Catalan Artists to Discover at Primavera Sound 2019
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Catalan Artists Line Up 04 Agost 21 Lil Moss 05 Albany 22 María José Llergo 06 Aleesha 23 Me and the Bees 07 Aliment 24 Mujeres 08 Conttra 25 Museless 09 Cupido 26 Odina 10 Dj Coco 27 PAVVLA 11 Dj Rosario & Sama Yax 28 Retirada! 12 Egosex 29 Rosalía 13 Evripidis and his Tragedies 30 Shakti Alliance 14 Femnøise 31 The Mani-las 15 IM 32 Ylia 16 Kelly Kapøwsky Last updated on May 15. The dates may be subject to changes. 3 Catalan artists to discover at Primavera Sound 2019 Primavera Sound is one of those “can’t miss” music festivals. On this edition, Barcelona will become again an international music capital, with over 200 performances full of emerging talent and a good example of equal gender representation on the festival bill. In this booklet we’re delighted to present the 25 Catalonia- based bands. We hope it will become a useful companion for you when planning your week. We would like to welcome you also to Primavera Pro, the global meeting point for the music industry that we’re sponsoring and invite you to meet all accredited professionals during the “Botifarrada” Primavera Pro Welcome Party, organised by the Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies and its internationalisation brand, Catalan Arts. This is a unique opportunity to connect, network and strengthen ties with fellow professionals, and enjoy a soundtrack by three up-and- coming Catalan artists, taking part on the 2019 line-up. Join us on Wednesday 29th May, at 6pm, at the CCCB for some food, wine and music! If you want more information on a particular artist or band, please don’t hesitate to contact them directly, or contact any of our offices –located in Barcelona, Berlin, Brussels, London and Paris– for further assistance. The Live Music Scene in Catalonia. Quick Facts & Figures: • 365 music festivals (Primavera Sound leading the list) (2019) • 270 public venues (2018) • 77 private venues associated to ASACC (2019) • 5.181.966 audience (2017) • 77.531.731 € turnover (2017) Sources: ICEC - Catalan Institute for Cultural Companies, Ministry of Culture, ASACC - Catalan Music Venues Association, SGAE 4 PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 Agost POP-ELECTRONIC “It really sounds like Animal Collective”, said electronic music. “Can’t you see it’s Beach House?”, said dream pop. “You have no idea, it must be Slowdive” thundered Shoegaze. Agost sound like all of them because they have layers of sound to give and take from the album they have just released on Hidden Track Records. They have presented it with Heh, christened like the Egyptian god of infinite space, and this alone is the definition that settles the argument about what their music is like: infinite, expansive and divine. agost.bandcamp.com | @agostband | @agost_agost Wednesday, May 29 | 18:30 Primavera Sound Barcelona Day Pro Sunday, June 02 | 22:30 Management Primavera Sound Barcelona Pértiga Music Apolo Venue [email protected] PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 5 Albany URBAN In a world with avalanches of plans, proposals and places to be, Albany, the smallest yet biggest secret on the national trap scene, asserts herself with sad rhymes that are almost laments. After years wandering the depths of YouTube, the Catalan artist revindicates the right to shut oneself away in ones bedroom, put one’s head under the pillow, and settle the score with ourselves and our ghosts. smarturl.it/AlbanyWNP | @Noplacetonothin | @lalbany Management Saturday, June 01 | 23:15 Four Pockets Full Booking Primavera Sound Barcelona [email protected] El Punto by Adidas Originals 6 PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 Aleesha URBAN Born in Ibiza, of British mother and Indonesian father. An explosive combination! At least as far as her music is concerned. She is the coolest in her neighbourhood, the most stylish, the best at social networking… an urban diva. She gives as easily as she takes. Aleesha might upload four tracks on YouTube and take them down that same afternoon. Her music isn’t of the immediate-hit type, it needs to be taken slowly, relished from start to finish. In case it isn’t clear yet: she’s the coolest thing around. @aleeshatherose | @ale.e.sha Sunday, June 02 | 16:30 Primavera Sound Barcelona Management Barcelona [email protected] PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 7 Aliment PUNK After two albums released under La Castanya, the Barcelona-based trio takes a step forward with an exciting third album: Brother (2018). New songs with a post-punk scent where Aliment explores their most obscure and intense side. Rhythm focused but never giving up their melodic side, their cocktail of influences goes from post-hardcore totems such as Fugazi to the raw sounds of contemporary bands like Protomartyr. However at Primavera Sound 2019 the band pays tribute to Television Personalities playing some of their hits. @alimentaliment | @alimentband Management Thursday, May 30 | 18:25 La Castanya Primavera Sound Barcelona [email protected] Your Heineken Stage 8 PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 Conttra ROCK-DISCO Having a live act so infectious that even the venue staff end up dancing. Conttra, the Barcelona quartet that debuted in 2017 with their eponymous LP, endorse sweat: ours on the dance floor and theirs on stage. Heirs of the stage ecstasy of bands such as Franz Ferdinand, Foals, The Rapture and !!!, those ones that don’t take any match as friendly or a stage as too small. In 2018 they released the EP 2050, which includes the disco-funk track I Got Down On My Knees For You. Never a truer word spoken: at your feet, kiddos. conttra.bandcamp.com | @conttra_ | @conttra | @conttraconttra Wednesday, May 29 | 14:30 Management Primavera Sound Barcelona El Segell / Primavera Labels Day Pro [email protected] PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 9 Cupido URBAN-POP We know each other so well that we even recognise the expression on our faces when we listen to a song and fall in love… The union between Pimp Flaco and Solo Astra has stolen our hearts with just one arrow in the form of a song and a handful of concerts in which trap moves closer to pop and indie snuggles up to urban sounds. We cannot fool you, you can tell immediately, and that’s why they were the band that was chosen to unveil Hermanx, Primavera Labels’ street- cred-genre division. Cupido take aim. We will always be your target. @cupidoamorciego Management Hermanx / Primavera Labels Booking: carles.baena@ primaverasound.com Sunday, June 02 | 21:00 Press: natalia.brovedanni@ Primavera Sound Barcelona primaverasound.com Barcelona 10 PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 Dj Coco DJ At Primavera Sound there is only one constant: change. And that is why, not even things as important as the traditional closing of the festival, celebrating life with DJ Coco, are sacrosanct. But in fact doesn’t the festival end on Sunday in the Apolo with the last ones standing, and not at the Fòrum? The most agile wrists behind the decks of national indie will celebrate the rite of passage with an added twist: the last will be the first, but for the first time ever the last will really be the last. www.elsegell.com/dj-coco | @diyeicoco | @djcoconista Management El Segell / Primavera Labels Sunday, June 02 | 03:00 [email protected] Primavera Sound Barcelona Farmway Records Apolo Venue [email protected] PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 11 Dj Rosario & Sama Yax DJ This is what we meant by #TheNewNormal: a little less conversation, a little more action… and DJing. On the equalitarian menu served through the Primavera Sound 2019 lineup, the dessert was meant to come from these two in-house chefs, as involved in tech-house and afrobeat as they are in feminist vindications: DJ Rosario and Sama Yax. A promising back2back in which disco, house, indie remixes, and above all music made by women. The future is female? Not anymore. The present is female and these two are playing its soundtrack. www.oniricaproduction.com/djrosario | @charkis73 | @djRosario2002 www.mixcloud.com/SamaYax | @sama_yax Booking Saturday, June 01 | 05:00 Femnøise Primavera Sound Barcelona [email protected] Ray-Ban 12 PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 Egosex POP-ELECTRONIC The word Egosex refers to the seductive knowledge of our most primitive sense of self, the art of being in touch with the divine animal you are and knowing precisely what your intentions are. Comprising of vocalist Wekaforé, guitarist Hug and Percussionist Lluís, the Barcelona-based band classify their music as “trance jungle blues”. Mixing primitive sounds and futurist arrangements to explore topics of spirituality, modern love affairs and politics. www.egosex.net | @egosex_ | @ego_sex | @egosexmusic Wednesday, May 29 | 18:00 Primavera Sound Barcelona Management Night Pro [email protected] PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 13 Evripidis and his Tragedies POP Evripidis and His Tragedies is the alter ego of Evripidis Sabatis, the greek songwriter based in Barcelona. A classic pianist, and a brilliant storyteller composing about long nights, friendship and love. His last record Mina Triti Stin Cantina is the first fully sang on his native tongue, after a sad summer in the Athens post crisis. An album that will delight fans of Belle and Sebastian, Rufus Wainwright, John Grant or Saint Etienne. However at Primavera Sound 2019 he pays tribute to The Magnetic Fields playing some of their hits. @Evripidisandhis | @evripidisandhistragedies | @evripidisandhistragedies Management Saturday, June 01 | 18:35 Snap! Clap! Club Primavera Sound Barcelona [email protected] Your Heineken Stage 14 PRIMAVERA SOUND 2019 Femnøise DJ You only have to go to one of their sessions to realise that Femnøise are selling fire, not smoke. For a start, it is no longer so relevant to know whether the person behind the decks is Isa-bel, Xols or Phosky. The important thing here is that their sessions are like judo combats against all harmful inertias: their mere presence makes any aggressive movement from enemies of equality, of women, of trans, or any non binary person on the current electronic music scene targets for a direct attack.