Roskilde 2011

Historic Afrobeat party at Roskilde Festival
Femi Kuti and Seun Kuti share a stage for the first time.

A flag day for the Afrobeat genre awaits at Roskilde Festival 2011. For the first time ever Fela Kuti’s two sons FEMI KUTI and SEUN KUTI are on the same stage. It is nothing less than a sensation – an event that will put a smile on the face of the great musician and political rebel in the Olympia of music legends. Named after a song by Fela, we call this double show “Just Like That”.

The two brothers take the stage together after having played separate shows. Roskilde Festival and the Kuti brothers’ base are now working on making a concert experience full of surprises that will match this central event in the history of the Afrobeat genre.

FEMI KUTI & POSITIVE FORCE played an emotional concert the day after the Roskilde accident in 2000. Femi started out in his father’s backing band in the 80s. Today he is playing with his fourteen-piece band. Straight from The Afrika Shrine, Lagos, he combines raw hard-edged rhythms, the complexities of Miles/Gillespie-inspired brass and seductive dancers, all in one awe-inspiring show.

SEUN ANIKULAPO KUTI & EGYPT 80 conquered Roskilde Festival’s Cosmopol stage in 2007 with a tremendous party. Seun is the youngest of the Kuti sons and plays with his father’s old legendary band. The red-hot mix of funk, sparkling horns, musical joy and political indignation continues. Yet, Kuti junior relates just as much to the present music scene as he does to his iconic family name.

CHASE & STATUS (UK) are about to become megastars in the arena where drum'n'bass, dubstep, pop and rock collide in spectacular public celebrations. Everyone who enjoyed a hot rave in the company of The Prodigy and/or Pendulum at Roskilde Festival 2010, should go to a massive drum'n'bass party with Chase & Status.

FOALS (UK) play danceable rock that you can easily move your feet to. However, unlike few other British bands, Foals are intent on musical experimentation, constantly shaking and challenging the templates of their rock songs. Look forward to skewed, tricky rhythms and African-inspired guitar playing from this advanced, British rock band.

KILLING JOKE (UK) has with industrial synthesizers, aggressive guitars and electronic techno rhythms inspired a dizzying number of bands. Both the metal and punk crowds have embraced this band. Absolute Dissent from 2010 is made by the original lineup from the late 70s and shows a manic top form on par with the early years.

KYLESA (US) is a Southern state band specialising in psychedelic metal with a poppy edge. The vocal alternation between Laura Pleasants and Philip Cope and the many accessible and almost indie-rocking features of the songs make Kylesa a band who, as a matter of course, invites all kinds of music lovers into the fold.

Soy yo que no sé mirar o nombres "gordos" sólo están confirmados Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon y Pj Harvey

Tranquilo capo, si no hay ya los pondran. Que ganas de volver.

Watch live as the poster sees the light of day on Tuesday

Tuesday 12 April is a big Roskilde day. This year's poster and about 70 new acts are announced for Roskilde Festival. You can watch the entire event in a live video stream on rflive.dk from 11:45 CET. Do drop by.

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De los carteles más flojos del festival

Le falta un viejuno. Se habia rumoreado Paul Simon...


El cartel esta muy bien, si se revisan la linea media y la pequeña, tengo mas de lo que podre ver, pero aun asi, no han acertado conmigo en las letras grandes.

Hombre, hay cosas ricas...Pj Harvey, Strokes, los Maiden, Bright Eyes, Bad religion, Swans, Walkmen, Surfer blood, Mathew Dear live, Blake, OFWGKTA, Monae, John Grant, Destroyer, Charles Bradley...pero contando que la mayoria se ven en el PS, y otros 2 en el dia de la música...

No, si huecos en los 4 dias luego no se encuentran y eso de que la mayoria se ven en el PS, me lo cuentas tu en persona en el Forum

Por otro lado, quedaran unos 10 nombres por confirmar, asi que espero alguna cosa grande aun.

El cartel mola pero con lo que cuesta y siendo uno de los 3 mejores festivales de Europa me parece flojete.

Vamos, que yo sin duda me quedo con el PS y Hurricane. También es cierto que esta gente con esos 10 nombres puede darle completamente la vuelta.

A ver, hay cosas brutales en las lineas pequeñas, mucho africanismo de calidad superior y muchas cosas del PS que no podre ver en Barna...pero lo cierto es que los cabezas no son los que esperaba (Mastodon???) y que le falta un viejuno (y yo esperaba a Moby y Portishead que hace mucho que no van al festival).

La electronica y el hip hop tb estan bastante bien...

El "problema" de Roskilde es que no van a por todo lo gordo que se mueve cada año (como Werchter) sino que crean un cartel "diferente".

En fin, a ver cómo lo rematan, que el año pasado anunciaron a Prince pasado el anuncio del cartel y en 2009 a Faith No More...

Si está claro, a mí el cartel me gusta bastante pero no me parece super. Ya no hablo de Mastodon (que ojo, son un grupazo) pero MIA o la misma PJ Harvey como headliners tampoco es que sean la bomba (a pesar del discazal de PJ Harvey) y encima le falta algo "especial" para encabezar el festival.

De la línea media y el grueso poco que decir, es sobradamente bueno.

Bellamy escribió:

y encima le falta algo "especial" para encabezar el festival.

joder que van Iron Maiden, que más quieres?

Eso no es especial, el año pasado ya encabezaron multitud de festivales y este tambien, especial es Prince que hizo dos bolos , uno en Roskilde, o FNM el año de su vuelta a los escenarios, pero no los Maiden ahora.

comfer escribió:

Bellamy escribió:

y encima le falta algo "especial" para encabezar el festival.

joder que van Iron Maiden, que más quieres?

Me refiero a algo "especial" como te ha dicho FUN. A mí no sólo es que me gusten Iron Maiden sino que también me gustan The Strokes, Kings of Leon y Arctic Monkeys.

Si me pongo a comparar, el cartel del PS me gusta muchísimo más y vale la mitad. Esto es Roskilde, que hablamos del que a buen seguro sea el mejor festival de Europa tras Glastonbury.

menuda mierda de cartel este año. Gracias a dios no voy.

Calle 13 bien. Lo demás es broza.

GRAVEYARD (S) shuts up all critical voices who have ever claimed that rock is dead and buried. The Swedish band finds inspiration in heavy rock from the 70s where stoned grooves and heavy riffs roar along with vocalist Joakim Nilsson’s excellent and powerful vocals.

LOVE SHOP (DK) is ready to play Roskilde Festival for the sixth time. Having lost Hilmer Hassig and Henrik Hall, Jens Unmack is the only original band member left. But anyone who has heard one of Love Shop’s concerts during this spring has seen a singer who lively and life-affirmingly steps out of the shadows. Love Shop’s pop magic has always been greater than the individual members.

NEXT LIFE (N) has been called both ’gameboy metal’ and ’chip-core’. The strangely precise descriptions make sense as the Norwegians combine fast and scorching metal with Asian avant-garde electronica and computer game beats. The guitar-synth-drums combo has been used several times before, but never in the manner of Next Life.

THE RAVEONETTES (DK) are constantly on the hunt for the primal source of rock. With this year’s critically acclaimed album Raven in the Grave, the duo takes a step in a new direction. Here 80s-esque dark synths and melancholic guitar crunch live side by side with the rock’n’roll that started the whole story of Denmark's biggest rock export ever. Roskilde Festival welcomes home The Raveonettes.

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The final programme for Roskilde Festival 2011 is soon in place. Today we announce four acts, featuring four very different musical expressions. Like an image of the musical diversity in the overall music programme.

DÃM FUNK with MASTER BLAZTER (US) is a California boogie-funk ambassador. Like a young Prince, Dãm Funk lives and breathes to keep familiar funk genres of the 80s alive while at the same time leading them all into a musical zeitgeist where everything is more cutting-edge. Dãm Funk brings the singer Master Blazter to Roskilde.

NICOLAS JAAR (US) has been dubbed electronic music’s big American hope. His music is both focused on rhythm and repetition. Jaar moves in and out of electro pop, Afro jazz, sound collages, hip hop and many other styles – all tied together by his melancholy vocal.

PRINCE FATTY SOUNDSYSTEM feat. LITTLE ROY and HORSEMAN (UK) have proclaimed that they were made for dubbing your feet and stimulating your brain. Even though Prince Fatty Soundsystem originally was created as a musical ad for a clothing brand, it became such a great success on British airwaves that mastermind Pelanconi decided to continue the party. Look forward to rocking along to these sounds of dub and reggae.

SHUTKA ROMA RAP (MKD) is a true Roma rap collective. With Shutka Roma Rap, this politically vilified people have finally gotten a strong and uncompromising musical voice with the courage to add fuel to the political fires and speak up for a generation of young Romany people who want to root out racism. We are proud to present a rap act with a message – and something at stake.

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