Supersonic Festival 2012
Birmingham B9 4AA
United Kingdom
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2012 marks the ten year anniversary of this dynamic, constantly challenging, experimental, multi-disciplinary arts festival, which identifies the otherwise indescribable connections between experimental music, art, performance and film. To commemorate this impressive and very special milestone this year, Capsule propose to work with Supersonic alumni and emerging artists to celebrate the achievements of the festival thus far whilst also focusing firmly on the contemporary. Because as well as giving a warm welcome to many influential, era-defining artists over the years, Supersonic always has an uncanny knack for highlighting new acts before everyone else is talking about them.
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burialchamber
Here's a Ufomammut approved video of their set: http://youtu.be/pb3sdN2PNy8
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reverendbumlove
stuck a bunch of audio files on YouTube, some of them full shows (Hype Williams, Oxbow, Tomutonttu), under the username brya1290. Will be posting more as and when I can be arsed
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at_giza
DRUNK IN HELL.
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supersonic_fest
Wow, what an amazing weekend! Big thanks to you all for helping to make this year so spectacular. We're starting to gather our Supersonic 2012 collective memory - please feel free to add to it!
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KishinThunder
Good year this year but yeah the food was crap. £5 for chicken Japanese curry with a small bit of chicken :/ The toasties were the only thing decent. Music wise, Lash Frenzy were awesome and the Friday night was epic. Time to give this Hey Colossus album and Devilman cd a spin!
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ThePaintedWord
got to agree about the food. burgers were a rip-off and not as nice as last year. The only festival I've ever been to that doesn't have chips.
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j-pk
And here comes my rant that's been due ever since I saw the full lineup: I miss the incredible band selections from a few years ago like 2009! It's as though the promoters are becoming more and more self indulgent in what they do with each year that passes. I mean, that's good if you're a musician but when you're putting on gigs and festivals surely it's in your own interest to pay at least a little attention to what people want?
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j-pk
Merzbow. WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?! That was certainly something...
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vapidleopard
Oh, I forgot Clifford Torus. They were incredible!
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vapidleopard
Excellent weekend! Highlights for me were: Jarboe, Doomsday Student, Tomutonttu, Koyxen, Nic Bullen, KK Null, Lash Frenzy, Stian Westerhus, Dope Body, Thomas Ankersmit, Drunk in Hell. The Imperfect Cinema was a real treat and a privilege to see some of my contributions up on the big screen (whilst I was frenziedly moshing, of course!) Some of the food was fucking awful this time. That veggie stall ought to be ashamed to be in business. Burger buns like biscuits and burgers with the consistency of oxo cubes. Japanese curry is always a winner though.
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devil_joe
RIDICULOUSLY good performances from almost everyone I saw. Highlight had to be Lash Frenzy but Devilman, Merzbow, KK Null, JK Flesh, Tim Hecker, Bohren, Zeni Geva, Hype Williams and Goat were all up there with the best things i've ever seen.
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ThePaintedWord
carlton melton were surprisingly good. wish I'd heard of them earlier.
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TheKEZ
Less than 24 hours until the Custard Factory is flooded with riffs in all shapes and sizes... can't wait!
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j-pk
Volunteering and my shifts clash horrendously with the handful of bands I was interested in, glorious! That's what I get for being a skinflint :D
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angelsighs
the only real clash for me is Hookwooms and Dylan Carson.. not too bad considering. can't wait for Saturday now!
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burialchamber
The Bohren/Jarboe clash is a bummer, but can't complain about an 80 minute Ufomammut set.
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supersonic_fest
Time to get out your highlighter pens... The timetable is now online!
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burialchamber
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PhantomQuim
Stage times announced today apparently
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jambolini
Is anyone going to this able to put up an 18 year old student volunteer (myself) for Friday & Saturday night? I've already been confirmed volunteer shifts and everything but I can't afford to stay anywhere - I can bring a sleeping bag so really if you have a sofa or a spare bit of floor space or whatever I really don't mind. Or maybe if someone could refer me to a dirtily cheap place to stay that I may have neglected to find in my search, that'd be helpful as well? Any help much appreciated, please message me ASAP - http://www.facebook.com/jamesisbait
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