The ROSA / SPOT Festival office resounds with music these days. A staggering total of 925 acts have applied to play at SPOT in May next year. Trying to get to the essence of the many applications English manager Tim Hole and French festival booker Kern Lalot, together with Danish musician Morten Varano anf PDH booker Thomas Nordquist have worn their ears thin listening to all the acts Since Tuesday.
“What’s striking is how much singer/songwriter material we come across – and how many of these artist who are women – just like a lot of acts have a touch of folk in their music”, says Tim Hole on behalf of the curator group. He adds, “And to me it’s also striking how similar it is to the tendencies that we are seeing with the English scene right now”.
Last year there was a distinct predilection for electronic music among the applicants – including both purely electronic groups and acts that merely incorporated electronic elements in to their sound. That has obviously changed this year. Well, it remains to be seen how much it will affect the selection. After all they are still listening and won’t be going home before Friday night – with their ears filled with impressions and tones from new Danish and Nordic music.
Tags: Danish, Kern Lalot, Nordic music, ROSA / SPOT Festival, Tim Hole
