we have erected our own version of the wall next to Orange Stage. As a reminder to you of what is causing this miserable situation for the Palestinian people.

the wall

It is not possible to overlook or get around. The wall next to Orange Stage is 16 meters long, 8 meters high and 3 meters wide, and it’s there to remind you that every day, more than a thousand Palestinians are forced to live in the shadow of an even bigger and longer wall –the Israeli separation barrier, running straight through Jerusalem. When the wall is complete it will be more than 700 kilometers long. Wells with precious water are destroyed by the Israeli military, and the Palestinians are cut off from their crop fields and homes by military posts and the separation barrier. The wall sits next to Orange Stage because we want to bring the great need for humanitarian efforts and political change into focus. It is there because we want to ensure that the human rights of the Palestinians are respected. Because all humans have equal rights.

photo: uffe gjerding

Visit the wall by Orange Stage and write your name or a statement, or simply get the feeling of running your head against the wall – like a thousand Palestinians are doing. In the NU info café inside the Wall you can learn much more about the situation in Palestine and NU’s campaign ‘Palestine face to face’. You can also meet Israeli and Palestinian activists fighting against the occupation and for justice. The wall worsens the conditions of the Palestinian people, which causes: • Limited access to water. The Palestinians only have access to 50% of the water WHO recommends as a minimum. • 44% of the Palestinians in the occupied territories are now dependent on emergency aid from outside Palestine. • More than 40% of the West Bank has been made inaccessible to the Palestinians.

THE WORLD’S BEST NEWS

Få det du ønsker og betal senere! Køb en Mac eller iPad hos Humac, i perioden 11. juni 2012 – 31. august 2012 og betal over 12 måneder med 0% i rente.*

kr. - 25 kr. i månedsgebyr - Beløbsgrænser 2.000,00 – 20.000,00 - Husk at medbringe gyldig billede ID, når du ansøger om lån i butikken.

* Lån eksempelvis 10.000 kr. rentefrit over 12 md. for 900 kr./md. Fast årlig nominel rente 0,0%, ÅOP 15,45%, oprettelsesgetilbydes i samarbejde med Dan-Aktiv A/S.

70215353 / humac.dk / shop.humac.dk København: Vesterbrogade 12 / Gl. Mønt 12 / Magasin (Kgs. Nytorv) Frederiksberg: Åboulevard 15 Aarhus: Fredens Torv 2 Odense: Vestergade 94 Lyngby: Lyngby Hovedgade 19A Aalborg: Lille Nygade 8 Vejle: Bryggen (Søndertorv 2)

MUSIC

introduction to the music Apollo countdown apollo countdown band presentations Roskilde Rising Pavilion junior band presentations other band presentations

photo: ditte valente/rockphoto

Welcome to eight days of music experiences With close to 200 acts from almost every corner of the earth on this year’s poster, the line-up at Roskilde Festival is bigger than ever before.

introduction to the music

This year’s poster lists some 200 acts. Some are at the peak of their career, others are on their way. Also, we bring you all the new acts at Pavilion Junior and Apollo Countdown, who have only just begun their journey – and of course there’s all those in between. All the artists you can experience at this years Roskilde Festival have one thing in common; we caught them at the right time in their careers – no matter where that may be. At Roskilde Festival you can experience the sound of 2012, get a taste of tomorrow as well as take a trip on the wings of history. We will take you from the

Listen to roskilde for free! Roskilde Festival’s streaming partner WiMP offers all Danish, Swedish and Norwegian festival guests free listening access to a library of more than 50 tailor-made Roskilde playlists and 16 million songs in celebration of Roskilde Festival.

eternal virtues of rock’n’roll to the freshest, most innovative electronica. On the following pages you can read about the bands you have already planned to see as well as discover the ones you didn’t know you were looking forward to. There is enough material for eight days of non-stop experiences, both for those of you here for the very first time and those of you who have decades worth of fantastic festival experiences in your backpack. Enjoy. The Roskilde Festival Music Group

Regular SMS charges apply. Follow the directions and download WiMP to your smartphone where you would normally get your apps. At wimp.dk/festival you will find an overview of WiMP’s Roskilde playlists.

All you have to do in order to try WiMP for 30 days free of charge is to send one SMS: DK: Send WiMP to 1961 NO: Send WiMP to 2225 SE: Send WiMP to 72100

photo: morten kjær

Roskilde University - educations as unique as you are ruc.dk/international

Electronic cornucopia with a Nordic touch Already during warm-up, the digital beats will blaze. Following the Pavilion Junior tradition, focus lies on the Nordic names of tomorrow.

apollo countdown 38

Apollo Countdown focuses on the underwood of Nordic electronic music. The mobile stage moves around the camping area during warm-up (1 - 4 July), with a new location every day and with a unique programme, ranging from Swedish hit makers to Icelandic noise terror and the deepest underground of Copenhagen. When the main programme starts, the stage will cease its orbit. From Thursday to Sunday Apollo will be a stationary stage south of Street City. Here, focus will be broadened into the entire international electronic scene. During the 8 days where Apollo flashes, there will be new and old, known and unknown, pop and avant-garde coexisting side by side, a diversity characteristic for Roskilde Festival.

Read about the artists on the following pages.

WHERE IS apollo countdown? • Sunday 1 July: At Entrance 6, south of Arena, Agora L • Monday 2 July: South of CITYcentre West, Agora E • Tuesday 3 July: South of CITYcentre East, Agora P • Wednesday 4 July – Sunday 8 July: South of Street City, Agora C

photo: parastou booyash

ShOpping

everything CenTeR wiTh

yOu need - 0nly 800 meters from the train station

70 ShOpS 7 ReSTauRanTS

gROCeRieS FiTneSS CenTeR

CineMa

RO’s Torv Shopping Center Københavnsvej, Roskilde www.rostorv.dk

Mon-Fri 10-19. Sat 10-16 First and last Sunday each month 11-16

shoppingcentre

a-f · apollo countdown BAND presentations 40

APOLLO COUNTDOWN BAND PResentations the breaking point as if the two lads were going for Skrillex’ throne. ELOQ/DK August Fenger is part of the infamous crew surrounding the Danish label Cheff Records. The Copenhagen producer and DJ has a passion for dusty synths, play station sounds, helium voices and cut-up drum samples. All in one brew, which gives the challenging fusion of edgy bass music and hip hop rhythms – also known as wonky – a Copenhagen twist. adrian lux · photo: mikael dahl

ADRIAN LUX/S Adrian Lux immodestly claims that he cannot write anything but hits. This is more than boasting from a Swedish Adonis. ”Can’t Sleep”, ”Strawberry” and ”Teenage Crime” have already proven their worth on both the charts and the dance floors. With his carefree blend of house and pop, the young DJ, producer and musician with the high voice has already won over Tiësto, Justice and the Swedish House Mafia. BEASTIE RESPOND/DK The Copenhagen-based nightclub Dunkel houses some of the city’s most interesting electronic sounds. People, who have visited the club, might have listened to producer Tobias Pedersen who is a house DJ and booking agent for the dark rooms. The Dane’s rhythms are a mix of electro, techno, dubstep and especially drum’n’bass. COPENHEAVY/DK Oscar Rumle and Michael Korch cross beats, bass and bangers under the name Copenheavy. They are a duo from Copenhagen who is touring all over Denmark and who has achieved a big fan base in short time. With a starting point in hard electro and dubstep, they make the party boil over. Copenheavy delivers heavy bass for the masses, and their hot tunes are strained to

F.O.O.L. /S Fuck Our Ordinary Lives – and start partying! F.O.O.L. is one of the hottest names in dirty electronic music right now. Rasmus Hermansen and Oliver Nilsson already have thousands of global hungering fans constantly waiting for the next remix, just as the duo – Sweden’s equivalent to Justice? – has toured the globe with their explosive shows. THE FREDERIK/DK Frederik Olufsen is the protégé of Canadian house star deadmau5. Judging from the first tracks – a bass-heavy mix of electro, dubstep and 8-bit – The Frederik sounds ready to give his mouse-masked label boss a race down to the wire. A new young hope enters the international electronic club scene. FRITJOF & PIKANEN/S The musical chemistry was apparently present from the beginning with Fritjof & Pikanen. They met to create a remix together and decided to become a duo shortly after. Fritjof’s Swedish-language lyrics revolve around their everyday life, Stockholm and love. With Pikanen’s melodic and effective dubstep arrangements, the music is well suited for both partying and ordinary days.

sandra kolstad

SANDRA KOLSTAD/N Norway has a new electro pop princess. Her name is Sandra Kolstad and she has a firm grip on producing frosty, electronic pop. Norwegian critics have already fallen in love with Kolstad’s futuristic robot disco, which may very well soon catapult the Norwegian towards international fame. KÚRA/ISL/DK Copenhagen’s electronic scene and Iceland’s lush nature melt together like neon-coloured lava when Kúra is playing. Child of nature Fanney Ósk Thórisdóttirs’s voice rests on the chilled, rumbling electronic production, which is the epitome of big city melancholy from the nightclubs’ lower floors. Kúra’s sound is a tempting, Nordic darkness.

khalazer are a couple of Roskilde regulars. Khal Allan visited Pavilion Junior in 2010 and Dr. Lazerlyde plays again this year with analogik.

KESI/DK With grainy YouTube videos and lots of ghetto attitude, Kesi and his crew have been part of setting the agenda for Danish hip hop. On their own, these young troublemakers have created some of the most raw and lively rap heard in the kingdom. The language is Danish through and through. Musically, they are especially inspired by English grime hip hop’s scratchy sound. With Benny Jamz’ pounding productions as a toxic background, Kesi is a must if you want get an impression of Danish hip hop anno 2012.

KHALAZER/DK In a bright green collision, Dr. Lazerlyde from Danish band Analogik puts together sound bits, string riffs and samples, which sounds as if they are taken from Bollywood, Nintendo, London’s deepest club basements and old radio programmes. On top of this mix, Khal Allan delivers thoughtful, baroque rap lyrics, which have given him a unique status in the Danish hip hop underground.

MASH UP INTERNATIONAL/S Robert Dinero, Uffie Ice and Money Mats Norman constitute Mash Up International, one of the hottest names on the Scandinavian club scene right now. Like Roskilde Festival, they mix music from near and far, and even farther. The DJ and producer group mentions kuduro, baile funk, cumbia, dancehall and kwaito as some of the points of references.

G-M · apollo countdown BAND presentations

ghostigital

GHOSTIGITAL/ISL After a long musical break Einar Örn now collaborates with sound artist Curver under the moniker Ghostigital. Ghostigital is a bloody nose to anyone who imagines Iceland as the home of knit sweaters and lovely, ethereal music. A crazy ride over volcanic plains with a sound of industrial, abstract hip hop and disorienting samples.

SLENG/DK The Copenhagen hood Nørrebro is no longer the only destination for fans of home grown grime hip hop. The Copenhagen suburb Vangede is also worth namedropping among fans of Danishlanguage, sharp-tongued rap. Sleng consists of two high school lads, Aesthetic & Larry, full of attitude. They have embraced the originally British hip hop variety and have already become major players on the scene.

Henjum, claims that he and the people from the Dødpop label have created skweee 2.0 – a special variant of the sound from Norway. JULIUS SYLVEST/DK With a preference for kuduro, cumbia and other global beats, Julius Sylvest – who is also a part of the DJ crew Lortehænderne – is obviously a DJ after Roskilde Festival’s multi-coloured music heart. And we are not alone in our opinion. Reportedly, Diplo has also given this Dane a nod of acknowledgement. SOFFIE VIEMOSE/DK With academy studies in electronic music as the ballast, Soffie Viemose is about to unfold her name as one of Denmark’s most promising acts in semiexperimental electronica. The young producer and singer’s delicate electronic arrangements contain a creeping sadness. At the same time, the many details show a playful mind at work. VAAGSBYGD HANDY/N Coming from down south – southern Kristiansand, Norway, to be more specific – it can be hard to make yourself heard when producing Norwegianlanguage, British-inspired grime hip hop. However, Vaagsbygd Handy has managed to do just so where Norwegian, British and Jamaican currents meet. With an East London edge and a motley array of words, Vaagsbygd Handy shows the way for Norwegian hip hop from the small provinces.

sprutbass

SPRUTBASS/ n Scandinavia has recently developed its own electronic underground dance genre. It is called skweee and is an odd distortion of British bass music and electro funk, typically performed on outdated computer equipment. Mr. Sprutbass, Eivind

WAR FOR YOUTH/DK/S The Copenhagen punk scene experiences quite a boost these days with Iceage as the internationally noted figurehead. The scene is still small. Everyone knows each other. War For Youth is a constellation put together for Roskilde Festival, a cross between War and even-minded Lust For Youth. The two bands have in common industrial icy synths, effects-drowned vocals and an indefinable sense of something new and dangerous.

RESIDENT DJ’s Pelle Peter and Emil Lange play DJ sessions between the scheduled artists.

N-w · Apollo countdown BAND PRESENTATIONS

NORTHERN STRUCTURES/DK Lasse Buhl and Troels B-Knudsen are proud children of the environment surrounding the Copenhagen venue Culture Box – a Danish, if not Nordic, epicentre of techno and electronic music. With an original starting point on the drum’n’bass scene, the lads have delved into more straightforward techno. The duo’s Nordic sound has been so convincing that the, in techno circles, semi-legendary label Sonic Groove has invited them into the fold.

photo: carsten snejbjerg/rockphoto

roskilde rising

Roskilde Rising is Roskilde Festival in a brand new way Ghosts at Camping East, an Indian on horseback at Camping West, a pop-up cinema in Sonic Zone, and a music video on wheels in Dream City. Welcome to Roskilde Rising where weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll give you the best new Nordic bands in a brand new way.

This year at Pavilion Junior you can experience 24 of the best new Nordic bands. They will give you music during warm-up. For these new bands, playing here and meeting the fantastic Roskilde Festival audience is often the first big highlight of their career.

With Roskilde Rising, we help the bands booked for Pavilion Junior speed up their careers. And this is where you come in. Roskilde Rising gives you the opportunity to meet these new bands in a brand new way. You can experience and hear them when they play at Pavilion Junior,

but you can also watch music videos in Dig & Mig Bio in Sonic Zone, be a part of Helsinki Poetryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new road trip music video in Dream City, listen to guerrilla concerts from the rolling Roskilde Rising truck on the camp site, and much more. The many events of Roskilde Rising have one common goal: to create contact between you and the new Nordic bands in new ways. Keep an eye on the program for Roskilde Rising in Orange Press.

We’ll give two øre per k – at no extr a cost to you

Light up the dark in Africa Switch to our “Light in Africa” tariff or give a solar-cell lamp to a family in Uganda, where 80% of the population have no access to electricity. Sign up at www.lysiafrika.dk – it’s easy – or scan the QR code Energi Nord

Over Bækken 6

DK-9000 Aalborg

Tlf. +45 7015 1670

energinord@energinord.dk

B-D · pavilion junior BAND presentations 46

pavilion junior BAND PResentations THE BEARDY DURFS/DK The do-it-yourself philosophy, DIY, thrives well in an age when anyone can buy some sparse equipment and release their material online. The Beardy Durfs are offshoots of this school. The two lads from Copenhagen make broken-up noise rock that mixes white noise with sonic pleasure.

DANGERS OF THE SEA/DK Members from several well-known Danish bands have found common ground in a shared musical vision. They ensure a high level of country-scented, 70s-nostalgic folk rock songs. In singer Andreas Bay Estrup’s musical universe it is always dusk and the leaves keep on falling. Dangers of the Sea are Nordic Americana on a par with the great talents on the other side of the Atlantic.

bäddat för trubbel

BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL/S Det här är inte New York is the title of Bäddat För Trubbel’s debut album. This is the sound of Malmö’s underground punk scene in all its charismatic, proletarian and hungover splendour. The songs are obviously sung in Swedish, but even in the US they have discovered that the lads’ uncomplicated punk can make the language barriers crumble like Wasa crispbread. CEREKLOTH/DK The debut album is still on its way, but already on the EP Halo Of Syringes you are convinced about the potential in these students of old-school death metal. They are called Cerekloth. Lead singer JBP has a growl so animalistic and full of rottenness that you almost see the maggots come creeping out of his mouth. The rest of the band plays just as crushingly tight. Get in shape early for the metalfest with Cerekloth.

Deathcrush · photo: ingrid pop

DEATHCRUSH/n The band name originates from an EP by Mayhem. Still Norwegian black metal is just one of many ingredients in Deathcrush. The trio’s unique sound is noise rock spiced up with a bit of dark evil from up North; New Yorker-cool guitar abuse by a band that rips, screeches and tears, while at the same time is unafraid of being catchy. DIG & MIG/DK Danish band Dig & Mig’s innocent pop punk has taken shape in the Danish punk underground – but the wide audience has quickly caught on. Sune Wagner from The Raveonettes has produced the duo, and you can easily hear why. Listening to Dig & Mig, they sound like a meeting between the Danish 80s band Rocazino and Ramones.

the echo vamper · photo: lasse dearman

THE ECHO VAMPER/DK Imagine Blondie’s Debbie Harry bitten by a bat filled with a vampire virus. That is just about the sound of Iza Mortag Freund who – with controlled screaming vocals – stands on the shoulders of other queens of darkness such as Lydia Lunch and Siouxsie Sioux. James Brook provides stripped down rock’n’roll, drum machine and 80s synths. FRENCH FILMS/FIN Despite the name, Finnish band French Films does not have a special interest in Truffaut or Godard. England – more specifically Manchester – appears to be checked off in their inner music atlas. In spite of their winter-haunted home, they are not particularly melancholic. Their alternative rock has a youthful appetite for life and a feeling of beach and summer.

ICONA POP/S You can almost hear it in the name. Icona Pop aims to create chic, sophisticated electro pop songs. The photogenic duo with the honey-like voices attracted all kinds of buzz in the blogosphere with the EP Nights Like This, which is rich on crystalline pop, bubbling synths and catchy choruses. INDIANS/DK In one of few, scarce messages to the outside world, Indians describe the music as magical, dreamy and poetic. Indians’ songs overflow with psychedelic beauty in widescreen. The first smoke signals suggest a band with a laid-back ease of writing alternative pop hymns. DAWDA JOBARTEH/ GAM/DK With the praised debut album Northern Light Gambian Night, Dawda Jobarteh combines virtuoso kora harp playing with a sensibility that is both Nordic and jazzy – most likely a product of many years as a resident in Copenhagen where he has played with many of the very best musicians from the Nordic jazz scene.

GIRLSEEKER/DK With synths, guitar and effects-drenched, deep vocals, Girlseeker have in their own minimal way made their mark as a new exciting band from the Copenhagen punk underground. With a nofrills style, Girlseeker inhabits a sound space that is equal parts arrogant, arty post-punk and 80skitschy pop taste.

KLUMBEN & RASKE PENGE/DK Life in Copenhagen bars and takeaway joints now has a perfect soundtrack with Klumben & Raske Penge, who rap about life in their hometown in a mixture of Jamaican, sun-drenched grooves and Danish social realism. Danish dancehall rarely sounds better than this.

GOVERNOR OF ALASKA/DK With guitar and drums only, Governor of Alaska create a tight spectacle filled with quirky rhythms, metallic crust and rumbling, instrumental thunderclaps. ‘Experimental Afropunk’ is how the duo defines the music. The violent beats hit hard when they release the brake and ride towards the stratosphere.

LINKOBAN/DK The crown princess on the Danish grime scene is called Linkoban. This sharp, new acquaintance ensures that Lucy Love is not the only Danish female representative of the rap genre originating from the UK. A new exciting acquaintance for anyone with a penchant for dirty urban pop.

47 E-L · pavilion junior BAND presentations

HELSINKI POETRY/DK The capital of Finland is not the only place where Helsinki Poetry has its starting point. Ebbe Frej and Rune Vigil use different cities around the world as the centre of their songs. The mood and choice of colour in the noise-poppy songs vary depending on whether we are in fairytale-like “Marrakech” or rainy “Manchester”.

JOIN us and UNLEASH The Power of Hi-Fi Klubben For too long the masses have been flooded by products whose existence is only justified by the very thing that makes them cheap, the consequence hereof is crappy products with crappy sound – The population is infected by this disease and we have the cure! We are not here to tell you how it is going to end. We are here to tell you that this is just the beginning – And rest assured: we will fight with all our power – So what are you waiting for? Sure, start the music again, but take a second and think about music, sound, quality and the very things that make you happy. You can take a stand now, show the world that we can make a difference, show them that music matters and show them that we are willing to fight for it! This is Roskilde now. Enjoy this great festival, but what’s next? What will you do when you come home? We will be here… waiting for you.

www.hifiklubben.dk/jointhepower

a strong, personal voice and a firm grip around her acoustic guitar, the young singer has already captured her first hearts. Many more await ahead. Mathilde Savery sounds confident and determined to bring her folk songs out to a big audience. SHINY DARKLY/DK Dark leather jacket colours are dominant when Shiny Darkly turns on the amplifiers. With a welldeveloped understanding of classic, dirty garage rock riffs, these three young lads have already – on a basis of few exquisite songs – convinced the Danish music press, the picky underground and the equally choosy label Crunchy Frog about their potential.

Some of the Danishlanguage rock bands at Pavilion Junior have a penchant for odd numbers – at least ulige numre and rum 37.

REDWOOD HILL/DK Nordic, heavy and depressive are in some contexts almost synonymous. This is definitely the case with a new razor-sharp five-piece from Copenhagen who thunders with post-metal of the both minor chordmelodious and brutal kind. Redwood Hill is a promising acquaintance for fans of intelligent metal and Scandinavian dark-mindedness.

RUM 37/DK Danish-language rock thrives these days. Take Rum 37, for instance, who play wistful guitar rock with echoes of other Scandinavian-tongued bands such as Kent and Love Shop. Kristian Helmuth sings with intensity about his Copenhagen, the fluidity of life and the sun that burns a hole in the dark clouds.

SLOWOLF/DK Andreas Asingh knows how to produce electronic falsetto pop songs that could get both disco godfather Giorgio Moroder and pet shop boy Neil Tennant to shout with joy. Don’t think that Slowolf is only for people who love crisp synths and light vocals. The debut album contains a visit from hip hop king Raekwon from Wu-Tang Clan. TEAM ME/n As the band name suggests, Team Me was just supposed to be Marius Hagen’s solo/side project. Today the six-piece Team Me is one of Arcade Fire’s most obvious rivals. Team Me plays grandiose indie pop, and the catchy, joyful and majestic songs have significant international potential.

mathilde savery

MATHILDE SAVERY/DK 18-year-old Mathilde Savery has made quite an impression with a minimum of means. With

ULIGE NUMRE/DK Ulige Numre has achieved an immediate recognition that many similar bands can only dream of from the audience. Their debut single “København” has been the soundtrack of the dark months to many Scandinavians. The young lads are in their early 20s, but they play lyrical, lovesick Danish-language rock with a confidence and stage presence as if they were an older and more experienced band.

49 N-U · pavilion junior BAND presentations

NELSON CAN/DK Nelson Can plays rough, tearing post-punk. The allfemale band consists of Signe, Selina and Tami who has released the catchy whistle single “Apple Pie” and taken the first step towards a wider audience. Get ready for loud songs filled with attitude and lots of exclamation points but also poppy sweetness and powerful girl charm.

the cure · photo: andy vella

#-A · Band presentations 50

Band presentations

120 DAYS/N You can hear the freezing Norwegian cold in a band like 120 Days from Kristiansund. The Norwegians play cold, dark electronic rock that sounds like Kraftwerk’s hometown Düsseldorf in the 70s and Manchester in the 90s. 120 Days II (the follow-up to the debut album from 2006) bodes well for a rock rave full of laser lights, Norwegian subzero degrees and house hypnosis.

THE ABYSSINIANS/ JAM The original nobility of reggae invites you to their court at Roskilde Festival. The Abyssinians’ song ”Satta Massagana” from 1969 is regarded by many as the defining hymn of Rastafarian culture. The core members of the band are grey-haired veterans today. But The Abyssinians continue to spread the message of revolution and their sunsoaked musical genre, which during their career has become cherished far beyond the beaches of Jamaica. ADDISON GROOVE/ UK The influential Brit Antony Williams already made a name for himself on the dubstep scene when he collected scalps under the moniker Headhunter. But it’s as Addison Groove that he has made his biggest impact on the bass music scene. Addison Groove combines

naughty Chicago-esque clubbing sounds like juke or ghetto house with British bass and dubstep using cool synth themes, trippy 808 drum machines and looped vocal samples. ADRIAN LUX/s See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. AFRICA HITECH/UK Mark Pritchard and Steve Spacek are two experienced and respected lads in progressive electronic music. Africa Hitech is a psychedelic hotchpotch of robotic rhythms, bass, ghost vocals and vitamin D rich equator sun. A kind of digital multiple wedding between dubstep, ghetto house and drowsy techno in the middle of the African savannah. ALABAMA SHAKES/US Few places have defined the sound of the American South as much as the state of Alabama, and few bands manage to combine good oldfashioned greasy soul with genuine rhythm and blues as much as Alabama Shakes. With the debut album Boys & Girls on the move from hype to hit lists, the quartet prove that their musical intensity and sense of tradition have far from suffered from the fact that they are one of the hottest bands at the moment.

THE ALAEV FAMILY/ ISR/TJ With foothold in the percussive traditions of Central Asia, several generations of The Alaev Family perform together. The age span is, according to themselves, 15 to 79. In 1991 the entire Alaev family emigrated from Tajikistan to Israel. You will notice this in the multi-ethnical music, which employs accordions, angry violins and Turkishsounding scales on the clarinet. The music grooves with more exhilaration than a wedding where half of Tel Aviv is invited.

by artists such as R. Kelly or Tears For Fears. This New Yorker has promoted a rich music heritage to a new generation.

amadou & mariam

AMADOU & MARIAM/ MALI In the light of their numerous appearances at Roskilde Festival, we are proud to call Amadou & Mariam – Africa’s musical First Couple – true regulars. Africa, or Mali to be precise, has never sounded as accessible as it does with these blind veterans. The pair unites funk, rock, tribal song and pop in a musical mixture, which is both melodious by Western standards and full of African flavour.

analogik

ANALOGIK/ DK Analogik’s crazy blend of wind music, accordion playing, surf and Dixieland jazz is just right for totally unpredictable concerts. Earlier, Analogik looked towards the Balkans. On the full length New Seeland inspiration is particularly found in Ethiopia. Whichever way you approach this genre-transcending party music, one thing is certain: Analogik have more fun on exotic paths than on the beaten track.

Did you know that santigold, who also guests Roskilde is featured on amadou & mariam’s latest album, Folila?

SAM AMIDON/ US The American song treasu ry is a chest loaded with rubies, jewels and pure gold. With ukulele and acoustic guitar as the only accompaniment, Sam Amidon interprets and renews old folk songs and hymns. Only occasionally you get to hear songs

A · Band presentations

AMSTERDANCE feat. JESSE VOORN, DENNIS CHRISTOPHER and SAM O’NEALL/ NL Under the banner Amsterdance, two enterprising and local-patriotic music lovers have created a concept that brings Amsterdam’s red-hot club scene over the Dutch border. Shooting star DJ Jesse Voorn and his fellows will ensure an electronic party full of an irresistible combination of deep triballike beats, minimal trance-inducing structures. At the same time you sense a pop sensibility amid the edgy house, techno and trance. The team behind Amsterdance creates a hot show, worthy of Holland’s most famous and infamous city.

on minimalist works from the 20th century by Terry Riley, David Lang, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and Arvo Pärt. A$AP ROCKY/ US Rakim Mayers has rapped his way onto the hip hop VIP list with certainty. And with plenty of reasons for this “pretty motherfucker” to brag. A$AP Rocky is flamboyant hip hop from a self-assured innovator of the New York school. LiveLoveA$AP consolidated A$AP Rocky’s potential within the wide music press – his mixtape offers several reasons to why you should look forward to this rapper’s Roskilde debut as well.

A-B · Band presentations

apparatjik

APPARATJIK/int With a coupling of pop music, quantum theory and rocket science, Apparatjik has ventured into exploring the remote regions of the Galaxy. A group containing super producer Martin Terefe and members of Mew, Coldplay and a-ha ensures that the music holds a dream-like, floating sensation as well as highly catchy synth melodies. At the same time the super-group’s show is a unique experiment with the concept of concert at Roskilde Festival – equal parts electronic pop party and art installation. ARAABMUZIK/ US A session with AraabMuzik is a superior display of virtuoso skills, darkening the future of the guitar solo. With his beat-up MPC – an advanced drum and sample machine – as a starting point, Abraham Orellana creates harsh, cut-up, MC-free hip hop that mutates between trance, mash-up, dubstep and countless other electronic genres.

baloji · photo: alexander popelier

BALOJI/ CD Originally, Baloji was a member of the popular hip hop collective Starflam. But after having decided to put life as a musician behind him, Baloji’s Congolese background came knocking on his door. The solo debut album Hotel Impala became a success and placed Baloji in the field of central European African-inspired hip hop. Congolese funk and raw rumba are ingeniously manifested through soul, rap and Afrobeat – ‘Afropean’ is what this re-emerging musician calls his music.

Did you know that pparatjik originally a was the name for government officials in the now defunct Soviet Union?

ARS NOVA/ DK One of Europe’s leading vocal ensembles is ready to tickle the senses with an eclectic programme of advanced choral music. With the acclaimed conductor Paul Hillier at the helm, Ars Nova fills the space with harmony, beauty, loops and repetition. At this Roskilde debut, the honoured ensemble will focus

BARONESS/US The originally black-coloured metal genre has long since exploded in fireworks of colours and genre shifts. With Red Album and Blue Record, Baroness have made a name for themselves as one of the most progressive front-runners of Southern metal. Power metal, psychedelia and dirty 70s rock are thrown into the cement mixer, and out comes a refined, majestic and crushingly brutal rock monster. A new album, Yellow & Green, will be released this summer.

BEASTIE RESPOND/ DK See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

the barons of tang

THE BARONS OF TANG/AUS Gogol Bordello fans should prepare to point their arms skyward to The Barons of Tang. Fans of Ornette Coleman, Frank Zappa and Mr. Bungle will also appreciate the mastery of instruments and the many changes in genre. With their mix of polka, hardcore, tango and brass, the insane Aussies create cacophonic concerts that leave the audience bruised, battered – and ready for more. The Beardy durfs/ DK See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

BELLOWHEAD/UK Neither Portishead nor Radiohead can make the Brits dance like the sound of Bellowhead. The quintessentially English 11-man band has taken the traditional folk music of their motherland and applied a massive touch. With brass, fiddle, accordion and lute, the atmosphere of old pipesmoking England is spread instantly. However, the anarchistic virtuoso musicians readily draw on jazz, funk, and marching bands as well.

From Camping to Congo Were you at Congotronics vs. Rockers last year and saw how much musical gunpowder is found in the war-torn Congo? This year you’ll have to try: Staff Benda Bilili, Baloji and Jupiter & Okwess International.

B · Band presentations

behemoth

BEHEMOTH/ pl Poland is home of more than God-fearing Catholics. The eastern European country has a respected death metal scene where Behemoth takes the black throne as one of the most controversial and constantly innovative bands. Nowadays, the corpse-painted Poles are touring internationally with their spectacular live shows. Behemoth makes the ground tremble with their demonically well-executed and refined extreme metal.

BERNHOFT/N In 2011 Jarle Bernhoft has risen to a position as one of the undisputed soul kings of Scandinavia. His sublime voice has earlier been one of the greatest characteristics of the rock band Span, but it is as a solo artist that the entire world is about to discover the extent of this great talent. Backed by an 11-men swinging band, Bernhoft creates a show oozing of sweet soul pop.

Did you know that bernhoft has been on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, charming millions of American TV watchers?

B · Band presentations

BIG K.R.I.T./US The Mississippi rapper Big K.R.I.T. has been buzzing around the hip hop underground scene for some years, but it is only now that this extremely talented producer and rapper is about to break through. His critically acclaimed hip hop upholds the tradition of the Southern states in the 90s: filled with easy-flowing soul, organic sensations and plenty of parallels to Outkast and Underground Kingz.

ments in a personal expression full of adventure, experimentation and melody.

RUBÉN BLADES/ PAN He is the grand old man of salsa dura, the hard political salsa, and can write several titles on his business card – both lawyer, politician and actor. However, it’s as a singer and musician that Rubén Blades’ star is biggest. With the characteristic piano riffs, congas and brass, Rubén Blades is ready to start up a pure salsa party.

blitz the ambassador

BLITZ THE AMBASSADOR/GHA Samuel Bazawule was raised in Accra, Ghana, but still manages to rap in double pace, matching anybody in his current hometown of New York City. With his faithful backing band The Embassy Ensemble, this musical mastermind delivers hip hop carried on a golden throne of funky brass music and Afrobeat-inspired guitar. The term AfroAmerican has rarely been more fitting. björk

BJÖRK/ISL Björk has, like few others, combined broad appeal with artistic eccentricity. With Biophilia Björk again takes a leap forward. But like in concert, the visual avant-garde lava never overshadows the music. Björk proves again that she can harmonise the organic and electronic ele-

BLONDES/ US Zach Steinman and Sam Haar only rarely choose the easy way through the labyrinth of electronic dance music. The Brooklyn duo Blondes weave long and stretched sound patterns, which most of all resemble something from a remote and soothing universe. This is floating mid-tempo techno

composed by people apparently more concerned with the seesaw movement of intergalactic space than the rumbling of the dance floor. BOMBA ESTÉREO/ COL Roskilde Festival 2009 was Bomba Estéreo’s first encounter with a Western music festival. Today, they are so sought-after that it would turn many a Western rock band green with envy. Roskilde Festival still holds a special place in their hearts – they stayed in the camping area during the entire festival last time they visited. The Columbians’ hot dance music contains, beside cumbia folk music, traces of dub, psychedelic rock and hip hop.

BOWERBIRDS/US Nature-loving Bowerbirds are part of the wildly diverse and bearded American free folk genre. The duo sings faithful harmonies about flora and fauna making it hard not to drift away in dreams of a clearing in the woods far from the path of others. The sense of fresh air and organic farming float around these songs, which are typically accompanied by guitar, accordion, violins and just a touch of muffled drums.

BÄDDAT FÖR TRUBBEL/ S See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

bon iver

BON IVER/ US According to the story, Justin Vernon created the sobbingly beautiful For Emma, Forever Ago in a lonely cabin in the middle of the winter wilderness. On the self-titled album from 2011 Vernon has extended his sound with a big, well-playing band and appears as a progressive folk artist with a penchant for soft rock, grandiose sounds and instrumental digressions. Bon Iver has left the hermitage cabin and really stepped into the spotlight.

CEREBRAL BALLZY/ US Brooklyn has become a hipster mecca. But the New York hood also has a tradition of angry hardcore. Cerebral Ballzy seems madly in love with 80s hardcore punk like Black Flag and Minor Threat. The young New Yorkers play aggressively, fast and loud, ready to vanquish pop punk from the musical world map. Cerebral Ballzy gives Brooklyn a renaissance as a place where your hipster glasses will be crushed if you head in the wrong direction.

B-c · Band presentations

JAKOB BRO/ DK The internationally acclaimed guitarist Jakob Bro’s weightless jazz is part of an exciting mix with electronica when he and Thomas Knak pull newly composed material in interesting new directions. The pieces were originally thought of as simple sketches more than actual songs, but later they have been turned into real compositions and productions in a cut/paste process, which now sets the scene for an upcoming album. An exciting sneak preview at a crossover between genres and ways of thinking.

cerekloth/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

71.5 tons of tents When all the equipment for Arena, inclusive the 6.450 square metres big grey-blue tent canvas is rolled, folded and packed in best boy scout-manner, it weighs no less than 71.5 tons. By comparison, Cosmopol weighs 32 tons. And you think that your small igloo-tent was heavy to carry to the festival?

Finally, The Cult is coming The Cult has not always been easy to get a hold of. They were posted for the first time in 1986, but had to cancel after an entire year of tough touring. The year after, they accomplished a concert at Roskilde Festival. In 2008, we would have liked them to play as well, but then Ian Astbury had a leg injury.

and lots more has burst the musical boundaries of drum’n’bass. Few artists are able to give you chills the way Commix are with their synth and rustling metal sounds, while making you break a hip trying to follow the deep bass.

C · Band presentations

clock opera

CLOCK OPERA/UK Multi-instrumentalist Guy Connely has been making noise in the corners of the blogosphere for a few years as a remixer and originator of his cut-up ‘chop pop’ where samples, fragments and collages play an essential part. With the debut album Ways To Forget, Clock Opera enters the stage as a synth rock band with full-fledged melodies and windy stadium atmosphere. COLD SPECKS/CAN ’Doom soul’ she calls her music. Canadian act Cold Specks’ bony arrangements sound more like classic, American blues folk with a distinctive singer at the centre. Close your eyes while the music is playing and you can almost sense cottonharvesting Southern states of bygone times. With soft pickings on her acoustic guitar – occasionally accompanied by a little cello and piano – Al Spx creates a goose bump-inducing atmosphere.

COMMIX/ UK The visionary drum’n’bass legend Goldie fired the duo Commix towards the stars. Their original mix of breakbeats, house, jazz

CONJUNTO ANGOLA 70/ AGO Among other things, internal wars strangled the pan African musical epoch of the 1970s in Angola. A series of veterans are remedying this now. Using a golden brown mix of African and Caribbean genres, these masters revive the golden age. The delirious guitar playing – not least by Teddy N’Singui who, according to many, is the most skilled six-string player in Angola – steps to the foreground when Conjunto Angola 70 takes you back in time. COPENHAGEN COLLABORATION/DK We present a unique marathon show, designed especially for Roskilde Festival. A handful of Copenhagen-based bands have created a joint platform with Copenhagen Collaboration. A union to strengthen the sense of community and the ties that are already thriving in the Copenhagen music underground. Alcoholic Faith Mission, CODY, Sleep Party People, Hellraiserten, Monkey Cup Dress, Stærosaurus, Before the Show, From Sarah, You. You. You. and Ondt and the Gracehoper now live out these sympathetic ideals. Focus is on the alternative rock of the first three bands. With almost 30 musicians from Copenhagen’s alternative scene on stage, you can look forward to a different experience where the numerous musicians enlarge, rethink and reinterpret the collective’s songs. copenheavy/DK See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

CROWBAR/US Kirk Windstein will – despite gigs in Down – always remain synonymous with Crowbar who, like few other bands, have incarnated the murky sludge metal genre with their tuned-down riffs, lazy grooves and roaring vocals. Sonic Excess In Its Purest Form is the title of one of the band’s most famous albums. The title gives a good impression of the bone-crushing embrace, which is the epitome of Crowbar.

mikal cronin

MIKAL CRONIN/US Fans of American garage rock will recognise Cronin’s name from The Moonhearts and his collaboration with Ty Segall where the young American has had a great brooding environment for his live-based, raw and melodic songs. With his debut album Cronin has started a career based on occasionally noisy music with the catchy song as objective, means and purpose.

THE CURE/ UK Few other bands have incarnated the black-clad music scene of the 80s with as wide appeal as The Cure. Albums such as Pornography and Dis integration have secured Robert Smith a legendary status among rock critics. At the same time, The Cure is popular among a wide audience because of hits such as “Close To Me” and “Friday I’m In Love”. Don’t miss a great chance to experience the Brits’ gothic rock under the Scandinavian summer’s sky.

C-D · Band presentations

criolo · photo: daryan dornelles

CRIOLO/ BRA Samba, rap, Afrobeat and soul seamlessly blend together in Criolo’s versatile and grandiose orchestrations. After being practically unknown for years, success has arrived after the Brazilian has turned 30 – and with retroactive effect. His legendary countryman Caetano Valoso has already recognised Criolo’s role as a protester and critic of society.

THE CULT/UK With a foothold in goth rock and heavy metal and a deep fascination by mysticism and the occult, The Cult have been practicing stadium rock for more than 25 years. This year will see the release of Choice of Weapon, the first album from The Cult in five years. Duffy’s classic riffs and Astbury’s power ful presence on stage are the essence of good ol’ rock with heavy balls and poetic fire. Think a congregation of The Doors, Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin on a windy mountaintop.

DALGLISH/US Chris Douglas has existed in the dark outer reaches of electronic music for 20 years. His music is abstract and labyrinthine but also forwardlooking and quite often astoundingly beautiful. Throughout a long career using different monikers, the nomadic pioneer has explored – and partially developed – genres like IDM, dance-hostile techno and dark ambient. Dalglish takes us on a journey through a sinister borderland of syncopated rhythms and industrial darkness.

Buy your Roskilde Festival merchandise only in the official merchandise shops or at www.rfshop.dk

dangers of the sea/ dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

Deathcrush/n See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

DAUGHTER/UK Elena Tonra’s downhearted but very expressive songs have enough bittersweet experience to match the American singer-songwriter queen Cat Power. Her songs are sparsely arranged – often with the acoustic guitar as the only accompaniment. Tonra’s delicate voice is so rich in nuances, colours and blues that a big backing orchestra would seem decidedly misplaced in Daughter’s minimal but effective folk.

DEVILDRIVER/ US Dez Fafara and his companions are deservedly praised for their extensive service at metal venues all over the world. The American favourites have eaten their way up the food chain as a heavily touring metal band with a penchant for eruptive live concerts, hard-tuned drums and general aggression. Devildriver keeps the demons at bay with pumped-up thrash, hardcore and death metal.

DEAD SKELETONS/ isl “He who fears death cannot enjoy life,” is the basic philosophy of psychedelic, death-embracing trance rock band Dead Skeletons. Their music is like straying into a maelstrom of roaring, echoing guitars, staring skeleton heads, Buddhist trance and cosmic rock’n’roll. Dead Skeletons are morbid celebration music for music lovers who prefer black sound waves.

dig & mig/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. DJANGO DJANGO/ Uk With a sun-soaked mixture of tribal music, fragmented rhythms, semi-electric rock and laid back psychedelia, Django Django inhabit a universe that brings back memories of both American and British golden pop. Meanwhile there is an exotic atmosphere – as if Django Django is floating away on exotic Bedouin expeditions in the middle of their prosaic, British surroundings.

Pretty big big screens The big screens at the Orange Stage are each 54 square metres. That is the same as an average two-room apartment. So, suddenly your flat screen TV doesn’t seem so big anymore?

D · Band presentations

django django dead skeletons

DOMINIQUE YOUNG UNIQUE/ US With her fast staccato rap, Dominique Young Unique has placed her name in the corner where young urban queens such as Nicki Minaj, Santigold and M.I.A reign. Her three mixtapes have caught people’s ears. In addition, Miss Unique has performed with Big Boi, Gucci Mane and N.E.R.D among others. Also, Kanye West has taken notice of the girl with a speedy tongue, who also prepares to create her own fashion collection.

D-E · Band presentations

dr. john

DR. JOHN and THE LOWER 911 feat. JON CLEARY/ US Since the acid-rocking breakthrough with Gris-Gris from the late 60s, Dr. John’s swampy voodoo funk rock has become an institution. The great medicine man’s latest album Locked Down is a round of classic swinging roots rock filled with golden Farfisa organ, brass, female choir singers and a well-oiled showy feel. Dr. John and his band are assisted by another experienced band leader and piano wizard from New Orleans, Jon Cleary.

is an obvious new acquaintance for all wearers of lumberjack shirts. With richly orchestrated folk rock arrangements, Dry the River plays songs filled with melodrama and views over the steppes. the echo vamper/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. EL PARAISO presents CAUSA SUI, EL PARAISO ENSEMBLE and PAPIR/DK El Paraiso is a new Danish record label focusing on experimental, mind-expanding music. Causa Sui’s 60s-sounding acid rock is full of cosmic jazz, Woodstock feeling and out-there solos. The Copenhagen trio Papir combines mechanical krautrock and post-rock. El Paraiso Ensemble is a band put together especially for Roskilde 2012 and featuring specially invited guests on a journey into a remote universe filled with analogue synthesizers and psychedelic guitar grooves. ELEKTRO GUZZI/ A Elektro Guzzi enjoys the best company on the Euro pean electronic scene and plays at all the leading venues of the genre. However, the three Austrians renounce everything that has to do with loops, sequencing and laptops. Elektro Guzzi’s trippy minimal techno is played on bass, guitar and drums. Their long instrumental sequences mimic the hypnotic 4/4 sensation of techno. At the same time, their music is raw, vibrant and true-to-the-word live. ELOQ/ DK See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. EVIDENCE/US The mainstream audience never gave the Dilated Peoples the recognition that the reviews otherwise anticipated. The former graffiti artist Evidence is, on the other hand, the band member with the most successful solo career. The West Coast rapper from Santa Monica has been given the alias Mr. Slow Flow. His style isn’t snappy but rather laid-back and conversing, which lets you taste every single word of his lyrics as a consequence.

Did you know that dr. john’s most recent album Locked Down is regarded as his best since the seventies?

DRY THE RIVER/UK When hearing Dry the River, you get a sense of a rustic musician’s collective from the US. Even if their nationality is British and the band members’ past involves emo and postpunk. One thing is certain, though. This

ing adulthood with both sweetness and the melancholy inherent in country music. Here is comfort, support and songs for souls in need.

f.o.o.l./s See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

lee fields

The Frederik/ dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. french films/fin See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

F · Band presentations

LEE FIELDS & THE EXPRESSIONS/ US He has previously been called Little James Brown. When you experience the sharply dressed soul crooner and cool cat Lee Fields with his funky backing band, The Expressions, you understand why. With a huge song catalogue and a 40-year-long experience under the belt, Lee Fields is nevertheless at the peak of his career. Well-played classic soul from the golden age with swaying hips, lots of love and a guarantee of hot bodies.

NILS FRAHM/ DE Nils Frahm’s latest record is called Felt, named after the felt he used to cover up the piano strings in order to avoid waking his neighbours at night when composing his songs. This awareness of sound characterises the German composer and pianist. From the piano he creates atmospheric and satisfying soundscapes that insist on the attention of every single nerve ending in your ear.

les freres smith

first aid kit

FIRST AID KIT/S With their American-sounding country folk, First Aid Kit have come far since their last visit at Roskilde Festival in 2009. Despite the success, the charm and innocence in the two forest elves’ music remain intact. With melodic tunes and enchanting voices, the duo sings about the upcom-

LES FRERES SMITH/ FR With their blend of Afrobeat and funk with an ethnic flavour, Les Freres Smith is a well-described name at the Paris venues. The city of lights is a multi-ethnic melting pot with especially many African emigrants, and the Pan-African atmosphere is easy to feel at the brothers’ hot concerts, which will probably make Fela Kuti and James Brown highfive in the Hereafter.

mer holidays in an impressionistic sound as if the music was recorded on analogue cassette tapes years before the young multi-instrumentalist and producer’s date of birth. girlseeker/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

F-g · BANDPRÆSENTATIONER

friendly fires · photo: satoshi minkawa

FRIENDLY FIRES/UK Piña Colada and Hawaiian shirts go well with Friendly Fires. The British band has already proven its qualities as a live band in 2009. On 2011’s Pala the sound is more tanned and more umbrellas have been put in the cocktail than before. The starting point is disco, funk and pop. With dreamy synths, Caribbean flavour and a hardworking front man, Friendly Fires are ready to deliver an undiluted summer party. fritjof & pikanen/s See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. GENTLEMAN & THE EVOLUTION/de Although he was born far from Kingston Town, Gentleman has captured a large audience with his European hybrid of reggae, dancehall and R&B. The German-born rasta soul encourages his large, international audience to remember the reggae genre’s message of universal love and diversity. A sunny summer party filled with rocking riddims, shouts for tolerance and Caribbean flavour awaits. ghostigital/ isl See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

GIRAFFAGE/US Charlie Yin enters the electronic scene in great style with Giraffage. The American’s soothing music laps comfortably in a daze of daydreams and melancholy. With warm synthesizers he conjures saltwater-hazy memories of sum-

gossip · photo: rankin

GOSSIP/US Lip-glossed, glamorous disco pop has been a part of Gossip’s sound for long. Even when the trio had rock guitar and leather jackets on the menu. However, the chart-embrace has not been realised as uncompromisingly as on 2012’s A Joyful Noise on which pop seems to have taken over after punk. Gossip has a refreshing, iconic front woman in the monumental Beth Ditto. governor of alaska/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. GRIEVES & BUDO/ US Grieves have recently become part of the alternative hip hop label Rhymesayers. Listening to the 2011 album Together/Apart, it is obvious that Grieves belong in this company. Here you find social-realist hip hop, filled with substance abuse, domestic violence and sorry fates. Budo’s organic production casts a pleasant light over this dark backdrop. The result is a humanistic hip hop sound filled with the pungent flavour of lived life.

music or maybe even by the help of Allah. An equivalent magical experience is now taking place at Roskilde Festival. With their Arabian oboes, exotic minor scales and persistent percussion rhythms the Moroccans create a unique space that is both timeless and drags you down through the centuries.

hank3 · photo: tara israel

HANK3/US “I’m here to put the dick back in Dixie and the cunt back in country,” sings Hank3. The job description is clear for this tattooed cowboy: Nashville’s cosy country is going down. Hank3’s concerts range from classic country with slide guitar, fiddle and banjo to the cowpunk incarnation Hellbilly. Recently, the rebel’s doom/thrash metal band Assjack has even finished the concerts.

gurrumul has performed for Barack Obama himself. So, dear Roskilde guest, you are in good company!

H2O/ US New York – especially Queens and Brooklyn – has presented countless legendary hardcore punk bands with a penchant for shouty vocals, fast drumming and metallic riffs. 90s veterans H2O are exponents of the more melodic part of the genre’s family tree where the crushing heaviness doesn’t exclude a pop hook you can remember after leaving the concert.

HAMADCHA SUFI TARIQA of ESSAOUIRA/MAR The music brotherhood of Hamadcha Sufi Tariqa can cure mental problems by the force of the

helsinki poetry/ dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

Music history in the program Music history with capital M is found in the music program from the inside out. R. Stevie Moore’s father was frequently bass player for Elvis Presley and Roy Orbison; Hank3’s grandfather is the country icon Hank Williams who wrote the immortal “I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry” from 1949.

G-H · Band presentations

gurrumul

GURRUMUL/AUS Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu has already been hailed as one of Australia’s most incredible voices. With an acoustic guitar and his tenor as primary travel companions, the blind aboriginal heads out on musical wanderings through his country’s, his clan’s and his own history. Brutally beautiful in their melodic and classic simplicity, they are gorgeous nature songs.

JULIA HOLTER/ US Julia Holter is an acquaintance of the more sophisticated kind, with her inspiration from and references to composition music, poetry, art films and theatre. However, there is still an element of accessible pop music in the many-sided instrumentation of the American’s compositions. The playfulness, the details and the transitions between anything from synthesizers to cembalo, from beauty to eeriness, is invested in a melodious material that can be related to in countless ways.

icona pop/s See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

H-K · Band presentations

indians/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. dawda jobarteh/ gam/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

hospitality · photo: kyle dean reinford

HOSPITALITY/US “I don’t know how to write conventional songs,” says Hospitality’s lead singer and guitarist Amber Papini in an interview. Good, you’re tempted to say. The Brooklyn trio’s treatment of alternative guitar pop structures is playful and restless without losing any sunshine-blurry, sweet and – you guessed it – hospitable elements. SIVERT HØYEM/N Madrugada was one of Norway’s biggest rock bands. Back in the band’s heyday, you really paid attention to vocalist Sivert Høyem’s baritone. He still produces grandiose Scandinavian rock full of inner drama. On the Norwegian’s fourth album, Long Slow Distance, he has found inspiration in surprising places and the synthesizer often knocks on the door in Høyem’s stormy songs in minor.

I GOT YOU ON TAPE/ DK Church of the Real, is the title of I Got You On Tape’s latest album. Grandiose and self-assured – just like the music. With a sporadic disco inspiration, church organ and catchy choruses, the well playing fourpiece ensures an even more grandiose atmosphere than ever before. Jacob Bellens’ powerful voice is just one of many aces up their sleeve. Relaxed and unforced they deliver poppy rock songs that seize the key to the audience’s heart.

JONATHAN JOHANSSON/ S Say hello to Sweden’s new champion in romantic and soulful pop. With his Swedish lyrics and tasteful 80s-leaning arrangements, Johansson has also conquered pop hearts all the way across the Atlantic. He stylishly and coolly distils romance and soul into black shiny pop songs. Jonathan Johansson continues the Swedish tradition of writing superior, slightly melancholic pop songs. JUPITER & OKWESS INTERNATIONAL/CD For practically a lifetime, Jupiter Bokondji has worked hard to show how the ethnic diversity in DR Congo can result in something other than civil war. Okwess International is a band of talented young people from the provinces in the war-ravaged country. Together, they play adventurous sunshine pop with the healing zebola dance as a starting point. PAUL KALKBRENNER/DE Over the past 15 years, he has steadily been promoted to the genre’s premier league. Today, Paul Kalkbrenner’s name is written in big letters at electronic parties throughout Europe. Since the job of soundtrack composer and leading actor in the cult film Berlin Calling, Paul Kalkbrenner has become some kind of figurehead for the Berlin techno scene. The 2011 album Icke Wieder cements the German’s talent for creating minimal techno.

ears are bathed in nostalgic synths, Caribbean rhythms and soothing female voices. Korallreven is a journey south without double bookings, noisy tourists or disappointing weather forecasts.

kellermensch

kesi/dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. khalazer/ dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. klumben & raske penge/ dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. sandra kolstad/ n See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

kraftklub

KRAFTKLUB/de Lead singer Felix Brummer’s sparklingly witty, German-language lyrics crawl over a soundtrack that sounds a bit like Franz Ferdinand or The Clash with weißbier in the blood and thinly disguised chart ambitions. Many kilometres south of Berlin, Kraftklub have created their own intelligent and party-like rebel music. The east German musketeers like to wear college jackets, belts and polo shirts when they skewer the metropolitan bourgeoisie.

kellermensch is “one of the best bands that have come out of Denmark” according to Daniel P. Carter from BBC Radio’s Rock Show.

KORALLREVEN/S Marcus Joons was in Samoa when the idea for the tropical project Korallreven arose. Together with his friend Daniel Tjäder he has long since taken blogs and international music media. The mission is coconut-scented, tropically yearning songs where your

ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION feat. JERRY DOUGLAS/US Having spent over 25 years in the business and won just as many Grammys, bluegrass queen Alison Krauss is a relaxed, unpretentious legend, only in her early 40s. Alison Krauss’ lavish voice makes every song from her lips a true delight. Even if the subjects are typically about heartache and endless sorrow, there is always a twinkle in her eye between the banjo and fiddle sounds and with the Dobro master Jerry Douglas at her side, Krauss’ songs are in good hands.

k · Band presentations

KELLERMENSCH/ DK ”Although you belong in the dark below, you can easily rise and shine quickly,” we wrote in 2010 when Kellermensch had transformed from Pavilion Junior pupa in 2009 to a pitch-black butterfly. These words also hold true in 2012 when the band is winning new fans over – internationally as well – with their hard-hitting rock filled with crushing guitars, clenched fists and melodic tastiness. We welcome back Kellermensch who now inhabit the top floor of Danish rock.

Trump-certified Mac Miller’s hit ”Donald Trump” has more than 20 million hits on YouTube. The track made the businessman and media-personality, Donald Trump praise the lad and announce him as the next Eminem in another YouTube clip.

K-L · Band presentations 66

KRIGET/S Drum, bass and saxophone distorted beyond recognition is not the most obvious setup for dystopian rock’n’roll. Nevertheless, Kriget creates a very distinct expression due to this rather unusual instrumental trio. Kriget can deliver a thunderclap that will shake your head. Get ready for some instrumental future music that is more raw and more to the bone than an x-ray.

LONE/uk On a dense stream of albums, Matt “Lone” Cutler has developed his own imaginative mix of rave, hip hop, funk, techno and starglittering synthesizers. The clubby party sensation has recently been upgraded. At the same time, the Brit’s experimental approach toys with the typical dance floor beat and creates a memorable experience. Even for those who prefer not to shake a leg.

On their website the jazz punks in kriget are described as the sound of animals having sex – in a good way.

kúra/ isl/dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. LARSEN & FURIOUS JANE/ DK Torsten Larsen and his squires ought to be mentioned when looking up the term ‘critic’s favourite’ in a Danish dictionary. With a solid grasp on song writing, Larsen & Furious Jane have created a handful of albums that uses well-written, absolutely non-Danish sounding indie rock to explore the rather disgruntled mood as it sounds coming from a group of Danes. linkoban/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. LITURGY/ US In the more conservative (black) metal circles, Brooklyn’s Liturgy has created controversies by means of their everyday appearances and studenty mindset. However, in spite of their appearances, the music is still none the less scathing and chaotic. The founder’s abuse of both guitar and vocal cords is matched by a band that unites the genre’s primal scream with an instrumental equilibrism you mostly encounter in jazz, mathrock and modern music compositions.

the low anthem

THE LOW ANTHEM/US Old US flags wave over The Low Anthem’s rustic songs. The band had a minor breakthrough with Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, which made a larger audience discover the Providence band’s richly orchestrated blend of rhythm and blues, country, blues rock and pastoral folk. The Low Anthem place themselves confidently on the mountain peaks of the American rock tradition.

est, also in the Nordic countries. Mac Miller’s hip hop is packed with summer vibes.

m83

machine head

MACHINE HEAD/ US ”Let freedom ring with the shotgun blast!” Many metal fans probably still get goose bumps when they hear this call from Machine Head’s debut album Burn My Eyes. Machine Head have crushed their way through the 90s and 00s with a metal sound that is both varied and brutal. The Californian heroes have become exponents of progressive, melodic thrash metal that will never rest until all fists are in the air. MACKLEMORE AND RYAN LEWIS/US In Seattle, his home town, he is close to owning the keys to the city, and the rest of America is also about to catch up on the white rapper’s genuine hip hop. The Seattle hero sends an erect middle finger to the conservative souls of the genre. With producer and beat smith Ryan Lewis aboard, Macklemore treats us with different emotional hip hop that can hijack many hearts – even outside of hip hop circles.

m · Band presentations

M83/FR Finally, we have M83 back to bathe our ears in grandiose sci-fi sounds. Anthony Gonzalez’ latest magnum opus – the double album Hurry Up, We’re Dreaming – makes M83’s previous releases sound rustic and simple. 80s-happy synths and bombastic noise rock fuse together in an upward maelstrom – like keyboard whiz Jean-Michel Jarre would have sounded if he was backed by My Bloody Valentine.

mac miller

MAC MILLER/ US In the time of mixtapes and with the use of Twitter, Mac Miller has conquered the young hip hop scene just like his bro Wiz Khalifa. With his debut album Blue Slide Park this white kid has achieved such high sales numbers that his name is now moulded in gold. Already before the album was released, Mac Miller’s live shows experienced massive inter-

MAGTENS KORRIDORER/ DK This Danish band enjoys great popularity in their home country. And the fan base continues to grow when they deliver their catchy, straightfrom-the-pub rock. The 2011 album Imperiet falder portrays a society on a collision course, but with Johan Olsen’s empathic and powerful vocals at the centre you always feel in good hands.

oskilde.indd 1

11/06/12

hopi.dk

Læs til have- og parkingeniør – og gør en forskel for klimaet, mennesker og byens natur. Ansøgningsfrist: 5. juli

MAJOVCI GROUP/MKD Galicnik in western Macedonia has its own summer festival. Each year during the festival, a particularly lucky couple are married during a Galicka wedding, which includes the entire mountain village. This ceremony is accompanied by a unique form of wedding music, an almost trance-like sound played on a zurla – a kind of obo with the same sound as bagpipes – and giant tapan drums. Majovci Group’s music and band members are direct descendants of this tradition.

sect in a genre fusion where Detroit, London, Chicago and Berlin are just some of the electronic metropolises popping out. mash up international/ s See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

malk de koijn

THE MEGAPHONIC THRIFT/N With their self-titled second album, Megaphonic Thrift have slit a crack in the universe from where melodious noise rock with an often psychedelic edge flows. At the same time, the band is able to write concise melodies. The New Yorker-cool, and slightly exhausted, male voice of Richard Myklebust is challenged by the angel-like, ethereal female voice of Linn Frøkedal. MEW/DK Few Danish bands have had as great success home and abroad as Mew. The band has developed a unique sound where Jonas Bjerre’s choirboy vocals are the human anchor point in a tornado of sophisticated, dreamy, often hardhitting rock with wonderful melodies. Mew’s concert at Roskilde Festival 2012 is one of very few played this summer– perhaps even with treats from their upcoming album.

Did you know that malk de koijn has sampled dr. john, who also performs on the festival, on the track “Sikoinerz”?

MARTYN/NL Martyn was originally regarded as a promising name in bass-heavy dubstep. Today, the Dutch producer and DJ sounds more like a type that will not put up with one single musical label. Dubstep, techno, UK funky and drum’n’bass inter-

M · Band presentations

the megaphonic thrift

MALK DE KOIJN/ DK Hail the Danish hip hop heroes. Malk De Koijn’s near-legendary reunion concert at Roskilde Festival in 2009 was a true triumph out of the ordinary. The ‘welcome back’ roar will reverberate in 2012 when the lads deliver a new show at one of their absolute favourite playgrounds. And with a new raving classic out, Toback to the Fromtime, everything suggests that 2012 will be another landmark year for this trio of sharp-tongued supermen.

The guitar is no longer God Kimmo Pohjonen’s primary instrument is the accordion, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi’s concerts happen with the drum as the absolute hub and AraabMuzik is a true virtuoso on his MPC, a sort of drum and sample machine.

record his more than 400 highly varied releases at home and earned a minor name as the spiritual ancestor of modern DIY artists. Having spent a lifetime as the top-secret idol for the few, this silvergrey underground legend is finally ready for some spotlight.

M-N · Band presentations

modeselektor

MODESELEKTOR/ DE The live performance is the most holy call for Modeselektor. After having been brought up in the restriction-rich GDR, the partnership Gernot Bronsert and Sebastian Szary constantly tear down mental Berlin walls. Their bubbly musical alchemy consists of equal amounts of techno, hip hop, IDM, UK bass, crunk and countless other genres. The borderline schizophrenic style changes and the totally crazy party are drawn with spray paint across the modus operandi of Modeselektor. JANELLE MONÁE/ US Janelle Monáe’s Roskilde debut in a packed Cosmopol tent last year was a dizzying triumph, which demonstrated how Roskilde history is written year after year. Janelle Monáe combines futuristic soul, R&B, hip hop and rock in a show, which is a treat for both androids, dancing girls and musicsnobbish lads. In 2012 it will be even bigger and with a new batch of songs loaded in the spaceship.

R. STEVIE MOORE/ US With his eccentric pop music R. Stevie Moore could have been part of alternative music’s classic royal line. Instead he has chosen to

MOHAMMAD REZA MORTAZAVI/ IRN Drums are useful as more than just a rhythmic backbone. Since childhood, Mohammad Reza Mortazavi has been remarkably talented with the Persian handheld drum known as the tombak. With shimmering strokes and finger techniques, the Iranian creates a new world of sounds and effects. Delicate and refined but so massively and explosively talented that you almost feel tempted to pinch your arm. MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY/ LUX Do you like your guitar rock progressive, hard-hitting and technical? In that case, we just may have your new favourite band playing at Roskilde 2012. Mutiny on the Bounty rips your heart out with some tearing post-hardcore. It’s not just well executed and with more ideas in one song than many bands use on an entire album. It is also brutally beautiful, melodic guitar rock that will appeal to everyone who digs music with both balls and brain. NASUM/S Roskilde Festival is – as a longstanding home of extreme metal – naturally included on Nasum’s farewell tour. The Swedish band is responsible for some of the most exquisite musical punishments of the fast grindcore genre. The band’s vocalist Mieszko Talarczyk died during the tsunami in 2004. Keijo Niinimaa from the grind mates Rotten Sound now delivers the vocals instead. nelson can/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

up by torches. But according to the musical mastermind, inspiration is also found in 60s icons such as Lee Hazlewood and Serge Gainsbourg.

NIKLAS/ DK With his face hidden in dark shadows, Niklas has become one of today’s hottest, totally home-grown pop acts. The mysterious, Swedish-raised rapper and pop singer does not show his face in any of his videos. Still it’s clear that Niklas creates hits full of Danish-language rap, syrupy sweet synths, 90s disco and power-flirtatious funk attitude. northern structures/ dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. OF THE WAND AND THE MOON/DK One of the most prominent bands of the darkened, cultural-pessimistic dark or neo-folk is Danish Of The Wand And The Moon. The Lone Descent from 2011 frames the mood of an occult mass deep inside a North European forest lit

orquesta típica fernández fierro · photo: matias corral

ORQUESTA TÍPICA FERNÁNDEZ FIERRO/ ARG The 12-piece Orquesta Típica Fernández Fierro has given the lifeblood-dripping tango a revolutionary update and is hitting the spot in Argentina as well as the rest of the world. Here’s a rare chance to experience swelling emotions, sensual glow and the classical 2/4 time of tango by a group of casually clad tangueros who grab the tango genre by the throat with a ferocious and punklike attitude.

Did you know that the german party-freaks in modeselektor are some of the favourites of the otherwise more contemplative Thom Yorke?

N-O · Band presentations

niki & the dove · photo: annika aschberg

NIKI & THE DOVE/s Niki & The Dove from Stockholm have already made a big impression outside of Scandinavia with their opulent synth pop. Malin Dahlström’s vocals with the thick Swedish accent is cold as ice. Gustaf Karlöf’s swarming arrangements are the perfect backdrop for the duo’s melodic songs. Niki & The Dove may very well be the scoop of the year for anyone who enjoys the likes of Björk, The Knife or Oh Land.

ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER/ US With a number of challenging releases – most recently Replica, based on samples from old TV ads – Daniel Lopatin has placed his curious nickname centrally on the experimental, progressive electronica scene. Using samples, effects, loops and synths, the Brooklyn-based composer/producer flips, bends, pushes and curls his piled-up musical structures out of shape and focus until cosmos and chaos blend together.

Electronic mongrels! AraabMuzik, Modeselektor and Pretty Lights are all making a huge mess in the genre division with their combinations of countless genres, however always based on hip hop and electronic music.

O-P · Band presentations

OWINY SIGOMA BAND/UK/KEN The traditional songs of Kenya are given a gleam of today’s London with Owiny Sigoma Band. In 2009, a group of London-based lads went to Nairobi to jam with the local musicians, originating in the traditions of the Luo people. The focal point of the music is a special Kenyan harp called the nyatiti. The English musicians spar attentively, humbly and instinctively with the Africans’ hypnotic music. PENGUIN PRISON/ US Chris Glover is not likely to be grateful for the financial crisis (who is, anyway?) but his single “Don’t Fuck With My Money” hardly could have come out at a better time. Penguin Prison, Glover’s mysterious alias, didn’t just hit the spirit of the times spot on with this single. The New Yorker specialises in bubbly, positive, intelligent, hipster-approved party music with equal tastes of Hot Chip, Daft Punk and Justin Timberlake. PERFUME GENIUS/ US A melancholic voice and a battered piano are the starting point. Perfume Genius digs the simple set-up, and it’s hard not to get sucked into Mike Hadreas’ universe of simple minor chords and shattered destinies. The bright angelic voice from Seattle writes piano ballads so beautiful and winged that you almost see the ill-fated characters from the songs walk past you. The lyrics often touch upon homosexual love, addiction and suicide. CELSO PIÑA/ “El Rebelde del Acordeón”, “El Rey de la Cumbia Colombiana”. Celso Piña enjoys many honourable nicknames in the Spanish-speaking world. The Mexican veteran is one of the main architects behind the cumbia genre’s renaissance in Latin America. Piña gives the old Colombian genre an electronic touch while incorporating MEX

everything from ska to rap in his urban, groundbreaking sound.

kimmo pohjonen · photo: marja seppälä

KIMMO POHJONEN / SAMULI KOSMINEN and PROTON STRING QUARTET/ FIN Known to many as the Jimi Hendrix of the accordion, Kimmo Pohjonen transforms the mariner’s instrument of choice into an avant-garde contraption from the future. With an experienced group of strings and sample/percussion magician Samuli Kosminen behind him, the energetic front man creates a cross-dressing total experience that is equal parts modern compositions, manipulated electronics and strange art rock. PRETTY LIGHTS/US We have a treat for fans of brostep, mashup, glitchhop – or the musical language-impaired who simply need a ride in the genre carousel where the seasick hip hop beats just continue. Pretty Lights make the dance floor sizzle with his visuals-marinated shows where Derek Vincent Smith from his laptop creates a psychedelic party full of acidy cutups, recycled chorus fragments, mutated dubstep and laser-cut beats.

music is made just as much for the stage as for the laptop in the bedroom. RED FANG/ US The members of Oregon’s perhaps most beerthirsty hard rock band all have a past in a variety of lesser-known outfits. With Red Fang they believe they have found the ultimate goal of their many years in the holy service of the riff. The 2011 album Murder The Mountains gives good insight into what awaits Roskilde Festival’s hordes of hopshungry rock fans this summer: a testosterone-driven update of Black Sabbath, Melvins and Kyuss.

LEE RANALDO/US Lee Ranaldo has been a core member of genredefining noise rock band Sonic Youth for 30 years. The band is now on hiatus, and it has given Ranaldo time to complete his solo project, which was started back in 2010. As a guitarist Ranaldo has been at the intersection between experimental minimalism and alternative rock. He recently released his first songoriented solo album Between The Times And The Tides.

redwood hill/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

refused

REFUSED/S The Shape Of Punk To Come – one of the hardcore genre’s undisputed masterpieces – resulted in Refused splitting up while this hand grenade of an album cemented their status as a central and widely influencing band. Now the Swedes make up for lost time. Fans of metal, punk and (post)hardcore have gaped at the chance of experiencing this favourite band on stage where they, reportedly, are even more intense than on album.

Did you know that Rage Against The Machine’s Tom Morello has called refused’s “New Noise” “one of the great rock jams of all time?”

RANGLEKLODS/ DK On the debut album Beekeeper, Rangleklods demonstrates how to create dark-edged, melodious baritone pop using the computer’s musical platform. Techno, trip hop, IDM and many other more synthetic genres flow constantly in the underground of this artist’s universe. The electronic sophistication is only one side of the coin with Rangleklods whose

P-R · Band presentations

punch brothers · photo: danny clinch

PUNCH BROTHERS/US With their banjo, guitar, mandolin, fiddle and upright bass, the quintet may look like your classic home grown bluegrass band. But Punch Brothers are undeniably contemporary, and their folk sound doesn’t prevent them from flirting intensively with jazz, pop and alternative rock. Experience yourself why the good people of Memphis, the stronghold of this traditional and authentic genre, are calling Punch Brothers the future of bluegrass.

ROCKWELL/UK In a short matter of time, Rockwell has become one of the most wanted artists on the drum’n’bass scene – with bookings at both the London bass temple Fabric and wherever the music is playing hard and hot in St Petersburg. Rockwell has a distinct flair of making the dance floor boil over with his fierce beats. And according to an interview, the Brit spends months working on all the intricate details on a single track.

R-s · Band presentations 74

rover

ROVER/FR Timothée Régnier’s passport may be French but his history indicates why his stage name “Rover” isn’t a coincidence. Returned from Lebanon, Rover spent a whole stormy winter, like another Bon Iver, writing and instrumentating songs in a dilapidated house. Rover has already mesmerised fans of lyrical pop in France with his fantastic voice, which has been compared to Anthony Hegarty’s.

the roots

THE ROOTS/US Many people call The Roots the best live band of hip hop for their swing and rock band feeling. Deservedly so. The hard-working hip hop collective from Philadelphia make their instruments glow and sound just as organic and authentic as a crackling vinyl record. ?uestlove, Black Thought and co. lead the way when it comes to hip hop packed with hot neo-soul, social indignation, humour, funk and jazz. CHRISTINA ROSENVINGE feat. CHRIS BROKAW & REFREE/E/US In the course of three decades as a performing artist, Christina Rosenvinge has become an experience artist who has progressed from teenage pop idol to a respected alternative artist in Spain. Her characteristic vocals are reminiscent of both Stina Nordenstam and Cat Power. For this unique, first concert in Denmark, she is accompanied by sadcore legend Chris Brokaw of Codeine and the Catalan troubadour Refree.

ROYCE DA 5’9”/US He has shared the stage with Eminem in the duo Bad Meets Evil, worked as ghost writer for Dr. Dre and is part of the super group Slaughterhouse. Yet, Royce Da 5’9” has only made a name for himself in narrow circles. With the comeback album Success Is Certain he stages the big breakthrough. Here the experienced rapper authoritatively puts his skills as a MC on display. Come and witness a true hip hop resurrection. The time has come. rum 37/ dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. SAGE FRANCIS/US With his literary aura and often political lyrics, Sage Francis is far from the hip hop mainstream. The indie rapper from Rhode Island has, if anybody, been one of the pioneers when it comes to weaken the distinction between alternative rock, poetry slam and hip hop. On the latest album Li(f)e, the protest hip hopper raps on top of an instrumental backing that has more in common with swampy, white roots rock than chocolate-brown soul or R&B.

 

--

--



 



Start : 16. august eller 13. september 2012

www.engelsholm.dk

a little eccentricity and self-destructive attitude. At the same time, the band’s new incarnation seems more comfortable in the stadium spotlight than before.

shiny darkly/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

santigold

mathilde savery/ dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. THE SHINS/ US It’s been five years since The Shins last played at Roskilde Festival. In 2012, James Mercer’s band rises again with new bandmembers – and probably with a few tricks from Broken Bells, Mercer’s collaboration with Danger Mouse. The Shins play sunshine-filled guitar pop with gilt-edged tunes,

sleng/ dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. slowolf/ dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49. SPECKTORS/ DK Danish-language hip hop is a crooked city full of rocking beats. Using Shanksville as an imaginative place, Specktors fill their self-titled debut album with twaddling strokes of genius about pubs, apocalyptic hangovers and tribal tattoos. On a sizzling bed of clubby electro, the troublemakers shift between cheeky, silly and benighted.

Green, yellow, and blue They go by many names, and since 1990 there have been a total of 24 names in use when we had to name the different stages. Previously, they were named after the colours of the tents, but when the canvases gradually had to be replaced after many years of hard festivallife, we looked out in the world and named the stages after famous venues. For example the Apollo in Harlem and the Odeon venues in England.

S · Band presentations

SANTIGOLD/US As far back as in 2008, Roskilde Festival had its eye on Santigold who with great self-confidence treated the audience at the Cosmopol stage with her chic mix of R&B, dub, new wave and hyper urban pop. Now the follow-up to her debut album is finally on its way, and judging from the reception of her current single, the mainstream audience has missed her as much as we have. The catchy tune “Disparate Youth” seems to have become one of the defining tunes of 2012 already.

SHLOHMO/US Henry Laufer – the real name behind Shlohmo – is a child of the same Los Angeles that has delivered former Roskilde artists such as Gonjasufi and The Gaslamp Killer. He is only in his early 20s but he is soon-to-be recognised as one of the stars in the major city’s underground. The young beat smith cuts into a personal niche with his delicate, electronic music. The music is based on several thresholds, including abstract hip hop, nature programme soundtracks in the vein of Boards of Canada and post-London dubstep.

SPECTOR/ UK 2012 may very well be the year for Spector. The suit-clad boys have been called London’s answer to The Strokes, but judging from the first singles the five-piece sounds more like a new shoot off the same branch as Roxy Music, Pulp and The Killers. Spector has the right mix of youthful zest for life, quintessential British weltschmerz and humorous tongue-in-cheek to go far.

SPOEK MATHAMBO/ ZA Imagine an acid trip in Soweto, Johannesburg after midnight, translated into music. That’s just about the sound of Spoek Mathambo. With a grimy mix of electro, rap, South African house and dystopian bass music – genreless ‘township tech’ he calls it himself – this dark hip hop prince will soon become a new name on the global guerrilla pop scene, led especially by M.I.A.

S · Band presentations

SPILLEMÆNDENE/DK With a point of departure in the ballad and folk tradition, Spillemændene conquer their own baroque, literary universe.The lyrics are filled with equal parts pathos and humour. Nicolai Elsberg has a sonorous voice and is an original storyteller, like a young Danish version of Leonard Cohen.

bruce springsteen

spleen united

SPLEEN UNITED/ DK The rock band Spleen United seems to have disappeared. From the ashes rises a changed creature. An all-electronic, neon-coloured rave band for people who – even on the dance floor – demand a shot of melancholy in the music to get their feet to move. With School of Euphoria, these depressive young lads of pop throw themselves completely into the arms of electronic dance music that makes the mirror balls spin in synthesized ecstasy.

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THE E STREET BAND/ US Get ready for some ”Glory Days” at Roskilde Festival when Bruce Springsteen takes the iconic main stage. Having this denim-clad superhero on Orange Stage is no longer a dream scenario. In 2012, he and his faithful the E Street Band will fill a summer’s night with poetic rock songs; and the great artist has just released the new indignant album, Wrecking Ball.

spoek mathambo has a Danish connection: CHLLNGR from Copenhagen has crafted beats for the South African ghetto rapper.

sprutbass/n See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

STAFF BENDA BILILI/ CD They excited with a great funk party in 2010 when all sceptical misgivings were groundless. Staff Benda Bilili is a group of Congolese polio survivors in wheelchairs who,

despite poverty and disease, have developed a stripped-down but smiling mix of rumba, soul and ‘congotronics’. Staff Benda Bilili steadily move upwards on the global music scene.

THE SWAY MACHINERY/ US Jeremiah Lockwood has the spiritual Jewish music as a starting point. He plants the chanting, vibrating cantor singing in a gaudy flowerbed of African, East European and Middle Eastern sounds. At the same time, the interplay and the brass band guarantee a playful and rocking atmosphere, lifting the ancient music traditions to a higher level of funk and Afrobeat-like music. julius sylvest/ dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. TALK NORMAL/US Through their basic combination of beauty-insulting guitar playing and minimalistic drumming, Talk Normal revive New York as the capital of musical noise as it once was in the early 80s under the banner of no wave. The Brooklyn duo rips through songs that sparkle with dissonance, energy and wildness. Being completely non-dogmatic and cool, Talk Normal sets a noisy agenda that once more makes jarring guitars sound fresh, frothing and dangerous.

suicide silence

SUICIDE SILENCE/ US Suicide Silence’s third release is called The Black Crown. Here they overwhelm a growing crowd of disciples with deathcore, filled to the brim with growling and screaming vocals, manic intensity and explosive energy. The band has learned from the busy touring schedules and has taken the most brutal parts from the previous albums. They have con-

TAMIKREST/ MALI Ousmane Ag Mossa and his band deal with a wartorn childhood. They are proud practitioners of the Tuareg blues, still you can detect ripples from Western music in the desert sand. With soothing electric guitars, hypnotic percussion and female backing vocals and high-pitched, trilling vocal sounds, Tamikrest create their own tracks in the golden, dry landscape. team me/ n See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

The spirit of Sonic Youth The media has called the Megaphonic Thrift a Norwegian counterpart to Sonic Youth, Talk Normal makes noise as they did in their greenest youth. and Sonic Youth’s faithful lead guitarist, experimenting soul and occasional singer Lee Ranaldo gives a taste of his solo debut rock album.

S-T · Band presentations

DJ STATIC w/ TEMU, BLOOD SWEAT DRUM+BASS and GUESTS/DK DJ Static leads a 27-piece big band and plays his coming album Rolig Under Pres in its entirety. It’s an album, and a concert visited by Danish acts such as Jokeren, Peter Sommer, Orgi-E, Per Vers, Raske Penge and Swedish rapper Promoe – among many more. The huge setup has over 80 musicians, rappers and singers and is seasoned with hip hop classics, break dance and freestyles.

structed an even fiercer beast that, according to the band, “attacks, attacks, attacks”.

To do-list for metal-fans with a propensity for the challenging Did you catch Mastodon or Kylesa at last year’s Roskilde Festival? Then Today Is The Day, Baroness and Liturgy IS the absolute minimal curriculum.

T · Band presentations

JØRGEN TELLER & THE EMPTY STAIRS feat. LAZARA/ DK/BEL With two drummers – Tobias R. Kirstein as a regular feature and Belgian Lazara visiting – Jørgen Teller & The Empty Stairs become an experience out of the ordinary. Presenting a combination of improvisation and psychedelic energy the guitarist Jørgen Teller, bassist Søren Gorm and the rest of the entourage short-circuit your mind with beautiful noise where the entrance to heaven is sprinkled with rusty nails and tricky pitfalls. TER HAAR/DE Berlin’s equivalent to Battles, Ter Haar, started out as an instrumental band, which you feel in the musicality and attention to detail in all of the trio’s songs. The ambition is edgy, complex post-rock that makes you want to dance rather than count time signatures. Ter Haar prove that challenging music doesn’t need to be without a sense of humour. TODAY IS THE DAY/ US Don’t be fooled by the optimistic and seize the dayish band name. With legend, riff wizard and daredevil Steve Austin at the helm, Today Is The Day is a style-defining and cultish band of the extreme. With jagged rhythms, metallic brutishness and a geeky attention to detail, these veterans carve their own bloody niche in today’s metal scene. THE TODDLA T SOUND/ UK Sheffield’s own Toddla T has DJ’ed longer than he has been able to hold a driver’s license. Today he is a well-established British DJ act, for instance at the hot London club Fabric and on BBC Radio 1. Based on the two albums Skanky Skanky and Watch Me Dance, Toddla T now goes all the way with a show featuring a sonic vortex of dancehall, house, garage and countless other dance genres from both Great Britain and the Caribbean.

touchy mob

TOUCHY MOB/DE How would Kraftwerk’s robots sound if they grabbed the acoustic guitar? Touchy Mob presents an idea of this scenario. Despite the band name, this is an austere solo project where the bearded Ludwig Plath with his acoustic guitar, a little electronics and angular time signatures create a personal sound that alternates between organic warmth and cold electronic dystopia. With few means Touchy Mob creates his very own ‘folk techno’. BOUBACAR TRAORÉ/MALI Having played for over 40 years, Boubacar Traoré makes his Roskilde debut, and not one day too soon. Actually, it’s a minor legend that we can finally welcome to Roskilde Festival. With a voice that sounds like it has slow-ripened in the sun, Traoré plays the blues with the acoustic guitar as the main accompaniment. Humble and intimate music, often frayed by melancholy. Don’t miss a meeting with a West African veteran whose status in his native country is on par with Ali Farka Touré. TRASH TALK/US You shouldn’t really use too many words to describe a band such as Trash Talk. With this kind of hardcore band, it’s all about getting into the eye of the storm

and sweat off a few pounds. Screaming, vocal cordwrecking voices and aggressive riffs dominate Trash Talk’s ultra-short and unmelodious punk songs that often transform band and audience into one giant monster with arms and legs sticking in all directions.

ulige numre/dk See Pavilion Junior presentations on p. 46-49.

maïa vidal · photo: noni korf vidal

MAÏA VIDAL/FR Paris calls for a soundtrack of accordion, glockenspiel and sweet charm. Maïa Vidal is a worldling with several cities as her home turfs, but her primarily English-language songs bring about a feeling of the city of lights. Her music is rich on classic Seine atmosphere. The well-travelled Parisienne uses accordion, guitar, violin and various toy instruments in her both playful and nostalgic universe. Soffie viemose/dk See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. vaagsbygd handy/ n See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43. war for youth/dk/s See Apollo Countdown presentations on p. 40-43.

the vaccines

THE VACCINES/ UK British band The Vaccines have marched straight into the hearts of both the music press and audience. The formula behind their music is a tried and tested one, but nonetheless very effective: catchy rock that just about contains the quintessence of every band of quality ever to grace the loudspeakers of any Ramonesposter-decorated teenage room.

WARBRINGER/ US Thrash metal enjoys a renaissance right now. Warbringer belongs to this wave and obviously adore 80s metal elements such as gas-guzzling tempos, long hair and windswept guitar solos. But the Californian band is not just a tribute to bygone times. Hardened by intense touring and sweaty mosh pits since 2004, the L.A. thrashers’ brutal songs mutate in new ways – often with a destructive undercurrent of death metal.

boubacar traoré got the nickname ‘kar kar’, or in English: ‘the dribbler’, when he played football in his youth.

T-W · Band presentations

TUNE-YARDS/US Merrill Garbus has thoroughly studied the great pop cookbook. However, it seems that she has read it backwards and upside down. WHOKILL, the second album under the moniker tUnE-yArDs, has made the woman with the androgynous African voice the new prodigy of mad pop. A sister-in-spirit of Animal Collective, Björk and Dirty Projectors. Garbus’ music waddles and hobbles charmingly out there, highfiving East Africa, R&B, hip hop and avant-garde along the way.

DANYEL WARO/ REU Réunion lies east of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. The tiny dot on the map has its own, original music. The ritualistic droning style of Maloya was created by the descendants of black slaves and has a strong appeal to the sense of independence in the islanders. Despite his partially French origin, Danyel Waro is one of the most outstanding ambassadors of this culture. The islanders love him as a unique musician, poet, storyteller, freedom fighter and commentator.

jack white · photo: jo mccaughey

JACK WHITE/US The White Stripes helped kick-start rock again a little over 10 years ago. Having expanded his repertoire

LARS WINNERBÄCK/ S Sweden’s perhaps most popular rock singer nowadays is called Lars Winnerbäck, a troubadour with a bulging song catalogue and a huge ecstatic crowd celebrating him as one of the brightest shining lights of the Swedish songwriting tradition. On his latest album Tänk om jeg ångrar mig, och sen ångrar mig igen, synthesizers and electric guitars move away from the ballad tradition, which has previously been the popular Swede’s domain. WIZ KHALIFA/ US You’ve probably heard “Black and Yellow”. With this hit, Wiz Khalifa went straight for the heart of the audience and gave both Drake and Lil Wayne a run for their money about being the young generation’s biggest hip hop hero. In the course of numerous mixtapes and other releases Cameron Jibril Thomaz has expanded his fan base with a persistence, energy and dedication, which also shows during live shows as a true contrast to his cannabis-seasoned and laid-back hip hop. YELAWOLF/US Alabama has no reputation as a hip hop mecca compared to Los Angeles or Detroit. At least not yet. Yelawolf is one of the southern state city’s new ambassadors and has, despite his skin colour, been the new black for some time in the global hip hop club. A skinny country boy brought up on Lynyrd Skynyrd, but with an aggressive, vicious and virtuous rap style that places him just as much in the company of Tech N9ne as Eminem.

RESIDENT DJ’s A selection of DJs play between some of the scheduled artists. At Apollo: 2000F, Kasper Bjørke, JG and Waqar. At Cosmopol: Bang Bang, DJ Miles Cleret and DJ Typhoon.

w-y · Band presentations

WEEDEATER/ US The initiated call it sludge. You could also simply describe Weedeater’s sound as a cross between AC/DC and Black Sabbath with a Dixie flag hanging in the rehearsal room. Weedeater are without a doubt good-natured Southern folks – the band’s first album was called ... And Justice For Y’all with a howdy to Metallica’s classic. The music, however, is a deadly mixture of fast riffs, whipped drums and growling vocals.

with the super rock groups The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, Jack White now takes the stage himself, and the first live shows reveal an artist at the peak of his career. Ready with songs from the new solo album, Blunderbuss, and picks from the rich back catalogue. With Jack White, the reawakening of the classic rock tradition continues.

MORE THAN MUSIC

Art performance co-creation dream city street city roskilde cinema Food and drinks

photo: morten kjĂŚr

more than music · ART

More Than Music – crazier than ever

Roskilde Festival is about experiences that turn you and your world upside down. This year, our More Than Music program is bigger and better than ever. Some events require your participation – others will just push you over – but what they all have in common is that they will stretch your limits. On the next pages we will guide you to the highlights in this year’s More Than Music program.

Together with the Copenhagen Gallery V1, we have asked the world’s perhaps best graffiti painter Steve Powers to paint the bandstand wall by Orange Stage. In the 90’s Steve Powers was part of the legendary “On The Go Magazine”, which you could call the world’s first street art bible. Today, among other things, he works on spicing

raumlabor

up sad and grey neighbourhoods with (legal) graffiti. Check out his works on Roskilde Festival if you want to experience street art that does much more than just being silly statements on rooftops. In Art City, with Enough About You, you can experience how crazy it feels to meet new people in

Don’t miss anything You can stay updated on the entire More Than Music program with the official Roskilde Festival app. Download it on the internet or text RF APP to (+45) 42 40 90 19.

a small, closed room without it being about speed dating. Einat Amir calls herself a provocateur of intimacy, and if you have the courage, you’ll accept the challenge of going into a small soundproof box with a complete stranger. A voice will tell you both what you have to do in the box, and four minutes later you’ll know a stranger better than you know the person you picked up in your camp last night. If you have the guts, that is.

This year, more than music presents the biggest and most ambitious programme yet.

After four minutes in the hands of Einat Amir, you can take your new friend to Raumlabor, which is one of the wildest artist groups in Berlin. They have been called activistic urbanists, and their art is meant as comments on the surroundings they live in. Raumlabor’s false “advertising wall” is specially created for Roskilde Festival during springs Roskilde Road Trip in Berlin. Find them in Urban Zone.

Enough about you

FIND IT HERE Check out Steve Powers’ work at the back wall of the stands at Orange Stage. Einat Amir’s performance takes place in Art City. The Raumlabor installation can be found in the Urban Zone.

CHECK OUT THE ARTISTS Steve Powers www.aloveletterforyou.com Einat Amir www.einatamir.com Raumlabor www.raumlabor.net

more than music · ART

Enough About You: Plywood Dome, Art City (Ago ra L). Sunday 1 July 12.00 - 16.00. Monday 2 July, Tuesday 3 July and Wednesday 4 July 12.00 - 18.00.

Enough About You is presented in cooperation with Lilith Perfomance Stu dio, Malmø and Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde.

Four shows that will change your world From theremin superstars and old school vinyl DJs, to a conductor unlike any you have ever heard before. Roskilde Festival will change your view on art and yourself.

more than music · performance

You already challenged your boundaries of intimacy in Einat Amir’s Enough About You – and now you can go one step further with the Korean performance artist Kyungwoo Chun and his performance Versus, which challenges you to get up close and personal with the other festival guests. In Social Zone, you’re sitting in a long row, facing each other, and from here, Kyungwoo Chun will control you and bring you closer together. You’ll be asked to lay your head on the shoulder of the person in front of you, or forehead against forehead until your breathing is totally synchronized. This is not for the faint of heart, and it is not an experience you are likely to forget easily either. We could spend most of this book explaining you what a theremin is and how it works! However, we’ll only say that it is an instrument like no other in this world. You know its melodic and slightly spooky sound from horror movies, but did you know that bands like Mercury Rev, Echo & The Bunnymen, and Dinosaur Jr have also used the theremin in their music? Experience the absolute master of the theremin, Dorit Chrysler. at a twilight-performance in Social Zone. The hand movements of Dorit Chrysler will not only control the sounds from the theremin, but also the huge light installations in the zone.

the world. This has resulted in a pretty wild DJperformance where Blue Flamingo plays the records on an old record player from 1957 amplified by a just as old school Fender guitar amp. The performance will take place in Sonic Zone, and will for sure be the most unique DJ you’ll ever experience. In the department of artists who take performance art to new places, you’ll also find Danish Fos. He creates music and sound through a simple conductor system where he activates five musicians by using two lamps. Each performance takes place at Gloria and lasts for 30 to 45 minutes and no two concerts are the same. He calls the unique performance Small White Man and it is presented in cooperation with Museum of Contemporary Art in dorit chrysler Roskilde.

Now that we’re at the subject of freaky features, don’t forget the dutch DJ Blue Flamingo. Behind the name you’ll find Ziya Ertekin, who just loves old black 78’ vinyls, which he collects around

Fos – “Small White Man” Hall 1, Gloria Zone, Friday 6 and Saturday 7 July. Both days 14.00 - 15.00 and 18.00 - 19.00.

Kyungwoo Chun Social Zone, Friday 6 July, Saturday 7 July and Sunday 8 July 13.00 and 17.00.

AKUSTISK · ELEKTRISK · ELEKTRONISK komponer din egen musik

emk

elektronisk musik komposition

H Ø J S K O L E 1N roskilde_v2_uk.pdf

12/06/12

18.59

Se mere og tilmeld dig på www.musikogteater.dk

more than music · co-creation 90

Festival stories, flying haystacks and a party you’ll never forget This is Roskilde Festival as you have never seen and experienced it before – and YOU need to take part!

You’re sitting in your camp staring blankly into the air. Suddenly an enormous parade passes by. Complete with mobile haystacks, UFO’s, a Chinese dragon, a container ship and a hand-knitted caravan. Welcome to Roskilde Festival’s Art Parade. It is a big mobile exhibition, demonstration and performance and among the contributors are a long line of Danish and international artists. It’s cool, spacy, political and psychedelic, but the best thing is that you can take part yourself. The Art Parade is produced in collaboration with the Museum for Contemporary art in Roskilde, but as mentioned, we need you as well. If you’re more into words than parade, join in when The Moth invites you in for storytelling in their unique Moth way. The Moths are among the best storytellers in the world and are known for their phenomenal ability to catch the listeners’ stories and bring them to life. This is where you need to share

your best, funniest, most beautiful, most incredible, saddest, unforgettable and secret Roskilde Festival stories with other guests, artists, volunteers and employees. You’re on the train coming home from work or school. Suddenly the guy next to you takes off his trousers and you think: ”Oh, great. One of those days”. But when EVERYBODY around you suddenly takes off their trousers you know it will NOT be one of those days after all. You have landed in the middle of a Charlie Todd flash mob. In his native America Charlie Todd, who refers to himself as a ”super prankster”, is the king off flash mobs and his Improv Everywhere collective can now be experienced in Denmark for the first time ever. We don’t want to give away too much info on the action besides the fact that Charlie Todd and Improv Everywhere will open the Festival Area on Thursday afternoon, and will invite you to Black Tie Beach at the swimming lake as well.

the art parade is cool, spacy, political and psychedelic, but the best thing is that you can take part yourself.

more than music 路 co-creation

Kunstparaden Tuesday 3 July. Starts 13.00 at Entrance West and ends approx. 16.00 in Art City (Agora L). Afterwards works are exhibited in Art City until 19.00. The Moth Plywood Dome, Art City (Agora L). Monday 2 July, Tuesday 3 July and Wednesday 4 July 18.00 - 20.00.

Improv Everywhere Roskilde Festival MP3 Experiment Game City, Sunday 1 July 14.00. SWIM CITY Black Tie Beach Swim City. Monday 2 July 14.00. Giant Freeze Social Zone. Friday 6 July 15.00.

DREAM CITY – The City without limits A giant pyramid, a tree that plays songs from bands playing at Roskilde and a lot of other stuff you never will forget – welcome to Dream City.

more than music · Dream city 92

Dream City is a new part of Roskilde Festival. It’s the guests’ own camping-city, which we gave you the opportunity to design and develop during the spring. In Dream City, only your imagination sets the limit for the projects. Go there right now and see how the city grows in all directions. During the festival you can experience a choir consisting of a hundred people singing about environmental challenges, the worlds perhaps only MPTREE alongside Roskilde Festival’s first ever alternative cowboy saloon. We are more than excited to see how the many thrilling projects turn out. You can experience Dream City in camping area P (East).

Climb the pyramid During the spring, festival guests have conjured up a lot of new ideas for different projects, which are located in Dream City. One idea is a pyramid that you can climb. From the top you are encouraged to say something nice to your fellow festival guests. The pyramid is a unique version of Charlie Todd and Improv Everywhere’s installation ‘Say Something Nice’ built in Dream City. Two festival guests are responsible for the design and erection of the pyramid. Their design should function both as a place where you can meet and hang out on the steps of the pyramid, and a megaphone on top of the pyramid where you are encouraged to say something nice to each other. Visit Dream City if you want to see the finished version of the pyramid and experience the many other exciting projects and happenings that the festival guests in Dream City have created.

project: Climb the pyramid in Dream City.

Ny Tuborg Squash

Mindre sukker - mindre sĂ¸d

more than music · street city

Street City Street City at Camping West presents the crème de la crème of Danish and International names. Here you will find everything from live acts and workshops with energetic dancers and street art artists to shows with skaters, BMX-riders and in-liners. SKATE The party kicks off Sunday 1 July at 14.00 where you have the chance of winning a ticket for Roskilde Festival 2012 in the skate competition. Bring your board and sign up at the bowl at 13.00 – 14.00. Later that day Denmark will battle Germany in a skating national match as a warm-up for the finals in the European Football Championships, which is broadcast on the big screen in Street City.

On Tuesday come and check out the legendary skaters from ALIS Skate Team and Burn Nordic Skate Team in two amazing shows, presented by Tacky.dk. There’s also several skate demos and competitions courtesy of CPH Skatepark. MUSIK Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday Street City will host the brand new Rap Slam Battles, which are an innovative combination of rap battle and poetry slam. Improvisation has been abandoned in favour of significantly raised demands on lyrics giving the spectators a unique combination of poetry and rap. You can also experience live shows with Exampler, Stanley Most, Emma Lill’ and Schmugs. Monday and Tuesday nights will have the traditional DJsessions with P6 all stars and the Yo Fok collective. WORKSHOPS Street City presents three different workshops. Every morning starts with a Street Art workshop where you can learn to create awesome pieces under the guidance of Hands Off and Smelt Mig. Sunday to Wednesday the professional dance team Gully Grinders will have workshops and battles in Street City. Wednesday the winners of battles will compete in the finals. It’s never too late to learn how to skate. That’s why during warm-up skilled skaters in Street City will teach you everything you need to know about skating. Even if you have never tried it before.

photo: ivan boll

+00 Local skate competition

14:00

23:00

22:00

21:00

20:00

+30 European Football Championships

+00 National skate match

18:00

monday 2 july

+00 DJ session

+30 Skate competition (The street area)

+30 BMX (The street area)

+00 RapSlamBattles +30 Hip hop live act

+30 Street dance workshop

+30 BMX (The bowl)

+30 In-line (The bowl)

+30 Street art workshop

tuesday 3 july

+00 DJ session

+00 Skate demo (The vert ramp)

+00 Tacky Invitational (skate) +30 BMX/in-line mix demo (The vert ramp)

+00 Hip hop live act

+00 RapSlamBattles

+00 Tacky Invitational (skate) +30 Street dance workshop

+30 Bowl Days (Skate in the bowl)

+30 Street art workshop

more than music · street city

19:00

+00 Hip hop live act

17:00

16:00

15:00

13:00

+00 Street dance workshop

12:00

sunday 1 july

11:00

time

wednesday 4 july

+00 Hip hop live act

+00 RapSlamBattles

+30 Street dance pro battle

+30 Street dance workshop

+30 Skate demo (The bowl)

+30 In-line (The street area)

+30 Street art workshop

Docu-porn and Asian kick-ass! Roskilde Cinema gives you legendary film experiences, as you have never seen them before. In collaboration with CPH:DOX and CPH PIX we serve up everything from docu-porn to films about Indonesian martial arts as well as the hottest blockbusters. So grab your girl/boy by one hand and popcorn by the other and swing by the cinema tent. It is free!

more than music · RO

AI WEIWEI: Never Sorry Ai Wei Wei is a Chinese artist who was arrested and imprisoned in 2010 by the Chinese government who wanted to silence the critical artist. A stirring documentary about a man who refuses to stop fighting the battle for human rights. the alps The director of the pitch-black cult comedy Dogtooth brings us a satisfying follow-up. ‘The Alps’ is about a mysterious group of people who

are hired as stand-ins for recently deceased family members of the grieving bereaved. It is an absurd tragic comedy with an offbeat resonance. The Artist After having won five Oscars, including for best film, The Artist gave silent films a new voice. The film is a tribute to the classical tale of great egos, art and love, and through the use of humour and filmic inventiveness the imagery and musical clichés of Hollywood are lifted to new, enthralling heights.

photo: khanh gia nguyen

Anonymous employees saved the forbidden clips, however, and collected them on a fabled reel, which can now be experienced in full.

the avengers

drive

Drive The international breakthrough of Winding Refn is a well-proportioned petrol drama with equal measures of Grease, Bullit and Miami Vice. Ryan Gosling is the silent toothpick-chewing avenger who forces ‘coolness’ into sixth gear, helped along by the strong soundtrack.

black’s game

Black’s Game This is an intense, fast-paced and extremely entertaining Icelandic crime thriller about a young boy’s free fall in the underworld of Reykjavik in the 90s, and it definitely holds its own among the best Nordic movies within the genre. Bombay Beach Bombay Beach is an abandoned holiday paradise in the middle of the Colorado desert. Spirits are high despite the fact that the remaining inhabitants are living in rusty caravans. Beirut provides the soundtrack to Alma Har’els dreamy documentary that paints a sunny and surreal picture of a life lived in poverty and freedom. the censorship reels Before movie censorship in Denmark was lifted sex, violence and everything in between was cut from movies before they were shown in theatres.

grandma lo-fi

Grandma Lo-Fi She only started making music at the age of 70, but still Icelandic Sigrídur Nielsdóttir managed to record 59 albums in her living room in the space of 7 years. This is a weird musical life story in the form of a merry collage of photographs, 8 mm film and animation. HPG Watch Stream Live – Sex Cam HD Porn Free Hard XXX Thousands of hours of recordings behind the scenes with French porn king Hérve P. Gustave have become an un-prejudiced, intelligent and incredibly funny insight into the most popular of all documentary genres.

more than music · ROSKILDE CINEMA

The Avengers The Earth’s future looks bleak when the super villain Loke decides to usurp world domination helped by warrior space monsters. Luckily, the ultimate A-team is standing by. Hawkeye, Black Widow, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor and The Hulk spring to action in this super hero hit of the year.

Rastafarian movement was at its absolute peak. It is a film about women, football and marihuana, but first and foremost about the music that lifted the street urchin out of the slum and into the charts worldwide.

killer joe

more than music · ROSKILDE CINEMA 98

Killer Joe William Friedkin (The Exorcist and The French Connection) returns to his roots with this cheeky gem of a grindhouse movie about the probably most cynical hit man in movie history. Killer Joe is the movie Tarantino wishes he had made.

oslo 31. august

Oslo 31. August We meet Anders, a 34-year-old drug addict in rehab, and follow him for 24 hours in the Norwegian capital. Here he meets old friends who have all moved on, had kids and grown up. Oslo, 31. August is a masterly existential tale of melancholy and the feeling of inadequacy.

livid

Livid One night, a light-fingered young home carer lets herself into a house, which turns out to harbour secrets a lot different from what she expected. This is an old school gothic horror movie starting as an adventure and ending as a delirious nightmare. The Magic Trip In 1964, with the newly invented LSD-25 as a mental compass, Ken Kesey and a bunch of equal-minded people went on a psychedelic crusade across USA in a school bus. They recorded it all – and now you can finally experience the trip yourself. Marley In 1978 Roskilde Festival buys the legendary canopy stage. Later the same year it is inaugurated by the reggae legend above them all – Bob Marley. Now you can join us on a musical journey of your dreams back to a time where the

Pearl Jam Twenty In the hands of Academy Award winning director Cameron Crowe, grunge-giants Pearl Jam’s twenty-year band story has become a gripping tale about their amazing career.

play

Play Jacques Tati meets Michael Haneke in Ruben Östlund’s controversial and razor sharp film. It is a dramatised re-enactment based on thorough research of more than 40 cases of extremely rough bullying and cons committed by very young immigrant children in Gothenburg.

the raid

turning

Turning Thanks to modern technology, Antony Hegarty from Antony & The Johnsons will appear at Roskilde Cinema and present this musical and visual masterpiece he created in collaboration with video artist Charles Atlas.

The Room The audience favourite of last year returns to Roskilde! The Room is intended as a serious love triangle drama, but has become famous for its appalling acting and absurd dialogue. Help us bring down Roskilde Cinema when ‘the worst film in the world’ again gives us an experience to remember.

underwater love

tim & eric’s billion dollar movie

Tim & Eric’s Billion Dollar Movie The cultish comic duo Tim and Eric are given a billion dollars with which to make a movie, but end up spending the money on plastic surgery and a spiritual guide. At the risk of their lives the duo attempt to repay their debts by taking over a bankrupt mall full of bizarre shopkeepers and a man-eating wolf.

Underwater Love People meet and magic happens. In this case it’s a Japanese porn director, an international star photographer, and a German-French synth pop band. Romance, silly pop and vulgar porn humour come together in Shinji Imaoka’s potential cult movie about a horny kappa. You & Me Forever Join us for an exclusive preview of the talented Kaspar Munk’s drama about the high school girls Laura and Christine. Their friendship is tested when they meet the party girl Maria. While Laura becomes fascinated and is weaved into a web of sex, parties and deception, Christine feels the bond between them give way.

more than music · ROSKILDE CINEMA

The Raid A rabid fighting dog on steroids and pure adrenalin is the most fitting description of The Raid. It is an ultra-violent action movie whose equal has not been seen since John Woo and Ringo Lam took the Hong Kong-movie with a storm.

ROSKILDE CINEMA schedule time

sunday 1 july

monday 2 july

wednesday 4 july

more than music · ROSKILDE CINEMA

09:30

Killer Joe

Drive

The Artist

11.30

Bombay Beach

The Censorship Reels

Surprise