Unsound has shared full details of the music programme for its 2021 edition next month.
The Bug is set to return to the festival, performing live with collaborators Dis Fig and Flowdan, as well as another yet-to-be-announced MC, while Errorsmith and Fiedel will reunite as MMM for a new live show ahead of the release of a forthcoming album from the duo. Elsewhere on the lineup, Juliana Huxtable, Ziúr and visual artist Theresa Baumgartner will team up live for only the second time ever under the collective alias Off License.
There are also live appearances confirmed from Bendik Giske, bbymutha, Ecco2K, Riccardo La Foresta and Aleksandra Słyż, while Unsound will offer further unique live performances in the form of a collaboration between Danish sound artist Sofie Birch and Polish vocalist Antonina Nowacka; a performance called Blinding Utterance by Flora Yin-Wong which sees her combine readings with field recordings and compositions; and the combination of Warsaw musician Lutto Lento with a live drummer to present music from his album Legendo.
The festival will also host a label showcase from Nyege Nyege Tapes, featuring appearances from Menzi, Diaki, De Schuurman and Scotch Rolex, with guests MC Yallah and Lord Spikeheart. Elsewhere, it’s been revealed that the likes of Angel Bat Dawid, Antonina Nowacka, Oren Ambarchi, Khyam Allami, Resina and Valentina Magaletti, among others, will be joining Nicolás Jaar for the live debut of the previously announced, improvisation-based Weavings performance, which has been developed from an event that originally took place as part of Unsound’s 2020 virtual festival edition.
The festival’s club music programme will see back-to-back DJ sets from RP Boo and SHERELLE; object blue and TSVI; and VTSS and Chippy Nonstop, while there are also previously confirmed appearances across the week lined up from LSDXOXO, AceMoMA, Danny L Harle, and Shackleton and Wacław Zimpel, whose The Spirit Still Remains show will now feature two vocalists: Barbara Kinga Majewska and Aleksandra Klimczak.
You can view the full timetable for this year’s Unsound, which is taking place under the theme of dəəp authentic, <a href=“https://www.unsound.pl/en/dp-authentic/schedule" target="out">here.
Unsound will take place from October 13 to 17, 2021.
