Villette Sonique
| Villette Sonique | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Experimental, Noise rock, Electronic |
| Date(s) | May |
| Location(s) | Paris, France |
| Years active | 2003-present |
| Founders | Étienne Blanchot and Frédéric Mazelly |
| Website | http://www.villettesonique.com |
Villette Sonique is a yeaarly music festival in Parc de la Villette in Paris, France featuring a combination of experimental music, Noise rock, Electronic and other genres. The festival is most of the time held in the last week of May.
The festival has a daytime open air program which is free and evening in the two main concert halls of the musical venue in the parc (La Grande Halle). The festival grew from 2 days in the early years to 5 days nowadays. The first two editions were produced under the name 'Feed Back', after that the name changed to the currect name Villette Sonique. Since the festival happens in May yearly, it features a overlap in its line up with Primavera Sound Festival which takes place in the same weekend and ATP that takes place a week before both festivals.
The festival is now in its 8th year, starting out as a 2 day event in 2003 which featured Coil, LCD Sound System, The Bug, DJ Food and others.
Line Ups
- Arpanet-Dopplereffekt, Matmos, Volcano !-Fred Danos, Mugison, Food for Animals, Afrirampo, Pierre-Yves Macé, Andrew Bird, Stuart Staples, Faust, Sister Iodine, The Spankings feat Taylor Savvy, Philippe Katerine.
2007
- Bernard Parmegiani, Krikor, Pentile, Jamie Lidell, First Nation, Nurse With Wound, Christian Fennesz & Mike Patton, Black Devil Disco Club, Daniele Baldelli, D*I*R*T*Y* Sound System, Pascal Comelade-Bel Canto Orquestra, Múm, Zëro, Jens Lekman, Poni, Shit and Shine, Polysics, Uffie feat Dj Feadz.
June 3rd-8th 2008
- Sunset Rubdown, Deerhunter, Marvin, Devo, Dimitri Plays-Philippe Azoury, Nlf3 (trio), Six Organs of Admittance, Feadz, Cuizinier & Dj Orgasmic, Clips, Martin Rev, Pilooski, Zombie Zombie, The Go! Team, Colleen, Kimmo Pohjonen, Viva and the Diva, Pan Sonic, Throbbing Gristle, Joakim, Shellac, Mission of Burma, Bottomless Pit, High Places, El Guincho, Sage Francis, Buraka Som Sistema, B. Dolan, Arnaud Maguet.
May 27th-31th 2009
- Men Without Pants, Sunn O))), The Jesus Lizard, Boy 8-Bit, Jesse Rose, Diplo, DJ Hell, Erna Omarsdottir, Extra Life, Mahjongg, Lightning Bolt, Duchess Says, Gaiser, Barem, Richie Hawtin, Magda, Ariel Pink, Black Lips, Liars, Salvatore Principato, Omar Souleyman, Deerhoof, Monotonix, Dan Deacon & The Ensemble, Ebony Bones, Goblin "plays Dario Argento soundtracks", Nisennenmondai, Liquid Liquid.
May 31th - June 6th 2010
- Roy Harper, Joanna Newsom, Cassius, Danton Eeprom, James Holden, Vitalic, Yussuf Jerusalem, Polvo, Atlas Sound, Wolf Eyes, Acid Mothers Temple & the Melting Paraiso U.F.O., Om, Awesome Tapes From Africa, Oneida, Secret Chiefs 3, Ganglians, Blues Control, Arto Lindsay, Young Marble Giants, Owen Pallett, Marc Houle live, Troy Pierce, Magda, Richie Hawtin presents Plastikman Live, King Midas Sound, Fuck Buttons, Thee Oh Sees, Washed Out, These Are Powers, Magnetix, Paper Jamz, Bo Ningen, Programme, Diamanda Galás, Manuel Göttsching, Oneohtrix Point Never, Sacha Gattino, Young Marble Giants-Sextet de Steve Reich.
May 27th - June 1st 2011
- The Fall, Caribou, Half Japanese, Action Beat, Thurston Moore, Animal Collective, Glenn Branca, Yuri Landman (Home Swinger workshop & performance feat. Jad Fair and Action Beat), Suuns, James Pants, Connan Mockasin, OOIOO, Emeralds, Discodeine & Thomas Bloch, Group Doueh, Oxbow, Blondes, Julian Lynch, Ducktails, Rebolledo, Pilooski, Appleblim, Matias Aguayo, Comus, Current 93, Gouter Sonique, Cheveu, The Books (replacing Forest Swords), Mami Chan, Hype Williams, James Pants, Busy P, Sebastian, Carte Blanche, The Feeling of Love, Ten Snake and others.