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Now in its fourth full edition in Krakow, the Unsound Festival has redefined what an electronic festival should be, both in its scope - with acts ranging from highly experimental to neoclassical to noise to dubstep and more - and in the quality of accompanying events such as workshops, panels, exhibitions and film events.
Just last month, the influential online electronic music magazine Resident Advisor ranked Unsound as the second best festival in October, a first for any Polish festival. The magazine wrote: �Poland continues to stake its claim for a place among Europe's premier festival destinations, and perhaps the most intriguing of the nation's offerings is the seven-day Unsound Festival�.
Each edition has been more ambitious than the last, and this year is no exception. Some of the most anticipated performances include a showcase of Ben Frost's Bedroom Community label (Interview with Ben Frost), the Bass Mutations event featuring some of the most respected names in dubstep, and the Experimental Tendencies evening, featuring American independent artist Grouper and a German-Polish collaboration called Solid State Transmitters. For more highlights, see the schedule below, and visit www.unsound.pl.
Monday - 19 October
19:00 - Manggha
Official Opening of Unsound
20:00 - Manggha
Opening Concert - Jacaszek
Tuesday - 20 October
18:00 - Erdal Factory
Opening of "Systems" Exhibit
Wednesday - 21 October
19:30 - Kino Uciecha
SOUNDSCAPES 1:
20:00 - Grouper
21:10 - Sebastian Meissner + Kwartludium = Solid State Transmitters
Thursday - 22 October
20:00 - Krakow Philharmonic Hall
SOUNDSCAPES 2:
20:15 - James Blackshaw
21:15 - Johann Johannsson
22:00 - Manggha
SoundProof 1: NO VISA REQUIRED
Friday - 23 October
16:00 - Pauza
Last FM DJ set 1:
17:30 - Bunkier Sztuki
Manifestos on Electronic Dance Music - Panel Discussion
19:30 - St Catherine's Church
SOUNDSCAPES 3:
20:00 - Biosphere
21:10 - Stars of the Lid
22:30 - Manggha
SoundProof 1: DETROIT MUTATIONS
Saturday - 24 October
16:00 - Pauza
Last FM DJ Set 2
16:30 - Goethe Institute
Who Programs Who? - Panel Discussion
19:30 - Engineering Museum
SOUNDSCAPES 4:
20:00 - Soap&Skin
21:10 - Valgeir Sigurosson
21:10 - Nico Muhly
21:10 - Ben Frost
21:10 - Sam Amidon
22:30 - Manggha
SoundProof 2: BASS MUTATIONS - overview of dubstep:
22:30 - Pavel Ambiont
23:30 - 2562
00:30 - Untold
01:30 - Kode9 & the Spaceape
02:30 - Zomby
03:30 - Ikonika
Sunday - 25 October
19:30 - Teatr Laznia Nowa
Sunn O))) - The world's best known doom metal band
22:30 - Pauza
semi-official AFTER PARTY - surprise guests!
For more information and a complete schedule, visit the Unsound Festival website.
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