The Trans Musicales Festival of Rennes calls itself ‘a musical trip
where people discover new or unknown sounds, where the artistic melting
pot creates a magic atmosphere… a snapshot of creation, an accelerator
of musical particles…for three days three nights they reveal, they
demonstrate …and then go away til next year.’
The Trans
takes place from December 6-9th in Rennes, the capital of Brittany in
the north east of France. The majority of the gigs take place at the
Parc Expo which can house up to 12,500 music fans.
The Trans began
in 1979 and prides itself on discovering new musical talent from around
the world as well as nurturing local artistsand this year they include
…Florian Mona, My Name is Nobody, Kim Novak and Pony Pony Run Run.
The main line up for Trans features:
Fredo Viola
The Ting Tings
Calvin Harris
And Love Trio in Dub Featuring U Roy;
Tunng
will perform with Buck 65 and Serafina Steer bringing together rap,
blues folk pop and electronica. If that wasn’t enough of a musical
mélange, how about the Vienna Vegetable Orchestra? Yep, this is an
orchestra made up of vegetables and at the end of the concert they are
made into a big bowl of soup! The Trans also has a number of
theatrical and hybrid type shows including a version of Hamlet, an
interactive cube called Hako and Hip Hop Dance.
As well as being
the birthplace of the tango, Argentina is home to Personal Fest - the
largest and most important international music event in Argentina.
Taking place on December 7th and 8th, it’s held at the Club Ciudad in
Buenos Aires on and is sponsored by the mobile phone company Personal
–hence its name. Buenos Aires - or B.A as the locals call it - is
the capital city of Argentina and is sometimes referred to as the Paris
of South America thanks to its European- style architecture – if you’re
from Argentina or have been there I’d love to hear your impressions of
this city so send me an email or photos to Global@KCRW.com.
The line up for Personal Fest 2007 is full of KCRW favourites such as Hot Chip, Datarock, Gotan Project, Fischerspooner and Happy Mondays.
The
Argentine artists taking part include Vicentico – born and bred in
Buenos Aires he co founded the band Los Fabulosos Cadillacs before
establishing a solo career– and Argentine rock maestro Fito Paez .
Liverpool Music
Week is the largest indoor winter music event in the UK. Established in
2003 by Liverpool promoter Mike Deane, it now has James Barton. CEO of
the Cream organisation on board to take it to the next level. 10
days of great music kicks off on November 30th, with 200 bands
performing all over Merseyside at both ticketed and free events.
Liverpool Music Week aims to attract established talent as well as
providing an opportunity for emerging artists and this year the line up
includes…
Kaiser Chiefs,
Hard Fi,
Chemical Brothers,
Simian Mobile Disco and
Hot Club de Paris.
Check the website for a full line up, venue and ticket information.
That’s it for this week. For more information about these and other world wide music events, check out our my new blog spot Gemmadempsey.vox.com –
feel free to post comments or photos and let me know about festivals in your part of the world.
Or sent us an email to Global@kcrw.com. The Global Gig Guide is produced for KCRW.com by JC Swiatek and the theme music is composed by The Plush Interiors.
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