Even voorstellen – Ibibio Sound Machine – Pull the rope

IBIBIO SOUND MACHINE “Pull The Rope” 03/05 (merge/konkurrent)

‘Got To Be Who U Are’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hixYQg5dEoc
“mama say” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtdhHQcrDlY

Ibibio Sound Machine’s new single ‘Got to Be Who U Are’ quite literally globetrots, name-checking locales across the world that would feel disparate were it not for how well-travelled the band are. Kicking off with muted stabs and a breathy vocal, the song quickly transforms into an uplifting and expansive disco track with a soaring melody that takes the listener on a joyous quest for self-love.

The band explain that ‘Got To Be Who U Are’ is “about the idea that what brings us together is stronger than what separates us. No matter where we may go, we will always carry the essence of who we are in our hearts, and yet the places and things that separate us are not as important as we may be led to believe. Be happy and proud of who or what you are. Musically, the track begins by stating its message over a traditional African mbira part and then drops into a similar vocal except now over more of an electronic dance vibe which is meant to have an uplifting tone to it to carry along the message that we may be in Europe, Africa or America, but a simple sound or thought can instantly connect us. The places mentioned in the chorus “Surulere, Isale Eko, Ikoyi, Yaba” are all areas in Lagos, Nigeria where Eno grew up. The different parts of the music are connected even though they are using totally different sounds, symbolising movement of people across the world and the fundamental connection between places and people no matter where one may be.”

‘Pull the Rope’, the new record by Ibibio Sound Machine, casts the Eno Williams and Max Grunhard-led outfit in a new light. The hope, joy, and sexiness of their music remains, but, further honing the edge of their acclaimed 2022 album ‘Electricity’, the connection they aim to foster has shifted venues, from the sunny buoyancy of a sunlit festival to a sweat-soaked, all-night dance club. The atmosphere has changed, but you’re still having the time of your life.
Williams and Grunhard attribute this shift to a matter of collaborators, recording Pull the Rope with Sheffield-based producer Ross Orton (Arctic Monkeys, M.I.A.) over the course of two weeks. The way the pair wrote songs changed significantly — rather than Eno penning lyrics to music generated by Max and company’s jamming, Orton started with Eno and Max writing together before adding the band. With less time in the studio and a new way of considering how they built songs, the duo found making decisions about Pull the Rope’s sound quicker and more instinctual than before.
In melding their songwriting process, Grunhard and Williams have, impossibly, pulled the trick of making Ibibio Sound Machine a tighter band than ever before, building out from their core in a way that highlights the electrifying group of musicians they play with. Rather than recording with the full band in the room, Pull the Rope was sculpted, elements added and shaped by Grunhard, Williams, and Orton along the way.
The message in their fantastic new album ‘Pull the Rope’, is hope in darkness, bliss in spite of bleakness. Once again, Ibibio Sound Machine are here to provide the soundtrack to the best night of your life, and the better world to come.

1. Pull The Rope, 2. Got To Be Who U Are, 3. Fire, 4. Them Say, 5. Political Incorrect, 6. Mama Say, 7. Let My Yes Be Yes, 8. Touch The Ceiling, 9. Far Away, 10. Dance In The Rain

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02.05 Absolute Body Control @ Out Of Line Weekender @ Astra Kulturhaus, Berlin, D
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Even voorstellen – Wunderhorse – Midas
Wunderhorse RETURN WITH NEW SINGLE ‘MIDAS’

Wunderhorse are pleased to share new single ‘Midas’ via Communion; the band’s first new music since the release of their 2022 debut album, Cub.

Clocking in at two minutes long, ‘Midas’ doesn’t so much announce the return of the band, but kicks open the door and shouts it in the faces of those present.Jacob Slater’s turn of phrase and range of delivery is sharper than ever, withan echo of Bob Dylan running throughout the verse’s vivid imagery.

"The song was written in a bathtub in Paris, and forgotten about until it resurfaced in Minnesota. Midas is the guy who makes you feel like a pencil stub, all used up and nothing to show for it, but it’s alwaysjust business as far as he’s concerned”
- Jacob Slater on ‘Midas’
‘Midas’ marks the band’s first new music since debut album Cub, which has taken on a life of its own in the 18 months since release, with sprawling, psychedelic numbers and sharp grunge refrains alike igniting Wunderhorse’s ever-growing audience. Cub’s campaign and the months following have seen the four piece graduate from playing in basements and pubs to filling Glastonbury’s Woodsies tent and selling out Kentish Town’s O2 Forum months in advance.

Across the mammoth tour leading up to and following Cub’s release, Slater and his bandmates – guitarist Harry Fowler, drummer Jamie Staples and bassist Peter Woodin – also gradually and naturally became a fully-formed band, leaving the solo era of Wunderhorse behind.

As their crowds have grown exponentially in both scale and ardency, and Cub’s tracks have reached the status of cultural reference points within the younger contingents of their fanbase, it seems harder than ever to recall a time when frontman Jacob Slater believed that his career was over before his twenties had begun.

Having burned himself out as the teenage frontman of the much-hyped but ultimately ill-fated punk outfit Dead Pretties, Jacob retired to Cornwall to repair the damage that he had caused to himself and realign his focus on the important things in life.

It was whilst working as a surf instructor on the UK’s south western perimeter that Jacob rekindled his love of songwriting: this time spinning introspective, considered compositions which transcended his young years and went on to form the foundations of Wunderhorse.  

Wunderhorse - Midas (Official Video) (youtube.com)

House of Entertainment news - Rampage Open Air 2024 strikt wereldact Pendulum (dj set) als headliner

Full line-up ROA 2024 bekend - meer dan 350 acts!
RUDIM3NTAL, VOYD, Used, Koven, Eprom, Metrik, Hamdi, Imanu, Dubb FX, K Motionz, Andromedik, Boogie T, KOAN Sound, Andy C, SASASAS b2b TNA, Natte Visstick,...

Nu al 40.000 tickets de deur uit!
Rampage Open Air gaat weer above and beyond om z'n naam en faam als 'biggest drum-'n-bass and dubstep festival in the universe' alle eer aan te doen. Nu de volledige line-up voor editie 2024 op 5, 6 en 7 juli in Kristalpark Lommel bekend is, kunnen we onomwonden stellen dat de organisatie, naast met hun waanzinnige faciliteiten, ook op muzikaal vlak weer meer dan de verwachtingen inlost.

Nadat ze bij de eerste drop van 60 namen al nationale en internationale kleppers als Used, VOYD, Koven, Hamdi, Imanu, Andy C, Simula, Andromedik en het legendarische RUDIM3NTAL als één van de absolute hoofdacts mochten aankondigen, wist ROA 2O24 nog een pak schoon volk te strikken om hun waanzinnige line-up van meer dan 350 acts te vervolledigen.

Zo zal de dubstep-kenner erg blij zijn met Boogie T op de affiche en ook Eprom is een unieke en langverwachte act op ROA 2024. Daarnaast nog drum-'n-bass toppers als Metrik, K Motionz, Dub FX uit Australië en A Little Sound. All time Rampage-favorite SASASAS gaat b2b met TNA. Dubstep dj's Dirtyphonics op hun beurt met Modestep en met de Nederlandse dj en producer Natte Visstick werd ook dé grote techno hype van dit moment aan de indrukwekkende line-up toegevoegd.

Blikvanger en headliner op het lijstje met nieuw toegevoegde namen is Pendulum. De dj set met de hits, intense beats en snijdende gitaren van de iconische, Australische electro/rock band staat garant voor een zwaar feestje op zondag 7 juli in Kristalpark Lommel!

Bovenop al dat muzikaal geweld, kunnen de festivalgangers ook genieten van een heus Rampage Theme Park, met als eyecatchers de Splash (boomstammetjes op water) én de gigantische Wild Mouse Rollercoaster, een eigen treinperron dat gebouwd wordt op het festivalterrein, nog meer acts, stages, faciliteiten, grotere en aparte silent camping, glamping op de campsite,..

Rampage Open Air 2024 op 5, 6 en 7 juli 2024 (+ exclusieve festivaldag voor de kampeerders op donderdag 4 juli) in Kristalpark Lommel. Tickets & info: rampageopenair.eu

Pendulum (dj set)
Pendulum werd in 2002 opgericht door Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen en Paul 'El Hornet' Harding. De band kende al snel succes en toerde na de release van hun debuutalbum 'Hold Your Colour' (2025) van hun geboorteplaats Perth (Australië) tot internationaal befaamde clubs en festivals. Nadat ze naar de UK verhuisden en de Pendulum live band vormden, nam El Hornet de teugels van de Pendulum dj sets over en heeft de afgelopen 15 jaar opgetreden op een aantal van de grootste elektronische festivals ter wereld, waaronder Liquicity, Let It Roll, Rampage, Dreambeach en EDC.
Nu de individuele bandleden elkaar afwisselen en soms als trio optreden, zijn de Pendulum dj sets een eigen leven gaan leiden, met een enorme wereldwijde aanwezigheid en genre-overspannende shows, variërend van drum-'n-bass, house, techno, tech house breaks tot hardcore.

Sun will be shining, bass will be loud, and fun will be had!
WATCH aftermovie Rampage Open Air 2023
RAMPAGE OPEN AIR 2023 - THE AFTERMOVIE (youtube.com)

Praktisch:
Rampage Open Air
5, 6, 7 juli 2024
Festivalterrein Kristalpark Lommel
Adres : Balendijk, 3920 Lommel
Organisatie : Rampage
Er is camping voorzien vanaf donderdag 4 juli
Er zullen bussen worden ingezet tussen Station Mol en het festivalterrein. Busticket op
voorhand aan te kopen.
Parking nabij het festivalterrein.

www.rampageopenair.eu